Let The Games Begin

If you aren't excited about today, you should be; we just turned a vitally-important corner in American politics. For the first time in two years -- and perhaps for the first time in his entire life --Donald Trump will be held accountable.

Nancy Pelosi absolutely nailed it in her speech this afternoon: "Two months ago, the American people spoke and demanded a new dawn. They called upon the beauty of our Constitution and system of checks and balances that protects our democracy, remembering that the legislative branch is coequal to the presidency and judiciary."

In two sentences, Pelosi artfully articulated the reality that is about to come crashing down upon Trump and his administration. For two years, Trump has been largely unchallenged; the GOP majority has been happy to abdicate their responsibility and let him run roughshod over societal norms, common decency, and political decorum. That changes today. For two years, it has been abundantly clear he only wanted to "Drain the Swamp" because he was bringing his own swamp-monsters and they needed new homes. This administration has been plagued with scandals that would have sunk most other presidencies, only to have the GOP provide cover and refuse to investigate them. That changes today. For two years, Trump, his cabinet, and his spokespeople have been able to do whatever they want with no risk of being held accountable, or called to testify in front of the American public. That changes today.

This is a great day for America, but it also marks the beginning of what I would expect to be a pretty tumultuous period in American politics. We have a malignant narcissist in the White House who is about to learn for the first time in his life that it's not all about him. One of my followers put it beautifully this morning, so I'm going to borrow a quote from them: "These past two years have been Trump's "Best Case" scenario. Crazy." Unfortunately, they're 100% correct. The batshit craziness we've seen so far probably pales in comparison to what's coming. All the tantrums he's thrown, mean tweets he's sent, people he's insulted? That's been while his party was in absolute power. He could do whatever he wanted; he just sucked at it, so he didn't really manage to do much of anything. Now he's going to have Pelosi smacking his tiny hands with the gavel (that he so kindly laid in her lap) every time he does something out of line.

If you missed Pelosi's interview with TODAY, you should check it out. She said it was an "open discussion" whether or not a sitting POTUS could be indicted. That's a pretty big hint from a long-time member of the Gang of Eight. She also said re: impeachment, "We have to wait and see what happens with the Mueller report. We shouldn't be impeaching for a political reason, and we shouldn't avoid impeachment for a political reason. So we'll just have to see how it comes." Well, we already know it's not going to end well for POTUS; who spends months preparing to counter a report that they expect to exonerate them? Trump knows what he did, and he knows Mueller knows. If you thought the last two years were bonkers, you should probably buckle up: it looks like it's going to get even sportier.

 Going to keep this one short and just leave you with a little bit of hope: I firmly believe this is going to be Donald Trump's last year in office. We're about to witness a perfect storm of Justice passing directly over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He is not going to be able to handle the barrage of subpoenas, real-time fact-checking and oversight, and the release of Mueller's report at the exact same time. He's not mentally equipped to handle even slight amounts of pushback; this is going to push him over the edge and he will either resign, or be crazy enough that even the GOP can't defend him anymore.