They investigated last time too. They ran out the clock on all the important stuff and nothing of consequence came of any of it but they technically did do quite a few investigations.

Investigations are great for them politically, why wouldn't they?

They sweep the house and set up special commissions investigating all of the wrongdoings very publicly and with much ceremony and somber pomp.

Then either they'll defer the discovered crimes to the justice department to make arrests (these will be ignored) or send impeachment proceedings to the senate (these will be swatted down).

This lets them "do something" without actually making any changes. It will also be coordinated with the media to be the focus of politics for a while and not something dangerous like young anti-capitalist upstarts trying to steal the party they rightfully rigged so long ago.

By making it seem like they're doing something the can also tamper down some of that anti establishment energy that's been boiling over recently.

I hope they fucking fail.

Seems to be paraphrasing:

“If we lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats — y’all, impeachment isn’t even the real concern,” the Louisiana Republican told a conservative audience on Friday. “They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they’ll go after the president’s family, the Cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted.”

The House speaker added, “I run the protection program. I’ll take care of you.”

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-trump-2677119940/

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mike-johnson-protection-program-johnson-trump-midterms

He’s probably not wrong, to be honest. Spying on the opponent seems to be basic campaigning now

Ah, you mean like last time? Where nothing was prosecuted?

If he pardons them there is nothing anyone can do... legally

That president also needs to close every single loophole Donny exposed.

They won't tho.

And the entirety of the Joe Biden administration for the genocide in Gaza, and the entirety of the Bush administration for the illegal wars, and the entirety of the Obama administration for the illegal drone strikes, and the entirety of the...

If the Democrats take the House and Senate, it will be soul-crushing if they don't pursue a strong liberal-restoration agenda and fiercely prosecute the Republicans for engaging in blatant self dealing.

Thanks to the history I've lived, I don't expect them to, especially as the DNC shows signs of capture, but it will be very sad.

Then the Republicans will get back into office, and the US will fall in earnest, possibly attacking Canada and Greenland when the government bankrupts the state, and eventually ending with China and Europe bombing the snot out of DC.

If we're lucky, by then, chunks of the US will have seceded from the union to form smaller clusters of states, so that the entire nation doesn't have to be conquered by the Allies.

I wish the Democrats were even 10% as aggressive as Republicans claim they are.

After the Midterms, those strongly worded letters are going to be subpoenas.

Hey hey hey, let's not shove the pedal to the floor !. There are many less aggressive options to consider before penning a strongly worded letter !

Yeah..same boat here. Doubt it very much, especially since both parties are capitalist parties so we know nothing of real substance will happen even if/when Democrats come into power again.

I've seen it somewhere else on here that Democrats are just the stewards of capitalism while Republicans push it further. I think that puts our situation into perspective perfectly. We need real change.

They’ll drag it because some of them also cashed in on these assholes.

I think it's not enough to just vote blue, make sure you're going out and primarying the ones sitting on their asses cashing lobbyist checks. Not everyone has the time to go and canvas, but signing ballot petitions and voting, even early or mail in, are in most people's grasp.

Even if you don't kick them out of office, showing up with a strong challenger scares them into acting right and encourages more people to try and try harder.

Only smart choice. Anything else is basically saying you love pedophiles.

If the Dems don't hold MAGA responsible for their many CRIMES, it's YOUR fault.

Mamdani recently said:

"For far too long our party has seen its job as managing decline instead of delivering material change for working people. It has seen its job as explaining why we cannot instead of showing how we can."

YOU are part of "managing decline," either out of cowardice, or by design.

Politicians are generally lazy and greedy, and if you tell them that you expect nothing from them, give them permission to do nothing, and tell them that we'll do nothing about it, and that's exactly what they'll do - Northing - and they'll go right back to their favorite pastime, Insider Trading.

Last night, 29 year old Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros won her primary over a 15 term incumbent, and said:

"For decades Democrats have failed to meaningfully deliver for working families,” Kiros told POLITICO’s William Steakin late last night following her stunning victory in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. “We have to root out the corruption and get money out of our politics … It’s about political will — and that means we have to vote out any of the incumbents that are standing in our way by taking that kind of corporate PAC money.”

You are talking about the OLD Democratic Party, the lazy, corrupt losers that helped MAGA gain power, and let them into the White House, TWICE. The MAGA Comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries are as responsible for that as MAGA itself, and the NEW Democrats that will take over after the Midterms will not will not accept their traditional Corporate Establishment Democratic Identities as Cowardly Weenies. They are being elected to make change, they are taking that charge seriously, and we need to support them with everything we've got.

We need to send the message that we will no longer accept them doing nothing. We already elected them once to do something about MAGA, and they fucked us over, and let MAGA back in. If we take it back again, we expect them to deal with MAGA decisively, crush it, and purge it from our government, and our society.

But instead, your response is: "We know you won't do anything to save us from the MAGA Parasites, but that's okay, we never really expected your help anyway."

Ew, gross. Grow a spine.

Well you're in luck then, because a solid 30% of Americans are in fact morons, with another 20% precariously balanced on a knife edge

The definition of Democrat is changing. The old guard is finally falling. This might actually work out after all. I’m skeptical but hopeful.

So, a Republican?

That's why you need to vote for the farthest left primary hand didn't matter how "unelectable" or "extreme" you were told they are because electing more centrists is the same as just selecting more Republicans

putting the current administration in prison.

What powers, exactly, do you think they'd have if elected? They can investigate but they do not have the ability to put people in prison. The legislature and judiciary are separate branches.

If we're not stupid enough to refuse to vote again, we're just going to go back to spouting these impossible expectations and then blaming Democrats when they can't do it.

If they don't investigate anything then sure, they deserve to be criticized to hell and back.

best I can do is sensationalist critiques in Huff Post.

You mean in the ground

I think you mean New Amato

Ever shoot clay pigeons? do you think we could build a clay pidgeon launcher that could shoot a pedo human? Just a physics question.

No it doesn't. Democrats don't do that. At least not well

Your tired defeatism is what they are hoping for.

As I've been telling any Democratic Coward/ MAGA Quisling that crosses my path: If that happens, it's your fault.

Statements like that give them permission to do nothing, and tells them that you will do nothing if they do nothing. And that's exactly what they'll do - Nothing. YOU are a "Strongly Worded Letter Democrat."

But the Citizens aren't doing nothing. Were taking the steps required to make the changes we all want. Right now, progressives are beating incumbents in primaries all over the country. In the Midterms, many of them will win, including several flips from MAGA Red to Progressive Blue. And once they're in office, there will be changes in leadership, and a new direction.

Those are steps we need to take, and the first one is already successfully under way. These new Dems are NOT going to sit back while DINO leadership defers to MAGA in everything.

IF you truly want the Dems to stand up to MAGA, then DEMAND that, not give them permission to fail, again.