August 27,2018: End of Justice, New Urgency, In the Balance.

“This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now” our birdbrain-in-chief 'twitted' early in August, “before it continues to stain our country any further, Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to the USA!” (1)

The only thing accurate about this early morning rant by our increasingly unhinged 'president', is the opening assertion that this is a “terrible situation”, made terrible by our mobster in charge. Publicly calling upon the Attorney General to stop the wheels of justice, 'le Infante Terrible proceeded to again characterize the probe as a 'Rigged Witch Hunt'. If so, it it is hardly rigged for it has bagged a veritable coven of 'Witches' with over a score of indictments of Russian nationals, Russian organizations and a half-dozen tRUMP campaign operatives. And we haven't yet probed the depths of the racketeering and money-laundering, let alone state and federal tax evasions.

As stated before in these columns, Caesar Disgustus is a standing criterion of value—for whatever he calls someone else he is projecting his very own shortcomings upon the motives and actions of others—others by whom he feels threatened.

That the probe “continues to stain our country” is fair enough, but the source of the stain is not the investigations but the actions which the investigations are revealing and will reveal. The real stain upon this nation is not the Mueller probe it is the objects of the federal inquiry—Caesar Disgustus and this band of pirates who have taken over and are now stinking up the forum. It will take decades to remove the stench of this administration.

Mueller is not totally conflicted. Disgustus is the conflicted one and, of course, it is not Mueller's investigation that is the disgrace to this country but one Donald J. tRUMP.

That just leaves the puzzling reference to 17 angry Democrats. Why 17? It used be 12 in his rants. Why 17? The truth, of course, would be more accurately served by saying that all Democrats are angry. Millions of independents could likewise be added. Hell, one could throw in a few million Rescumlickans now troubled by his clearly criminal nature and intent. Why a mere 17?

What makes 17 such a magic number is that the 17^th letter of the alphabet is Q, a reference to a burgeoning movement called Qanon, a group of psychotic, paranoid conspiracy nuts much in the tradition of the old John Birch Society that are now making their presence felt at tRUMP rallies. And, since Disgustus sees only what is in front of his nose—and that only on very clear days—they have become the new reality in this political version of reality television.

Welcome to the madness of the king-hell rat.

Now Disgustus has taken to Faux News (2) and rants about his miscreant Attorney General recusing himself and therefore failing to protect him from the long arm of the law, failing to recognize that the Attorney General is not the president's personal attorney and is sworn to uphold the constitution and the rule of law. The A.G. Represents the people, not the president nor the office of the president. Likewise the office of the White House legal counsel. Disgustus understands none of this, imagining himself a mafia 'Don', running a far-flung syndicate.

The front-page article in The New York Times reporting on the latest presidential rant is quite right characterizing the ongoing feud with federal law enforcement as taking on “a new urgency”. The feud, now more than a year old, is indeed reaching critical mass, as Mueller has now secured convictions on 8 counts of former tRUMP campaign manager Paul Manafort as well as guilty pleas from Deputy Campaign manager Rick Gates.

As the noose tightens about the bloated throat of our bastard 'president', rumors run rampant of presidential pardons and moves to close down the investigations. Disgustus has openly mused about taking over the investigations himself and has, several times, publicly called for them to end. He has ordered the White House legal counsel to fire Mueller, but backed off when faced with resignations. Now as the latest rounds of pique hit the internet, the airwaves, and the print media the very survival of justice hangs in the balance.

Heretofore, several Rescumlickan Senators have stood firm. McConnell holding to the position that congressional protections of the investigations are unnecessary, remains literally mute, refusing to come to their defense. But the most troubling of all are the actions of other prominent members of the chamber. Grassley of Iowa—best known for the charge that passing ObamaCare would 'unplug grandmother'--chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee who once held that he would not hold hearings on a new nominee to run the Justice Department now intimates that there is now time on the calendar to hold such meetings. And, let us not overlook the most spineless of them all Lindsay Graham who said this week that Sessions had clearly lost the confidence of the president and that the president should have the right to have someone running the department in whom he has confidence. Overlooking that this came from a senator who late last year said that if tRUMP moved to remove Mueller there would be “holy hell to pay”, it should be clear to even this dolt that confidence for this 'president' means confidence that his appointment would move swiftly to eviscerate the investigations into the president's behaviors. That is, to obstruct justice. But we must ask ourselves: how big can the balls be of a man whose mother named Lindsay?

With the scales held in hands such as these will justice and the rule of law survive? Everything now hangs precariously in the balance.

“'an Br'er Putin he jus' laugh and laugh”

Impeach and Imprison.

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1. Hirschfeld Davis, Julie; Sullivan, Eileen; and Benner, Katie. Trump's Tweet Urges Sessions to Halt Inquiry.” The New York Times. Thursday, August 2, 2018. Pages 1 and 15.
2. Benner, Katie. Fandos, Nicholas and Rogers, Katie. “President Vents At Justice Dept.; Sessions Objects.” The New York Times. Friday, August 24, 2018. Pages 1 and 14.