One of Josh Marshall’s readers who’s also a federal prosecutor sent in an email setting up a possible showdown where John Roberts would be making rulings on whether players like Bolton and Mulvaney could be forced to testify. His theory is that, with everyone watching, Roberts will be a pretty straight referee who will allow …
Impeach the Motherfucker!
Facebook Is For Republicans
This Buzzfeed piece is getting a lot of attention today. Here’s an example: As for articles mentioning the witnesses by name, Vindman and Yovanovitch have been targeted the most heavily. The second-most-shared story about Vindman was a Breitbart piece titled “Alexander Vindman Admits Making Up Parts Of Trump Call Summary” (97,300 engagements). The top story …
Post Break Thread
Smilin’ Gordon Sondland’s mass execution of the upper echelons of the Trump Administration was just interrupted by a potty break, so here’s a thread for when they get back. As Nunes predicted in his opener, Sondland is going to get smeared today, but I don’t think he meant it the way it’s going to happen.
Impeachment Probe Expands?
Breaking news from CNN: Washington (CNN) The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House’s general counsel said in federal court Monday. “Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the …
Whether You’re High or Low
Since it looks like time for another thread, here are a few things I noticed watching a good part of the hearings today. First, is there an Occam’s Razor for goobers? Maybe Gomer’s Butter Knife? Because the Republican Committee Counsel is a real fucking goober, asking pointless questions and running himself into corners like a …
The Worst People
Donald Trump is a dim-witted conman, but like any half-bright male baboon, he knows how to dominate rivals. Our long national nightmare of governance by a lesser primate (any random baboon would be a VAST improvement) is interspersed with darkly comic glimpses of arrogant fanatics and sundry knaves being ritually humiliated for disobedience and/or publicly …
House Committees Release Impeachment Inquiry Testimony
As promised, the House committees are starting to release testimony from witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. You can find links to the testimony transcripts and highlights here. Trump tweeted this yesterday in anticipation of these releases: If Shifty Adam Schiff, who is a corrupt politician who fraudulently made up what I said on the “call,” …
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