01/21/2020 archive

Pondering the Pundits

Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …

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Impeachment: The Senate Trial 1.21.2020

Coverage of the Senate Trial of Donald John Trump begins live via PBS at about 12:30 PM ET. The Senate session is set to start at 1:00 PM ET. Today’s session is going to be mostly a fight over the rules that Senate Majority Leader “Midnight in Moscow” Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has put forward which …

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The Kangaroo Court

True story this. In one of my U.S. History Courses (indeed all of them but I may not be cudgeling my memories with sufficient vigor) I was asked one question I didn’t know the answer to, didn’t even have a good guess- What political innovation was imported from Australia in 1888? The answer is the …

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Late Night Pre-Trial

I’m skipping Cartnoon and putting this up in its time slot because I think we’ll have plenty to be outraged about this afternoon. Oh, and this is the most important piece. Trevor First of all, MLK Jr. with Roy Wood Jr.. Ok, Impeachment. Stephen His get was Tom Steyer- And, because we are collecting wealthy …

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Post Impeachment Criming

Now I’m not saying there are many new crimes (with the definite exclusion of the ongoing Obstruction which has continued) in this summary, but we do have new information about them and the important point is this- These are new facts and documents, corroborating in every detail the testimony of the witnesses before the House …

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The Breakfast Club (With Or Without Reason)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …

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