Big sighs of relief at the Manafort and Cohen news, but we are still only in the foothills of a huge mountain range. There is a long, circuitous, perilous, and exhausting climb ahead. There will be crevasses and rock falls to be negotiated and an avalanche could be disastrous (avalanches are very good at burying things).
Cult45, embattled, just dig in harder and deeper. All this is more deep state conspiracy to them. McConnell will plough, on with his blinkers on, with appointing Kav. and packing the judiciary. The repugs in Congress would only show spine if they felt personally threatened. GOP is Trump's familiar.
I have only watched Don Lemon so far, but all the panellists are frothing at the prospect of the Oaf's downfall. I'm sure there will be plenty of jail time coming up for plenty of Oaf associates. But, investing hope in impeachment is a fever dream. Real, painfull, justice hammering anyone named Trump or Kushner lies in federal and state court, but that is a faint and distant dream. The courts and the ballot box are the agents of hope to cling to.
'Inside the Trump bubble, 'Sympathy for the Devil' but no talk of Cohen'
The president's West Virginia rally was business as usual even as courtroom events in Washington and New York escalated the legal and political threats he faces.
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/trump-west-virginia-cohen-manafort-791278
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'Mueller wins more than a conviction in Manafort case.
By convincing a jury that he has uncovered criminal behavior, the special counsel has likely insulated his larger probe from political threats.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/manafort-mueller-guilty-trump-791208