Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

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, Courage, David Axelrod, Donald Trump, George Romney, impartial justice, impeachable offenses, impeachment, Lisa Murkowski, Senate, Susan Collins | 95 Comments

Bolton has conclusive evidence of Donald Trump’s guilt. Will it make a difference to Senate Republicans?

By Mark | January 26, 2020

If you thought it was a cover-up before, just wait! The New York Times has just revealed that the White House, for the past several weeks, has had a draft of John Bolton’s soon-to-be-released book — a book which includes within it the former Trump administration national security advisor’s recollection of the President having told […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Adam Schiff, blackmail, Chuck Schumer, coercion, cover-up, Donald Trump, foreign aid, impeachment, Joe Biden, John Bolton, Lev Parnas, Marie Yovanovitch, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, military aid, Mitch McConnell, Rudy Giuliani, Senate, William Barr | 26 Comments

McConnell has promised a rigged trial. Democrats need four Republican Senators to stop it.

By Mark | December 15, 2019

“The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.” -Article 1, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ben Sasse, call to action, Chief Justice, Constitution, constitutional crisis, Cory Gardner, despotism, Donald Trump, impartiality, impeachment, John Bolton, jury, jury trial, Justin Amash, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, lying under oath, Michael Steele, Mitch McConnell, obstruction of justice, recusal, rigged trials, RNC, Rudy Giuliani, Senate, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, testimony, threats to Democracy, Ukraine, unconstitutional | 53 Comments

Citing a “betrayal of our national security”, Nancy Pelosi goes all-in on impeachment

By Mark | September 24, 2019

Things appear to be taking a decisive turn in Washington. With evidence mounting that Donald Trump had attempted to coerce the President of Ukraine into assisting with the swiftboating of Joe Biden, and news breaking that the intelligence community whistleblower who first brought the charges to the attention of the IGIC had reached out to […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, bribery, cult of victimhood, Dan Pfeiffer, foreign aid, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, IGIC, impeachment, Inspector General, Joe Biden, Joseph Maguire, Mark Warner, Michael Atkinson, Mike Pompeo, Nancy Pelosi, national security, Preet Bharara, presidential harassment, quid pro quo, Richard Burr, Richard Nixon, Rudy Giuliani, Sally Yates, Senate Intelligence Committee, State Department, Swiftboating, transcript, treason, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower, William Barr | 103 Comments

Fuck the Emmys. We’re in crisis.

By Mark | September 22, 2019

We somehow allowed the Russia investigation to be framed in such a way that about 50% of Americans, even when confronted by evidence of Donald Trump’s multiple instances of obstruction of justice, still seemed to think that he should not be impeached. The Republicans, to their credit, had successfully set the ground rules at the […]