Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified to lawmakers on Friday that when she read how President Trump had talked about her to his Ukrainian counterpart in a July phone call — saying ominously that “she’s going to go through some things” — the color drained from her face. “It sounded like a threat,” she … Read more
I have waited most of my adult life for this moment of justice: GOP ratfucker Roger Stone has been convicted and is going to prison. It’s about damn time! He has been allowed to get away with criminal behavior for years and avoid being held accountable through his connections. (There is still a risk that his … Read more
Much has been written in previous articles about the depths the Republican Party has sunk to in embracing the stench of bigotry, xenophobia, anti-immigrant, Anti Semitism, and White Nationalism-Nativism. The Reactionary players in this tragedy have included figures such as Kelli Ward, Andy Biggs, and Paul Gosar in Arizona. People of dubious characters like Iowa … Read more
While the fist public impeachment hearing was absorbing public attention yesterday, another court ruled against Donald Trump on the disclosure of his financial records and taxes. This time it was an en banc panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. CNN reports, Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns: … Read more
The first public impeachment hearing on Wednesday went exactly as I predicted it would. Democrats approached the proceedings with a high degree of sobriety and seriousness. Republicans engaged in disruption, distraction, and disinformation in an effort to undermine the credibility of the proceedings. They only served to undermine their own credibility. The State Department experts on … Read more