Watching the news on CNN/MSNBC. To put it bluntly, this is OVER. trump is a criminal and finished.

[George II]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Have the GOPers figured that out yet?

How long will it take them?

[Iliyah]

10. They already know, but say and do nothing.

Just look at McTurtle.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Trump will go full on Bunker

Mode from here on out. We have seen this before with Nixon. Until Mitch McConnell and Coryn and Thunne decide it is past time to save our Country. Nothing changes,just gets uglier.

[Corgigal]

53. And protected by poor people

who aren't being paid. A Russian asset.

Not a bright move, orange guy.

[Wellstone ruled]

92. In three weeks time,

that will change. Appears most States that operate all of our Social Welfare programs are out of funds or will be out by the end of three weeks time.

So,that means all those Folks living in Red States,29 in think is the number,are crap out of luck. Of course the Libertairian's are loving this scenerio .

The memo,empty bellies means empty heads will need to be watched.

[Kablooie]

58. Yep. They've known for a long time an just accept it,

To impeach Trump for felonies will reflect on their party so they will ignore all of it.
Trump really could shoot someone on 5th Ave and the Senate will just look the other way.

So don't get your hopes up.
Committing felonies for personal gain and being a Russian Agent intent on bringing down the USA doesn't bother them one bit. It's all being done under the banner of the GOP so they will defend it to the death.

[Meowmee]

70. Unfortunately

I agree. They will do nothing. I will be very surprised if they do something.

[Cosmocat]

90. YEP - really does not matter how bad it gets it all boils down to November 3, 2020

that is the only way we get a chance to get the POS out of the 1600 Pa, and no guarentee it won't get OJ or final scene of scarefacish getting him out of there if we somehow manage to actually "win" the election ...

[Victor_c3]

99. I just spent a week staying with republican family

Fox news was on for the first three hours of every day. They don’t really like trump, but since he is a republican, they support him.

Flatly, when they hear trump-Russia they don’t -at all - believe it could possibly be true

[UniteFightBack]

2. Ya know what George....funny but I was really thinking the same thing. Let the floodgates

muthafuckin OPEN BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCKING FINALLY.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. Yesss... FINALLY!!! As Maxine would say... impeach 45!!!

[MontanaMama]

3. It was tough to turn the tv off

when Ali Velshi came on for Brian Williams. It looked like all hell was breaking loose.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Why did you turn it off? Great commentary happening on this show,

including Doris Kearns Goodwin.

[MontanaMama]

24. I snuck back on to see Doris Kearns Goodwin

on my iPad because I couldn’t stand it once I heard she was going to be a guest. I struggle with sleep these days so I swear off tv right before bed to calm my mind down. I still hang out with you all, however, because it’s become a habit since November 2016. It feels like something gave way tonight...finally.

[cilla4progress]

38. Here's what works for me to sleep:

I load up all the MSNBC podcasts - from Niccolle Wallace through Brian Williams -.and listen to them through my earbuds all night long!

I wake up on and off during the night and miss some of the discussion, but puts me right to sleep!

I do wonder what it does to my psyche!

[triron]

39. That would drive me nuts.

[MontanaMama]

42. Holy gawd, really??

I listen to a crap ton of podcasts but they get my blood pressure up with this shit show we have rolling at the moment so I listen to them all day and in the car. I need dark and silence to even try to sleep. I usually nod off chatting with you all here on DU then sleep for 2-3 hours then I’m up again about 3 am or so. Menopause is killing my sleep. As is MF45 and his posse of traitors.

[lunatica]

88. It affected me that way too

It plays havoc on your entire system! No matter how tired you are you wake up bolt upright, totally awake multiple times a night. And that’s just one of the malfunctions you are riddled with.

All that went away when the doctor put me on hormones. The relief was almost instant.

[MontanaMama]

93. Hormone replacement therapy

helped all my symptoms except the sleep. I’ve been playing with CBD tinctures and have had some success...but the one thing that always rocks my boat is tv...it gets me amped up beyond belief. Getting older ain’t for sissies!

[lunatica]

97. You so right!

But once your over menopause it gets much better than before menopause! You won’t have it any other way!

[MontanaMama]

98. Sweet!

Good things ahead. Thanks lunatica.

[Laffy Kat]

68. Don't worry. I watch murder shows on my laptop all night.

And I'm perfectly normal.

[George II]

81. Five minutes of Brian Williams and I'm dozing off.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Too much cable tv news does make sleep difficult some nights.

Sometimes I just turn it off and do something else - but at the same time I'm afraid I'll miss out on a hot scoop, like tonight. It's like a slow-motion train wreck - it's horrible to watch but you can't keep from watching.

I hope this is the beginning of the end of this stinking mess.

[fierywoman]

52. Does anyone else besides Southern Californians use the word, "lookie-loo" ? (apologies

for the spelling!) That's exactly how I feel about watching this tRumpdumpwreck -- can't keep my attention away, to the detriment of almost everything else in my life right now.

[k8conant]

60. First I ever heard that word...is it like a rubber-necker

or someone who is glued to the tv?

[fierywoman]

61. Neither -- it's the people (on the freeway) who slow down to see if they can see any

gore at the scene of an accident, therefore slowing down the freeway (in both directions) a lot. At least that's what my sense of the word is. (I just googled it -- it has many meanings, mine being one of them.)

[LakeSuperiorView]

72. I have heard the phrase before, used with that meaning.

I'm in Minnesota, but if I had to guess, it was on old cop shows, so from California.

[k8conant]

100. You just described a rubber-necker....

[Mr. Quackers]

75. Okies?

[tblue37]

89. Kansas here: a lookie-loo is someone who uses up a salesperson's time but never buys.

I first heard it from a Vermont native, so it is found all over. I hear it in Kansas all the time.

[Pluvious]

96. You inspired me to make the post...

I believe most people know blue (and white) light upon our eye's retina in the evening is counterproductive for sleep.

A Dark Mode would be so helpful !

Ref: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211689910

[dhol82]

5. What's Fox showing? That's what the right wing will know and speak tomorrow.

[handmade34]

9. Steve King

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. yessiree. and think of how much more Mueller has. trump is toast

I do hope that the funk spreads to Pence, Ryan, McConnell and others.

Time to do a huge prune of the republican criminals.

[Clash City Rocker]

7. Doris Kearns Goodwin is on MSNBC right now, because this is historic

[C_U_L8R]

8. I'm flipping back and forth

This is seismic news. If there is corroborating evidence,
the whole conspiracy unravels. All the trumpers go down.
Now the question for them is... do they cooperate or go
to jail. I also want to know if Pence has been snared too.

[George II]

14. As with the Nixon/Watergate scandal, the big thing is that THERE ARE TAPES!

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. THIS - yet you heard the guest on Lemon - Trump will just say "it is a fake tape"

[George II]

21. Yes, I heard that moments ago (Naftali is an excellent historian!), but he's the only one....

....this is blockbuster news, and Mueller has it all documented.

[NRaleighLiberal]

23. indeed. we've been waiting for this to break for two years....here's hoping this is the start of

the end.

[triron]

25. And they were trying to compare this with the Clinton impeachment which is so absurd.

Makes me want to vomit. No way in hell; what happened to Bill Clinton in no way compares to this! This motherfucker is a damn traitor.

[get the red out]

78. Absolutely

Trump makes Nixon's crookedness almost seem like "a third rate burglary" afterall. Bill Clinton lying about sex shouldn't even enter the conversation.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. Who cares if Trump says "fake tapes?" Like the Access Hollywood tapes

it will be right there for all to hear. He tried to sell the "fake tapes" thing then too - didn't work.

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. I understand your point - but, it did work, since he is president and his supporters don't care.

we are dealing with a completely different criminal here, aided and abetted by a similarly sleazy cast of criminals (repubs in congress and his supporters).

I am so hoping this is the thing that will finally bring him down!

[triron]

36. The criminal-in-chief.

[Maru Kitteh]

44. No, that they do not care is a different issue. He tried to say "fake tape" but

it wasn't that they believed the tape wasn't real - they knew it was - they just didn't care that he assaulted women. Even Melanie admitted it was real and all of his supporters parroted her and Donny's spin of calling it "locker room talk" and had all kinds of other misogynist reasons for not caring about it.

He was bein' a real man, dontcha know.

[mucifer]

11. I betcha it won't be the lead story tomorrow in the msm

I bet on NPR and network tv and radio they will say Nancy and trump need to figure out the shut down. That's all I ever hear.

[George II]

13. It already is.

[George II]

12. Who is going to step up and be the Barry Goldwater of 2019? There are no republicans worthy!

[Eliot Rosewater]

102. Doesnt exist. We keep assuming GOP are patriots and put the country first.

They dont.

A few do, like Mueller, but not many.

When Barr who has no business anywhere near the DOJ is confirmed I am curious to see how much treason he will commit.

There is a one percent chance he is not a traitor and will do the right thing, maybe 2.

[at140]

15. Sorry was playing cards and missed the news

Please tell in detail what you heard. Thanks.

[MissB]

18. Cohen was directed by trump to lie to congress.

[at140]

33. Hmmm very interesting, and thanks! Nt

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

16. God George...I sure hope you're right. I've got no tv.

Going to go with your judgement. Whew.

[George II]

27. Cohen is the John Dean and Deep Throat of this administration (throw in Butterworth, too)!

[ffr]

19. On the flip side, Trump is setting the bar for any crooked Dem sooooo EFFing high

Thank you Mitch McConnell! We're going to run roughshod over your grave for generations to come.

[BigmanPigman]

22. Me too, back and forth trying to get a little of each person's

opinion as far as the law goes.

[hibbing]

26. Not holding my breath

I've seen this movie before, and that was before the batshit crazies took over that party.


Peace

[vlyons]

28. Morning Joe will tie it in knots

nt

[Hoyt]

29. There have been at least 25 similar "bombshells" where I felt same in last year. Nothing. . . .

[rufus dog]

41. Agreed

But as stated below, it appears to have reached critical mass. Any logical person would have hated this mother fucker no later than early 2016. So where we saw things that would have taken down any Dem, the deplorables ignored them.

The shutdown and not paying people finally seems to awakened some of them. The knew he didn't pay contractors, fucked over numerous people, lacked all morals, but they weren't fucked over by him. Now they see the average Joe being asked to work for free, the see repukes making comments that these people are over payed. IMO they can remember similar comments from Sr. Management at their own workplace. They know govt workers and they know they are just like them, working, trying to pay the mortgage, trying to give their kids a little something like dance lessons or soccer leagues.

In LA the local news seems to have a nightly story with some fucked over govt worker, and in almost every case the person states he is having to tell his kids that all activities have to be cut. Almost everyone with a kid has been through this, not enough money to pay for all the activities they want to try. These people are actually WORKING and have to tell their kids they can't pay for any activity.

Is summary, a MASSIVE FUCK UP by these assholes. Some black or mexican who the deplorables think are on govt assistance is fine from their point of view. Someone just like them is getting fucked over due to tRump, and it isn't playing well at all.

[John Fante]

51. This is Trump's personal lawyer implicating him

in a felony. It far surpasses any bombshell that came before.

[uponit7771]

67. +1

[Raine]

71. Exactly

same old, same old ... yawn.

[USALiberal]

83. I agree, these type of posts are silly and a waste of time. Nt

[Cosmocat]

91. YEP

Rs simply are not going to do what needs to be done, regardless of how horrible it gets.

[rufus dog]

32. Couple things

This morning I posted that Andrea Mitchell was treating Dems the way she normally treats Repukes, very respectful. Then she played a tRump clip from the Pentagon, made a comment that his statement was not true.

Tonight at the gym Faux/Laura Ingram was on, the chyron was something the the effect "media treats Pelosi stunt as valid while criticizing tRump presidential response.

Some such as Andrea, have turned on a dime, now there will be critical mass and the soft tRumpers will be afraid to speak up.

[ecstatic]

34. Omg! What did I miss? Tuning in now! nt

[njhoneybadger]

35. It is over but this Mutherfucker can still do an enormous amount of damage

Don't rule out a strike on Iran

[triron]

37. Only the 2nd part of your statement is true.

I wished it was over but it's not. It's over when the motherfucker is out of office.

[dalton99a]

40. .

[triron]

43. This is game changing but you ain't seen nothin yet imo.

[OliverQ]

45. You're still assuming Republicans will lift a finger to get rid of him.

[triron]

47. knr

[triron]

48. kick for visibility

[Scurrilous]

49. ...

[triron]

50. kick again

[Gothmog]

54. Senat Klobuchar knew

Link to tweet

?s=20

[OnDoutside]

103. Funny that.....

[Gothmog]

55. Boom

Link to tweet

?s=20

[struggle4progress]

56. Didn't it rain, children

[AlexSFCA]

57. how many times have we said this here?

He is getting his personal AG so it’s far from over.

[Achilleaze]

74. The Senate repubes now cannot deny they know the crimes & treason of their DraftDodger

and still they stand united against America, keeping our US government shut down to submissively appease Comrade Dirty Donny.

Disgusting.

[AlexSFCA]

94. unfortunately, they can not only deny but go along with it

Frum said it best “If conservatives can’t win democratically, they won’t abandon conservatism, they will abandon democracy”.

[herding cats]

59. I hope so, but I don't know.

I'm just so tired of seeing our system being abused and I want some sort of justice at this point.

It's heartening to think Cohen could say what he did outside of the Muller umbrella, I admit that. I want to be hopeful, but this has been an extremely rough ride so far.

[VOX]

62. It's only "over" if the treasonous Republican Party hews to the law.

They act as a human shield around 45, and don’t give a damn about his illegal and immoral acts. These vile animals aren’t going to just give up, regardless of what the law says.

The very fact that 45 is still in office speaks volumes about the GOP’s intentions regarding 45, even after his demonstrating time and again how incredibly unfit and corrupt he is.

[DFW]

63. Don't we wish. 'Tain't dat simple.

Criminals in the White House are seldom finished. Watergate was not only a long time ago, but the perps have learned a thing or two from the experience.

How many of Reagan's cabinet did time for Iran-Contra?

Who was sent behind bars for outing a CIA agent? Cheney never did time. Rove never did time. Sure, they set Libby up to take the fall for Valerie Plame, but they pardoned him soon after.

For raping the country financially and the phony premise given for the Iraq invasion, who did time? Who was even indicted? Nobody.

After December, 2000, when Condoleezza Rice told the Clinton-Bush transition team to fuck off when Sandy Berger told the incoming Bush team that Al Qaeda was by far the biggest threat (i.e. not Saddam Hussein), who was brought up on charges of mass negligent homicide on Sep. 12, 2001? The only punishment Condoleezza got was a delayed promotion to Secretary of State.

[greyl]

64. Where is Paul Manafort? Where is Michael Cohen going? nt

[DFW]

65. "Collateral damage"

Out of the White House, out of mind (and more to the point, out of the circle of protection). The circle of wagons has been drawn, and they were not inside the perimeter when the circle closed.

[malaise]

69. This is way worse than Watergate

The Con and his family are going down

[DFW]

87. Don't get over-confident

Watergate ultimately brought Nixon down because he never realized that what he did exceeded the bounds of legality until it was too late. Trump doesn't, either of course, but his legal team does, and their damage control has kicked in way before Nixon's ever did.

Nixon said, "I am not a crook," and believed it.

Trump thinks, "who gives a rat's ass?" and believes no one does.

[appleannie1943]

66. I've thought that a number of times but nothing happens.

[pnwmom]

73. FIRST another MSM outlet has to confirm the story. Sorry, but that is key. n/t

[George II]

79. What matters most is that Mueller has this all documented with...

... audio recordings, text messages, emails, etc.

There's a lot more evidence that Mueller has we and the media are not aware of yet.

[pnwmom]

86. But that would depend on whether the story is true that he has the evidence for this having happened

[cwydro]

77. I don't hear the fat lady singing yet, and I'm listening real hard.

Not sure she’s even warming up.

[Oneironaut]

80. This is far from over, and Trump is nowhere near finished.

It’s becoming increasingly obvious what he did, but do you really expect Republicans to care? The Senate won’t vote to convict, no matter what Trump has done. Trump will absolutely never resign.

Our best hope is to vote him out in 2020 at this point. Even that is up in the air.

I think we should focus on the 2020 election. Trump will not be removed from office.

[bullwinkle428]

82. This is only about the 5000th time I've read this on DU. Wish I could

share in the optimism.

[USALiberal]

84. Posted daily, yet nothing happens! Nt

[George II]

85. There now is open knowledge of evidence (probably has been in Mueller's hands for months)....

....of trump telling Cohen to lie to Congress.

Lots of that other stuff was speculation.

[AlexSFCA]

95. is there a voice recording of that?

[Joe941]

101. I predict tRump won't last another month. We are at end game now.

[George II]

105. I wish I had your optimism and you were right. I think this is probably going to drag out...

....into the summer. But I see no way out of this other than his resignation (which he won't do) or impeachment and conviction in the Senate.

[lunamagica]

104. K&R for visibility

[cwydro]

106. Um, looks like it's not over yet.

Pretty much what I expected. Smh.