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Category: Politics
Nov 15 2019
Impeachment: Day 2 Testimony
Testimony in the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump began on Wednesday November 13 with two witnesses, Ambassador William Taylor Jr., the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and the senior State Department official in charge of Ukraine, George P. Kent. Today we will here the testimony of former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch. She …
Nov 13 2019
Impeachment Testimony Begins
The public House impeachment hearings begins today with two witnesses who previous gave depositions behind closed doors, Ambassador William Taylor Jr., the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and the senior State Department official in charge of Ukraine, George P. Kent. Their depositions have been released and can be read here and here. Here are the …
Nov 08 2019
Impeachment: House GOP On Notice
Last Thursday the House of Representatives approved, alnog party lines, the rules for impeachment hearings and the chair of the House Select Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), announced that public hearings would began next Wednesday, November 13. In anticipation of any antics that the Republican members might have to derail the process, Rep. Schiff …
Nov 07 2019
2019 Elections: Pennsylvania Trending Blue In The Suburbs
While all eyes and the media was focused on the gubernatorial race in Kentucky and Virginia state legislature, the Pennsylvania suburbs made a sharp left turn getting a lot bluer. From Kate Riga at Talking Points Memo The erosion of Republican dominance in places like Delaware County was stark. There, Democrats swept the county council, …
Nov 06 2019
Impeachment: Fast and Furious
In case you’re wondering why we haven’t posted much on the Impeachment of the dimwitted conman in the Oval Office, it’s because it’s just moving at the speed of light. In just the last week, since the House Democrats started releasing the witness transcripts that were held behind closed doors, there have been thousands of …
Oct 09 2019
The Russian Connection: Yes, They Did
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that clearly states that Russia interfered with the 2016 election directing a disinformation campaign against Hillary Clinton and favored Donald Trump. The bipartisan report blows a huge hole in Trump’s conspiracy theory that it was Ukraine and the Democrats. The report corroborates past findings by researchers and the …
Oct 08 2019
The Russian Connection: “Great And Unmatched” Stupidity
Over the weekend, Donald Trump sowed more chaos when he announced that he was pulling US troops out of northeastern Syria abandoning the Kurdish forces who helped defeat ISIS giving the green light to Turkey to attack the Kurds, whom the Turks consider terrorists. The decision came after a Sunday phone call Trump had with …
Sep 30 2019
The Impeachment Files: Resignations and Subpoenas
It has been a busy weekend for Donald Trump who is now under a formal impeachment investigation by the House of Representatives. We last left the saga last Thursday with the announcement by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that the formal investigation, which was precipitated by a formal complaint by a whistleblower to the …
Sep 26 2019
The Impeachment Files: Ukraine and ICIG Complaint
After nearly three years of the Trump crime family’s abuse of the office of the president, disregard of the rule of law and shredding of constitutional norms, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has authorized impeachment investigation of Donald J. Trump. Her change of mind started just a week ago when it was revealed that a whistleblower …
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