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Impeachment Clock, Where is Rudy?

Friday, December 6, 2019

Coal for the Stocking: Given the go-ahead by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House might vote on whether to impeach President Trump before Christmas.   Pelosi announced yesterday that she has asked the Judiciary Committee to draft the articles of impeachment. Speaking sternly, …

Constitutional Law, Two Faced

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Con Law: Three of four Constitutional law scholars who testified before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday said President Trump should be impeached.   The dissenting voice was Jonathan Turley of Georgetown University who said the House has not collected sufficient evidence and …

Trump on Tour, The Phone Records

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Trumpster Fire: The impeachment report was released, he lost in court … again … had a fight with NATO leaders, and stocks took a dive. It was just another day in the presidency of Donald Trump.   The House Intelligence Committee issued …

Opening Blast at NATO, Twisted Words

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Opening Blast: President Trump opened the NATO summit meeting today in London with a tirade against French President Emmanuel Macron for saying the organization is “brain dead” without US leadership. He said Macron had been “very insulting” to the alliance and called …

Trump Won’t Show, Anonymous Writes

Monday, December 2, 2019

The Impeachment Trail: As the House Judiciary Committee prepares to get to work this week holding hearings and drawing up articles of impeachment, the White House announced that neither the President nor his legal team will participate.   In a five-page letter …

The Business of Rudy, No Understanding

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Rudy Toot Toot: Even while President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was digging political dirt in Ukraine and urging the country to investigate Vice President Joe Biden, he was privately pursuing hundreds of thousands of dollars in business for himself from …

Travel Trouble, Climate Warning

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

To Grandmother’s House: It’s Thanksgiving eve and if you’re not there by now, good luck. As many as 55 million people are expected to travel this week and many are going to have trouble.   Snow as deep as 30 inches has …

Aides Must Testify, Rudy Too

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Trumpster Fire: Despite President Trump’s claims of executive privilege, presidential aides must comply with congressional subpoenas to testify and hand over information, according to the ruling by a federal judge in the case of former White House Counsel Don McGahn.  …

Navy Secy. Fired, Pompeo Involved

Monday, November 25, 2019

Under Water: Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was fired yesterday in a conflict with the defense secretary over a Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a corpse and pardoned by President Trump.   This mess is a direct result of Trump meddling with military …

Document Dump, The Ukraine Conspiracy

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Document Dump: A cache of documents released last night by the State Department reveals repeated contact last March between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The documents were released under court order.    Although Pompeo has dodged and remained …