McCarthy and Graham with their idol, drumpf, are conspiring to

[mfcorey1]

gerrymander as many municipalities as they can. In that manner they will be able to win elections and take over the House and Senate. McCarthy is eyeing chairmanship of the house and Graham wants chairmanship of the Senate. Mcconnell knows that he is on the way out and that is the reason for his speech. He is trying to hold on to the few that will support him and be able to save face if he is ousted by Graham. It is an ugly picture we face and I pray our Democratic Party is working hard to stop them. The third time, drumpf, bolstered by chickenshit legislators can destroy America.

President Biden and our party better do as much as we can in these first two years and block all their attempts. They are the most power hungry miscreants ever to disgrace the face of the earth.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Biden can take care of Graham. He needs to approve the release of recorded tapings that

Graham is afraid of. Watch what Graham has done. He is running around trying to tamp down on information that might be prejudicial to him and his allies.

[brewens]

4. I saw Graham at some hearing really digging to find out what phone conversations were captured by

the NSA. It seemed obvious he was trying to find out if they had him recorded. I believe it concerned Russia collusion. Is that what you are referring to? I remembered that awhile back and looked but couldn't find it.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Yes. The very same.

Biden has been moving quickly to undue Trump's bad policies. I hope someone taps him on the shoulder and suggests he releases that phone recording taken by the NSA.

Graham is terrified about what will be revealed. We have a right to know what that is.

[gab13by13]

23. Graham is also being investigated,

by the Ga. AG of Fulton county for his recorded phone call to the SOS attempting to overturn its election.

I watched the AG on Rachel and she is sharp and fearless. When Rachel asked her if she was afraid of intimidation she simply replied that she doubled her security.

[crickets]

37. Oh, I remember this. Lindsey got downright rude with his questions.

Had to really dig through the bookmarks, but I think this is it:

Graham realizes he's been caught up in 702 surveillance
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212776914

Link to tweet

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4838250/user-clip-lindsey-compromised

There's a link to the full hearing on the CSPAN clip page.

[msfiddlestix]

5. Taped Recordings? I missed that. What's time period/context?

[soothsayer]

7. You and me both

[Baitball Blogger]

8. It was posted on DU.

It was from one of the committees. Graham was grilling someone about a FOIA request he had made. He wanted the transcripts. And he looked very concern, because they still hadn't gotten around to responding to his request.

[msfiddlestix]

10. Interesting. During Biden Admin? or Drumf's?

I've been thinking all morning that Graham needs to be removed from all committees, especially Intelligence and Judiciary.

The grounds would be because he is openly colluding with the Traitor in Chief who has been condemned for the crimes on the Capitol etc.

I don't know if the same rule applies wrt removing a Senator from committee as would be a member of the House, but there has to be exception to whatever rule when colluding with a traitor.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. This happened early on in the Trump Administration.

There was an uproar when Republicans learned about FISA phone tapings, where they might have also been in on the conversation.

[msfiddlestix]

17. I recall now. seems like it was around the Flynn and Manafort investigations

I wonder if he ever was able to get his FOIA requests.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Well, if he received a copy of the transcripts, so should anyone else.

[msfiddlestix]

19. Agree.. I have to think that the other Senators in the committee have it too.

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I just don't know why any Dem would keep the information to themselves.

I heard a MSNBC reporter say something today that made so much sense. The Democrats never lose an opportunity to lose an opportunity.

[marie999]

24. i think the FISA phone taping would be between 2 Americans.

NSA does not need a warrant to tape between an American and a Russian. At least that was true in the 60s.

[Baitball Blogger]

27. I know that was the "big question" during the Trump administration.

Now that we don't have his appointed goons hamstringing these agencies, we should revisit the issue.

[BradBo]

22. I remember that.

A couple years ago.
Comon Biden, do it. Release those tapes.

[hlthe2b]

2. Eric Holder has been working on this on our behalf (with some Obama input), while

Mark Elias is on the job with all the corrupt R attempts to pass new voter-suppression laws.

Both need our support and help, but it isn't as though Dems are doing NOTHING.

[WhiteTara]

14. Don't forget Marc Elias

he's a powerhouse attorney who beat down 60 attempts by trump/co to suppress voters.

I think that combined with the late census data, we may have some chance on that front. Registering more voters and engaging the ones who are registered will be the task for the mid term elections.

[hlthe2b]

15. I guess you missed that in my post. My very first line was underscoring Marc Elias' contributions

We are very lucky to have him.

[WhiteTara]

16. Indeed I did miss that

I must go find my glasses so I can read all the words!

[MyOwnPeace]

25. And they're the

'very best' words!!! (gee, who ever said that before?)

UNITED WE FIGHT!!!!! (go ahead, RepubliCons - use it - I said "FIGHT!" )

[pandr32]

33. Marc Elias is great

And I agree with everything you said.

[KPN]

34. Good reminder. Thanks for that. It's disturbing to me how easy it is to get caught up in

dire thinking these days -- with good reason: we just witnessed a live attempted coup by a fomented mass of invader-marauders followed by an acquittal of their leader by the heretofore most revered deliberative body in the world!

But we are "fighting" back effectively. The miracle performed by Stacy Abrams et al is another example. I'm sure there are more. We ARE making progress!

[dem4decades]

3. The Republican Party at the State level is more than willing to seize power by gerrymandering and

voter suppression. I have very little hope that Democrats can stop these Nazi's. 1930s Germany is both in our rear view mirror and future.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. We can stop them.

We’re in the majority by a good bit. It will take engagement and vigilance but we can stop them. A fascist win is by no means an inevitability.

[KPN]

35. +++

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Lindsey's phone call to Georgia is a problem.

And the Fulton County DA has it in her evidence file.

[mzmolly]

26. Yes

indeed it is.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Well, if CA loses a seat, McCarthy's seat could

be a target under this scenario.

[ananda]

21. This is our real fight now. Access to the vote.

!!!

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. Could well be, but if so Trump will set him up and then pull the rug out from under him

Graham would do little to help Trump win. It's more likely Trump would turn to someone like Cotton, who I'm sure would say yes once he realized he couldn't win the nomination himself. Potentially being a heartbeat away from the presidency under an obese man in his late 70's would give Trump a wide field of craven opportunists to chose from if somehow Trump won the 2024 Republican nomination.

[DownriverDem]

29. If what repubs have done

and plan on doing doesn't motivate folks to vote in the Midterms of 2022 nothing will. We must get folks to understand that the repubs will come out in full force to hurt the Biden/Harris agenda.

[SheltieLover]

30. Of course they are

Obama knew this years ago. This is why he & Holder have been fighting this for years.

[PoliWrangler]

31. It's one reason DC statehood is urgent NOW

Two additional Dem Senators and perhaps weighting House representation closer to the Wyoming Rule by adding House members. Haven't done the math on the latter tho.

[KPN]

36. If the shoe were on the other foot, would the GOP pursue that?

Seems to me that is a question we should bear in mind constantly in these next two years.

[radius777]

38. We don't have the votes

as conservative Dems like Manchin and Sinema (and perhaps others) would never go along with such 'radical' (lol) changes.

These are all things we need to do, as the system is too tilted against us, but we need bigger majorities to do things like this.

What we can do now is mobilize our base to vote in all elections, ie the middterms, state/local, etc - that is what would really change the game for us. Repubs control too many state legislatures, courts etc.

[KPN]

39. Why would they be against statehood?

[radius777]

40. Why are they against eliminating the filibuster?

Same reason, because they're more conservative and 'institutionalist' and don't want such changes. And there are a few other Dems with that mindset. We need to build more popular support for our reforms, and build bigger majorities to do these things. Manchin and Sinema are even putting up a fuss about the 1.9T covid stimulus that would help their own constituents.

[rickyhall]

32. Graham Senate majority leader? No fucking way.

McCarthy is an idiot with an evil name. Cheney can at least think for herself. Female majority leader? Revolutionary.