He's just as complicit (through his brother Ed - a Putin asset), and even more extreme.

And I think if things got so bad that Trump was removed from office, the chance of Pence being elected would be pretty much nil. There's a good chance he wouldn't even be the 2020 Republican nominee.

My fear is that, once Cheeto is removed, Big Media would go out of its way to present Sir Fetus Funeral as a "breath of fresh air" and "return to normalcy."

It's almost as if Hitler had been succeeded by Himmler, and the Allies had signed off on that as an "acceptable compromise."

...it would be the kiss of death for the Republicans in the Senate because their complicity could be on display for the entire country to see.

First, We need to take back the House.

of bolstering Democratic prospects.
This latest child abuse at the border
will be an albatross around every
GOP candidate. And then there's
his mishandled trade policy driving
up prices and trashing markets.
Oh, we could go on. Heckova job,
Trumpstain.

I don't think the audio clips of crying kids is having nearly the impact that video would. Trump seems to have ICE pretty locked down so far, where they're trained not to let details out. I wonder if they confiscate workers' cell phones. Some viral video could have an effect like the Abu Ghraib photos and do irreversible damage.

We just need one with a heart and a camera phone. I suspect there are many involved who are disgusted and ashamed. They could be heroes.

I'd contribute to a crowdfund too

We have 5 months of rampant rabid Republicanism ahead of us.

Child abuse as some kind of demented hostage policy? Ending ban on preexisting conditions discrimination and permitting junk insurance again? Taking away funding for old people known as Medicare and Social Security?

Lying about Mexico will pay for the wall?

Just 2 seats?

I like those odds!

McCaskill - Missouri
Heitkamp - North Dakota
Donnelly - Indiana
Tester - Montana
Manchin - West Virginia

Those are all difficult seats to hold onto in Trump dominated states and all the seats the Republicans are defending are in states like Mississippi, Texas - except for Nevada and Arizona (which hasn't had a Democratic Senator in forever). To pick up two seats, the Democrats need to flip Nevada and Arizona, but also run the table on ALL the tough seats they're defending.

We already flipped one!

Stranger things have happened!

Most of them are terrible, but I don't know if we'll get the benefit of many more Yosemite Sam pedophiles.

All we need is two more!

That ought to do the trick.

The ads write themselves. And you know what the audio will be.

The talk of local news is that Greitens is trying to get enough signatures to run as an independent in November. Quite a few Republican voters have said that they think he was screwed over by both parties. (He wasn't ;the GOP realized they were better off cutting their loses.)
If Greitens gets his signatures he could split the vote with Hawley in November. Many claim that is his goal :spoil it for Hawley.

Sherman A1 and I have both made comments about signing the damn petition so Claire stays safe.

On the bright side, Corker's retirement means that a Tennessee flip is possible. With wins in Arizona, Nevada, and Tennessee, we could afford to lose one (but only one) of the endangered Democratic seats.

If Republicans lose both House and Senate, Senators up for reelection in 2020 will suddenly feel very vulnerable and less willing to defend Trump.

but with the majority, they could force the minority and the nation to face the truth of what he is, what he has done, and if we are lucky why he has done what he been doing. I personally believe that he is on the payroll of Russia. This would also force the GOP to stand for something, or not.

But ultimately, maybe this majority could provide a mirror to the nation - so that we can all see what we have become (you know who you are) under this evil, insane man and his supporters.

Crossing my fingers.

Even if we cant impeach, we can hold hearings on a wide range of issues the GOP has no interest in at the moment.

but combining it with a Senate victory could really finish him off.

They failed to vote to convict, but the trial did, indeed, take place.

Impeachment proceedings were brought against John Tyler, but failed to win sufficient votes to go forward

There'd be riots and we'd be the ones locked in cages. They are that stupid and insane. We'd better play it safe for now.

or we're all dead.

We need to make the republican brand as toxic as they made us. I know two wrongs don't make a right, but when they torture children, all cards are off the table.

Apparently, my memory of 1999 isn't as clear as I thought it was and my understanding was off. I should have read up on this before posting. This went on in the Senate for a month and I must have paid less attention than I thought I did.