The Resistance Is Already Planning for When Trump Fires Mueller

[TomCADem]

Of course, I am sure Trump and his goons are looking forward to Black Bloc to give them a reason to begin busting heads in the name of law and order.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/07/21/the_resistance_is_already_planning_for_when_trump_fires_robert_mueller.html

It feels like our democracy is hurtling toward a cliff. Trump is hinting that he might try to shut down Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia. If he did so, he’d be following in the footsteps of Richard Nixon, who forced the resignation of both his attorney general and his deputy attorney general before he found a Justice Department lackey—Robert Bork—willing to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Yet Nixon’s power grab was constrained by a Democratic Congress. Trump has a Republican one. And if the only thing standing between the American public and outright authoritarianism is the civic integrity of congressional Republicans, we’re in an inconceivably dangerous place.

Various resistance groups have started contingency planning for what happens if Trump attempts to kill the Mueller probe. “No one’s going to do anything prematurely, or accept the idea that Trump is going to or can fire Mueller,” said Fred Wertheimer, founder of the government watchdog group Democracy 21. “But if that should happen, or if he issues pardons, then a large number of groups that have been coordinating their efforts are going to be ready to help take the issue to the country and the Congress.”

If news breaks that Trump has forced Mueller out, Wertheimer believes that “the country will explode.” For the resistance, the trick is making sure the explosion is sustained. “That means people in the streets, demonstrations, marches, folks coming to Washington, a massive lobbying effort in Congress,” he said.

Yet everything keeps coming back to pushing a Congress that has so far been supine before the president and often hostile to dissenting constituents. “If Trump were to fire Mueller, that is to me the straw that breaks the camel’s back,” Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu told me. “I think at that point you’re going to have large numbers of Republicans saying we need to start impeachment proceedings.”

[PearliePoo2]

1. Treason-weasel Paul fucking Ryan has lashed himself to the mast of trump's ship.

I look forward to seeing this traitorous bastard getting thrown out of office and jailed for collusion.

[Not Ruth]

2. Day 2, they are converging on the White House

Saw it on Facebook

[Dawson Leery]

3. Democrats should end ALL co-operation on legislative matters,

including the debt ceiling. Let the Fascist Party own default.

[tableturner]

4. Here's one from the well connected Neera Tanden on Twitter. It's all over Twitter and Facebook.

And thank goodness, too! We had better be ready!

Link to tweet

[Raster]

9. National strike and to the streets!

Nothing would scare the Lords of Money more than to see their economy/casino shut down. It used to be our VOTE was our greatest weapon, but now, the Lords of Money and their governmental minions are taking all possible actions to minimize our voting power. Russia, our greatest enemy is gladly cooperating.

Prepare for a week of national strike: as best as you possibly can, stockpile what you would need to survive a week if the typical US infrastructure/structure were disabled. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, this will be the source of communication... think Arab Spring.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. This has been floating around FB since this morning

Democracy 21 is a good crew - the founder has been a campaign funding watchdog for 20 years.

I haven't seen anything from Indivisible yet. Will check in with some of the other NJ activism groups to see what's put there.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I have been resisting on a local level and Indivisible and other groups

have already been holding tons of meetings, rallies etc. The resistance is planning and organizing both long and short term, strategizing realistically and acting very thoughtfully. I attended two of their marches in the past two months. One was for an Independent Separate Commission and the other was for Impeachment. I keep my signs to cut and paste/recycle and I have half of the senators' phone numbers practically memorized by now. Physically I won't be able to continue to do this forever (I am ill so who knows...) so they'd better step up the pace. Yes, I'm know we're ALL sick of this shit!

[Golden Raisin]

7. If there is a latter-day "Saturday Night Massacre"

with Mueller being fired, citizens need to hit the streets nationwide in protesting numbers that will dwarf the Womens' Marches.

[calimary]

8. It only makes sense. We HAVE TO turn out in droves.

Show our strength in our numbers.