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  1. What would happen if the US House of Representatives decided to investigate sitting Senators?

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    The current US Senate majority continues to support the president. However, the current president may have been compromised by the Russian government. The connections that several senators have to...

    The current US Senate majority continues to support the president. However, the current president may have been compromised by the Russian government.

    The connections that several senators have to Russia (Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, to name two) raise the very real possibility that the current Republican majority in the Senate owes its existence to Russian help.

    The FBI, a renewed Republican target, has suggested as much in briefings given to that same U.S. Congress.

    What are the chances of the House investigating sitting menbers of Senate, and what twists and turns might occur should it happen?

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  2. Comment on In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation in ~news

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    Sounds like Norman Spinrad, "A World Between" (1979)

    Incidentally, there was a science fiction novel that had this in the form of a public electronic "Oracle" that people would log into on many issues, based upon the "wisdom of crowds". I haven't been able to find the book anywhere and don't recall its author. I'd love to hear if anyone knows of this. I remember it as Heinlein or Asimov, but my searches haven't turned up anything.

    Sounds like Norman Spinrad, "A World Between" (1979)

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