OPINION: Do you have a fire-safety plan for U.S. democracy on the day Trump fires Mueller? | Will Bunch
So what if it's not your house but the very idea of a (small-d) democratic
What if, after this long pounding of the faux outrage drums from his right-wing echo chamber on the
Then what? Here's the good news:
Sweet -- who's already helped lead one protest this week, against the
The idea behind the protest -- which activists have been planning since July -- is fairly simple: If Trump fires Mueller and it's after
It definitely wouldn't be a silent night.
It's safe to say that never in recent history has so much planning gone into protesting something that hasn't happened yet, and may never happen. But if you've been paying close attention these last few days, something is afoot. On American state-run televisionthe
Fox's most popular host,
What's inspired this frenzy? Several small-to-middling occurrences and a few missteps, none more serious than a key FBI investigator caught texting his prosecutor girlfriend his personal opinion that Trump would be "a disaster" for this country (which...oh, nevermind...); even though FBI agents are actually allowed to voice personal opinions, vote, etc., just like you, the overcautious Mueller yanked the FBI's
There's nothing wrong with getting to the bottom of incidents like the Strzok texts, but let's be clear about what is really happening here. There's a coordinated conspiracy involving the right-wing media universe that was created in the ashes of Watergate, working with zealously loyal members of
How can one agent's texts and the related bric-a-brac possibly compare with Team Trump's numerous contacts with Russian officials and their intermediaries, with the flow of stolen Democratic emails and documents that came from
There is no comparison. Any Trump move against Mueller would signal the end of an independent judiciary and any remaining notions that a president is subject to American law, in addition to the shock that an independent media and a corrupted
The stakes are so high that there are some signs Trump might back away from an outright Mueller firing. In fact, the president said as much Sunday night -- even though he's gone back on his word dozens of times since becoming president just 11 months ago. Some analysts believe Trump is looking for ways to cripple the Mueller probe without firing Mueller (which would require help from top officials at Justice), such as firing the man that Mueller now reports to, Deputy Attorney General
Any of these things would be the real coup -- proof that the president and those around him can commit crimes and get away with them. That's not lost on an activist like Sweet, 47, who's been somewhat active in Democratic affairs in
If that means
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