What to do, what to do?

by liberal japonicus

As Jon Stewart labelled it, most of us have probably been gloat-scrolling, but the next question is what happens now. The media, in typical fashion, has pushed for a yes-no answer to ‘will you impeach the president’, trying to flatten what needs to be a multi-front strategy to a single question. I’m pretty sure no journalist was asking FDR ‘what are your plans for Adolf Hitler’ and at any rate, this seems a lot more like 1942 than 1945.

So I’ve got a bit of an allergy to all these people weighing in on what the Dems should do. I actually think that trying to pluck and pulp the lowest hanging fruit while slowly moving up the tree would be best. I know the Hagseth impeachment was put forward by Massie, and I wonder if in the new year, other republicans would be willing to put forward similar motions, but I’m heartened by the fact that the current Republican leadership is doing everything to try and stop it, which I hope will redound to them. I wonder if the Dems could simply refuse to pass any budget appropriations relating to defense while Hegseth is still secretary of Defense. Only the House can impeach, and I doubt there will be any house republicans who would do what Massie is doing, so I wonder how other impeachment attempts should be handled. Targeting Jared Kushner and Witkoff might be one avenue, or dragging Elon Musk and his minions to unpack the DOGE disaster might be another.

Targeted prosecutions and reinforced laws about stock-trading and congressional insider trading might be another place to start. Or bringing ICE to heel, which might have Miller overextend himself and wear out what has to be a pretty short leash.

However, if someone has a better idea, I’m all ears. My feeling is that if a thread can be found to pull on, it could unravel a lot.