The letter the White House sent to Congress announcing Trump’s intent to obstruct the impeachment inquiry is here. It’s a political letter, attempting to frame impeachment on Trump’s terms. The Democrats should not let Trump control how impeachment is framed. I’ll start by debunking a few of the letter’s bogus legal points. I can’t debunk …
Trending this morning on Twitter: 58% of Americans now in favor of impeachment inquiries, and Sondland defied Congress. These two things go together. I agree with Bill Kristol: I also trust the 60-65% of Americans who are not part of Trump’s base to see it. We shouldn’t be shocked by Sondland’s refusal to testify. (From …
Dear GOP Senators: You’ll soon face a choice. Will you accept the evidence of your eyes and ears, and the findings of the US intelligence community—and Mueller? Or will you stand with Trump let him do whatever he pleases? You won’t be able to do both. Trump’s defense against all accusations (and his tactic for …
Luke’s friend asked, “Where’s Trump’s crime?” and Luke isn’t sure how to answer. The natural inclination is to answer this question by offering a list of crimes Trump has committed. In fact, I’ll go ahead and do it. There are, however, two problems with this approach. Problem #1: Anyone asking this question is challenging you. …
The breaking news this morning was that Trump, in public, urged China to investigate the Bidens. He moved the conversation from “Did Trump do it?” to “Now he’s doing it in public.” Given that polling is showing increased public support for impeachment, journalist Derek Thompson called Trump’s doubling down “risky.” It seems to me that …
Watch it here. The press conference is important because we can see the Democratic impeachment strategy at work. Pelosi opened by stressing that the House continues its legislative work, trying to lower the cost of prescription drugs, finalize a US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, etc. Pelosi: Investigating a president for impeachment is a “sad time” for the …
There was some panic today on Twitter when Sec. Pompeo defied Congress and refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. Sadie asked: No, and creating this kind of panic and expectations is doing a great deal of damage. This is not a criminal trial in which the “defendants” can refuse to turn over evidence and …
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MoatSnakeHat said: Part of this is to get the results Trump wants. Trump wants to undermine the findings in the Mueller Report to rehabilitate himself (and Russia!) He also wants undermine factuality by persuading enough people that Ukraine hacked the DNC server. Undermining truth and factuality (controlling the narrative) is what would-be totalitarian leaders do. …
Because they have common goals. Putin would like: Civil War in the U.S. Ukraine blamed for the 2016 DNC hack. U.S. to become a Russian style oligarchy. Trump wants to BE a Russian style oligarch. America’s far right wing has been talking about Civil War for some time. See this Washington Post article. And: Trump’s …
. . . partly because Trump lost control of the narrative. First, let’s be clear on what Trump and Giuliani tried to do. In addition to inviting a foreign country to help sway the 2020 election on Trump’s behalf, Trump (at Russia’s behest) tried to get Ukraine to admit that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the …
