Ambassador Sondland delivers a John Dean moment in the impeachment hearings

Well, not quite John Dean. John Dean had a photographic memory and laid out incredibly detailed riveting testimony from his memory of events, later remarkably verified in the Nixon tapes. Ambassador Gordon Sondland concedes that his memory is not that good without access to reference to documents and readouts of conversations, which he says the … Read more

Republican star witnesses blow up GOP conspiracy theories, implicate Trump

Former U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, and Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s former senior director covering Russia and Ukraine, and previously a longtime Republican congressional staffer, were called to testify by Republicans. They were supposed to be their star witnesses. Instead, these witnesses blew up the conspiracy theories being propagated by Republicans in … Read more

GOP uses anti-Semitic ‘dual loyalty’ trope to attack credibility of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Updated)

Donald Trump and his allies just can’t stop using the anti-semitic “dual loyalty” trope to attack Jewish Americans. Recall that back in August, not that long ago, Donald Trump “doubled down on referring to Jews who vote for Democrats as ‘very disloyal’ to Israel, invoking a dual loyalty trope widely viewed as anti-Semitic.” Trump doubles down … Read more

A breakdown of Devin Nunes’ favorite conspiracy theories

For those of you who feel dazed and confused by the right-wing fever swamp conspiracy theories that Rep. Devin Midnight Run Nunes (R-CA) keeps talking about ad nauseam during the impeachment hearings for video clips to air on FOX News aka Trump TV, Business Insider has put together a helpful breakdown of the conspiracy theories … Read more