impeaching Trump

Daniel Lippman's Politico piece Friday on Trump's essential nature carried a very provocative headline: He does nothing without a quid pro quo.

Coup d'état by Nancy OhanianMaryland Congressman Jamie Raskin made an important point in regard to the impeachment inquiry and the Trump enablers yesterday: "One of the critical components of this story is the absolute moral degeneration of the Republican Party.

by NoahIn summary: Extortion, bribery, and abuse of presidential power aimed at helping Trump's re-election while also being aimed at helping Trump's ally Vladimir Putin rebuild the old Soviet Union by taking over Ukraine, a country that instead wants to be a democracy and wants to be an ally of the United States.Impeach. Convict. Imprison. NOW.

Trump-- with help from Giuliani and Barr-- has been asking foreign leaders to attack Biden. Kim Jung Un to the rescue!

The public phase of impeachment began yesterday. Meanwhile, the Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson ran an hilarious speculative piece about which GOPer might run in 2020 if Trump is removed by the Senate or cops a plea deal and resigns.

Day One's biggest scumbag-- Congress' shadiest & least patriotic memberWas the whole nation focused on the impeachment hearings in the House Intel Committee yesterday? If so, they saw two very impressive witnesses-- Bill Taylor and George Kent-- about how Trump tried using U.S. foreign policy for his own personal benefit.

Yesterday, South Carolina Republican Mark Sanford ended his half-assed primary challenge to Trump. He went out with a whimper.

by NoahMuch is being made in the corporate media about Comrade Trump's new addition to his line of merchandise swag, i.e. his "Read The Transcript" t-shirts so it was only natural and righteous that patriotic, sensible Americans would want to counter Trump with t-shirts emblazoned with "I Read The Transcript." See above.

Adam Schiff by Nancy OhanianThis morning, Intel Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released a "dear colleague" letter explaining the next phase of Trump's impeachment, a letter that will help people better understand why Trump has seemingly gone insane on Twitter today-- over half a dozen crackpot tweets, with the chief executive no doubt running around the room, crying, showing things, screeching, shaking like a mad dog:

"Please stop using the Latin phrase 'quid pro quo' regarding the impeachment inquiry," is what 33 writers suggested in the NY Times yesterday. "Most people don’t understand what it means, and in any case it doesn’t refer only to a crime. Asking for a favor is not a criminal act; we frequently demand things from foreign countries before giving them aid, like asking them to improve their human rights record.