The Forest Dark

sallyyates:

As much as I know what I’d like the Mueller report to say, I cannot overstate my gratitude to Robert Mueller and his team, regardless of what it actually says. They worked for 675 days straight to bring us the most comprehensive information possible. Mueller is a man known for his attention to detail and thoroughly investigating and utilizing every possible source and resource. I have full confidence that he did his due diligence, and his hard work and dedication to finding the truth and the facts are something we should all emulate. He is a man worthy of admiration and respect, and I will be forever grateful for his many years of service to our country.

theroarisoursignal:

This might be one of the most disheartening days in The Republic’s history. Not because of the Barr summary being released; the pebble thrown into the pond isn’t where your attention should be, but where the ripples are.

The headlines The People are being bombarded with are as definitive as they are misleading: “Mueller did not find Trump campaign “conspired” with Russia,” for example. The entirety of right wing media is acting like today’s a sequel to 1776. Actual individuals keep parroting these headlines (or worse, telephone versions of them,) fully believing that the last two years of Mueller’s investigation were either a hoax or a waste of time, and that the President is not guilty of any sort of misconduct.

Here’s the truth:

We don’t know what’s in the full Mueller report.

We only know what Barr’s view of the document is. 

William Barr is far from an impartial observer, and as such is an unknown quantity in this situation. We simply just don’t know if Barr is doing the right thing by his old colleague’s work or if he’s compromised by the man who appointed him to his post.

For what it’s worth, I do indeed hope Barr is doing the right thing and transmitting Mueller’s findings faithfully and that the President is indeed innocent of conspiring with Russia to defraud The People and interfere with the election … 

… but to pretend that scenario equals exoneration is either naive or willfully blind.

Here’s what Schrodinger’s Report (which is all we have right now) could unfold: 

• [Outright Malice]: The President and his campaign stonewalled the hell out of the investigation to a degree that the obstruction of justice was effective. If such, the truth will remain hidden, and the President keeps breaking the law with impunity.
  
  
• [Malicious Sloth]: The President and his campaign knew of what the the Russians were doing, and did nothing to stop it or inform The People. If such, The President is a corrupt man willing to let his compulsion to win at all costs cause irreparable harm to The Republic.
  
  
• [Stupidity]: The President and his campaign were played by the Russians, used as unwitting game pieces to further Russia’s geopolitical interests. If such, The President and his team are utterly incompetent and unworthy of leading The Executive Branch.

None of the above scenarios bode well for The Republic or even the world.

Congressional committees will be firing off subpoenas like hotcakes in the near future, and we will be getting a fuller picture of what Mueller actually found.

Don’t make the mistake of jumping to conclusions based on incomplete data. Keeping your bullshit filters on high alert will help you navigate the seas of disinformation, misinformation, and obfuscation. Wait until that far-off silhouette’s closer to us before you count the freckles on its face. 

Stay awake, don’t panic, and stay tuned. The People will prevail.

-TRIOS

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Recommended Reading: Lawfare - What to Make of Bill Barr’s Letter

janeandthehivequeen:

Do y'all remember being a kid and trying to read in the car while it was dark outside and your parents wouldn’t let you turn on the light so you would try to grab snatches of sentences when you passed by street lights