Thank You Senator Townsend

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On his Facebook page Bryan Townsend linked to this Krugman NYT OpEd which calls out Republican leadership in DC for their cowardice and fruadulent superpatriotism, and makes a point I've…

Pelosi’s insistence on bi-partisan impeachment was the last gasp of Democratic “bipartisanship uber alles”

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Until recently Pelosi insisted that impeachment could only go forward if Republicans signed on. That's Coonsian nonsense on its face. It shouldn't take buy-in from the lunatic caucus for Democrats to their job under the constitution. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that allowed Republican Senate minorities to block anything they wanted to block. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that Joe Scar still cheers for from his lofty MSNBC morning show ivory tower - but it isn't the type of thinking that makes sense given reality of Trump's ongoing criminal activities. Whatever happens good riddance to sham, one-way bipartisanship which had Democrats giving away everything while getting nothing.

DL Open Thread 9/24

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The impeachment watch is on, so mainstream media will relegate all other stories to the back burner for the foreseeable future. Pundits, even those who previously advocated caution, are falling…

TRUMP Is the State – State Secrets Must Be Protected – Keeping Trump’s Secrets are Vital Matters of National Security

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Two things about the fact that Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine: 1) Get ready for nauseating rounds of this story being dumbed down, and forced into a horserace narrative which ignores the impact on the democracy and focuses on "Team Red" or "Team Blue" 2) If ANY Republicans anywhere, at any level of government win re-election, we have failed.