Omerta: National Security aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified before Congress in the impeachment inquiry that he was told not to discuss the phone call in which President Trump pressed Ukraine’s president for investigations of American citizens, The NY Times reports.   Vindman, the top Ukraine …

Soviet Rules: Despite complaining for weeks about closed impeachment hearings led by House Democrats, the Republicans voted in unison yesterday against a Democratic bill to proceed openly. The vote was 232-136 with only two Democrats siding with the Republicans.   Minutes after …

The Series: The Washington Nationals came from behind last night in Houston to win game seven and their first World Series in franchise history. Final score, 6-2. The last time a team won the series in Washington, Calvin Coolidge was President. …

Shoot the Messenger: An Army officer who works for the National Security Council testified before Congress yesterday that the so-called “transcript” of President Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine was edited to omit some significant things that were said.  …

Ear Witness: An Army officer assigned to the National Security Council who listened to President Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine is expected to testify in the House today that he was so upset by what he heard that …

The Death of Baghdadi: The leader of the Islamic State who wrought so much death, suffering, and destruction in the Middle East was killed in a US commando raid in Syria, President Trump announced yesterday from the White House.   “Last night, …

Tipping the Scale: The House impeachment inquiry is a legally-conducted proceeding, a federal judge ruled yesterday, and she says the House Judiciary Committee is entitled to view secret grand jury evidence gathered by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.    It’s a big …

Internal Affairs: With President Trump continuing to claim that the Russia investigation was illegal and a hoax, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the origins of it. This raises the specter that President Trump may have ordered Attorney …

The Phony Constitution: In a rambling appearance before the press yesterday, President Trump denounced the “phony emoluments clause” of the Constitution which prohibits him from making money from his office, and claimed that being President has cost him between two and …

The Brexit Mess: The British Parliament over the weekend forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for a delay in exiting the European Union and he did, sort of.   Johnson wrote three letters to the EU. The first asked for an …