By Mark | February 16, 2020
Over this past week, I’ve been collecting articles about William Barr and the work he’s been doing post-impeachment to help reward Donald Trump’s friends, and punish his perceived enemies. My intention was to write something truly brilliant – something that would explain everything in such a way that people, once they read it, would not […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1951, Aaron Zelinsky, Adam Jed, Bride of the Gorilla, Curt Siodmak, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Harry Litman, Jonathan Kravis, Michael Marando, Roger Stone, U.S. Attorney, William Barr |
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, Courage, deep state, diplomacy, Donald Trump, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, intimidation, Jennifer Williams, Joe Biden, Marie Yovanovitch, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani, smear, State Department, Twitter, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, witness intimidation, Yuriy Lutsenko |
By Mark | October 8, 2019
In a letter to House leadership, White House counsel Pat Cipollone today made it clear that the Trump administration has no intention of complying with Congressional requests related to the recently launched impeachment probe of Donald Trump. Cipollone, in his letter, referred to the probe as “illegitimate” and said that the actions taken by House […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, above the law, Bill Kristol, Constitution, constitutional crisis, Donald Trump, election interference, Hunter Biden, impeachment, Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, oversight, Pat Cipollone, Stephanie Grisham, Ukraine |
By Mark | September 30, 2019
It’s one thing to have the conservative Wall Street Journal amplifying the whistleblower’s complaint that, “(T)he President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election“, and old-school conservatives like Bill Kristol running ads directed at Republican members of Congress in […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abuse of power, Adam Kinzinger, Bill Kristol, Charlie Baker, foreign affairs, foreign relations, impeachment, Justin Amash, Massachusetts, Mike Pompeo, Mitch McConnell, Ouroboros, Phil Scott, Republican Party, Republicans for the Rule of Law, treason, Ukraine, Vermont, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower, Will Hurd |
By Mark | September 23, 2019
I know this makes three posts in a row, which is unprecedented for me, but I’m not ready to move on from Trump’s admission yesterday that he sought to coerce the President of Ukraine into lending credibility to a roundly debunked right wing conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden. This, assuming we can […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged collusion, Debbie Dingell, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Elissa Slotkin, extortion, foreign aid, House Intelligence Committee, impeachment, Mick Mulvaney, Nancy Pelosi, national security, Ukraine, whistle blower, William Barr |