Here’s the end of Rep. Schiff’s brilliant closing remarks from last night’s impeachment trial: At around the same time Schiff was reminding senators of their duty to protect this nation, Donald Trump pinned this bizarre, nonsensical picture to the top of his Twitter feed: pic.twitter.com/Acyh0HStm8 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2020 Our politics …
Trump-Russia
Lobbest thou thy human hand grenade in the direction of thine foe…
Here’s the stuff I’ve looked forward to the most: House Manager Schiff rubbing the assembled Republican senators’ noses in Trump and Giuliani’s Ukraine/DNC/Soros crackpottery: Schiff: "Rudy Giuliani is not some Svengali here, who has the president under his control…And if [Trump] is willing to listen to his personal lawyer over his own intelligence agencies, his …
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Leaving it all on the field
In a series of arcane rituals in a building that still has “cloak rooms,” Nancy Pelosi handed over the articles of impeachment to Mitch McConnell. She’s done her job by investigating and putting all the facts and testimony she was able to obtain in the face of unprecedented and unlawful obstruction on the table. Pelosi …
The Parnas Document Dump
I was distracted last night with the debate and cooking dinner and arguing with my husband about the thermostat and having a glass or five of red wine because I was COLD, so I first started trying to make sense of the Parnas document dump this morning. I confess I am still agog. This take …
Every accusation is a confession.
Have we done this one yet? It’s all over Twitter, and it is amazeballs: This video should be playing on every screen on the planet. pic.twitter.com/QzxJR50uC3 — ? (@Chasedogman) January 3, 2020 Here’s a transcript for those who wish to avoid the horror of watching Trump’s slimy meat-slab lips opening and closing like a beached …
Why Do The Investigations Seem To End Too Early?
Something has bothered me since Robert Mueller’s investigation. Let’s look at the letter appointing him special counsel: Robert S. Mueller III is appointed to serve as Special Counsel… Not Special Prosecutor, as he is often titled. Special Counsel. any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald …
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The other obstruction and witness intimidation case tied to Russia and Ukraine
Just another day when a president's oldest political adviser is convicted on 7 criminal counts including lying to Congress and witness tampering during a break in an impeachment hearing in which the president's tweets from the morning are described as intimidating by the witness. — Philip Bump (@pbump) November 15, 2019 Roger Stone was convicted …
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