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1. The Mueller probe was never going to solve the problem our nation faces. Even if the high bar of criminal conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt could've been met, the DOJ was never going to indict a sitting president. And William Barr was never going to concede obstruction.
2. No, Mueller tossed the mess right back where it inevitably belonged - with Congress and the American people. Barr must #ReleaseTheFullMuellerReport so we can tend to the task before us. The standards for the office of POTUS are greater than mere criminality.
3. Nixon didn't break into the Watergate hotel. He lied and covered up. Clinton's affair wasn't a criminal act. Lying about it was. Trump and his campaign knew about Russian interference. They were approached over and over - but reported nothing and consistently lied when asked.
4. By previous standards, that should be the line in the sand, but we're way beyond that. We have obstruction in plain site - the firing of Comey, constant public denigration of the investigators, members of the media and witnesses. And the ongoing sycophancy to Putin.
5. Are we so divided that the only politically prudent way of dealing with this is through the next election? Perhaps, but the cost of that is not just the plummeting standards of the office, but how our national character is reflected by allowing such debasement.
6. We must be armed with the truth. The full report must be publicly consumed, Congress must now do the oversight forsaken by the GOP controlled House. We, as a people, must look with our eyes wide-open at what we are normalizing and take responsibility for our path forward.
