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The GOP plot to disrupt the impeachment hearings with Russian ‘dezinformatsiya’
November 12, 2019
Axios claims a Scoop: GOP outlines theory of impeachment defense in memo to members: Republicans on the three House committees conducting the Trump-Ukraine investigation have settled on “four key pieces of evidence” that they claim will undermine Democrats’ arguments for why the president should be impeached, according to a staff memo circulated to committee members … Read more
Supreme Court is divided over the sufficiency of justifications for ending the DACA program
November 12, 2019
I cautioned you yesterday against reading too much into oral argument as a predictor of how the court will rule in the DACA case, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California (three consolidated cases for hearing). Nevertheless, the current headline at the New York Times reads, Supreme Court Appears Ready to … Read more
Just admit it, Republicans, your defense is always IOKIYAR
November 12, 2019
There has long been two systems of justice in the United States. One for the wealthy white male privileged patriarchy of country club chamber of commerce Republicans, and one for everyone else. For example, when a rich white kid steals a car, it is argued that “He just took the car for a joy ride, … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court to hear DACA case on Tuesday
November 11, 2019
On Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California. Issues: (1) Whether the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is judicially reviewable; and (2) whether DHS’s decision to wind down … Read more
The Media Needs to be Thorough All the Time, including the Impeachment Process.
November 11, 2019
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Suffice it to say, the media needs to be thorough all the time when covering and reporting news events. The Impeachment Inquiry is no exception. For the most part, the media (save the prime time commentators on Fox Island) has been very thorough in relaying the developments of the impeachment inquiry and has skilfully rebutted … Read more
A political party mired in the muck of the fever swamps of right-wing conspiracy theories
November 11, 2019
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have been using their time for questioning of witnesses not to discover the facts of what actually occurred regarding Trump’s shakedown of Ukraine, but rather to pursue the “Spygate” conspiracy theory from the fever swamps of the right-wing which claims Democrats conspired with Ukrainian nationals to frame the president’s … Read more
Arizona Democratic Candidates Support Protecting the Grand Canyon and Staying in the Paris Climate Agreement.
November 11, 2019
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Once upon a time, Republicans were leaders in Environmental Protection. It was Republican Presidents (Grant and Harrison) that started designating lands as national forests and parks that fellow Republican President Theodore Roosevelt expanded and codified into law. It was a Republican President (Nixon) that signed the law that created the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean … Read more
Trump’s ‘deplorables’ targeted someone who is not the whistleblower
November 10, 2019
I’ve told you earlier about how Donald Trump, Jr. and his fellow “deplorables” in Congress and the conservative media have turned to an online campaign in quest to unmask the Ukraine whistleblower: Tweets on Wednesday by Donald Trump Jr. capped more than a month of efforts by President Trump’s allies to surface the supposed name … Read more
