Here we go again, citizens! The Democrats serving as impeachment managers are Representatives Raskin, DeGette, Cicilline, Castro (Joaquin), Swalwell, Lieu, Plaskett, Neguse, and Dean. (Thanks, Baud!) The Trump defense strategy on the Republican side is rather less clear to me, but I assume we’ll hear from the kooks in the Sedition Caucus, which comprises most …
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I’d Like To Introduce Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald To Reporting At a Publication Called The Intercept
Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept, and Ryan Grim, the DC Bureau Chief of The Intercept, both had thoughts over the weekend over the recent Giuliani and Bannon pushed misinformation and agitprop campaign against VP Biden. Democrats knew the entire time that this would be Trump’s final move, and that this would roughly be how it rolls …
The US Army Gives Itself a Self Inflicted Black Eye In Its Mishandling of LTC Vindman
The US Army has given itself a self inflicted black eye in how it has mishandled LTC Vindman’s promotion.This did not need to happen. Even though the reality, regardless of anything else that might or might not happen or have happened, is that because LTC Vindman was never going to be able to deploy as …
Open Thread: Russian Interference Programming Note
“Putin, sadly, has got all of our political class, every single one of us, including the media, exactly where he wants us.” Fiona Hill speaks to Lesley Stahl in her first interview since the impeachment inquiry. Watch tomorrow on 60 Minutes. https://t.co/VioR1BrQ7Z pic.twitter.com/LK7Q2mZjEZ — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 7, 2020 Peripherally related: There’s another …
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Late Night Musical Interlude: Nancy Smash
His enablers in Washington may have chosen to betray their oath of impartial justice and cover up his abuses of power, but the fact remains: The President is impeached forever. Period. His final verdict is coming in November – from #CA12 and all across America. pic.twitter.com/UxJ2CNU7hP — Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) February 15, 2020 *relentlessly mocks …
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GOP Stupidity Open Thread: Mitt Romney Has Nothing to Worry About
And yet Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a French fascist from a party founded by some of Hitler’s last bodyguards, was welcomed with thunderous applause. https://t.co/4Cvc7fWspn — zeddy (@Zeddary) February 9, 2020 And CPAC was never exactly Mitt’s kinda people anyways. Remember when we could make fun of the grifters, resume-padders and grievance voters who hung around …
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Important Metrics To Get Us Through the Weekend
Given this afternoon’s and evening’s Executive Branch reassignments and terminations, we’re going to need these to get through the weekend. I believe we’re somewhere in the elevated range on the advisory system. We’ll have to wait to Monday to see if Senator Collins makes it all the way to sternly worded letter. So stay tuned. …
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