Keep an eye on the U.S. Supreme Court today (Updated)
November 18, 2019
Last week lawyers for President Donald Trump filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in Trump v. Vance asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordering the president to provide New York prosecutors with his tax returns. This will be followed by a writ … Read more
The Party of Trump is the Party of Putin in America
November 17, 2019
I will reiterate what I said in an earlier post: Donald Trump is pushing the conspiracy theories of his pal Vladimir Putin. Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Parallel Putin’s. During Friday’s questioning of Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Daniel Goldman, a top Democratic aide on the House Intelligence Committee, cited a … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of November, 17, 2019
November 17, 2019
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
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
