Well, that didn't take long. Sessions is out.
Did anyone catch Trump's news conference this morning? He seemed totally unhinged.
Anyone have any predictions/hunches/thoughts on what this might mean for the Mueller investigation?
Trump acted like a scared cornered animal this morning. He is definitely afraid and Sessions firing is indicative of that. He also cut off a question today about ending the need of Muellers investigation by being transparent himself. He cut off the last part and bragged about how he can end it but hasnt yet. The move to Whitaker is a move to curtail the investigation before it fully closes in on him. He is aware that it will take out those close to him already, but does not think its gotten all the way up the ladder yet. If Whitaker narrows it to the point of being the Kavanaugh investigation 2.0 then he feels safe.
I am getting the feeling that there are either sealed indictments that will unseal if this happens, or that Pelosi will hire Mueller to finish his investigation for the house and release it publically. Muellers findings are much more protected today than they were yesterday, but over the next month, Trump will make his last stand against it. I get the feeling he will effectively end the current investigation but it will resurface in a slightly different form
There is no way out for Trump on this. Let the Saturday Night Massacre begin (only its Wed). This man is an idiot on many levels
When Fox News says that dumb Cheeto violates the law by appointing Whitaker
One thing that is happening TOMORROW is that there are scheduled to be massive protests countrywide at 5PM Local Time.
You can find your local protest spot here: MoveOn.org: MUELLER PROTECTION RAPID RESPONSE
Yes, we are going to the Boston Common today to gather in protest. The next two weeks are going to be critical in galvanizing a public reaction to Trump's move to thwart the investigation. Clearly he's doing it now before the blue House of Representatives convenes in January. He thinks he can destroy the Mueller probe so that when the House reconvenes it will have been crushed.
So anyone who wants to show the government that they are against Trump's action -- today at 5 pm local time -- you can join your local community at a gathering spot. There are many gathering spots where I live near Boston. I feel the best place is to go to the biggest protest which will be in Boston Common. If you can get to the city near you, that will be the most powerful protest, but if not, there are already protests being organized close to you: https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/
The press will be recording how many people show up and they will be looking at the cities.
Bernie Sanders reacted quickly warning Trump against removing Mueller.
I'm heading to Times Square in Manhattan a little later today myself, which is a small hike (I live in Connecticut near the NY border) but feels worth it.
I've never done this sort of thing before but this feels like a big moment to me and the best chance right now to get that energy out there that we really need in order to shift reality into a better direction.
The appointment of Whitaker may not even be legal: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matt-whitaker-donald-trump-fox-news-attorney-general_us_5be3b528e4b0dbe871a69269
Mathew Whitaker, who has been called the “eyes and ears” of the White House inside the Justice Department by John Kelly, Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, is now Acting Attorney General as appointed by President Trump.
And while not yet officially confirmed as such by the Senate, has placed the Mueller Investigation under potentially dangerous crosshairs .
Whitaker has expressed a large degree of hostility to the investigation to which he is now charged with overseeing.
And while Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation (much to Trumps intense ire), Whitaker may have the potential to cause great harm to the proceedings.
He has called the investigation in the past a “witch hunt” and, in its earliest months, wrote an opinion piece arguing that Mr. Mueller was coming “dangerously close” to crossing a “red line” by investigating the president’s finances.
He has suggested there was nothing wrong in Mr. Trump’s 2017 firing of James Comey, the F.B.I. director, and he has been reported to have said that he supported the prosecution of Hillary Clinton.
In an interview last year he described “a scenario where Jeff Sessions is replaced with a recess appointment, and that attorney general doesn’t fire Mueller, but he just reduces his budget to so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt.
New York Times op ed
The next couple of weeks will be very consequential. We really need to center ourselves.
We need to appeal to all lightworkers to send light, and to people of all faiths to pray. We need to work very hard for Mueller, so that he can finish his investigation. It needs to be done by Thanksgiving, Christmas at most.
There are people in the Republican party who are part of the resistance, but they are not talking, not even to each other. Look for the veterans amongst the House Republicans and you will find some of them are part of the resistance. I'm not certain but one of them may have sent the op-ed to the Times or the New-Yorker, I can't remember which.
So let's work together and pray for Mueller, let's meditate and send light to him and his allies so he can finish the investigation very quickly. Working together will make each individual actions much more powerful. Mueller knows he needs to act quickly.