I love it when someone puts politics in the context of history. Grayson does that a lot, which is why I look forward to his campaign e-mails (like this one about Cola Di Rienzo, a 14th Century Roman).
I once had a financial advisor, long ago, who told me he would vote for Cuomo to be president because he would be the first Italian-American president. He had no idea what Cuomo was about politically, just that he was of Italian heritage, like the financial advisor. It made me question his judgment and wonder if he was the right person for me to be working with.
This morning we looked at some polling data from Politico and Morning Consult but I was focused on Trump and on gun control and didn't get into the section of the poll that dealt with Robert Mueller.
It's late in September, 2018 and you're at home in Omaha, on North 24th Street between Cuming and Burt neatly tucked between Creighton University and the McDonald's, glued to the TV screen. Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell have basically been covering nothing but the two Manafort trials that started in July and August. The whole country is talking about nothing else.
by Gaius PubliusA "perjury trap" is a prosecutorial maneuver and a form of entrapment in which "a prosecutor calls a witness to testify with the intent to base a perjury charge on their statements, not to indict them for a previous crime." If a prosecutor calls a witness for only that purpose, rather than to get information to further an investigation, the law is clear — it's
Robert Mueller: Into The Swamp by Nancy OhanianWhen people were asking me yesterday if it really makes that much of a difference who the Senate Leader is, McConnell (R-KY) or Schumer (D-NY), I was able to point to the vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance the bill to protect Mueller from the Trumpanzee depravities. All the Democrats voted yes-- and so did 4 Republicans:
Robert Mueller: Into The Swamp by Nancy Ohanian-by Skip KaltenheuserI don’t want to genuflect to Robert Mueller as if his sainthood is imminent. Plenty of others are already busy at that task. Separating him from his legal environment is a challenge, as it’s difficult to ignore a stench floating above many aspects of the US Dept. of Justice.
A new organization, Republicans for the Rule of Law, ran their first TV ad-- defending the Mueller investigation-- on Fox and Friends in DC this morning. If you don't live in DC and don't watch Fox Fake News, that's it above. Republicans in Congress have been barking-- and even snarling-- that Señor Trumpanzee "better not" fire Robert Mueller-- but they've adamantly refused to pass an easy fix-- like for example a bill saying they would hire him as a special prosecutor if Trump fires him-- as seems more and more likely.
According to Emptywheel, tomorrow is going to be a big day for Señor Trumpanzee and his world. Center stage: Robert Mueller, not whispers and suppositions. If Marcy is right-- and she usually is-- Mueller is ready to reveal the first cards in his case for conspiracy.
by NoahNow that the farcical Republican-run House Intelligence Committee has folded up its treasonous tent, Speaker Ryan is, yet again, feeling all warm and smug. He loves smug. He bathes in it. For Ryan and his crew it's all "Nothing to see here, folks." Nothing to see here if you don't want anyone to see it is more like it. The word is cover-up.
