Kim Jong-Un sends America a message on Thanksgiving: time is up
November 28, 2019
Update to Just in time for the new year: a North Korean nuclear crisis. The Washington Post reports, North Korea launches two projectiles in Thanksgiving message to Trump: North Korea fired two projectiles on Thursday, using the start of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States to telegraph its frustration over Washington’s refusal to grant … Read more
Thoughts at Thanksgiving 2019
November 28, 2019
Life moves on, and today there is an ongoing Congressional impeachment investigation of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump. No one is above the law, and we will await the decision of the Democratic U. S. Congress. President Trump was sworn in in January 2017 and this is the biggest challenge of his administration. We are … Read more
House Judiciary Committee hearings on impeachment to begin December 4
November 27, 2019
Bloomberg News reports, House Invites Trump to Dec. 4 Hearing in Next Impeachment Phase: The House impeachment inquiry shifts into a new phase next week with a public hearing in the Judiciary Committee where President Donald Trump will be invited to present his defense, according to Chairman Jerrold Nadler. The hearing aims to explain the … Read more
Obstruction of justice in plain sight: White House sought to withhold whistleblower complaint from Congress
November 27, 2019
I never cease to be amazed by the collection of unethical lawyers that Donald Trump has surrounded himself with over the years. He genuinely believes that his lawyers should be mob lawyers like his friend Roy Cohn, who was eventually disbarred for “dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation.″ We can only hope that Trump’s current stable … Read more
New evidence that Ukraine aid was withheld as leverage for investigations Trump wanted
November 27, 2019
The House Intelligence Committee released the transcripts of two more witnesses on Tuesday. The testimony of Deputy Associate Director for National Security Programs at the Office of Management and Budget Mark Sandy can be found here. Key excerpts of Mr. Sandy’s testimony can be found here. The testimony of Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau … Read more
U.N. climate reports: current efforts are not nearly sufficient to avert climate catastrophe
November 26, 2019
An alarming United Nations report released Tuesday said global temperatures are on track to rise as much as 3.9°C by the end of the century, meaning only drastic and unprecedented emissions reductions can stave off the most devastating consequences of the climate crisis. ‘The science is screaming’: UN report warns only rapid and transformational action can stave off global … Read more
The ‘other’ whistleblower complaint largely ignored by the media
November 26, 2019
With two court cases for Donald Trump’s financial records and tax returns headed to the U.S. Supreme Court — the congressional case of Trump v. Mazars, 19A545, and the New York case of Trump v. Vance, 19-635 — and a third related case which hasn’t yet reached the Court but may arrive soon, Trump v. House Committee … Read more
The Voucher Vultures are back with yet another manufactured ‘crisis’
November 26, 2019
Towards the end of the legislative session last spring, Republicans introduce legislation in response to the Arizona Department of Education rescinding participation in the ESA program from families on the Navajo Nation because funds from the accounts were used at a private school in New Mexico. The ‘Voucher Vultures’ are using Navajo children as pawns in … Read more
