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LIVE BLOG: WH daily COVID Taskforce briefing Trump: “I’m just here to present talent”

Live Blog below — Today was about IMPOTUS’s folk beliefs 5:00* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House x Drinking a bunch of bleach was not on my bingo card for how trumps presidency would end. https://t.co/7N8czpenfe— Beaker (@OilBeak)...

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April 23, 2020

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Mrs. Conway: “I think he’s Hillary all over again. I think Joe Biden is Hillary 2.0.”

Kellyanne Conway is trial ballooning the “HRC 2.0” meme that has already been applied to several Democrats, as Mr. Conway gave the maximum amount to Biden. Fox News Host Grills Kellyanne Conway: Is Trump Scared of Biden? x x YouTube Video Kellyanne Conway got some unexpectedly tough questions when she appeared Wednesday...

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March 5, 2020

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BAM!, ZONK!, WHAM!

It may be irony, schadenfreude or coincidence but we are crossing paths at the intersection of politics and Marvel or DC Comics. We have a blustering Joker as Head of State, Mr. Freeze as his second, and an assortment of Two-faces, Riddlers and a top-hatted Penguin seeking to avoid his...

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February 12, 2020

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Even GOP Senators Thought Firing Sondland Was a Bad Idea – But Trump Wouldn't Listen

IMPOTUS (and he will be IMPOTUS forever) somehow managed to contain himself during the trial, but as soon as the votes were in, he let loose, firing LTC Vindman and Vindman’s brother (the last being akin to the Nazi practice of Sippenhaft — arrest or apprehension of kin), and Amb....

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February 9, 2020

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The Cover-Up is the crime

Man-child wreaks revenge by reassigning WH and NSC personnel in anticipation of the next outrage. Trimming the NSC staff in certain areas will allow for fewer witnesses when, not if, the next bit of Trump criming happens. x Trump has “discussed removing Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the IC…...

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February 8, 2020

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soon to be gone: Mick Mulvaney? Get over it.

Subpoenaed witnesses have gotten “fired” / reassigned as Trump continues retaliation. One witness was Mick Mulvaney, who never testified but confessed live on television to his part in what John Bolton called a “drug deal”. Washington (CNN) With a five-month impeachment saga behind them, White House aides are bracing for the prospect...

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February 8, 2020

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Moscow Mitch Makes Mistake [Updated: He Admits He Doesn't Have the Votes]

Nicholas Fandos writes in the New York Times impeachment liveblog that “There might be a strategic reason the trial is slowing down,” pointing out that the Trump defense has slowed its delivery, and that the question period (16 hours total) may be stretched out over two days. This will push...

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January 28, 2020

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“Everyone was in the loop” … Did Trump order the Soleimani assassination to silence Bolton

Nov 20, 2019 'Everyone Was in the Loop' Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified that President Trump ordered a pressure campaign on Ukraine and that senior-most administration officials knew about it. “It doesn't matter whether you like him. It doesn't matter if you dislike him,” Adam Schiff said. “What matters is whether...

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January 27, 2020

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Things the Media Has Missed About Upcoming Senate Trial of Trump.

I’m not a lawyer nor a constitutional scholar, but the Media has not being doing its job when it comes to covering the upcoming Senate trial of Trump. I know. “A real shocker there Merlin. Have you thought about auditioning for the role of Captain Obvious?” Hear me out for...

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January 19, 2020

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Changes During Public Impeachment Hearings (Part II)

As we discussed in our previous post, Trendency has been tracking the opinions of registered voters on the impeachment of President Donald Trump since the beginning of the year. Through most of 2019, even during the height of the Mueller Report becoming public, the public did not favor the impeachment...

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December 19, 2019

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Trump's new daily tweet record: over 123, plus Twelve GOP impeachment defenses of Trump

Doug Collins: “That was the most lack of integrity thing I’ve seen in my whole life.” Trump was panicked today as a marathon House judiciary committee continued late into the night, with a resumption at 10am ET Friday. Trump's tweeted more today than Barack Obama did in February through December 2016....

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December 13, 2019

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Conservative columnist: 'I never want to hear about Hillary Clinton’s emails again'

Yes, Max Boot is a conservative. But despite his Republican roots, he’s been one of Donald Trump’s fiercest and most consistent critics. That makes him useful — at least for the time being. And yesterday, he once again blew holes in the fragrant hunk of Swiss cheese that used to be...

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December 7, 2019

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Adam Schiff: 'The president doesn’t give a sh*t about what’s good for our country'

This has been clear for some time. In the hierarchy of things Donald Trump cares about, No. 1 is Donald Trump. Way, way down the list somewhere at No. 2 is Chicken McNuggets. Light-years beyond that, somewhere in the far reaches of inky-black space, is Ivanka Trump. After that, it’s just a...

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December 6, 2019

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#ArmsforDirt: 13 minute phone call between Rudy and OMB and possible 4 articles of impeachment

Giuliani points fingers in Ukraine impeachment meltdown

Darn that “Stark evidence of misconduct”, the House Intelligence committee releases their report and MSNBC reports that there may be as many as 4 articles of impeachment, one of which will incorporate the Mueller report. THE TRUMP-UKRAINE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY REPORT Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pursuant to H....

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December 3, 2019

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#ArmsforDirt: 13 minute phone call between Rudy and OMB, plus possible 4 articles of impeachment

Darn that “Stark evidence of misconduct”, the House Intelligence committee releases their report and MSNBC reports that there may be as many as 4 articles of impeachment, one of which will incorporate the Mueller report. x THE TRUMP-UKRAINE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY REPORT Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pursuant to...

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December 3, 2019

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“there is no evidence to prove that a September 9 Trump/Sondland phone conversation ever took place”

More Trump lies and disinformation. Remember that Trump did his little recitation stunt on the South Lawn during chopper talk to draw attention away from the testimony of the July 26 French restaurant phone call in Kyiv. There’s no evidence Trump’s September 9 ‘no quid pro quo’ conversation with Sondland ever...

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November 30, 2019

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A Timeline for Giuliani

(This diary is based partly on information provided by The Daily 202 and JustSecurity). Often times a timeline is useful in sorting out a complicated story, and Bog knows the Ukraine story is a complicated mess. I’ve thought about creating several timelines, but with this morning's diaries of Trump looking...

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November 27, 2019

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#KremlinAnnex week 71 Saturday protest

x At #KremlinAnnex tonight. pic.twitter.com/SyopNF9d53 — Melissa Barlow (@LiteraryMouse) November 24, 2019 x PutinÃ¢Â€Â™s Puppet? – Yes! Treason45? – Absolutely! Impeachment? – Yes, please!!!Protest tonight? – 7:30 pm!Rain or shine? – Rain, unfortunately!Ã¢ÂœÂŒÃ¯Â¸Â pic.twitter.com/JmC01gPmTW — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) November 23, 2019 x Have you read about our team yet? Ã¢ÂœÂŒÃ¯Â¸ÂÃ°ÂŸÂ‡ÂºÃ°ÂŸÂ‡Â¸...

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November 24, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 148)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. 1672. Attacked former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch after her...

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November 22, 2019

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Amigos Adjacent: Sondland's logic remains fuzzy

Apparently Sondland did more perjury yesterday, aided by Tim Morrison, as this tweet thread by Susan Simpson reveals. Perhaps if supporting materials weren’t being withheld, we could “get to the bottom of it”. Trump’s dramatic reading is simply another audition tape for the Masked Singer. The Gordon problem continues, much...

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November 22, 2019

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Arms for Dirt: Hill & Holmes testimony …”Russia operates like a SuperPAC.”

“I said to him. . . I think this is all going to blow up – and here we are.” Fiona Hill and David Holmes put a cocktail stick into the fictional narratives promoted by the GOP and the White House. She reminds us that there was a domestic political errand...

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November 21, 2019

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How Mob Bossiness works: “Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret.” … Is Sondland no snitch

Today’s bombshell had a considerable blast radius. Sondland affirms, “yes” there was a “quid pro quo.” After a first deposition, a revised addendum, and today another lengthy statement, we now know there are receipts, and if Trump were not a PABOTUS*, he’d be indicted. Lacking that, the articles of impeachment get...

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November 20, 2019

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Gordon Sondland's instant metamorphosis into a coffee boy

Donald Trump, his voice modulated to drown out the helicopter rotors and the shrieking shame goblins in his head, made a statement this morning on the White House lawn. Summary: I WANT NOTHING! I WANT NOTHING! And who the fuck is Gordon Sondland? Yes, as you almost certainly predicted, Trump...

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November 20, 2019

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Which Trump Administration Official Will Go to Jail?

[democracy id=”23″] What Gordon Sondland testified to today, November 20th, 2019 exposed the inner-workings of a Crime Family. There were many players, some you know and others we don’t. The top players are: Gordon Sondland Mike Pence Rudy Giuliani Mick Mulvaney Rick Perry William Barr

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November 20, 2019

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Sondland and the Fifth: he's already waived it

It is less likely that Gordon Sondland will plead the Fifth but might seek immunity as he faces perjury, among other things. “Mob boss blaming underling”. ICYMI: Can Gordon Sondland invoke the Fifth Amendment? #MTPDaily @BarbMcQuade: "He's likely already waived that privilege. … If you have talked about the subject...

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November 20, 2019

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#KremlinAnnex week 71 protest Tuesday

x Everyone loves the Ã¢Â€ÂœSubpoenaÃ¢Â€Â song at the #KremlinAnnex protest. Happy singing and whistling to you, #resisters! Ã¢ÂœÂŒÃ¯Â¸ÂÃ°ÂŸÂ˜Â https://t.co/l5uWcPpX2z — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) November 17, 2019 x Have you read about our team yet? Ã¢ÂœÂŒÃ¯Â¸ÂÃ°ÂŸÂ‡ÂºÃ°ÂŸÂ‡Â¸ Kremlin Annex: Five women have been protesting outside the White House for over a year...

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November 20, 2019

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Senator Ron Johnson tries to do CYA for Individual-1

The oddest disinformation so far has been a series of Ron Johnson media appearances that attempt to discredit Alexander Vindman. Johnson said Vindman might be among those bureaucrats who leak to the press "sabotage his policies and, if possible, remove him from office." pic.twitter.com/Mn5SHXUl06 — Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) November 18,...

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November 19, 2019

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CNN: GOP lawmakers were 'shaken' by David Holmes' testimony

It’s getting harder and harder for GOPsters to defend the ocher abomination, and the latest round of testimony is a case in point. According to a source who spoke to CNN, Republican legislators were “shaken” by the recent testimony of State Department official David Holmes, who described overhearing a potentially...

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November 19, 2019

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Get Well Donald

In 2016, when President Hillary Clinton (oh I am sorry right-wing) when former candidate Hillary Clinton announced she had pneumonia, along with releasing her medical records, the Conservative smear machine sprang into action. We saw a flurry of Trump-ites, and Republican operatives tell us she had either suffered a stroke,...

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November 18, 2019

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Arms for Dirt: were the Amigos and Shreks only stooges

Greg Sargent at WaPo writes about the potential for a GOP frame that makes Gordon Sondland the mastermind of the Arms for Dirt plot, rather than Trump. And what deal will Rudy try to make, considering the looming SDNY criminal investigation. Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is now...

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November 17, 2019

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Saturday #KremlinAnnex protest week 70

x Wow! What a week of historic events in America! WeÃ¢Â€Â™re inspired by the public servants testifying in Congress this week and shining light for all of us, giving us hope that truth will prevail! #KremlinAnnex is 16 months today! Ã°ÂŸÂŽÂ‰ See yÃ¢Â€Â™all at 7:30 pm! https://t.co/lw40pMViXQ pic.twitter.com/fMgzqgk8Al — Kremlin...

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November 17, 2019

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Holmes and What's on: Sondland's got lots of 'splaining to do next week about Amigos

All that complaining about “second hand information” as WH witnesses are being embargoed just got worse with the David Holmes statement. At what moment will the closing walls squash Gordon Sondland. Holmes said Sondland responded Trump only cares about “big stuff.” When Holmes said that the Ukraine war was big, Sondland...

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November 16, 2019

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the folly of Amigos and Shreks: tactical failures of the fact-pattern – Will Sondland even show up

On 12 October 2019, Gordon Sondland's decision to testify was a complete turnaround. He said he'd been directed by the State Department to not speak to the committees. The difficulty of a perjury conviction might not be enough to compel him to not show up Wednesday, considering there are now two witnesses to Trump’s direct...

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November 14, 2019

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Arms for Dirt is worse because Trump and the amigos nearly got away with it

The Arms for Dirt whistleblower has, like Christopher Steele and his dossier, yet to be proven wrong, and yet considerable effort has been spent on trying to discredit them. Several times during today’s hearings attempts were made to try to insert the whistleblower into the proceedings. The reasons are mainly...

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November 14, 2019

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Day One: Impeachment Inquiry – fact witnesses, process objections, and “table pounding”.

Rep. Peter Welch to Jim Jordan: "I'd be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there!" pic.twitter.com/YbCvHKfKeV — Matt Rogers 🎃 (@Politidope) November 13, 2019 The overheard voice of President Trump on the call Ambassador...

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November 13, 2019

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GOP memo outlines party's plan to defend Trump ahead of public hearings: Squirrel or Reverse Ferret

The GOP released a memo that summarizes however selectively their defense of Trump as the public testimony begins: assets.documentcloud.org/… The most amusing claim is that they can frame Trump’s “state of mind” without mentioning personality disorder. Axios summarizes it: Details: The Republicans claim these four pieces of evidence are “fatal” to the...

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November 12, 2019

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Ukraine floodgates open and Fox News tries to discredit everyone—but it won't work

Will playing whac-a-mole help save the Trump presidency? That's what Fox News and Donald Trump defenders have been reduced to in recent weeks as the White House and its media allies scramble to try to find a coherent defense for his admitted campaign collusion with a foreign power. (This time,...

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November 10, 2019

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an upcoming week of GOP crazy-makers and their clown cars

Some stochastic terroirism(sic) this morning as we approach another important week of some historic events that still boil down to some rather simple impeachable actions. Welcome to dysfunctional palooza-also known as The Donald Trump administration. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ELk0lwYSZc — Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) November 10, 2019 I’ll be on @ReliableSources around...

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November 10, 2019

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one Amigo, Rudy, and Mick walk into a trap…

Ambassador to the EU under Donald Trump Gordon Sondland

A new article describes the trial ballooning of GOP narratives that would try to divert the impeachment and pin the crime on someone, anyone else. No one seems to fit even as Sondland, Mulvaney, and Giuliani appear on a short list to not make Trump guilty of bribery, extortion, or...

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November 8, 2019

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Arms for Dirt: William Taylor deposition transcript now available

docs.house.gov/… Taylor identified the “second channel” of the amigos reporting to Giuliani, as well as indicating that his notes are in the custody of the State Department. Analysis: 3 big takeaways from Bill Taylor’s full transcript https://t.co/jqWUBN8udx — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 6, 2019 1. A second quid pro...

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November 6, 2019

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Rudy the insidious bagman helped Florida Man solicit a bribe

It truly is that simple, The whistleblower is irrelevant, Lindsey won’t even consider the case when it comes before the Senate, and more deposition transcripts are coming. Step-by-step, Gordon Sondland won’t be left holding that bag. David Corn and Dan Friedman in Mother Jones identify that “Trump designated Giuliani as the...

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November 6, 2019

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Insidious R.U.D.Y. and Trump were fully engaged with amigos Volker and Sondland

Don and Rudy were fully engaged in the shakedown, and the Amigos were instrumental. CNN reports that Pompeo agreed in Congressional testimony about the now CIA-affirmed role of Russia in 2016 interference but seemed to now agree with a new CT trying to shift the 2016 blame to Ukraine. Rudy also...

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November 5, 2019

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Sondland tries to avoid perjury … Volker shows Trump and Insidious R.U.D.Y. wanted quid pro quo

Don and Rudy were fully engaged in the shakedown, and the Amigos were instrumental. CNN reports that Pompeo agreed in Congressional testimony about the now CIA-affirmed role of Russia in 2016 interference but seemed to now agree with a new CT trying to shift the 2016 blame to Ukraine. Rudy also...

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November 5, 2019

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Two of Three Amigos: Volker/Sondland transcripts from House depositions

The Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker transcripts from House depositions are available: Read Gordon Sondland’s testimony here: intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/… Read Kurt Volker’s testimony here: intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/… (CNN) House Democrats on Tuesday released excerpts of the transcripts of their closed-door depositions with former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker and US Ambassador...

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November 5, 2019

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Yovanovitch / McKinley testimony transcripts released by House Intel. – Volker / Sondland tomorrow

Adam Schiff announced the release of transcripts from closed door testimony by Yovanovitch (316 pages) and McKinley (156 pages). Volker and Sondland testimony transcripts to be released tomorrow. This release of depositions of Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley offsets the absence of WH witnesses today as “no-shows” resisting subpoenas. BREAKING: House Democrats...

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November 4, 2019

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Even After Being on “The Call” Tim Morrison Says He Thought Ukraine Gambit was Sondland’s Idea. BS.

Either W.H. ex-Russia advisor Tim Morrison is the dumbest MFer ever to don London Fog or he is trying to craft his testimony to Congress to excuse himself for not coming forward to report Trump’s criminality as Lt. Colonel Vindman did. I know which side I come down on. CNN obtained...

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November 2, 2019

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the Three Amigos plus Rudy, are now in more trouble after the Vindman testimony

Rudy and the “three amigos” (Volker, Sondland, Perry) seem now more exposed after the building depositions that destroyed GOP process objections. And then there’s Pence who will be revealed to know more, as well as Mulvaney. NEW: Vindman’s testimony appears to contradict Rick Perry's ardent denials that he ever heard the...

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October 30, 2019

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Musical Bag-holding: Pence, Sondland, and others don't want to be the scapegoat

Coming home to roost, no one wants to be caught being the scapegoat for the obvious movement toward impeachment. The music will stop, and there aren’t enough chairs. Neal Katyal says the House committees “have the goods” to move forward. Even Steve Bannon thinks Nancy Pelosi “will impeach the President”. MAYBE...

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October 28, 2019

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Looks Like Pence Is Inching Away from Trump (Update: WaPo is on the story, too)

Political Wire has a story behind its paywall this morning: Pence Not Willing to Defend Trump on Quid Pro Quo Vice President Mike Pence appeared on Face the Nation yesterday to mostly talk about the operation targeting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But buried at the end of the...

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October 28, 2019

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Moron's Watergate: should Trump argue that his 'quid pro quo' is not impeachable

In today’s House testimony, Philip Reeker helped fill in the story about how the Ambassador to Ukraine was unfairly removed, firming up the abuse of power argument, even if bribery and other actions were clearly evident. Notable—Trump ally Andrew McCarthy now argues that Trump should not deny the existence of a...

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October 26, 2019