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So what's next folks? (Original Post) SHRED Apr 2019 OP
Select house committees will probably see the unredacted report maxsolomon Apr 2019 #1
Democrats need to get tough but smart. triron Apr 2019 #2
Next I think... SHRED Apr 2019 #4
If there is no rule of law, anarchy is next... Moostache Apr 2019 #3
And Pence steps in and starts torturing gay people. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #6
Not sure that's next ... well, I'm sure it's not ... but, yeah, absent some other means of KPN Apr 2019 #7
Two years ago we should have refused to go to work and hit the streets Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #5
There are still channels SlogginThroughIt Apr 2019 #8
No subpoenas have been issued yet. MineralMan Apr 2019 #9
And so what are you doing to help achieve success in "winning the presidency and both houses DontBooVote Apr 2019 #14
Whatever I am able to do. I'll be volunteering to help through my local MineralMan Apr 2019 #17
No reason to do less, just do less of what getting old makes hard it to do. More phone DontBooVote Apr 2019 #18
Thanks for your hard work. MineralMan Apr 2019 #19
TROOPS: northoftheborder Apr 2019 #10
And what if, like 2016, the 2020 election is stolen? What then? DontBooVote Apr 2019 #15
What's next ? November 2020 Fullduplexxx Apr 2019 #11
And if it is stolen from us, as was 2016, then what? Remeber that night Hilary was at what was DontBooVote Apr 2019 #16
What if it isnt Fullduplexxx Apr 2019 #20
That does not answer my question. But thank you anyway. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #21
if you gonna" what if " everything you'll never get to an answer Fullduplexxx Apr 2019 #22
We can waste headlines on this customerserviceguy Apr 2019 #12
Expect the worst, and you'll never be disappointed. OnDoutside Apr 2019 #13

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
1. Select house committees will probably see the unredacted report
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:43 PM
Apr 2019

or will subpoena Mueller et al. We mere mortals will never see the unredacted version until a Dem in in the White House again.

Mnuchin et al will force a court fight, which could well last until after the election. It's what bullies do.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. If there is no rule of law, anarchy is next...
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:46 PM
Apr 2019

Fuck it...I will not obey laws that are freely broken by other men...this is not a monarchy or empire or dictatorship (yet). The law either applies to all men or it is useless and applies to none but the slaves willing to submit to tyranny.

Full scale civil disobedience and rioting will be next. Non-violent protests will turn to riots and then to civil war. We either live in a representative republic or we do not. Once we do not, then revolution and war are the only answers to restore a functional government.

Or Trump could die of a massive stroke in the next 10 minutes...hope, hope, hope...

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
6. And Pence steps in and starts torturing gay people.
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:49 PM
Apr 2019

GOP are a threat to the human race and MUST be treated accordingly.

You find out the guy who does this or that for you is a con, you fire him (as in independent contractors you hire like electrician or lawnmower, etc)

KPN

(15,646 posts)
7. Not sure that's next ... well, I'm sure it's not ... but, yeah, absent some other means of
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:49 PM
Apr 2019

correction, that is all that will be left.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
5. Two years ago we should have refused to go to work and hit the streets
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:47 PM
Apr 2019

Putin is in charge of our military and foreign policy.

A traitor is in the WH, and we are still hearing news-people refer to rump as the "president"

The best part of all this is this SO CALLED group that is ALLEGEDLY on the left who are working FEVERISHLY to make sure nobody with a D gets in the WH.

I give up, hell I cant even talk about it, why should I care anymore?

 

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
8. There are still channels
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:50 PM
Apr 2019

There are still channels that our elected democrats need to continue to pursue... However, I don’t believe that we will see the report or his taxes until 2020 and perhaps never if we do not put people in office that will make them available.

That’s all there is to it. We need to win everything and we need to stay focused on that right now. The fact that they are illegally keeping that info from us is the campaigning strategy that we can and should use.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
9. No subpoenas have been issued yet.
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:57 PM
Apr 2019

That's the next step, and then it ends up in court.

Bottom line: We may not see those things before the 2020 election. We need to focus on that election and on winning the presidency and both houses of Congress. That will enable us to begin recovering from what Trump has done.

Focus. If we can't get immediate satisfaction, we'll need to work on an alternative solution.

 

DontBooVote

(901 posts)
14. And so what are you doing to help achieve success in "winning the presidency and both houses
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 01:34 PM
Apr 2019

of Congress"?

I mean besides your contribution to this forum. Perhaps it's time, since we can't get immediate satisfaction, to hold each other accountable regarding the next election*.


* An election I have no reason to believe will be any different in it's result than any putin election has in russia. But I digress...for now.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
17. Whatever I am able to do. I'll be volunteering to help through my local
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 01:47 PM
Apr 2019

Democratic Party organization, as always. GOTV efforts, most likely. That's what I've been doing since I was 15 years old, in 1960. I'm old, now, so I'll be doing less than I have done in previous elections, I suppose.

 

DontBooVote

(901 posts)
18. No reason to do less, just do less of what getting old makes hard it to do. More phone
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 01:52 PM
Apr 2019

and administrative stuff.

Thank you for your past efforts. My group has been working non-stop (and meeting every Monday night, sans holidays) since Feb 2017. And so have the several groups/GOTV efforts that have spun-off from that first meeting, of which I am a charter co-founder.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
19. Thanks for your hard work.
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 02:06 PM
Apr 2019

Yes, I'll probably be doing phone banking this election. I used to walk my entire precinct and knock on every door, but my hips and knees won't allow that any longer.

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
10. TROOPS:
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 12:58 PM
Apr 2019
Full steam ahead on getting the STINKER OUT of the White House via the BALLOT BOX!!!

Then let the courts have him. Nancy said it first - "He's not worth it". (The huge efforts and sacrifice to go through impeachment.)
 

DontBooVote

(901 posts)
16. And if it is stolen from us, as was 2016, then what? Remeber that night Hilary was at what was
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 01:39 PM
Apr 2019

supposed to be her victory party? Remember her disappointment?

Do you remember our disappointment and how crushed we were when that election was stolen from Hillary and from us? Remember how physically ill it made you, us, when we realized tRump would be in the Oval Office instead of Hillary?

What if that happens again, the election is stolen? Then what? Wait until 2022...2024...26...28...40...60?

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
12. We can waste headlines on this
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 01:23 PM
Apr 2019

or we can fill those news cycles with information about our candidates, to help us pick the best one to go after the beast.

There's nothing in either the full unredacted Mueller Report or Trump's tax returns that will erode his base. If we focus on what positive change will come from our regaining the White House, it will be more motivational to the voter in the mushy middle that we desperately need this time around.

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