The Zelensky-Trump phone call was released by the White House and is here. In his riveting testimony last February before the House Committee on Oversight, Cohen explained how Trump pulls people in and gets them to lie and cheat for him. Cohen quotations from here. Trump doesn’t order anyone to lie or commit crimes. He’s …
To prepare for what’s coming, here’s brief roundup of my posts on impeachment, followed by questions and my answers. I selected the questions I get most often. Spoiler: The real question right now is whether the GOP will continue to shield Trump, or whether the Biden-Ukraine scandal is the tipping point. To prepare for what’s …
(Spoiler: The Whistleblower Case May Be Their Shot) Ruthie, thank you. I’ve been trying to explain this for a while. Remember when Nancy Pelosi suggested that Trump was trying to goad the House into impeaching him. Chris Hayes suggested the idea was insane. I argued that Trump wanted it all over then, before all the …
Will Trump get away with this latest outrage? [The Whistleblower scandal] Answer: It depends Spoiler: It looks to me like lots of Trump critics are giving the Republican leadership a good reason to continue shielding Trump. “What?” you ask. Stick with me here. I’ll say at the outset that the whistleblower case is exactly what …
The Lewandowski hearing kicked off the official Trump impeachment hearings. If you missed it, click here. To get a taste of Republican tactics, watch the opening 15 minutes. Then to watch the Democrats hit a few home runs, watch Berke’s cross examination at the end. The question of the day seemed to be: Why wasn’t …
Impeachment Hearings have Begun: Put Away the Pitchforks Read More »
Jim asks if all the Sen. Lindsay Graham noise about the FISA warrants and arresting the Trump Russia investigators is a concern or a grand distraction. Answer: It’s a concern. It arises from a reactionary desire to destroy. Consider a few of the Trump-FOX-GOP policies: Warm the globe Repeal the ACA Destroy the environment for …
I see a disconnect between what Pelosi actually says and what people say that she says. To stay grounded in facts, I’ll look at Pelosi’s exact words. No paraphrases or summaries. Then I’ll analyze. Here’s what Pelosi said on May 31, 2019. The meat starts at the 1:30 minute mark. Kimmel pointed out that Mueller …
Preliminary note. I will be on a panel discussing impeachment next week in Santa Barbara: So you can expect a bunch of posts this week on impeachment as I do my homework to prepare. This morning, the House Committee on the Judiciary just voted on this resolution. I’ll start with a summary of the document, …
The September 12th Impeachment Resolution: Legal Cliff Notes Read More »
The latest: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist said, “This is the first time I’ve felt pressure from above to not say what truly is the forecast.” Yes, Trump told the NOAA to back up his lie–and someone there did it. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four showed us why Trump is doing this. “Without truth, we …
GOP is not a conservative party. It’s a reactionary party. Let’s stop calling it “conservative.” True conservatives, according to NYU prof. @Jonhaidt, form a kind of yin-yang balance with liberals (or progressives). Liberals embrace forward-looking change. Conservatives value order. The conservative insight is that order is precious, hard to achieve, and easy to lose. (From …
