You know what to do. I’m going to let the kitties explore the snow.
Here We Go Again
Schiff is in the chair and the witnesses are coming in. And it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, since this thing is going to start with Chalupa Nunes.
Hill And Holmes Testimony After The Break
Update: Looks like this might be a longish recess – for six House votes – so OPEN THREAD
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Thursday Impeachment Hearings – Fiona Hill and David Holmes
The beat goes on. I’m grateful to C Span for putting their coverage on YouTube, so it’s easy to embed. I never could figure it out otherwise.
Fiona Hill is a Russia expert who was at Brookings before she went to Trump’s NSC. David Holmes is the foreign service political officer who overheard the famous July 26 phonecall between Trump and Gordon Sondland. He’s been described as an aide, but the political officer at an embassy is a lot more than that, in charge of learning about political goings-on inside the country and reporting to the Ambassador.
It’s raining here again today, so I have an excuse not to take the kitties out for their morning walk, but I may give it a try when the Republican questioning starts. And I think I’ll make biscuits and creamed chicken for lunch – comfort food.
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Cold Grey Pre-Dawn Impeachment Recap Open Thread: Sondland’s Testimony
So, to recap today
* President’s ambassador says there was indeed a quid pro quo
* Ukrainians did know/inquire about the hold of aid in late July
* OMB rep said hold was at Trump’s direction
* Trump has declared complete exoneration.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 20, 2019
Sondland statement:
“members of this Committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a quid pro quo? As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes.”— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 20, 2019
The republicans requested these televised public hearings https://t.co/vdtRX5tpOK
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) November 20, 2019
“Be careful what you wish for” is a real thing. https://t.co/OiEcsQzoFN
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 21, 2019
The top of tomorrow’s New York Times front page. pic.twitter.com/5LhbHW1Hex
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 21, 2019
The good news for Republicans is the only ones they need to convince are themselves so it doesn’t matter that their case makes no sense https://t.co/qtNXM80L7r
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 20, 2019
In Memoriam: The GOP’s “No Quid Pro Quo” Defense pic.twitter.com/g28PL9N0C5
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 20, 2019
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Sondland After Lunch
Starting up again. That was a short lunch break.
Testimony of Gordon Sondland
I have questions for him.
Sondland is in a heap of trouble. Other testimony puts him at the center of the President’s demands for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelinsky to announce an investigation into the Bidens. Sondland has changed his deposition to the House Intelligence Committee.