Brexit: elections have consequences
With his brand new Parliament, Boris Johnson gets his Brexit vote.
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Some Democrats apparently think that the impeachment vote means that Trump is out of office
My goodness: It might be difficult to believe after weeks of talk about impeachment that there are people who still don’t understand the process, but on Twitter last night, “#ByeTrump” was trending because many believed that the House vote on … Continue reading →
McConnell gives Pelosi some advice on the word “leverage”
Yesterday I wrote, concerning Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold back on sending articles of impeahment to the Senate: “This is the Democrats’ idea of “leverage”? Why would the Republicans care if Democrats never send the articles to the Senate?” Now … Continue reading →
Pelosi now turns impeachment lite into impeachment weightless
So Nancy Pelosi has decided to delay sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, and her fellow Democrats are supporting her in that – or at least pretending to support her: House Democrats on Thursday are rallying behind Speaker … Continue reading →
Another Horowitz hearing, overshadowed by impeachment theater
Yesterday Horowitz testified again, and said much the same thing as before: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was blunt in trying to get to the bottom of what happened during Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing. “Were they … Continue reading →
Who is more disgraced, Trump or the Democrats in the House?
I know my answer: the Democrats in the House are completely disgraced. The Democrats and the MSM would of course say: Trump. But they feel that Trump is continually disgracing himself. Or, at least they’d like you to think that. … Continue reading →
Watch Nancy Pelosi’s facial expression…
…as she announces adoption of the first article of impeachment. First there’s a secret smile of glee, like the cat that swallowed the canary. It’s very fleeting, though; she suppresses it almost instantaneously. Then immediately, after putting on a stern … Continue reading →
The impeachment vote: the only news was the numbers
As predicted, the House voted “aye” on its two articles of impeachment. I was a bit surprised at the totals for one reason only: I thought the perhaps Pelosi would allow more of the Democrats in Trump districts to vote … Continue reading →
It’s impeachment-lite time
Some coverage here as well as here. Pelosi quote of the day; “He gave us no choice.” That’s funny on a lot of levels. First there’s the obvious one, which is Pelosi’s fake pose (probably perceived even by impeachment supporters … Continue reading →
The FISA court comes out of the closet
Or the woodwork. Or the shadows. Or wherever they usually hide and do their secretive business. Ever since the FISA application abuse by the FBI surfaced – and I’m talking about long before the Horowitz report, back during the days … Continue reading →
Comey: what did I know? I was just the FBI director [Part 1]
[NOTE: I’ll probably post Part 2 tomorrow.] The interview Comey gave to Chris Wallace on Sunday was a study in evasion and deception. I could take it sentence by sentence and spend many hours analyzing each one, but I’m not … Continue reading →
Schumer and impeachment, now and then
One of the drawbacks of serving for a long time in public life is that we have the ability to compare a politician’s previous statements to his/her present ones. Sometimes it goes like this, if your name is Chuck Schumer, … Continue reading →