impeaching Trump

Though the House impeachment managers proved beyond any reasonable doubt that Trump was guilty on both counts he was charged, the Senate voted 52-48 to cover up those crimes, let alone the others he wasn't even charged with. Mitt Romney was the only Republican with the guts to vote his conscience and for the best interests of the country.

Oh, girl!Unless Trump gives it the go ahead-- tantamount to chopping off a finger-- Joe Manchin's fatuous proposal to censure Trump instead of impeaching him tomorrow, is DOA.

The SNL fantasy trial was good for a laugh, but there is genuine and deep concern among many who have seen the damage Putin-- and Moscow Mitch-- have been able to do to American democracy on the cheap.

by NoahSusan Collins' whole life is an upside down pyramid of ever-growing shamelessness and duplicity. It's easy to see what she must have been like as a child, since she must have chosen her path early to get to the monumental point where she is today.

Did you get inundated with requests for contributions on Friday? The DCCC and DSCC-- and the lame consultants they work with-- encourage their candidates to flood everyone's mailboxes with desperate, hollow pleas for donations for the bullshit "end of the month deadline." It used to be all about the end of the quarter deadline.

Lisa Murkowski wimped out on even just calling Bolton as a witness and so did retiring Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander. Why? John Harwood wrote that "Trump's vituperative attacks, regularly trained on critics through his vast social media following, make every Republican politician wary of crossing him.

by NoahWatching the Trump Impeachment "trial" has shown us more than just the depths to which politicians will dive for their despotic leader if a nice wad of "campaign contributions" recently converted from rubles to dollars is in the offing.

On Tuesday evening, Trump held one of his lunatic rallies for the pigs in the Wildwood, New Jersey area who support him and his newest puppet, former DCCC-Blue Dog Jeff Van Drew. Trump asserted, absurdly, that Van Drew was a symbol of the future.

Cover-Up by Nancy OhanianWith the vast majority of registered voters-- including Republican voters-- saying a fair trial includes calling witnesses, it's going to be very costly for Republican incumbents up for reelection to vote against calling at least Bolton.

by NoahFrom Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"You don't bring me flowersYou don't sing me love songsYou hardly talk to me anymoreWhen I come through the door at the end of the dayI remember whenYou couldn't wait to love meUsed to hate to leave meNow after lovin' me late at nightWhen it's good for you, babeAnd you're feeling alrightWell, you just roll overAnd you turn out the lightAnd you don't bri