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Even if a sitting POTUS* cannot be indicted, plenty of others are coming into view after the rough memo of the Trump conversation with Ukraine president Zelensky. Now that the whistle-blower complaint has reached the Congressional committees, new...
by annieli
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:47 PM PDT
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The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed the pattern of misconduct. WASHINGTON — The intelligence officer who...
by annieli
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:28 PM PDT
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It’s a fast-moving day and a press conference was scheduled for 4pm. Trump’s last such presser at the UNGA was “free-wheeling” so the cray-cray might be especially wild. Chances are that the GOP members of House/Senate Intel committees need to leak the...
by annieli
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:09 PM PDT
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Oh, Lindsey Graham. While the rest of the nation continues to be baffled that the senator still has a job, South Carolina voters duly reelect him. Let’s take a trip to 1999, when Graham, then a 43-year-old member of the House with just six years’...
by Jessica Sutherland
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 11:49 AM PDT
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Recalling the delaying action of the Bill Barr “summary” of the Mueller report, the White House released a 5-page memo to frame the eventual release of the whistle-blower complaint. In it Ukraine President Zelensky mentions Javelin missiles (page 2),...
by annieli
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 10:12 AM PDT
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It was a given that the White House would insist that House Democrats are making a big mistake by moving forward on a formal impeachment inquiry, but the reason given is especially hilarious: Impeachment might mean Democrats can’t get any laws passed....
by Laura Clawson
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 05:35 AM PDT
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The count rose steadily since 5pm yesterday and here’s where support for the impeachment inquiry is at this moment. There are 235 Democrats in the House, and as of Tuesday night, 202 of them are backing the inquiry, including 22 members of the...
by annieli
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 10:54 PM PDT
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As we wait for more whistle-blower news and an inevitable flurry of Trumpian disinformation and diversions, we need to review that Trump’s impeachable offense in Ukraine was also a move in a corruption history favoring Russia back through Manafort....
by annieli
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 09:05 PM PDT
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There is a Jamaican saying, “Bucket go well every day, one day di bottom a go drop out.” Well Donald Trump has been going to the well too often. Those trips involved Russian interference, not releasing his tax returns, violation of the emolument...
by melshim
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 05:46 PM PDT
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The pushback from Trumpists is beginning with much disinformation and noise. The coming weeks will unfortunately be far too interesting because the latest episode with Ukraine is one clearly created while Trump has been POTUS*, even as its foundation...
by annieli
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 05:22 PM PDT
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"Hasta la victoria, siempre!" impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org
by annieli
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 04:36 PM PDT
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The President and his White House have abandoned the Daily Press Briefing. While some have pointed to this as a doom and gloom moment for democracy and another indicator on the march towards dictatorship, there is another, more simple viewpoint: for a...
by dbprods
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 04:20 PM PDT
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Pelosi quotes Paine: “The times have found us.” The House will move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump “He is asking a foreign government to help him in his campaign, that is a betrayal of his oath of office.” President Donald...
by annieli
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 01:02 PM PDT
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Slowly we turn… but we’re still turning as Trump’s insertion of AG Barr may have helped finesse the possibility of being indicted while in office, only to now see that impeachment looms closer. As in banana republics, razing everything could become...
by annieli
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 10:18 PM PDT
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Where is that tipping point since some House Democrats are openly against impeachment. There will be a members-only meeting of the Democratic caucus on Tuesday afternoon to discuss this, since at least ten more Democrats are moving toward impeachment....
by annieli
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 06:17 PM PDT
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So many distractions as Trump reminds us that the audience laughed at his last UN General Assembly speech while he now whines about not getting a Nobel Prize. Back in DC, there are continuing attempts to distract from the whistle-blower scandal as...
by annieli
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 03:57 PM PDT
with 38 Recommends
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The month of November is almost near. So to is Election Day 2019 and I'm posting to say that voting in this year's election day, if you have an election in your respective state, is just as important as voting on Election Day 2020. First, there's...
by drd1176
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 10:20 AM PDT
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The meme for the week is a bogus story initiated by both a media source, Ken Vogel, and Trumpists like Rudy Giuliani about Joe Biden and his son. This media frame has been now debunked multiple times including by the Ukrainian government, but it...
by annieli
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 01:15 AM PDT
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Essentially this is the same place that we were before the release of the Michael Cohen recording of Trump authorizing the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. Congress will begin to ask some oversight questions, considering the actions of Giuliani...
by annieli
on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 09:04 PM PDT
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Trump will be be questioned under oath, not for the first or last time… soon. Even beyond the coming chaos of an impeachment inquiry, 2020 will feature so many interlocking issues: state-level prosecution, those Apprentice out-take tapes, and Trump...
by annieli
on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 08:07 PM PDT
with 23 Recommends
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