If It Plucked Rachel Out of Her Waders in a River, Then It’s Important!

This is how the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.*

Well, the world isn’t ending, but the Mueller investigation has.   As you may have heard, the office of the Attorney General received the Mueller report Friday evening and issued a letter to the Judiciary Committees of both the House and the Senate declaring that the report has been received.

So what exactly does this mean.  First, a look at the letter.

  

What does the letter seems to say?

Well, it indicates that the report has been received, that Barr will decide if and what will be released to the public. There seems to be an indication that Barr did not impede the investigation. And Barr promises to inform the Judiciary Committees leadership of the key conclusions of the investigation. But no promise that either Congress or we the people will see the whole report.
 
This is what Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have to say about that:
“Now that Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General, it is imperative for Mr. Barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to Congress.  Attorney General Barr must not give President Trump, his lawyers or his staff any ‘sneak preview’ of Special Counsel Mueller’s findings or evidence, and the White House must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence are made public.”

What is in the report? Will we ever know?  Based on what Democratic leaders have said, there may be a major challenge ahead. 

According to the New York Times, “That could lead to a between executive and legislative branches if Mr. Barr weeks to withhold parts of the report, one that could be eventually resolved by the third branch, the judiciary, in a constitutional showdown.”

We will soon find out what the Attorney General plans to do.  And how the Democratic leadership responds.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

First off, stay informed of what is happening. Here are suggestions from Indivisible. Sign up at muellertime.org to get the latest updates. You can also text RED LINE to 977-79 for the latest text message updates.

Second, get on the phone Monday and call your Members of Congress. Ask, no, DEMAND that they make the Mueller investigation findings public. And that they continue to make Trump accountable.  Go here for more background and talking points.

Don’t just stop there! Urge others to do the same. Indivisible is providing a link where you can record a short video telling family and friends about why they should contact their representative. Make your video here.

Finally, stay tuned for possible protests. If the report is not made public, there will be demonstrations, all over the country. Sign up here for information about protests  in downtown Chicago or other cities in the Chicago area.

“This is an historic, landmark moment in the Mueller investigation. At this point, what now will happen is a whole new fight and a whole new waiting game, in terms of figuring out what Mueller determined . . . Now puts us on a totally different front in terms of what we are as citizens able to know about what we’ve been through as a democracy,”  proclaimed Rachel Maddow at the end of her show Friday night.

So, pay attention to what is happening even this weekend.  Be prepared to act. This is our democracy. Let’s protect it!  And remember, we’re all in this together!

*From “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot