Let’s see what kind of lies and smears the Republicans can come up with today. And whether they take note of John Bolton’s book. The commentary from lawyers yesterday on my Twitter feed was that a good lawyer incorporates new material into their argument. Once again, I probably won’t be watching most of it.
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Impeachment Trial – January 27, 2020
Jay Sekulow up. He seems to be the ringmaster for all the President’s lawyers. I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this.
Previewing John Bolton’s Book
The New York Times, Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt in particular, have gotten hold of a copy of John Bolton’s book. I am seeing reports on Twitter to expect a Washington Post story in which Bolton and his publisher deny making that book available. What. Ever.
As far as the overall story goes, there is nothing new. Trump was extorting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelinsky to manufacture dirt on Biden and perhaps other candidates. What is new is that he said exactly that to Bolton. And Mike Pompeo knew about the campaign to remove Marie Yovanovich, and so did Mick Mulvaney. I am not surprised about any of this.
Bolton has been holding all this back to make a buck on his book. Great patriot there.
The reaction on Twitter is that now the Senate will have to call witnesses, this changes everything, yatta yatta. Seems to me the story has been clear all along, and the Republicans have managed to stick together in crime. This is just words. There’s something much worse they’re hiding, and the longer they hide it, the more essential it is to continue. Not a single one has any sense of country.
RIP Kobe Bryant
His helicopter crashed this morning. Four other people dead as well.
Open Thread on Satanic Wombs
Or something like that.
Someone mentioned this video in a downstairs thread. Here’s an explanation from someone who studies such things.
A number of things about this are concerning. Paula White-Cain is an advisor to the President of the United States. The emphasis on evil spirits is bizarre and seems to me to indicate some disorder of psychology. The level of hate for the entire world – the seas, the animal world, human reproduction, is over the top.
The mitigating factor looks like she’s not getting much response from her audience. But they are there. We can hope that the lecture was assigned to a class on abnormal psychology.
But let’s hear from Ms. White-Cain herself:
Open Thread!
Impeachment Trial Live – January 25, 2020 – Open Thread
After Adam Schiff’s magnificent summation last night, let’s see what the Republicans have to offer.
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Impeachment Trial Live – January 23, 2020 – Open Thread
Donald Trump hit a new record for tweets yesterday – something like 130. Let’s help him beat that record!
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