POTUS still has our back.

[Skidmore]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/obama-trump-lawyers-worst-case-235280

Obama lawyers form 'worst-case scenario' group to tackle Trump
Fearful the new administration will abuse its power, the former president’s lawyers are uniting to fight back.
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 02/23/17 05:14 AM EST

Top lawyers who helped the Obama White House craft and hold to rules of conduct believe President Donald Trump and his staff will break ethics norms meant to guard against politicization of the government — and they’ve formed a new group to prepare, and fight.

United to Protect Democracy, which draws its name from a line in President Barack Obama’s farewell address that urged his supporters to pick up where he was leaving off, has already raised a $1.5 million operating budget, hired five staffers and has plans to double that in the coming months. They’ve incorporated as both a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), allowing them to operate as a nonprofit but participate in some forms of political advocacy as well.

While other Trump opponents focus on taking the president to court over the travel ban and deportations, the new group plans to drill into issues that aren’t already hitting the headlines, like potential intervention in and intimidation of regulatory agencies by West Wing staff.

“When people hear concerns about democracies declining into authoritarianism, they expect that moment to come in a singular thunderclap where everyone can see that this is the time,” said Ian Bassin, who’s leading the new group. “In reality, often times, democracies decline over a period of years that happen through a series of much smaller steps.”...more

[secondwind]

1. Thank you President Obama! Good news, indeed!

[heaven05]

2. excellent

better to feel that some really sane people will be our watchdog. Our POTUS and FLOTUS still have real power to fight this triumvirate in power now. The intelligence of our last POTUS and FLOTUS outmatch anything the boy-potus administration triumvirate has. Don't get me wrong I am not underestimating the potential of harm than can be done to american citizens by this racist triumvirate of Klan members and their AG boy...Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III..neo-confederate and stalwart racist who never stopped fighting to see the "south rise again".

[Hortensis]

3. "When people hear concerns about democracies declining

into authoritarianism, they expect that moment to come in a singular thunderclap where everyone can see that this is the time,” said Ian Bassin, who’s leading the new group. “In reality, often times, democracies decline over a period of years that happen through a series of much smaller steps.”

John Dean's book "Broken Government" horrifyingly documents how the Republicans have been using every opportunity in office to quietly destroy our democracy by destroying the processes of government--that (planned) decline and shift of power over years through many smaller steps that the electorate is mostly completely unaware of.

President Obama and those with him know where to look, and I'm very glad to hear about the big guns they're bringing to this.

[world wide wally]

4. I try to determine how so many Americans allowed their brains to be twisted to accept

The Republican Party along with a whacko like Donald Trump.
I keep coming back to Fox News and RW radio.
Propoganda rules the day.
No avoiding it.

[brer cat]

5. Excellent! K&R

[Hortensis]

6. Just signed up for info and made a small donation

to see if it would offer the chance to make it a recurring donation, but, no, not yet. This is a very serious project and no doubt will draw some very big funders, but I want to support it anyway.

[sheshe2]

7. Very good people are watching our back.

[Cha]

8. Oh Yeah, Skidmore! And, I predict

he's going to have even more as the days go on.

Mahalo!

[barbtries]

9. i heard that thunderclap

some time ago. now i can see the lightening, and it's getting closer all the time.

[pnwmom]

10. Thanks, Skidmore!

[KT2000]

11. Still my POTUS n/t

[Amaryllis]

12. Mine too.

[Marie Marie]

13. Thanks Obama!

No really, Thank You Very Much!

[Lucinda]

14. KNR

[bdamomma]

15. Yes we can

and yes we will

Thank you President Obama.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. Smartest guy in the room working with the smartest people

as La Lioness Priyanka said in another thread, he's our pride and joy.

❤

[luvMIdog]

17. I miss him