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An Offensive Defense

I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. How are Senate Republicans supposed to defend their impeachment vote? By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Jan. 22, 2020 Senate Republicans sitting through hours of patient, …

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Glass Half Full

It’s extremely important to remember that Nellie Forbush was a selfish racist bigot who ruined not only her own life, but the lives of those around her. I love Musical Theater. It’s so uplifting. Ok, we got two concessions and I don’t want to minimize the importance of either of them. Without allowing the House …

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Procedural Follies

Making the rounds. Trevor Stephen

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 Parnas Problem

As I pointed out when I was trashing Matt Bai for posting a profoundly racist editorial in the Times (which should be held to account for even publishing that garbage), Jennifer Rubin is no Liberal of any sort. Distinguished person of the week: Lev Parnas By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Jan. 19, 2020 Parnas’s stash …

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Because Numbers Are Fun!

Umm… do the math? President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, Washington Post Jan. 20, 2020 Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims — a milestone that would have …

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Cartnoon

John Oliver- “Your Mother is going to die.” “Just kidding. She’s going to live forever. It’s a joke!” As I recall I said something about not always being hah, hah funny.

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