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Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

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Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

After roe, women are no longer free.

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I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

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  1. 1.

    Avalune

    Does the President also get a trophy for participation?

    (Something about his childish behavior in general and “gives him a chance to participate” just struck me funny).

    Is there a pizza party after when they hand out the trophies?

  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    Staff counsel doing the questioning is a really good idea. Too many of the Congresscritters, on both sides of the aisle unfortunately, are either very bad at questioning or are more interested in getting off a personal sound bite than getting information from the witnesses. I’m wondering why only 45 minutes per side though. Seems like that could be limiting.

  4. 4.

    psycholinguist

    MSNBC correspondent just now describing the Trump/Sondland/RudyColudy plot: “wanted the Ukraine to manufacture evidence against Hunter Biden. Calling it manufactured rather than “digging up dirt” or the like seems a big deal. Let’s hope that’s a trend.

  5. 5.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    So have the Trumpsters already using some Freeman on the Land level stupid arguement that the border on the document means it’s not legal?

  7. 7.

    hueyplong

    Love how they set up eligible questioners so that lead GOP one is an idiot and importable warm bodies aren’t eligible.

  8. 8.

    bemused

    Just had a political “vote for me” message on our landline from a Joe Berelli and heard the name DeBlasio. Looked up Berelli who is indeed running to be a public advocate in New York City. We are in Minnesota. What the hell.

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @bemused: have you ever donated to or contacted an NYC pol? The way those lists get bought/sold/passed around is a mystery. I haven’t given money to any primary candidates, but I get at least half a dozen emails from Harris every day, none of the other candidates. Weirder, I emailed John McCain about the MCA and got spam from him and a couple other AZ Republicans for years.

  13. 13.

    Leto

    Concerning the ability for Trumpov to “participate”, was that the precedent established in both Nixon and Clinton’s impeachment cases? That their counsel’s were allowed to participate in the House deliberations?

  17. 17.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Natasha Bertrand @ NatashaBertrand
    NEW: Vindman’s testimony appears to contradict Rick Perry’s ardent denials that he ever heard the Bidens discussed as part of pressure on Ukraine…Perry was in the meeting when Vindman raised concerns about targeting the Bidens, we’re told.

    Still baffled that that Goodhair, as Ms Ivins called him, signed on for a second-tier cabinet post with trump. Surely the pastures open to him as a two-term gov of TX were full of tall, sweet grass.

  19. 19.

    dmsilev

    @SiubhanDuinne: The “sovereign citizen” movement likes to claim that any court proceeding in which the court has a gold-fringed American flag is invalid because something something Admiralty law gibber howl look a Sasquatch! I think that was what was being alluded to.

  20. 20.

    bemused

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I have never donated or contacted any pol from NYC. The only political thing I’ve done is get tickets to a northern MN DFL fundraiser earlier this month which went through Act Blue.

  22. 22.

    trollhattan

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    Must always remember he took the job not knowing what the Energy Department did. Did not know about the nukes, for an example.

    He truly thought it was a sweet Chamber of Congress gig roaming the planet cuttin’ deals for awhl and gas.

    Fucking Texas…..

  23. 23.

    MisterForkbeard

    I haven’t had time to read the thing yet, but what provisions does this make for the White House to get involved? Is it “You get to wait until the Inquiry is over” or “You can have a representative present and there are times you can speak up” or “We’re giving you the change to interact responsibly, but if you keep refusing to cooperate with subpoenas then all your requests are denied”?

    I think it’s the third one.

    Also, please note that Jason Chaffetz and Hannity are harrumphing because 72 hours is not enough time to review an 8-page document that almost entirely matches existing procedure.

  28. 28.

    Leto

    @dmsilev: Also only a sheriff can preside over any dispute because that’s as much as the Constitution allows.

    @MisterForkbeard: I can believe that 72 hours isn’t enough time for them. 72 years hasn’t been enough time to teach Trumpov how to read.

  30. 30.

    Gelfling 545

    @dmsilev: A relative was in court last week while a sovereign citizen was representing himself. Said it was both hysterically funny & alarming. It started with a big discussion of what his name is. Apparently he has several.

  31. 31.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @Gelfling 545: Yeah, there’s some weird mumbo-jumbo about “John Doe” vs “the citizen named John Doe” or something. If I try to actually remember their actual legal theory I will go insane.

  34. 34.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @MisterForkbeard:

    Also, please note that Jason Chaffetz and Hannity are harrumphing because 72 hours is not enough time to review an 8-page document that almost entirely matches existing procedure.

    These are the same people who defend writing huge tax bills in secret and then dumping them on the House floor five seconds prior to voting, right?

  36. 36.

    zzyzx

    @Gelfling 545: my favorite is the one skeptical sovereign citizen that had a web page I found years ago. “All of these theories are debunked! Do not use them! However, this other ridiculously stupid theory has never been tried!”

    It’s all classic conspiracy theory: there’s a secret that is completely hidden that would change everything, oh and also it’s so out in the open that here’s a bunch of web pages about it.

  37. 37.

    Martin

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: There’s supposed to be a minimum 0.625″ margin on all impeachment memos. And when using a full-width letterhead, the text of the body should not extend beyond that of the letterhead.

    Clearly this means that this is an illegal impeachment effort.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    @Gelfling 545:

    I have honestly come to believe that anyone making public claims to being a sovereign citizen should be given an automatic 72-hour psychiatric hold so they can be evaluated. Way too many of those people have freaked the fuck out and started shooting when their delusions get challenged.

  43. 43.

    FelonyGovt

    @Avalune: He would be the kid picking his nose in the middle of the soccer field during an AYSO game who gets a participation trophy.

  45. 45.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @MisterForkbeard: It’s very wide margins and double-spaced. First and last page have almost no text. Much of it is redundant because it describes the nearly-identical powers of the Chair and of the Ranking Minority Member. It took me 3.2 minutes to read, out loud.

  50. 50.

    JPL

    @Elizabelle: Oh Happy Days! I so miss his snark.

    his/her snark. Gotta say I was watching for posts under his campaign name, but didn’t recognize any.

  54. 54.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    By committing the crimes underlying entire impeachment inquiry the president has already fully participated in the proceedings, IMHO.

  57. 57.

    J R in WV

    Haven’t read the whole bunch of comments, but want to stick my oar in soonest… Where does the need for the President to participate in the process arise? Does a mobster get to intervene in Grand Jury activity preparing to indict said mobster for racketeering?

    Nope!

    Is Impeachment more like a Grand Jury than any other legal proceeding in our justice system?

    Yes, it is!!

    Shouldn’t president drumpf become involved when the Articles of Impeachment have been passed to the Senate? Sure, but why before that?

    We already know that Trump lies like a rug, flatly and all the time! I’m good with allowing Trump to appear before the Judiciary Committee, to testify even without taking questions from the Staff Counsel. But otherwise, he should sit down and shut up until it’s his turn to defend himself before the Senate sitting as a jury.

    Just my $0.02 on procedure going forward. If that’s historically how it has always been done, I guess then that’s how it should be done now. I didn’t recall Nixon’s lawyers being involved in House impeachment activities at the time of Watergate… but I was younger and had lots of things going on that were more important to a 20s something guy… College classes and hobbies, like hiking and whitewater and caving and photography and friends… But still. He’s a cheap crook who lies by reflex. Why give him additional opportunities to lie? I guess if he’s as obvious a liar in House hearings, it won’t do him any good at all. Perhaps he will be unwilling to even appear before a bunch of Demonrats trying to do him in…

  63. 63.

    snoey

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Video went viral a few years ago of somebody trying that line – judge concluded with “and if you see any of those other John Doe’s tell them they’re not getting out of jail either”

  65. 65.

    Leto

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I’m sorry for your loss. Of the two, I know your family likes #2, but man, #1 is spectacular! The views are amazing, the kitchen is very nice, and overall the property is just top notch. Let us know which one you choose!

  67. 67.

    trollhattan

    @Litlebritdifrnt:
    Location, location, location! Living by the ocean could be a lot of fun.

    On the second I zoomed out the map to discover “Happy Mount Park” and my 18YO self immediately appeared with a basket of jokes.

  68. 68.

    Elizabelle

    @Litlebritdifrnt: They’re both wonderful, but I like the first one better because (1) waterfront and (2) and kitchen looks lovely, almost nautical and (3) less expensive and (4) water, water, water.

    Good luck to you.

  75. 75.

    Avalune

    @TS (the original): Wait, there is such a thing as living too far from family? I disagree. I could dig a hole on the other side of the earth and it wouldn’t be far enough from Leto’s family. Bah dum dum tissssh

    Sorry about your situation though, lilbrit. Condolences.

  77. 77.

    Procopius

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: When Perry first arrived at the Department of Energy he showed that he had no idea what they did. Probably he thought the office would be a great opportunity for graft, especially from the oil companies.

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