Tuesday, December 24, 2019

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The President, the US private health giant, and top NHS officials – special relationships?
US private healthcare firm Optum has been ‘planting seeds’ in the English NHS for a decade, new research exposes.

Televangelist Acton Bowen Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing Multiple Children

Tommy Lee warns 'Trumpsters': 'We are going to pay you back so f-ing hard for all of this'

McConnell vowed to block prescription drug plan that would save $345 billion

Mussolini Killed 220475-26 | Footage Farm

Kamala Harris Mattered, and Still Does: She made the boldest and (ultimately) most quixotic argument of any candidate, and her failure is a sign of these Trumpian times

The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack: Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.

Rantin' Randy's Rant 12/5/19

House Democrat says he plans to vote against all articles of impeachment

Trump admin. to kick nearly 700,000 off food stamps: The Trump administration has moved to kick nearly 700,000 off food stamps -- and it plans to remove millions more.

Trump's food stamp cuts are cruel politics and bad economics

The case for Bernie Sanders

House Judiciary Committee launches next phase of the impeachment process with a legal seminar

Bernie Sanders is distancing himself from Warren.

Trump is feuding with Emmanuel Macron.

Trump Has Impeachment Meltdown on Fox and Friends: A Closer Look

Author Malcolm Nance Covers His New Book, "The Plot to Betray America"

Donald Trump Is a Clear and Present Danger to the 2020 Election

Today is Nancy Pelosi's 79th birthday — here's how she went from San Francisco housewife to the most powerful woman in US politics

Female Kentucky Judge Accused Of Having Group Sex With Staffers In Courthouse

Released State Dept. Emails Implicate Pompeo in Giuliani Ukraine Plot

Rantin' Randy's Rant 12/7/19 78th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS AS VIEWED INSIDE THE TRUMP ECHO CHAMBER

PODCAST, Tha POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS of @wcsteelerfan - Hosted by wcsteelerfan, December 6, 2019.  James E. King III interviewed Larry D. Holman and Mark Judson

Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment: When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.

Amy Klobuchar: Who she is and what she stands for

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Ukraine lawmaker met Giuliani to discuss misuse of U.S. taxpayer money in Ukraine

HOWIE HAWKINS 2020 GREEN FOR PRESIDENT

What’s wrong with Trump’s Republican Party? It springs from the twin roots of political evil

‘Scam artist’ Devin Nunes busted for secret role in Ukraine scandal by MSNBC’s Morning Joe

Morning Joe drops a Rust Belt bomb on Trump now that impeachment is a reality

BUSTED: Ukrainian politician who peddles Biden dirt arrested as Giuliani visits Kyiv

The Wild Predictions Of Edgar Cayce - The Sleeping Prophet | Random Thursday

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate

How Giuliani and Barr set out to defend Trump: One lawyer took the outside lane and embroiled his client in scandal. The other played a different game entirely.

$16.8 Million In Campaign Funds Went To Trump Businesses, Latest Records Reveal: When the president holds a fundraiser at one of his properties, he gets donations while his business collects money for rent and catering.

Don’t throw the kitchen sink at Trump

The Republicans have become the party of Russia.  This makes me sick.

Of All the Defenses of Trump, This Conspiracy Theory Is the Worst: The president grasps at a debunked claim of election interference as impeachment looms.

Trump, Russia and Ukraine: Five presidential conspiracy theories debunked

Lindsey Graham says he's '1,000% confident' Russia meddled in 2016 US election -- not Ukraine

State Dept official rejects claims of Ukrainian election meddling

DOJ Watchdog On Russia Probe: No Evidence Of Bias, But Problems With Surveillance

Watchdog report: FBI's Russia probe justified, no bias found

Inspector General Report on F.B.I. Russia Inquiry Finds Serious Errors But Debunks Anti-Trump Plot

‘Cult is strong’: Internet mocks impeachment hearings protestor screaming ‘Trump is innocent!’ as ‘next press secretary’

Matt Gaetz attempts to derail impeachment hearing and gets shut down by Chairman Nadler for yelling

GOP’s Doug Collins ripped for ‘loud and annoying’ Trump defense in impeachment hearing

What the Trump impeachment inquiry means for the rest of the world

Watch: It takes less than 5 minutes for Democrats’ counsel to make the case for impeaching Trump

Experts amazed as GOP counsel Castor offers stunningly weak defense of Trump at hearing

Devin Nunes may regret SLAPPing his critics

Rahm Emmanuel decimated GOP Trump-Hate impeachment talking point.

Pompeo asks when he’ll be ‘loved.' Music legend responds: when he stops 'enabling Trump’

White House laughably claims Trump 'has opposed discrimination of any kind' against trans Americans

An election day disaster in Pennsylvania raises still more concerns for 2020

Like a total loser, Donald Trump just made Elizabeth Warren's electability argument for her

Jill Stein wants a federal court to block Philadelphia’s voting machines

Jill Stein’s Pennsylvania Recount Lawsuit Results in Settlement Eliminating Vote-Counting Machines with No Paper Trail

The PA House will reconvene on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 11:00AM

The PA Senate will be in session on Wednesday, December 18, 2019

White House Signals Trump Won’t Mount House Impeachment Defense: In a sharply worded letter, the White House counsel denounced the impeachment inquiry and called on Democrats to end it, or get it over with quickly so it could proceed to a Senate trial.

Supreme Court halts subpoena to Deutsche Bank for Trump records

Duncan Hunter announces plan to resign

Imperiling Progressive Change 'For as Long as We Live,' One in Five Federal Judges Now a Trump Appointee: "Without a meaningful plan for court reform any presidential attempts to make needed change will simply be blocked by the courts."

Senate Intel Report Debunking Russian Ukraine Story Completed | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Trump Team Still Stoking Ukraine Story Despite US Intel Warning | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Russian Transgressions Met With increasingly Weak US Response | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Trump opens up Camp David as an 'adult playground' to woo GOP lawmakers during impeachment

Trump's Emoluments Mess: Trump has been funneling government dollars into his own pockets ever since he was elected.

Joe Biden's greatest betrayal: The one Senate vote that makes it hard to support a Biden run.  As a Senator in Delaware, Biden shepherded to passage a law that decimated bankruptcy protection for milllions

REVEALED: Rudy Giuliani’s indicted Ukraine henchman gave thousands to Kevin McCarthy

The President's Fans Think He'd 'Operate More Effectively' Without Congress or the Courts: That is, without checks or balances on his power.

Progressives in Congress just capitulated on the Patriot Act — it's time to push back: If the Congressional Progressive Caucus won't stand up to the military-surveillance complex, what's the point?

MSNBC: Ukraine Still Hasn't Gotten $35M of Military Aid

Photo surfaces showing Eric Trump in Ukraine as investigations into the Trump Org intensify: report

Team Trump wants to steal another election — and there’s only one way to beat them back

#LetLevSpeak: Giuliani henchman’s attorney explains why his client wants to testify against Devin Nunes

Kellyanne Conway: Laughing world leaders were actually 'jealous' of Trump

O’Donnell destroys Buttigieg use of GOP deficit talking point against Democrats

Kevin McCarthy really doesn't want to talk about his so-called joke that Vladimir Putin pays Trump

What Rudy Giuliani is doing now is the end game for foreign interference—there are no limits

Rudy Giuliani's actions in Ukraine were a genuine conspiracy—and Devin Nunes played a key role

After Speaker Pelosi's press conference #AmericansForImpeachment trends big

Money speaks even louder than Trump to McConnell on Georgia Senate vacancy

Almost half of Fox News viewers believe baseless Russian claim that Ukraine meddled in 2016

Democrats Are Going To Impeach Trump — Here's How They Might Do It

Pelosi says House will proceed with articles of impeachment

John Kerry throws his support behind Biden: "Joe is uniquely the person running for president who can beat Donald Trump," the former secretary of state said.

Trump asks Supreme Court to shield financial records from House Democrats

Scoop: Sen. Cramer blocks Armenian genocide bill at request of White House

Karen McDougal, Who Claimed Trump Affair, Sues Fox News: Ms. McDougal, a former Playboy model who sold her story to The National Enquirer, said Tucker Carlson made false claims about extortion that damaged her reputation.  The host Tucker Carlson said on air that Karen McDougal’s behavior “sounds like a classic case of extortion.”

Fugue on 'Donald Trump is a Wanker': Graphical Score

Kamala Harris Leads Senators In Demanding ‘Immediate Removal’ Of Stephen Miller: More than half of Senate Democrats say Miller’s “demonstrable white nationalist ideology has been directly translated” into Trump administration policy.

Trump: The people he forgets he knows, the rumor he denies but started, and more

House leaders unveil two articles of impeachment, accusing Trump of 'high crimes and misdemeanors': Democrats are expected to move swiftly to hold a committee and floor vote before the holiday break.

Barr thinks FBI may have acted in 'bad faith' in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia: "I think our nation was turned on its head for three years based on a bogus narrative," the attorney general said in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams.

What Trump has done to the courts, explained: No president in recent memory has done more to change the judiciary than Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Tweeted ‘Let’s Be Honest’ And The Retribution Came Fast: “The word ‘honest’ should probably never leave your lips,” one person fired back at Stephanie Grisham.

Those who resist Congressional subpoenas should be careful.  They could be risking jail time.

Rantin' Randy's Rant 12/10/19 A nation in distress

Republican Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida will not seek reelection in 2020

House Republicans respond to articles of impeachment l ABC News

WATCH: Rep. Doug Collins’ full questioning of committee lawyers | Trump impeachment hearings

Donald Trump Is the Mad-King President Our Founders Feared Most: The Framers knew exactly what to do with a president who believed he was a monarch. Do we?

More US school-age children die from guns than on-duty US police or global military fatalities, study finds

FULL The Rachel Maddow Show 12/10/19 | MSNBC Today Dec 10, 2019

Exclusive: Anonymous Author Depicts Deep Trump Admin Dysfunction | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Read the full articles of impeachment against Trump

What to do with an attorney general who disdains justice

Mike Bloomberg’s money buys him a very different kind of campaign.  And it’s a big one

Trump target Lisa Page sues DOJ, FBI for 'unwanted invasion of privacy': Former FBI lawyer Page filed the suit one day after a DOJ inspector general found there was no evidence that her and agent Peter Strzok's complaints about Trump had an impact on the Russia probe.

Why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Will Win the Presidency with Robert Reich

Disinformation: fake news, propaganda & more: Disinformation

'Legal' Bribery As Trump Funds Senators Who Sign Up Against Impeachment: Sign Trump's pledge to fight impeachment and Trump 2020 will fund your re-election campaign. Quid. Pro. Quo.

The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 12/10/19 | MSNBC Today Dec 10, 2019

Inspector general to testify about FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign

Pressure Mounts for Deeper Investigation of Devin Nunes in Ukraine Scandal

'Threat to national security': Dems charge Trump with 'high crimes' as impeachment trial looms: In a historic day, House Democrats unveil impeachment charges against Trump alleging “high crimes and misdemeanors” and drafting two articles of impeachment. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber analyzes both articles of impeachment and the narrow scope strategy. Melber reports on the Democrats focusing impeachment on Trump's "scheme" to abuse power and how the second article of impeachment against Trump is narrow -- treating his "defiance of subpoenas" and blanket opposition to the impeachment probe as "Obstruction of Congress."

Impeach the president

This isn’t a partisan hit job; Trump deserves to be impeached: There is both direct and circumstantial evidence of misconduct.

The Trump ‘witch hunt’ that never happened: A Justice Department report found mismanagement and low-level wrongdoing at the FBI, but no grand conspiracy.

Trumping truth: The president and his defenders are sticking with their absurd story.  The overarching conspiracy theory that has sustained Donald Trump and his GOP has just collapsed

Who’s the boss? Nancy Pelosi.  The House speaker understands power and how to use it.

General election 2019: Leaked document raises fresh concerns about GB-NI trade after Brexit

What Trump has done to the courts, explained: No president in recent memory has done more to change the judiciary than Donald Trump.

Do Americans Support Impeaching Trump?  An updating calculation of support for and opposition to impeachment, accounting for each poll's quality, recency and sample size

The False Romance of Russia: American conservatives who find themselves identifying with Putin’s regime refuse to see the country for what it actually is.

What some American conservatives see in Russia: In a new piece for the Atlantic, writer Anne Applebaum suggests American conservatives who find themselves identifying with Putin’s regime refuse to see the country for what it actually is. The panel discusses.

Impeach President Donald Trump | Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board

FIVE EDITORIAL BOARDS HAVE NOW CALLED FOR DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL

USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Impeach President Trump.  The president's Ukraine shakedown and stonewalling are too serious for the House to ignore: Our view

Live coverage: DOJ inspector general testifies on Capitol Hill

Group of veterans call on lawmakers to support impeachment, 'put country over politics'

Bernie from Brooklyn: A Conversation with Mark Ruffalo

Bernie Sanders Endorses Cenk Uygur For Congress

Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Running For Katie Hill’s Vacant House Seat: Uygur said he was going to represent “people in a way that they have not seen before.”

US governor issues 428 pardons during final days in office

Donald Trump is a career money launderer for organized crime.  He began as a biz front for the Genovese crime family - a position inherited from Fred.  When the Russian mafia infiltrated NY Five Families in ‘80s-‘90s, they TOOK donald, & began washing blood money thru Trump Org. /1

With This Impeachment, Trump Is Getting Off Easy: There’s so much more than Ukraine.

Georgia official takes oath of office on Malcolm X autobiography instead of bible: She was offered a copy of the bible and constitution, but turned both down

McConnell’s awful Hannity interview shows the power of Fox News’s disinformation

California Voters Are Mysteriously Being Registered in Wrong Party

Judge rejects DOJ effort to delay House lawsuit against Barr, Ross

Trump gets high court review on financial records subpoenas

“Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Trump’s Sordid History of Accepting, Requesting, and Encouraging Foreign Interference in US Elections: There’s a straight line between the Russia and Ukraine scandals.

State Department limited release of Pompeo contacts with Giuliani. A judge wants more

The US is being run by a government that no longer represents the people

American Households Cold Open - SNL

Trump impeachment and Senate trial discussed with Rep. Ihan Omar: The Donald Trump impeachment process, the likely Senate trial, and the senators who have made statements favoring the president, are discussed with Rep. Ihan Omar, who tells Joy Reid, ‘These are leaders within the Senate who are abdicating their responsibility and their oath.’

Here’s a List of Everyone Who Has Left the Trump Administration: It’s hard to keep track of everyone who has been brought in and subsequently pushed out of the Trump administration, so here’s an up-to-date list.

'To Protect Our Democracy,' Tuesday Night Rallies Planned In All 50 States to Demand Congress Votes to Impeach Trump: "Americans from California to West Virginia are ready to hold their representatives accountable and declare that no one—not even the president—is above the law."

It's Time to Teach Young People How to Stop Being So Offended

When Congress Almost Ousted a Failing President: It’s Andrew Johnson, not Andrew Jackson, who provides the best model for Trump’s collapsing presidency.

Fox News Is Now a Threat to National Security: The network’s furthering of lies from foreign adversaries and flagrant disregard for the truth have gotten downright dangerous.

Trump surrounds himself with criminals: Chris Hayes tallies up the number of people surrounding Trump who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony.

This Axios AM Deep Dive — led by immigration and demographics reporter Stef Kight — unpacks the changing demographics of American voters, focusing on the youngest, most racially diverse and well-educated generation.

Judge says 'drug dealers' are convicted on less evidence than what's facing Trump: Former Federal Judge Nancy Gertner says drug dealers in her courtroom have been convicted on less evidence than what Trump now faces in the impeachment probe.

Public servants Trump smeared as 'human scum' are Time magazine's 2019 'Guardians of the Year'

Ice Cube Taunts Trump With Explicit New Track ‘Arrest The President'

They're Not Stupid, and They're Not Spineless. They're Evil. Let's Keep That Straight.

Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism.  Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts.

John Cleese on impeachment

Michael Lewis: ‘Don’t bet against the US. It has an incredible capacity for self-reinvention’.  The author of The Big Short on Trump’s war on experts and why it would take a pandemic to remind Americans of the importance of good governance

I Headed the F.B.I. and C.I.A. There’s a Dire Threat to the Country I Love.  The rule of law is the principle that protects every American from the abuse of monarchs, despots and tyrants.

‘Music to Putin’s ears’: Russian forces shoot down US drone: At first it seemed like an accident – a US drone shot down as it watched a battle in Libya unfold. But now a far more sinister plot has been revealed.

Previously undecided Nevada Democrat to vote in favor of impeaching Trump

Don’t worry, Sen. Graham.  No one thought you’d be fair.

Russia’s State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent’.  Russian commentators note, rightly, that “sooner or later, the Democrats will come back into power," and they’re already joking about offering Trump asylum.

Support for impeachment climbs to 54 percent in Fox News poll after Trump pitches fit over previous poll

Chris Wallace Presses Schiff: ‘Are You Willing to Admit That You Were Wrong’ on FISA Process?

Why Are *Both* Republicans & Democrats Lying About Russia?

How to stay sane if Trump is driving you insane: Advice from a therapist.

McConnell spurns Constitution with fealty to Trump on impeachment: Cass Sunstein, professor of Constitutional law at Harvard, talks with Rachel Maddow about the rules for conducting a presidential impeachment and how the Constitution views Mitch McConnell's stated intention to coordinate with the White House.

Republican Group Hits Donald Trump With Scathing New Billboard Campaign: Republicans for the Rule of Law asks “What Is Trump Hiding?” in its ads.

BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren Joins Bernie Sanders in Opposing Trump’s Massive War Budget: All other 2020 candidates have remained silent on how they will vote.

Heather Cox Richardson daily blog

Anti-Gay Church Elder Busted Soliciting Young Men For Prostitution On Grindr

RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA CALLS TRUMP A MOSCOW 'AGENT,' JOKINGLY SUGGESTS HE'LL NEED TO FLEE TO THEIR COUNTRY AFTER LEAVING OFFICE

McConnell rejects Schumer’s opening offer on impeachment trial: The party leaders delivered dueling floor speeches, suggesting a chilly dynamic ahead of delicate bipartisan negotiations to establish rules for the trial.

McConnell Rejects Calling Mulvaney or Bolton for Trump’s Impeachment Trial: Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, had sought testimony from four administration witnesses the White House had blocked.

Rick Gates, former Trump campaign aide who testified to Mueller, sentenced to 45 days in jail

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources
Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024.

The Big Untold Story of Impeachment? It’s Incredibly Popular.  The overlooked story of the past three months is that support for removing the president has remained strong.

Trump’s Pastor Robert Jeffress: God Will Curse Jews Who Vote For Democrats

McConnell’s plan for sham trial reveals depths of Trump’s corruption

Amnesty International’s Troubling Collaboration with UK & US Intelligence: Some troubling connections contradict Amnesty’s image as a benevolent defender of human rights and reveal key figures at the organization during its early years to be less concerned with human dignity and more concerned with the dignity of the US and UK’s image in the world.

How New Voting Machines Could Hack Our Democracy

Why Trump Released a Transcript That Revealed Him Committing a Crime

The Center Does Not Hold: Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.

High Liberalism: John Rawls and the crisis of liberal democracy.

GOP complains impeaching Trump will 'hurt people's Christmas experience': Trump's defenders have yet another argument against impeachment: Holding a vote in December will ruin Christmas.

Sen. Chuck Schumer says he'll force vote on whether Mulvaney, Bolton should testify: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will force votes on Senate floor over witness testimony from WH Chief of Staff Mulvaney, fmr. National Security Adviser Bolton, and others.

Rantin' Randy's Rant 12/17/19

Russia Seizes Five Octopus-Fishing Boats Near Disputed Islands, Japan Says

Art Of The Deal’ Co-Author Explains What Trump’s Letter To Pelosi Is Really About: Tony Schwartz said the screed was an “utterly desperate cry” and “pure projection” in a blistering Twitter thread.

Joe Biden: An Anti-Endorsement.  His long record of poor judgment and cozying up to bankers makes him the wrong candidate to take on Donald Trump.

Trump Knows the Power of the Supreme Court—Why Don’t Democrats?  The Supreme Court could be a galvanizing issue for Democrats, but the presidential contenders have largely ignored it.

Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies: From Mark Zuckerberg’s standpoint, it’s both profitable and good politics to invite the Trumpian right to be deceitful.

The Transformation of William Barr

Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class
That’s the “Delaware Way.”

Swept Up by History: Did the New Deal need FDR?

The Promise of America: A family’s misfortunes in the age of McCarthyism.

Dems Tell Federal Court Mueller’s Secret Grand Jury Materials Could Lead to Second Impeachment

Judge rejects prosecutors' request to lock up Giuliani associate

Yang Doesn’t Add Up: The presidential candidate is great at identifying problems, but his policy proposals need a lot of work.

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?  If the past is prologue, Trump will face no historical reckoning for his sprawling malfeasance.

Lindsey Graham, Legal Scholar

Hope Lies in the Streets

Vexed and Troubled Englishmen: How should we remember the Puritans?

The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era: The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.

Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment: When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.

Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency

How Abortion Funds Showed America That ‘Roe’ Is Not Enough: The movement for abortion access—not just rights—has arrived, and it’s winning fights across the country.

How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom: From remaking the judiciary to repealing Hyde to removing the global gag rule, Trump’s successor has their work cut out for them.

Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures: Janet Folger Porter was once deemed too radical even for conservatives. Now she’s behind a wave of “heartbeat” bans sweeping the states.

Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans: A group of progressive attorneys is refusing to enforce new abortion laws. But in a legal landscape so hostile to choice, is deliberate inaction enough?

When the Clinics Close: As Planned Parenthoods shutter in Ohio, reproductive rights and justice groups are fighting harder than ever.

The Pro-Choice Movement Has Won the Culture War: Abortion has never been less taboo than it is today.

Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore: In Virginia, Democrats won back the statehouse despite Republicans’ blatant lies.

The Unfinished Revolution: Eric Foner’s story of American freedom.

John Roberts’s Surprisingly Straightforward Task Ahead: The chief justice’s role in the impeachment trial is a limited one, and he should be able to manage it easily without putting his or the Court’s legitimacy at risk.

Putin Says Trump Was Impeached for 'Far-Fetched' Reasons: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons and predicted he will be acquitted by the Senate.

Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́льевич Ду́гин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian political analyst and strategist known for his fascist views.

The Impeachment of Donald J Trump. History will remember this day. It starts with "We the People"

Let's talk about two questions and civil rights....

Let's talk about an email warning about me....

Pro-impeachment protests swelled in cities across the country — but there’s still no real impeachment movement: Protest organizers said over 200,000 people attended an evening of national protest, but it isn’t clear whether this momentum will be built upon.

Footage resurfaces of Trump saying Bush should be impeached for “lying”

Nancy Pelosi is considering delaying a full trial on Trump's impeachment, a power play to force concessions from the GOP

Here’s how long Pelosi should hold onto articles of impeachment

‘I won’t be reading ET again!’: Trump attacks Christian magazine for backing impeachment then misspells its name during wild early morning rant. President goes to war with evangelical publication that branded him ‘immoral’

Evangelical editorial admonishes 'grossly immoral' Trump: Christianity Today, a publication founded by the late evangelical leader Rev. Billy Graham, made a rare political statement in an editorial calling President Donald Trump's character "grossly immoral," writing that he should be impeached and removed from office.

YOU CAN’T DO THAT

Letters to the Editor: Better Voters Equal Better Politicians

ONLINE LIES AREN’T HELPING TRUMP MUCH.

Dems Need More Voices of Working People

GENE LYONS: Seeing rural Arkansas through different eyes

Team Trump and ‘Consciousness of Guilt’

Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane: They’ve dominated the discourse and upended our traditional politics.

Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Pals: The White House theocrats who want to run the US according to their reading of the Bible may be the biggest danger of all.

Defeating a Tyrant

Et tu, Don Jr.? At least Hunter Biden isn't being a complete hypocrite: Hunter Biden admitted the obvious in his ABC interview. Would the Trumps, Rand Paul or Ronna McDaniel do that?

Robert B. Reich: Trump’s foreign policy serves only Trump

Donald Trump is the weakest incumbent president in decades: If Democrats don't screw this up.  Of course Democrats can't get cocky. But the whole Trump enterprise is coming unglued as a massive delusion

Pols Depend on Air Superiority

Idea Man

Who are the Real Centrists?

The Evidence That Trump Concealed

Trump's new mouthpiece a constitutional defender during a constitutional crisis

Clearing the Room for Trump's Anger

Do Wall Street Democrats Prefer Trump to Warren?  As Elizabeth Warren vectors in on the Democratic nomination, corporate Democrats are in full panic mode, revealing their true colors.

“I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.” Really!

Trump's Impeachment Is a Deep-Democratic Coup Against Warren

Trump Must Stop His Attacks on the Press

Dana Milbank: The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape

Fact-checking the president as he expresses his ‘most powerful protest’ to Pelosi in 6-page letter

Trump’s Letter to Pelosi, Annotated

Fact-checking President Trump’s impeachment letter to Pelosi

Trump's approval rating steady despite impeachment: NBC News/Wall Street Journal polls: Compare President Trump's approval rating with Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton.

Trump re-election could sound death knell for Nato, allies fear: The US president’s ambivalence or even hostility towards the alliance will hover over the 70th anniversary meeting in the UK

Blind loyalty? When group loyalty makes us see evil or engage in it.
Abstract: Loyalty often drives corruption. Corporate scandals, political machinations, and sports cheating highlight how loyalty’s pernicious nature manifests in collusion, conspiracy, cronyism, nepotism, and other forms of cheating. Yet loyalty is also touted as an ethical principle that guides behavior. Drawing on moral psychology and behavioral ethics research, we developed hypotheses about when group loyalty fosters ethical behavior and when it fosters corruption. Across nine studies, we found that individuals primed with loyalty cheated less than those not primed (Study 1A and 1B). Members more loyal to their fraternities (Study 2A) and students more loyal to their study groups (Study 2B) also cheated less than their less loyal counterparts due to greater ethical salience when they pledged their loyalty (Studies 3A and 3B).  Importantly, competition moderated these effects: when competition was high, members more loyal to their fraternities (Study 4) or individuals primed with loyalty (Studies 5A and 5B) cheated more.    2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Facebook says a pro-Trump media outlet used artificial intelligence to create fake people and push conspiracies: Facebook took down more than 600 accounts tied to The Epoch Times, a media outlet that has spent heavily on digital ads to push pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

Democrats rally behind Pelosi on delay of articles

Billy Graham Warned Against Mixing Politics And Religion

Right-wing militias organizing ‘armed gathering’ in Virginia — with ‘threat of civil war’: extremism researcher

The impeachment hearings are a battle between oligarchy and democracy: Official US policy in Ukraine was to promote rule of law, but the Trump administration sided against it, hearings have shown

Letters from an American

McConnell attacks Pelosi for not letting him acquit Trump immediately

Pelosi should block impeachment trial until White House is forced to reveal all

Let's talk about what to expect next in the impeachment....

Author Malcolm Nance Covers His New Book, "The Plot to Betray America"

'Merry Impeachmas' sign stirs up controversy in Las Vegas neighborhood

Official Statement From Mormon Women for Ethical Government on the House Impeachment Vote

President Trump has made 15,413 false or misleading claims over 1,055 days

CNN Pays 58 Airports $100,000 Each to Play Channel at Gates

Trump May Be Acquitted in a Senate Impeachment Trial. That's Not the Same as Being Exonerated

Sen. Tester: American people 'need to demand' witnesses in an impeachment trial.  Sen. Jon Tester tells Katy Tur that the American people "need to demand" that witnesses such as Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton testify in an impeachment trial. Tester argues that this is necessary for the senators to make "good decisions."

House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again

NEW POLL SHOWS TRUMP BEATING SANDERS, TIED WITH WARREN BUT TRAILING BIDEN IN KEY 2020 STATE

Column: Trump having his revenge on California as he remakes once-liberal 9th Circuit court

Russian Security Officer Dead, 5 Injured in Moscow Shooting

Congress Works to Fully Fund Government Ahead of Deadline, Files Two FY20 Packages: Packages Include $22 Billion Increase to Rebuild Military, $1.375 Billion for Border Wall, Maintains Critical Transfer Authorities

Chuck Schumer Predicts Mitch McConnell Will Block All Democratic Supreme Court Picks: “It will be a disaster,” the Democratic leader said.

Steny Hoyer speech on Trump impeachment

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal

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