Trump’s complicity with Turkey puts U.S. troops at risk, unleashes war crimes atrocities
October 13, 2019
Donald Trump green-lighted Turkey’s invasion of Syria to attack our strongest allies in the fight against ISIS terrorism, the Kurds. Turkey wasted little time in invading Syria. Now Trump’s impulsive and incomprehensible action has put U.S. troops at risk. U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria: Turkish forces … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of October 13, 2019
October 13, 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
Federal judge rules Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall is unlawful
October 11, 2019
“Tired of so much winning” yet? A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall is unlawful and is poised to block the use of those funds. Lawfare Blog reports, District Court Rules Against Trump in Border Wall Case: The U.S. District Court for the … Read more
D.C. Circuit Court rules in favor of Congress for subpoena of Trump’s financial documents
October 11, 2019
“Tired of so much winning” yet? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected President Trump’s appeal to block the release of his tax returns to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. The court’s decision affirmed that the Committee has the authority to subpoena the financial documents of the president and that … Read more
Conservative lawyers call for ‘an expeditious impeachment investigation’
October 10, 2019
A group of 16 prominent conservative lawyers that includes George Conway III, the husband of the wicked witch of the White House, counselor Kellyanne Conway, issued a statement Thursday that says President Donald Trump’s “factually undisputed” requests for foreign governments to investigate his political opponents pose a threat to American democracy. George Conway, other conservative lawyers say … Read more
Joe Biden calls out the New York Times for ‘journalistic malpractice’ (he is correct)
October 10, 2019
I warned you about the complicit “mainstream” media purveying right-wing conspiracy theory claims in The media is failing on the DNI ‘whistleblower’ scandal by amplifying Trump’s debunked conspiracy theory. The “paper of record,” the New York Times, has had a sordid history of working with these right-wing conspiracy mongers from “The Hunting of the President,” … Read more
The long arm of the law closes in on corrupt lawyer Rudy Giuliani (and his crime boss) (Updated)
October 10, 2019
The other day I took a shot in the dark speculating about what the quid pro quo was in Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with Turkish authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “I wonder what the quid pro quo was on this call? I’m sure it must have had something to do with unregistered foreign agent for Turkey, … Read more
