A good old fashioned Mafia "Bust Out" of the GOP.

[annabanana]

Help me out here.

In one of the early seasons of The Sopranos, Tony got his hooks into the owner of a sporting goods store. He ran up their debit, stole all their assets, and pretty much ruined the owner's life.

Tony's son got a really great car out of it.

I believe the Trump Crime Family got their hooks SOLID into the GOP. They have leadership bowing and scraping PUBLICALLY in the most spectacularly demeaning way. If our creaky system of checks and balances manages to clear out the rot, there will not be much left of the GOP.

[TEB]

1. I agree

Trump crime syndicate has to have kompromat on gop Congress and senate. Even the vp and their scared so they do what he wants. Mueller will figure it out and then pass it along as well to AG of New York.

[madaboutharry]

2. i think they are being threatened and blackmailed.

There is something dirty going on. I think it is a given that the Russians also hacked the RNC along with private emails of republicans in the Senate and the House. I think Trump's Russian friends have given him the lowdown on a lot of the republicans and he has let them know it. Trump has the power to destroy them. He can ruin everything about their lives; their career, their marriage, their finances, maybe even their freedom. Trump is a mobster and he didn't change when he became president.

This explains not only the unseemly sychophancy, but the evident widespread panic among republicans.

I think we are going to find out about it. I think someone is going to spill the beans to Mueller. It may already have happened and Mueller may already know everything. There is always someone who talks.

[annabanana]

3. Watching Rachel, I realize it's even worse than I thought.

TrumpCo is also "Busting Out" the EPA and the State Department. And every other Department that has been on the hit list for, like ever.

(My son informs me that the Soprano episode was Season 2 Episode 10)

[Raster]

4. I don't think the tRump* crime family have their hooks in the GOP...

...I think the tRump* crime family AND the GOP are currently "on the hook" to Putin*/FSB. I think Devin Nunes* is freaking out because he knows his voice is probably on tapes somewhere acknowledging Russian election interference and maybe even colluding with the Russians... and I DON'T think Nunes* is alone.

I believe certain members of the GOP were not only aware of Russian electoral interference but may have willingly turned a blind eye, and, perhaps even benefited/participated themselves.

It is BEYOND apparent that tRump* is unfit to serve as POTUS, and is a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to the United States. I'll go further: I believe tRump* is an active Russian asset. I further believe there is a goodly amount of Congresspersons that believe the same. The Democrats are actively working to bring light and understanding to the "tRump* affair." The GOP, however, is doing the opposite. And after this latest "tax" debacle, it is also apparent that the Congressional GOP has other masters than those that elected them.

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[2naSalit]

10. +2

[rzemanfl]

12. +3 n/t.

[MelissaB]

13. +4

[Locrian]

6. I'm partial to the Goodfellas version of the bust out

You run the joint.
Maybe I'll try to help you.

God bless you, Paulie.
You've always been fair with me.

Now he's got Paulie as a partner.
Any problems, he goes to Paulie.

Trouble with a bill, to Paulie.

Trouble with cops, deliveries, Tommy...

...he calls Paulie.
But now he has to pay Paulie...

...every week no matter what.

"Business bad? Fuck you, pay me.
Had a fire? Fuck you, pay me."

"The place got hit by lightning?
Fuck you, pay me."

Also, Paulie could do anything.
Like run up bills on the joint's credit.

And why not? Nobody
will pay for it anyway.

Take deliveries at the front door and
sell it out the back at a discount.

Take a $ case of booze
and sell it for $ .

It doesn't matter. It's all profit.

Then finally, when
there's nothing left...

...when you can't borrow
another buck from the bank...

You bust the joint out.
You light a match.

[Ligyron]

7. If that sporting goods owner hadn't gambled with The Sopranos to begin with...

he would still have his store and his son would have his car.

The US gambled with Trump and the GOP and now those gangsters own everything.

[ancianita]

8. Conspiracy charges, aiding and abetting, RICO ... yep, those will be enough to do damage.

If they can throw a Koch in there, the country will be all the better off.

[2naSalit]

11. +1

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. The weight on Mr Mueller and his team is beyond

enormous, IMO the fate of the country is in their hands as the entire conservative establishment fights against them. The odds of their being successful are not good I'm afraid. Just too many goobers in Merica willing to believe anything Hannity and Rushbo tell them.