Trumpsters have decided that they want to be Michael Keaton in Batman: “Now you wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts.” Donald Trump’s TV lawyer Rudy Giuliani aka “Bat Boy” was on Fox News aka Trump TV today and said he was considering bringing a $17 million legal action against former special counsel Robert Mueller. No, … Read more
Senator Elizabeth Warren early on expressed the moral clarity that is needed at this hour of constitutional crisis: ‘there’s no political-convenience exception to the US constitution’ when it comes to impeaching Trump. “[T]he tool that we are given for that accountability is the impeachment process. This is not about politics, this is about principle. This … Read more
I think David Atkins at the Political Animal blog gets it exactly right. Dear Robert Mueller: Not Testifying Publicly Is an Intensely Political Decision: Robert Mueller deserves some props for trying to be a consummate professional, avoiding political theater and playing the part of the guarded, hyper-competent institutional loyalist. But there are times when that … Read more
Robert Mueller is a U.S. Marine who received a bronze star for heroism in combat and a purple heart for being wounded in Vietnam. Once a Marine, always a Marine. It is this kind of heroism, bravery and patriotism that America needs from this Marine again, but he has been acting like a wallflower resisting … Read more
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post recently made an astute observation about impeachment, Democratic equivocation over impeachment is a moral and political disaster: Democrats have also suggested that an impeachment inquiry should be avoided until Republicans grow convinced that removal is merited, because without that an inquiry would divide the country or isn’t worth doing … Read more