Everything you need to know about the Ukraine scandal and impeachment
November 16, 2019
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee would have you believe the Ukraine scandal was just one phone call on July 25, the call that prompted the whistleblower complaint, and despite the inspector general of the intelligence community finding that complaint an “urgent matter of concern,” Republicans do not find anything in the call readout to … Read more
Ambassador William Taylor’s testimony confirmed by David Holmes
November 15, 2019
Ambassador William Taylor’s testimony added one “bombshell” detail not previously discussed in his earlier deposition, because he only recently learned of it. Impeachment hearings begin with new evidence of phone call implicating Trump in Ukraine controversy: The call, overheard by one of Taylor’s aides, puts the president more squarely in the middle of the swirling … Read more
White House releases April 21 readout of Trump’s call with Zelensky, controversy ensues
November 15, 2019
With all of the craziness happening today, this bit of craziness also happened. Kerry Eleveld at Daily Kos reports: In an effort to seize the narrative [today], the White House released a transcript Friday morning of Donald Trump’s first phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 21, immediately following Zelensky’s election to office. … Read more
Trump engages in illegal witness intimidation during testimony live on TV
November 15, 2019
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
Get me Roger Stone! Guilty on all counts (Updated)
November 15, 2019
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
The Cancer of White Nationalism Needs to Leave the White House.
November 15, 2019
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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
Trump loses in court again on his taxes, will ask the Supreme Court for help (don’t count on it)
November 14, 2019
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
Some thoughts about the first impeachment hearing
November 14, 2019
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
