Trump to tell ex-White House counsel, Don McGahn, not to appear before Congress. https://t.co/mLLGGEGc7f — Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) May 20, 2019 JUST IN: DOJ concludes former White House Counsel Don McGahn does not have to testify on Mueller report. pic.twitter.com/WBKnCCPaCU — Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) May 20, 2019 I have so many questions about this, …
Impeachment
Justin Amash Backs Impeachment
In a long tweet thread, Republican congressman Justin Amash (Michigan) says that he feels that President Trump must be impeached. Here are my principal conclusions:1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report.2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances.4. Few members of Congress have read …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Rolling Up the Big Guns
per @ZerlinaMaxwell Yes! The audiobook of the Mueller Report is a FREE download on @audible.com ???? https://t.co/BeVIl7D3us — samantha nickson (@sammynick) May 7, 2019 I’m tired of bitching about Dems not impeaching. I don’t think they should now; public isn’t there yet. They need more documentary/testimonial proof. And they’re in the process of getting it! …
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Late Night Schadenfreude Open Thread: Lock HIM Up!
Here is the complete exchange, via CSPAN, between Kamala Harris and Bill Barr — including the part where Barr couldn't say whether Trump or anyone in the White House has ever suggested that he open an investigation into anyone. It's worth a watch. pic.twitter.com/wJOdSFR7JR — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2019 Nadler stops short of …
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Contempt
Breaking from Le Post: House panel moves to hold former White House official in contempt after he obeys Trump administration’s instruction not to testify The House Oversight Committee moved Tuesday to hold a former White House personnel security director in contempt of Congress for failing to appear at a hearing investigating alleged lapses in White …
We Must Turn The Country Around
I attended a symposium on authoritarianism a week or so ago. Two of the presentations implicitly compared Trump to Adolf Hitler and Hugo Chavez. The parallels are striking. Jay West, retired from teaching Russian history at Middlebury College, spoke about Nazi Germany and the temptations of fascism, something that naturally accompanies Russian history. Charles Shapiro, …
Friday Morning Open Thread: So Much for the Holiday Weekend…
Well that’s — quite a 180° turnaround. pic.twitter.com/gRcuhcoF1j — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 19, 2019 .@SpeakerPelosi announcing a Democratic members conference call Monday to discuss the #MuellerReport: "Congress will not be silent." pic.twitter.com/UpxNYWWkIz — Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) April 19, 2019 -Kamala Harris said the briefing had been “filled with political spin and propaganda”-Elizabeth Warren called …
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