Arizona’s appointed, not elected Republican Sen. Martha McSally has her first general election ad up (maybe she should be more concerned about her GOP primary) attacking her anticipated Democratic opponent, astronaut Mark Kelly, for supporting the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. 1st McSally ad for 2020 race slams Kelly over impeachment. The ad … Read more
I said at the beginning of this Impeachment: Not just Donald Trump, but the lawless and amoral Party of Trump is on trial. Today the jury delivered its verdict: the Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism. America weeps today. Senators voted 48-52 to convict on the first House-passed article of impeachment for abuse … Read more
While Senate Republicans were busy on Friday aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s “total obstruction” of Congress by voting not to hear from relevant first-hand knowledge witnesses who have offered to testify and who have receipts to corroborate their testimony, these very same witnesses were dropping bombshells in “breaking news” in split-screen coverage of the impeachment … Read more
In an earlier post, Republicans who are ‘just another Trump servant: weak, frightened, impotent’, I told you about The Lincoln Project, a group of prominent anti-Trump conservatives which includes attorney George Conway ― husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway ― as well as GOP strategists Rick Wilson, Jennifer Horn, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver, … Read more
There is going to be a fight over additional witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. This may involve some complex legal issues. Our analysis begins with the “potted plant,” Chief Justice John Roberts. Neal K. Katyal, Joshua A. Geltzer and Mickey Edwards explain at the New York Times, John Roberts Can Call … Read more