I have responded to the utter vileness of the president's political weaponizing of race and otherness with my own paralysis -- by just not writing ShrinkRap posts for a few days.
Not that it's not worthy of comment. But how many ways can you express contempt; how often can you write something that warns -- and have it make no difference, apparently -- before wanting to just give up?
And then there's the argument that the best, most hurtful thing you can do to Him-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named is to simply ignore him. Refuse him the attention he craves.
Be all that as it may, the message I bring today is simply a reminder. Tomorrow (Wednesday, August 24th) is the day that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will spend five hours testifying before the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.
One source said that all the channels, except Fox, will be carrying the hearings live. We can be assured that Mueller is not going to dramatize or sensationalize his findings. In fact, Democrats' worry is that he will be so low key that Republicans will walk all over him with their rabidly aggressive questioning of bias and malfeasance in the investigators and their process.
Those who know Mueller, who have worked under him, say he is no pushover -- and neither does he sensationalize. If "yes" or "no" answers the question, that's what he will say. So the questions have to be carefully crafted to bring out the full answers.
Others say, if he did nothing but open his report randomly and read a few paragraphs, it would be devastating for the president.
I urge you to watch. Record, if you can, and watch later if you can't watch live. The Judiciary committee begins first at 8:30 am for about three hours; then a short break, and the Intelligence Committee begins about 12:00 noon for about two hours.
Ralph
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