The Articles Of Impeachment Annotated. Perhaps most notable is that the first article sets out that Trump’s actions remain an ongoing threat to the nation:
Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
It’s not just what he did, it’s what he’s doing and will certainly continue to do.
US Spent Over $133 Billion For ‘Nation-Building’ In Afghanistan. Despite Presidents having pledged not to do just that. $133 billion.
Trump To Declare Judaism A ‘Nationality’. Our nationality is American, our religion is Judaism. All this will do is inflame anti-Semitism and, of course, equate support for Judaism with support for Netanyahu. Is there nothing this guy won’t fuck up on purpose? Someone should ask Chris Coons his position on this. Hey, how about a call to his office? I think I’m gonna do that. Anyone with me?
Bill Barr Rejects All Evidence That Doesn’t Support Deep-State Conspiracy. He and the Rethugs are just gonna tell The Big Lie, and will be abetted by their state media lackeys. All references to Nazi Germany are intentional. Which reminds me. See the above article. Which also reminds me: Read this set of tweets about Barr from the former US Ethics Chair. Barr is as much a threat to democracy as Trump.
Biden Would Only Serve One Term? Let’s take it for what it is: A trial balloon floated to see if there is any political advantage in announcing it. This is a very cynical campaign. I mean, talk about trying to thread the needle:
While the option of making a public pledge remains available, Biden has for now settled on an alternative strategy: quietly indicate that he will almost certainly not run for a second term while declining to make a promise that he and his advisers fear could turn him into a lame duck and sap him of his political capital.
Can someone please tell me what ‘quietly indicate’ actually means? I think it means float it out there and hope it lodges in the public’s consciousness.
The Defense Bill: Why Democratic Centrists Suck. Space force? Yes. A prohibition on Trump’s war-making powers? No. Reversing the transgender ban? No. Maybe Schumer and Pelosi should stop putting war hawks on the bleeping Armed Services committees. Just sayin’. Reed, Warren and Hirono are basically the only D’s on the senate committee we can count on.
Trump Jr. Goes To Mongolia To Kill Rare Sheep. Gets retroactive hunting permit from Mongolian government after slaughtering the defenseless animal. A sheep.
Prominent Anti-Abortion Zealot Claims That Christianity Is Fading Out Due To ‘Contraception And Abortion’. To be replaced of course, by ‘immigrant Muslims’. Bet it won’t shock you to learn that Trump is throwing millions of dollars in grants to her company which ‘runs a national network of health centers opposed to abortion and contraception’.
That’s about all I can take for one day.
What do you want to talk about?