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- 'Temporary Absolute Immunity': Trump's SCOTUS Excuse On Tax Returns
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 10:55 AM[Above: A protester dressed like Donald Duck hands out "Trump Ducks" while protesting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's lack of tax returns released to the public outside the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, September 13, 2016.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Elise Stefanik's Democratic Opponent Raises $250,000 In Donations In 24hrs
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 11:09 AMRude, belligerent, and seemingly ignorant of the impeachment hearing rules as agreed upon beforehand, Rep. Elise Stefanik waded into yesterday's hearing fired-up and ready to play her role as attack dog for the Republicans, as their lone female member.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- John Harwood Rips Republicans For Hypocrisy And Tribalism
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 02:36 PMJoy Reid sought comments from CNBC correspondent John Harwood today about why the Republican party has strayed so far from its Reaganite principles. She noted that members now run away from questions about foreign interference in our election and are promoting Russian propaganda that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in our 2016 election.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mike's Blog Round Up
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 08:01 AMLawyers, Guns and Money: How overattention to elections undermines long-term organizing.
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The Debate Link: Assorted thoughts on the Sanders antisemitism essay. - Seth Meyers Takes 'A Closer Look' At Day One Of Impeachment
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 11:30 PMOpen thread below...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Roger Stone Found Guilty On All Counts
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 12:53 PMThe verdict is in from the Roger Stone jury: Guilty on all counts. This is bad news for Donald Trump, because it also means that this jury has determined that Stone lied about his contacts with Wikileaks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- BEAUTIFUL: Room Erupts In Applause As Yovanovitch Testimony Ends
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 04:25 PMAmbassador Marie "Masha" Yovanovitch had an absolutely monumental day of testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee. As it wrapped up, a Republican member attempted to get Chairman Schiff's attention, screaming that he had something to say.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rudy Giuliani May Face Charges Related To Campaign Finance Violations And Bribery
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 07:04 AMUh oh. Rudy Giuliani may be in even more trouble than initially suspected, if this report from Bloomberg is correct.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike's Blog Round Up
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 08:01 AMYou Might Notice a Trend: Impeachment day from the sidelines.
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Echidne of the Snakes: Reactions to the FBI hate crime report. - Laura Ingraham Literally Said 'Attempted Bribery Is Not In Constitution'
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:50 AMIt's not often that I have to open a post with "No, really, that's literally what she said."
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But it's happening more and more with Laura Ingraham.
- Fox News Impeachment Hearing Video Omits Democratic Questions And Yovanovitch Statement
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 10:58 AMAlthough Fox News posted its video on YouTube with the title, “Trump impeachment hearing Day 2 - Ambassador Yovanovitch,” a hugely important chunk of the hearing, which just happened to be the part with her opening statement and the most important Democratic questions, is not included.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joy Reid Shouts Out Women Standing Up To Trump During Impeachment
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 01:57 PMDuring an AM Joy discussion about the Trump impeachment hearings, host Joy Reid asked her panel whose testimony next week they are most eager to see. The general consensus was Gordon Sondland's.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - David Holmes' Testimony Will Make Gordon Sondland's Hearing VERY Interesting
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 08:00 AMAnd we thought Wednesday went badly for Trump.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Surprise! Zero Miles Of Trump's 'Wall' Has Been Built
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 09:30 AMOn Thursday, Acting (of course) Customs and Border Protection commissioner Mark Morgan admitted to reporters that 70 miles of 'new' wall on the US-Mexico border are actually replacing old barriers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Chris Wallace Lauds Yovanovitch Testimony: 'If You Weren't Moved, You Have No Pulse'
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 11:46 AM"If you weren't moved by her testimony you have no pulse."
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Thus Chris Wallace, yes, Fox News Chris Wallace, reviewed the first part of Marie Yovanovitch's testimony. - Kamala Harris Flays GOP, McConnell For Inaction On Guns
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 12:58 PMYesterday, avoidable tragedy struck yet again. This time, in Santa Clarita, CA, at a high school. A student, on his 16th birthday, brought a gun to school, opened fire, and turned the gun on himself.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump's Push For 2020 Tax Cut Shows 'First Tax Cut Was Scam'
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 07:04 AMAdvisers to President Donald Trump are reportedly working on a plan to slash the "middle class" tax rate to 15 percent, a pre-election effort that tax experts and progressive critics slammed as an admission that the first round of Republican tax cuts did nothing for most Americans while
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Friday News Dump: Good Old Brett Honored By Federalist Society, And Other News
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 07:29 AMYou might think there's no such thing as evil, but with these guys, who are we
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kidding? - LIVESTREAM: Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Testifies In Impeachment Inquiry
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:00 AMAmbassador Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch, Former Ambassador to Kyiv, Ukraine, is the next to testify in the impeachment inquiry. She will testify that she was smeared by Rudy Giuliani and his Ukrainian associates and eventually recalled from her post with no explanation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Schiff Warns Trump About Real-Time Witness Intimidation Via Tweet
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 11:03 AMThe Yovanovitch hearings Friday morning provided revelations regarding the impact of Trump tweets on the State Department...
But wait, there's more!
Then it was revealed that Trump is tweeting attacks against Marie Yovanovitch THIS MORNING while she is testifying.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Venice City Council Floods Moments After Rejecting Climate Change Proposals
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 10:55 AM"The regional council, controlled by a president from Italy’s far-right League party, rejected a host of climate measures on Wednesday. Immediately after the vote, the council chambers flooded." By some estimates, 12 minutes after the vote was taken the water started coming in.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The Real Witness Intimidation Was Outsourced To Bots And Trump's Son
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 02:01 PMIs this intimidation? It's certainly trash talk:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Malcolm Nance Connects Alt-Right, GOP, White Nationalism, And Russia
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 04:03 PMWhen you're right, you're right, and Malcolm Nance was right a loooong time ago. He joined Joy Reid, who played a clip from three long years ago of Nance saying the following:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Skull Practitioners
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 11:01 PMSkull Practitioners guitarist Jason Victor has been the right-hand man songwriter Steve Wynn for quite a while now. He played in Steve's band The Miracle 3 and is in the current lineup of The Dream Syndicate as well.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea Calls Joe Biden A 'Rabid Dog' That Should Be Beaten To Death
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:00 PMThe attacks by Trump's allies on Joe Biden, whether it be by his fellow Republicans or murderous dictators in foreign regimes, is pretty much par for the course these days.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- FOX News' Bret Baier Notes Trump Added An Article Of Impeachment In Real Time
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 01:47 PMDonald Trump decided to tweet what can only be viewed as witness intimidation or witness tampering via social media during the testimony of former Ambassador Yovanovitch. It is shocking, even on the Donald Trump Crazy Meter.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Samantha Bee Rejoices In GOP's Terrible Day One Of Impeachment Hearings
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 04:27 PMPour yourself a nice glass of expired milk! Samantha Bee is about to cut a big slice of the moldy Impeachment Cake she baked herself three years ago, she is just so dizzy with glee!More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump's FEMA Nominee Has No Idea At All What Causes Climate Change, Nope
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 07:35 AMTrump's nominee to head up FEMA, Pete Gaynor, told Sen. Tom Carper yesterday he has no idea what causes climate change, nope, no siree, it's a complete mystery. Via CNN:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - So Why Is Mike Pompeo's State Department Withholding Evidence?
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 08:12 AMJohn Berman discussed today's impeachment hearing with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who serves on the intelligence committee.
"What new information do you expect to hear from David Holmes today?" Berman asked.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colbert Presents GOP/Bose 'Fact Cancelling Headphones'
Thursday - 11/14/2019 - 11:30 PMOpen thread below...
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