By Mark | January 22, 2020
In a huge break with precedent, the Republican led Senate today voted down 11 attempts on the part of Senate Democrats to ensure that pertinent documents and witnesses would be introduced during the trial of Donald J. Trump. In the history of the United States of America, there have been 15 impeachment trials in the […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, call to action, cover-up, Elizabeth Warren, evidence, Hakeem Jeffries, impartial justice, impeachment, Mitch McConnell, obstruction of justice, Pat Cipollone, rigged trials, Senate, show trial, Ukraine, Val Demings, witnesses |
By Mark | January 15, 2020
Politico reported earlier today that Lev Parnas, in addition to handing over all of the material we discussed yesterday, also gave investigators voicemails he’d saved from Trump associates. And, coincidentally, shortly thereafter, Devin Nunes went on television to announce that, contrary to what he’d said earlier, he now remembers that he did in fact have […]
I hate to start out yet another post talking about Attorney General William Barr, but, as I’m sitting here, making my way through Robert Mueller’s incredibly dense 448-page report, I find myself with renewed appreciation for just how absurd the conceit behind Barr’s 4-page summary was. The notion that anyone could adequately sum up this […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Barbara Ledeen, Betsy DeVos, campaign finance, Chuck Grassley, collusion, Department of Education, Department of Justice, disinformation, Don McGahn, Donald Trump Jr., election fraud, Erik Prince, fake news, FBI, frustration, hacking, impeachment, Internet Research Agency, James B. Comey, Jeff Sessions, Jesse Watters, Jim Sciutto, Jody Hunt, Julian Assange, Konstantin Kilimnik, Matthew Miller, Michael Flynn, Michigan, Minnesota, obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, Pennsylvania, Peter Smith, Rick Gates, Rob Porter, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Senate Judiciary Committee, special counsel, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks, William Barr, Wisconsin |
By Mark | December 4, 2018
Special counsel Robert Mueller, in a memo filed in federal court this evening, requested that former Trump administration National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (seen above in happier times, chanting “lock her up” with Donald Trump) be sentence to as little as no time in prison, in spite of his having pleaded guilty to lying to […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, collusion, Donald Trump, flipping, Jared Kushner, Lock Her Up, Paul Manafort, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, sentencing, Sergey Kislyak |
By Mark | October 23, 2018
With the midterms fast approaching, and the prospect of both houses of Congress, as well as several statehouses, potentially flipping, Republicans across the country are becoming increasingly desperate. And, as you might imagine, this desperation is manifesting itself in truly terrible ways. In Texas, with the young, dynamic Beto O’Rourke gaining momentum, Ted Cruz has […]
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Gillum, anti-immigration, anti-Semitism, asylum, attempted murder, Beto O'Rourke, Bill Kristol, Brian Kemp, caravan, Central America, civility, conspiracy theory, cowardice, Dan Pfeifer, Donald Trump, exact match, fascism, fear mongering, Florida, George Soros, Georgia, gerrymandering, Greg Gianforte, Hannah Arendt, incitement to violence, journalism, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicare, middle class tax cuts, midterm elections, Mike Pence, pipe bombs, political violence, racism, Richard Linklater, robocalls, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of State, Senate, Stacey Abrams, tax cuts, Ted Cruz, terrorism, Texas, threats of violence, threats to journalists, voter fraud, voter suppression |