Tag Archives: Courage

Saying, “The case was made,” Mitt Romney votes to convict Donald Trump on the charge of abuse of power

By Mark | February 5, 2020

As we all knew would be the case, the Republican led Senate voted this afternoon to acquit Donald J. Trump on both charges he had been facing – abuse of power and obstruction of justice – bringing his rigged, witness-less farce of an impeachment trial to an official end. The bigger story of the day, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abuse of power, Constitution, David Axelrod, Donald Trump, George Romney, impartial justice, impeachable offenses, impeachment, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Senate, Susan Collins | 95 Comments

The enduring beauty of the deep state… Marie Yovanovitch provides the best counterpoint to Trumpism to date

By Mark | November 18, 2019

I had the good fortune to be on vacation this past Friday, so I was able to watch quite a bit of Marie Yovanovitch’s courageous testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in real-time. While there’s a great deal that I could say about the shameful behavior of Republicans on the committee and the response to […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, bravery, civil service, conspiracy theory, corruption, deep state, diplomacy, Donald Trump, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, intimidation, Jennifer Williams, Joe Biden, Marie Yovanovitch, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani, rule of law, smear, State Department, Twitter, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, witness intimidation, Yuriy Lutsenko | 6 Comments

I wish John McCain had stuck around long enough to see Donald Trump brought to justice

By Mark | August 27, 2018

One hopes that, when @SenJohnMcCain passed, some of his courage migrated to other members of the @GOP. #TheForce #OldBenKenobi #Resist pic.twitter.com/oWFmnD43uU — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) August 26, 2018 Every living American president, with the exception of Donald Trump, has issued a formal statement on the passing of Senator John McCain. According to reporting out of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2008, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, hero, Jeff Flake, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Corallo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Oleg Morozov, petty behavior, prisoner of war, Qanon, Rand Paul, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Palin, Susan Collins, tea party, the force | 30 Comments

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden comes clean on why he turned over classified government documents to the press, just how much the intelligence community knows about us, and what his actions will likely cost him

By Mark | June 9, 2013

Earlier today, the identity of last week’s much-talked-about National Security Agency whistleblower was made public. His name is Edward Snowden, and he’s a former technical assistant for the CIA, who, most recently, worked for the NSA through the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly recommend that you watch […]