I thought about this question: At first, it seemed the answer would be easy: List facts. Then, after Romney’s piece of absurdity, I realized the answer is a bit more complicated. It’s obvious from Romney’s comments (addressed here) that using facts to back up arguments won’t work with true MAGA people—meaning the 33% of the …
After Sen. Graham advised Trump, Jr. to take the 5th because of criminal liability, Curious1 wondered if there’s a way to stop all of the obstruction: Sorry, no. We’re in for quite a bit more Trump-GOP lawbreaking, I’m afraid. Trump’s supporters know he is a law breaker. Many voted for him BECAUSE he is a …
An astonishing thing happened on Saturday. US Rep. Justin Amash, R-Michigan, read the redacted Mueller Report and concluded from the evidence that President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses, and broke ranks with his party. In a concise tweet, Amash — a tea party Republican — announced to the world: “President Trump has engaged in impeachable …
Trump declared that his administration will fight every House Democrat subpoena. The first showdown came yesterday in the courtroom of D.C. federal judge Amit Mehta. The subpoena was for 8 years of Trump’s financial records from the Mazars accounting firm. Trump sued Mazars to stop them from complying with the subpoena. Judge Amit Mehta expedited …
Tim asks what happens if Trump ignores a Supreme Court ruling: One president who thumbed his nose at a SCOTUS ruling was Andrew Jackson. Jackson’s defiance resulted in the Indian Removal Act. Info from: The crisis began in 1829 when gold was discovered on Cherokee lands in Georgia. Greedy prospectors poured onto Cherokee lands. Georgia passed …
Barr refused to give Congress the unredacted Mueller report. Mnuchin refused to hand over Trump’s tax returns. Now Trump Jr. is resisting a subpoena. Congress held Barr in contempt, whereupon Barr asked Trump to exert “executive privilege” over the unredacted Report. Trump did so. Pelosi then declared a Constitutional Crisis over Trump’s refusal to cooperate. …
Pelosi gave an interview saying, among other things, that Trump is “goading” the House Democrats to impeach him. MSNBC host Chris Hayes tweeted this: Actually, it makes perfect sense to me. There are really two questions: (1) Why would Trump want to be impeached? (2) Why would Nancy Pelosi say that Trump wants to be …
Yesterday Trump retweeted that he should get 2 years added to his term. Friday Trump told Putin about the “Russian hoax” and didn’t tell him to stop interfering in our elections. The GOP is fine with this. I see bewilderment & frustration: They’re greedy traitors! They’re betraying American values! Spoiler: The Trump-GOP springs from a …
There’s confusion about how impeachment works. Impeachment isn’t the same as removal. The process goes like this: First there are investigations into presidential misconduct; Then public hearings on the misconduct; Publicly (or privately) legislators cautiously use the “i” word or the “r” word. (Legislators using words like “impeach” or “remove” too soon is like a …
Surprising nobody — but appalling to anyone who cares about Rule of Law and democratic process — yesterday Barr gave the same defense of Trump that Trump surrogates (Dershowitz, Giuliani, etc.) have been making all year. The defense goes like this: Trump is head of the executive branch; Trump therefore has “constitutional” control over the …
