MLK Jr. wanted guaranteed jobs, was against the vietnam war and militarization in general, was a democratic socialist (socialist lite), was against police brutality or police as a means to oppress (specifically mentioning black people), etc.

Agreed, but I think it will be the combination of suspicious interactions with the Russians (even if not provably beyond a reasonable doubt) + greater descriptions of obstruction will give us a more accurate picture of the President’s team doing shady stuff and trying to cover it up.

Poor analogy, but the best I have…

The law is very clear that they have to hand them over.  I guess we’ll see if that “judicial activism” that the GOP seems to hate so much, will suddenly become OK when SCOTUS invents a new form of executive privilege or executive power.

Let’s do what was proposed by Democrats during the Ken Starr investigations- full report to congress and redacted version (removing national security and grand jury materials) for the public. I know the GOP doesn’t care about hypocrisy, but for some reason, Dems are held to a higher standard. 

It seems like they’re trying to build out the subway system.  When I was there late last year, I noticed a few new stations being built.  So granted, it may take some time, but seems like they’re trying rather than just throwing up their hands.

Jayne Byrne. IMO- she was like the Jimmy Carter of mayors- well-meaning and underappreciated while in office.

Yeah, most local news affiliates are conservative given the supremacy of Sinclair, News-Press and Gazette, and Tribune. 

Hopefully, their administration will be more effective than Harold Washington’s. When Washington became mayor, the City Council essentially let business grind to a halt because they were so opposed to a black guy who was not an insider being elected as mayor.

Nobody can be compelled to perform under contract that’s unlawful (against public policy). However, these situations are never that black and white, so good luck telling corporate you don’t want to do X policy because it’s risky and they have nothing to lose by making you do it.

In DC it would be a CAVA or another &Pizza.

Also, Tricia Newbold suffers from dwarfism and the Administration tried to fire her by putting all her files in higher drawers and then saying she couldn’t perform her job. I wish I was making that part up.

There have been a few studies. Conservatives tend to vote based on fear and anger and liberals tend to vote on hope, etc. So, anger might not actually turn out the base as much as it does for conservatives.

Related- Has anyone found any legal analysis on whether the interstate compact is lawful? Most of the articles I found just raise the question, but don’t try to answer it.

Obviously, this won’t go anywhere, but it feeds into the narrative that the Dems are trying to make government (somewhat) more fair and less corrupt, despite their own issues- I’m looking at you DCCC. The bigger question will be if the Dems can actually figure out how to use this to their advantage.

I was going to mention this.

Yep, the DNC are the Arsenal of politics. Had a good run a while ago, now they occasionally win minor trophies, but are ultimately falling further and further behind. Oh, and they’re experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Nothing turns out the base like the attitude of ‘We know you’ll vote for anyone with D next to their name because you hate Trump so much.’ So, here’s a less-bad establishment Dem. 

The GOP was happy (and effective) to be the opposition party, but when they have to come up with ideas other than “undo whatever Obama did” and “cut taxes on the wealthy,” they’re lacking.

He will remove references to persons not indicted, use anticipatory executive privilege (which isn’t a thing but Sessions did it anyway), etc. to over-redact the report.

God, I hate that I’m doing this, but I’m going to sort-of defend her.