Molly Jong-Fast at The Daily Beast succinctly sums up what is at stake in this impeachment trial: [I]mpeachment no longer feels like a punishment for Trump so much as a necessity for democracy. Either things matter or they don’t. Either Congress says armed insurrections are not OK and protects the principle and practice of a … Read more
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) writes at the Washington Post, My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America: Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” All Americans, but especially my fellow Republicans, should remember this wisdom during the Senate’s trial of former president Donald Trump. … Read more
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), age 86, confirmed that he will retire when his term ends in 2022, the Washington Post reports. Good call. Shelby should have retired years ago. Here’s where things go off the rails. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), one of the three congressional conspirators who planned the January 6 insurrection in Washington D.C., along … Read more
S.V. Date, senior White House correspondent at HuffPost, writes Trump Trial Also A Referendum On GQP Authoritarianism In America (my edits): As the Senate readies for yet another Donald Trump impeachment trial and prepares to judge the former president’s conduct, senators also may be voting on a much bigger question: American democracy versus GQP authoritarianism. … Read more
Roger Stone, a former campaign adviser to Trump, who’s often described as a political “ratfucker,” was charged and convicted on a seven-count indictment of obstructing justice, witness tampering and multiple counts of lying to Congress in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election in November of 2019. On December 23, … Read more