Update to Heads up! Sen. Lindsey ‘Stonewall’ Graham is ready to begin Stalinist show trials of the Russia investigators. Ambassador Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and Vladimir Putin, told Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is ‘harmful’ to Ukraine and U.S. national security interests. She showed how Trump and Republicans function … Read more
Ambassador Fiona Hill was kicking ass and taking names in her opening statement today. The Ambassador called out Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee — lookin’ right at you Rep. Devin Nunes — as shills for the Russian intelligence agencies’ “dezinformatsiya” and propaganda. That they are! From Ambassador Fiona Hill’s take no prisoners opening statement … Read more
I have a real problem with Rep. Devin Midnight Run Nunes, a co-conspirator and accessory to Donald Trump’s obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice, being the ranking minority member in the impeachment hearings. This is the equivalent of the Trump criminal enterprise having a capo on the committee to directly obstruct Congress and obstruct justice. … Read more
BuzzFeed News reports today that The Senate Has Been Quietly Interviewing People Involved In The Whistleblower Complaint: The Senate Intelligence Committee has in recent weeks interviewed several people as it looks into the handling of the whistleblower complaint at the center of the first impeachment inquiry in more than two decades, committee leadership told BuzzFeed … Read more
Today’s headlines are echoes of Watergate after John Dean’s dramatic testimony. From the New York Times: News, Sondland Says He Followed Trump’s Orders to Pressure Ukraine. Analysis, In an Echo of Watergate and John Dean, an Adviser Points to Trump. The Times editorializes, Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men. From the Washington … Read more