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<\/p>\nWe, the American people, are in hell. It\u2019s been the case to varying degrees since the day Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 presidential election. These past couple weeks it\u2019s been even more startlingly the case than ever. Trump falsely exonerated himself, and he\u2019s now pushing his ongoing crime spree to entirely new depths. His top lieutenants are drunk with power and acting like cartoon villains. This has been an awful stretch. But the cavalry is coming.<\/h4>\n
Here\u2019s the catch: you\u2019re part of that cavalry. Don\u2019t worry, the cavalry includes people who are far more powerful than you are. House Democrats are naming names when it comes to which of Trump\u2019s top people are about to get\u00a0popped for contempt of Congress<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and that involves being arrested by the House Sergeant at Arms. This means that Trump\u2019s henchmen must quickly decide if getting themselves locked up is worth it, or if they\u2019re better off giving Trump up to save themselves.<\/h4>\n
We don\u2019t know what they\u2019ll do. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is so nervous about getting caught in the proverbial crossfire over Trump\u2019s tax returns, he nervously mispronounced the word \u201cgavel\u201d this week while Maxine Waters was staring him down. William Barr seems as drunk with power as any cabinet member ever has been in modern U.S. history, which may explain why House Democrats appear to have decided to start\u00a0busting his lieutenants<\/a>\u00a0for contempt of Congress instead; perhaps they\u2019re more skittish than he is.<\/h4>\n
When it comes to contempt of Congress, the House Democrats have leverage that\u2019s very real and very one-sided. They can arrest any of Trump\u2019s people who defy a subpoena or illegally refuse to cooperate. The Trump regime can\u2019t have people in Congress arrested, much as Donald Trump clearly wishes he did. And if you think the Democrats won\u2019t go through with it, just go back and look at how visibly pissed off Nancy Pelosi was this week while addressing Barr\u2019s abuses of power.<\/h4>\n
So yeah, the proverbial big guns are on our side in this fight. But that\u2019s only half the battle. While the House Democrats are putting their potent but complex powers to use, you have to do your part. You have to keep pushing back on social media. You have to keep peacefully protesting in person. Keep up the public pressure. The cavalry is coming.<\/h4>\n
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