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The Trump meltdown seems not to have had much effect, other than enhancing Speaker Pelosi’s image with women as Gallup polls a majority in favor of impeachment and removal. So … Read More
Dude gotta go. These words on White House stationary should embarrass all Americans, but Trump's "confidential" enclosure of the SDF Commander's letter will give our allies even less reason to … Read More
After trying to orchestrate a reality-TV moment with grieving parents, more craziness in the White House. Daniel Dale has counted all of last week’s lies. The translator's face is all … Read More
Yeah, this seems significant: 🚨Fiona Hill describes this scene: In a White House meeting, Sondland tells Ukrainians they will get a Trump meeting if they open the investigations Trump wants. … Read More
The New York Times is just out with the latest bus driver: The Moustache himself: Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’ The effort to pressure … Read More
Fiona Hill will appear before Congress today as the impeachment inquiry continues. The RWNJ troll-bots have been busily calling her a “George Soros mole”, even as one assumes that when … Read More
Mitt Romney has never missed an opportunity to be an opportunist. Romney the leveraged buyout pioneer took advantage of the U.S. tax code to pocket tens of millions of dollars … Read More
Axios reports that the twin pillars on which the impeachment inquiry will center is Ukraine and obstruction of justice. The advantage of the latter is that it also folds in … Read More
Considering that the WH has tried to stop all Executive branch testimony related to Arms for Dirt scandal, this will be an interesting week as Congress returns from recess. There … Read More
Gordon Sondland, the mercurial hotelier turned EU Ambassador who first stated he would not testify in the impeachment inquiry, then changed course to say he would, will testify this week … Read More
So the AP just published a rundown of Donald Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and a few morsels of deeply weird Trumpfuckery stood out from the usual smorgasbord of … Read More
The pushback from Trumpists is beginning with much disinformation and noise. The coming weeks will unfortunately be far too interesting because the latest episode with Ukraine is one clearly created … Read More
Recalling the delaying action of the Bill Barr “summary” of the Mueller report, the White House released a 5-page memo to frame the eventual release of the whistle-blower complaint. In it … Read More
It’s a fast-moving day and a press conference was scheduled for 4pm. Trump’s last such presser at the UNGA was “free-wheeling” so the cray-cray might be especially wild. Chances are … Read More
Even if a sitting POTUS* cannot be indicted, plenty of others are coming into view after the rough memo of the Trump conversation with Ukraine president Zelensky. Now that the … Read More
The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed … Read More
WaPo’s Phil Rucker writes that Individual-1 is playing a victim card as the retreat to the bunker continues. Shouldn’t we feel sorry for rich elites, because it must be some … Read More
x Yes! Trump’s threats to those who expose his perfidy are themselves impeachable. But we need triage. I’m leaning toward narrowing the focus on #Ukrainegate and the coverup it triggered. … Read More
x #WATCH: Trump: “We're trying to find out” who the Whistleblower is. Outing their identity would be a felony, punishable by up to 3 yrs in prison. As a matter … Read More
dum-da-dum-dum x So it was evidently common knowledge in Ukraine that the price of getting US military help fending off Putin’s aggression was helping Trump’s 2020 re-election. The July 25 … Read More
Apparently Trump authorized Barr’s contacts with foreign countries just after he lied to Mueller. So many problems at DoJ now that it seems that Barr authorized investigations to discredit Russian … Read More
Polls are trending toward supporting the impeachment inquiry. Since House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry last Tuesday, support for impeachment has grown, according to polls from Politico/Morning Consult, HuffPost/YouGov, NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist, CBS News/YouGov, … Read More
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) stated that Pompeo was obstructing Congress. x Pompeo blocks depositions with State Dept officials in Ukraine inquiry. The officials are Ambassador Marie “Masha†YovanovitchAmbassador Kurt VolkerDeputy … Read More
The Giuliani subpoena is also about Giuliani’s association with mobsters, especially ones relevant to Ukraine, which as we know from Michael Cohen’s case, is an important component of NYC and … Read More
WaPo is just out with a new story about how fast WH officials raised alarms: At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump … Read More
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were nabbed at Dulles airport (perhaps) “trying to flee the country” and have been indicted for financial violations but more importantly in connection to Rudy … Read More
x “Look, I don't want you to rob the bank. I think robbing the bank is a bad idea, and I do not endorse it. Now watch as I disable … Read More
Excellent William Saletan article in Slate reminding us how much Turkey is part of Trump’s corruption going back to Mike Flynn. It’s made worse as Turkey begins its new attacks … Read More
It’s Halloween because Rudy might appear before Congress: Good. I have questions. https://t.co/Ty8QMQzAp4 — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 8, 2019 And Trump now is doing god-emperor cosplay: His claim we … Read More
“Today Putin-puppet Trump condemned ‘corrupt’ Ukraine, ordered US withdrawal in Syria, cancelled Open Skies.” Pulling out of the Open Skies treaty may blind some aspects of monitoring Russian militarization of the Ukrainian … Read More
Rick Perry remains in the cabinet, until he isn’t. Perry denies he’s resigning: ‘not today, it's not tomorrow, it's not next month'. So December? Trump’s culpability in trading arms for dirt remains. … Read More
“All right senator, I have no idea why a Fox News conspiracy, propaganda stuff is popping up here,” lamented Meet The Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday morning, trying to get … Read More
“All right senator, I have no idea why a Fox News conspiracy, propaganda stuff is popping up here,” lamented Meet The Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday morning, trying to get … Read More
The AP is reporting that some wealthy Trump and Guiliani political donors were trying to shakedown the Ukrainian state owned firm Naftogazt. The story is a bit complex, but Energy Secretary Perry … Read More
As some of you might have read, it was reported overnight that the dotard, on a private call to Republican Congress critters, asserted that the perfectly illegal phone conversation that he had … Read More
Mt. Susan Collins of Maine had an eruption of sulfurous gases with regards to Trump and his present predicament: “I thought the president made a big mistake by asking China … Read More
Stop me before I dance again. Rick is no stranger to jail time, among other stupid things. Perry was in contact with Ukrainians during period of the infamous call because … Read More
I thought it was perfect? Rick Perry’s about to learn the hard way: Everything Trump touches dies: .Axios “President Trump told House Republicans that he made his now infamous phone … Read More
Whether Joe Biden supporters like it or not, now is the testing of Joe Biden’s thesis that he is the best Democrat to defeat Trump. Yes, I am not a … Read More
There was Trumpian rage-tweeting at Senator Mitt Romney on the way to the golf course today. x Somebody please wake up Mitt Romney and tell him that my conversation with … Read More
Lamprey in charge. Because we know how well that advice to fire James Comey worked out. Then again, can Individual-1 really trust a son-in-law. President Donald Trump has reportedly tapped … Read More
Sen. Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin, has Ukraine as a part of his portfolio of the Foreign Relations committee. When he mentioned to Trump that he’d heard about his shenanigans … Read More
One person’s kayfabe is another’s article of impeachment. Despite the possibility of future entreaties for election interference, the Ukraine deal is about a simple shake down with taxpayer money for … Read More
Trump doubles down during Chopper Talk, now wants a second country, China to investigate opponents x Also from the pool report: POTUS said Ukraine should investigate the Bidens. “I would … Read More
The Trumpists are trying anything that will draw your attention away from the 25 July “favor” request for dirt in exchange for releasing arms. The greatest irony is Trumpian claims … Read More
Remember that Finland is also under threat by Russia, but that may be giving too much credit to Trump, ranting during a presser with Finland’s President, who told Individual-1: “…you have here a … Read More
In case you missed this: A handful of Republican-held House seats in the Texas suburbs represent fertile ground for competitive races in 2020, according to recent Democratic polling. The surveys … Read More
We are in the 21st Century, not the fourteenth, nor is it the 1860s. Yet, we have a President who, in the span of one week, has reportedly threatened to … Read More
Like the tool he is, Trump favored Putin’s interests, squeezed Ukraine on military aid and tried to get dirt on the Bidens. Meanwhile an already weakened Ukrainian domestic politics began … Read More
Hours after Ukrainian President Zelensky agrees to Steinmeier Formula, which requires Ukrainian forces to withdraw from the disputed Donbass region which Russia invaded in 2015, Republicans in Congress and the Trump State Dept. joined … Read More
