Tag: Impeachment
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Opening Pandora’s box
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789. After the constitutional convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what sort of government we were going to get. He famously replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Next Wednesday may be the end of our republic. That’s when the U.S. Senate is likely to acquit Donald Trump. The…
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Trump is impeached. So now what?
So yea, I got my wish: Donald Trump is impeached, and he’s become the first Republican president to earn the dubious distinction. (Richard Nixon was wise enough to resign before the House voted.) I should be dancing for joy except I don’t dance and this momentous event is really just one strategic chess move in…
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Reading the tealeaves on the Trump end game
If it’s true that thirty Senate Republicans would convict Trump in an impeachment trial (if a secret vote were allowed), then perhaps what’s needed is a plausible reason they could openly vote to convict Trump. The obvious reasons don’t appear to be enough. Senate Republicans don’t seem to be bothered by his grifting, and likely…
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Turning of the tide on Trump’s impeachment?
Having recently written that there was no bottom for Republicans, I can’t help but wonder now if the tide is finally turning against Donald Trump. I don’t mean his impeachment. I don’t see how that’s not going to happen now. I mean his removal from office. As I noted in the last post, it’s a…
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Trump is unraveling in plain site
The governing phase of the Trump presidency is effectively over. Donald Trump is unraveling in plain site. As a result there is basically nothing he can get done between now and the election, assuming he survives that long. I am very skeptical now that he will make it that long. You know what people care…
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Promises of a Pence pardon is now the key to getting Trump out of office
Maybe it was my last post that did it. After waiting all year for Democrats to open up impeachment hearings over a clearly lawless president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has finally decided to open impeachment hearings, or rather an impeachment inquiry, which amounts to the same thing. It sure is curious though. Mueller’s report has…
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Democrats in Congress are proving pathetic
The only thing sadder than Donald Trump and the current state of the Republican Party and our democracy may be the current state of the Democratic Party. I’m reading Hillary Clinton’s book What Happened. It’s not particularly interesting or insightful, but I felt a duty to read it since it was a Christmas present from…
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Why we must impeach Donald Trump
So the Mueller report (with many redactions) finally was made public. Unsurprisingly, the report did not exonerate Trump. It was quite the opposite, in fact. While Mueller could not prove beyond a reasonably doubt that Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia, he found plenty of evidence to show that Trump obstructed justice. He just…
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