impeaching Trump

by NoahIt's been a tough week for Republicans. Polishing their orange turd of a president isn't easy. They're so besotted that they can't even recognize that that's what they're doing. They love the man so much. They try and they try and they try to please him.

by NoahRegular DWT readers know that I love, really love, to point out instances of irony when they show up in Republican World, which is about every hour of every day.

I don't know if Ambassador Gordon Sondland is going to turn out to be the John Dean of Trump's impeachment or not-- or if he's just the one who winds up putting Rudy Giuliani in prison-- but his testimony yesterday was pretty damning. Watch the quid pro quo segment above. Fox anchor Chris Wallace mentioned on Fox News-- so watched by Trump supporters living their bubble-- that Sondland "took out the bus and ran it over President Trump, Vice President Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Rudy Giuliani, Mick Mulvaney. He implicates all of them." That must be disturbing for them.

by NoahHerewith some choice Republican commentary from the first day of the Trump impeachment hearings:

My grandfather came from Russia to America when he was 14. Most of his family were denied entry and wound up in Brazil. Far more of my grandfather's relatives are in Recife, Natal and Salvador than in the U.S. They are doctors, lawyers, businessmen, teachers, an artist and so on. They speak Portuguese and when I've met them I had to communicate with Spanish. That didn't lend itself to developing anything real.When I watched the testimony of Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman at the impeachment hearing yesterday, I couldn't help but feel some kind of bond.

by NoahOn Friday, while the treasonous Republican contingent of the House Intelligence Committee, including Gym Jordan, Devin Nunes, Chris Stewart, and John Ratcliffe, was attempting to batter true American patriot Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, and, parroting Putin talking points about an alleged Ukrainian conspiracy to swing the 2016 election to Hillary Clinton, their oh great exalted leader, Donald "Be Best" Trump, was making every e

Rhapsody in Blonde by Nancy OhanianThe new ABC News poll by Ipsos (Nov 17) indicates that 51% of Americans believe Trump’s actions in Ukraine were wrong and he should be impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate, while 19% say his actions were wrong but he should not be removed from office an

Trump is hardly the first corrupt politician who greased his way into the White House and then illegally sold position, particularly ambassadorships to countries that matter very little. But only Trump was stupid enough to leave a written trail for law enforcement. And, of course, Trump has done it more than any other White House occupant. Most presidents use some ambassadorial posts to reward supporters, the way Trump has with the latest wealthy skank Newt Gingrich married (Vatican City).

Not a good image for the North Country this cycleNorth Country conservative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is well-known among DC insiders-- but virtually unknown outside-the-Beltway. Or she was until last week, when she consistently beclowned herself on national TV during the impeachment hearings.

Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) hammering Trump by Nancy OhanianI don't want to go into-- for the 300th time-- the whole long story about how I helped my congressman first get elected in 2000 and then was mortified when he joined the Blue Dogs and started voting like a Republican. Needless to say, my support turned to anger and I never voted for any of his reelection bids-- and stopped talking to him. But, lately, things have changed.