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On Wednesday, Representative Tulsi Gabbard told reporters that regardless of what President Trump has done, impeachment would be "too divisive" for our country, and not the proper way to remove a president who was elected by the people in 2016. This...
by JasonPol
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 09:42 PM PDT
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Here are some fresh late night comedy segments to provide some comic relief from the weighty and treasonous matters that has filled the airwaves and Internet tubes all day. And they are informative as hell too. From yesterday — A few cartoons - Amen....
by AKALib
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:12 PM PDT
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I spend the best part of 30 years as an editor at community newspapers. That meant I spent a lot of my time editing copy, including a stint with a major daily. One of the lessons I learned, and one I passed on to every reporter I trained, is that word...
by independent cuss
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 09:39 PM PDT
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Quick diary: I was watching the handoff between Rachel and Lawrence O’Donnell just now, and Lawrence made a point I think makes a lot of sense: The House should report more than one article of impeachment, because this will give Republican Senators a...
by Dan K
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 07:17 PM PDT
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www.politico.com/… To many (including myself), the Mueller Investigation’s most glaring failure was the fact that it did not investigate Trump’s obvious, brazen financial crimes related to Russia. It definitely could have done this under the rubric of...
by SteveG177
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:41 PM PDT
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It looks like we need to put Donald Trump in cryogenic freeze until science finds a cure for very, very low energy. Today, Trump came down from the prospectin’ camp what’s a spell up the mountain by the crick near the big rock next to Farmer Olsen’s...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 06:25 PM PDT
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From 2017 to 2019, Dan Coats served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. An old school conservative Republican, before joining Trump’s cabinet, Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999 and...
by ARodinFan
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 07:07 PM PDT
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I’ve been raising money to help re-elect all 44 of the most vulnerable freshmen Dems who flipped GOP House seats. Donate to all of them at once or pick the ones you want to support...the money goes to the individual candidate campaigns, NOT the DCCC or...
by Brainwrap
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:54 PM PDT
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It's Nicole Sandler, filling in again today for Brad and Desi on the BradCast. We begin today's show with a review of the non-stop news from the past 24 hours, including the release of the not-a-transcript of the July 25 phone call between Trump and...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:44 PM PDT
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An aid to the president of Ukraine has told ABC that President Trump made discussing an investigation of Biden a condition to having a phone conversation regarding military aid to Ukraine. It was clear that [President Donald] Trump will only have...
by rufe
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:45 PM PDT
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If the “transcript” of Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky often sounded like the middle of an ongoing conversation, that’s because it was. Trump drops into talking about Biden without doing any introduction of the...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:55 PM PDT
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Campaign Action The ...
by Hunter
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:50 PM PDT
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I know I’m getting way ahead of myself, but recent events have my spirits riding high, and I just can’t help it. Apologies for misspelling Chuck Schumer.
by heraldstorm
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:14 PM PDT
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I just ran across this quote as I was catching up with the news after work: “Most people reading through that transcript are not going to find that extremely compelling cause to throw out a president that won an election in 2016,” Wow! That’s pretty...
by MargaretPOA
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:23 PM PDT
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After members of the House Intelligence Committee viewed the whistleblower complaint, committee chair Adam Schiff called the complaint "urgent" and said it was a "travesty" that it had been withheld from Congress. "The idea that the Department of...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:47 PM PDT
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donald very busy tweeting Bette Midler, Chrissy Tiegen, Gretta Thunberg. and the media won’t cover him. No further Presidential Briefings. Coming to me in the morning, leaving me at night. Coming to me in the morning, leaving me alone. You've got that...
by Mathy Kathy
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:04 PM PDT
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Donald Trump was due to appear for a 4 PM ET press conference. Instead, Trump shuffled out about 40 minutes late to stumble through a rambling list of items in a tone that would have to go up several notches to reach “sepulchral.” And in the process,...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:15 PM PDT
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To avoid duplicating other members’ well-written pieces, I refer readers to the following for newsworthy facts on the current Impeachment Investigation: Hunter’s “Shakedown” Diary summarizing how trump violated the US Constitution and the possible...
by DaisiesArePretty
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:25 PM PDT
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Donald Trump held a press conference of sorts in New York City. He did what he does, saying everyone else should be impeached, not him. After gaslighting away a bit about how Joe and Hunter Biden are the people who should be investigated concerning the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:15 PM PDT
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Nancy Pelosi is second in line of succession to the presidency. I wondered if her being second in line was part of the reason she was slow walking impeachment until it was clear she had no choice. Can you imagine the howls from the right if she had...
by cindiloohoo
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:38 PM PDT
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