Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
Friday, June 02, 2023

Watergare II--Disregard of Law

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 Nearing the end of the Watergate book, which now recounts the briefing of the House Judiciary Committee by the special prosecutor and his s...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Setting a Precedent

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 Perhaps the strongest argument in Trump's impeachment trial is the fear of setting a bad precedent.  It should be taken seriously. When...
Friday, January 08, 2021

Impeachment?

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 I believe Trump deserves to be impeached, again, but I don't believe there's enough time to do so.  I fear setting a bad precedent ...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Where's the House

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MSNBC and others have a story that intelligence officials briefed senators on a Russian effort to blame the Ukraine for 2016 election meddl...
Friday, November 22, 2019

The Hearings

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Random points stemming from the now-ended impeachment hearings: I took Fiona Hill as saying Russia interfered with our 2016 as a state pr...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The Guilty Fleeth

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Daniel Drezner on twitter pointed out the significance of a question by Rep. Demings--Sondland asked President Trump: what do you want; Trum...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Proud To Be "Human Scum"

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My cousin identifies as a Republican, though she's recently voted mostly Democratic.  But she appreciates President Trump's calling...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

It's All in the Spin: We Want Pence

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One of the attacks the Republicans are using against the impeachment inquiries in the House is that it's an attempted coup, overthrowing...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

What Did Zelensky Know and When Did He Know It

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It has seemed to me to be important to understand the timing of events. This post has some of it, but I've some unanswered questions: ...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Each for Himself--Watergate Redux?

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A couple thought on the Ukraine mess, as compared with Watergate. In Watergate we ended with people using leaks to take down their rivals ...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Lack of a Tape and Impeachment

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One of the things lost in the current discussion over impeachment of the president is this difference from the Watergate era:  in Watergate,...
Monday, June 10, 2019

Now and Then: Watergate Remembered--Profanity

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While I've never set up a label "Watergate", I find I have referred to it several times in the context of Trump's actions....
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Where I'm at on Trump

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The Helsinki summit and its aftermath has caused me to change my perceptions of the Trump administration, somewhat. For background, let me...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Clinton, Jackson, Trump, and Censure

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The chattering classes are starting to talk about impeachment.  I've seen the statement that if the Dems take the House in 2018 Trump wi...