THE GOP IS PUNCHING – AT 11:58 A.M. ET:  Republican tiger Devin Nunes is relentless in his pursuit of the truth in the "Russia collusion" scene.  I think we may be getting closer to what the real truth is.  From Fox: 

House Intelligence Committee Republicans have launched “Phase 2” of their probe into the origins of the unverified anti-Trump dossier, firing off an inquiry to a host of current and former officials -- including former FBI Director James Comey.

In a letter obtained by Fox News, committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., posed a string of dossier-related questions to current and former intelligence, law enforcement and State Department officials. He specifically wants to know when they learned the document was funded by Democratic sources, and how it was used to obtain one or more surveillance warrants at the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

In the Feb. 20-dated letter, Nunes even threatened to issue subpoenas.

"If you do not provide timely answers on a voluntary basis, the Committee will initiate compulsory process,” he wrote. 

Nunes, with cooperation from the White House, earlier this month released a controversial memo alleging the anti-Trump dossier – compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele and funded by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign – was crucial in the application for a surveillance warrant against Trump associate Carter Page.

COMMENT:  We're seeing signs that the Democrats are getting very nervous.  If there was collusion with the Russians, the colluders-in-chief were probably Democratic operatives.  This is logical, as the modern Democratic Party has been very casual in its attitude toward Russia.  It was Hillary herself who advertised a "reset" with Moscow when Barack Obama, the most left-wing president in our history, took office.  And it was the Democratic administration that looked the other way while Putin grabbed off Crimea and put his fingerprints all over the Mideast. 

Root for Nunes.  He's got to get his work done this year because the Democrats could conceivably win control of the House, which would mean Nunes would lose his chairmanship.

February 20, 2018