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wut: "The North Carolina Republican is providing an assortment of fidget spinners and other gizmos to his GOP colleagues at this week's Thursday lunch."

by Cat on Thu Jan 23rd, 2020 at 05:36:23 PM EST

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Unexpected lede observed in REUTERS twitter live feed --believe or not--*ppt bullet point slide fly-in (RTL) in middle of HUAC Rev. Chairman Mr Manager Schiff's opening argument.

I surmise, F. Hill assert (at some time) that Trump's foreign policy diverged (boldface, underscore) from US national security policy.

But I did not linger for the rest. I suspect though, House managers intend to elaborate that bullet in order to elaborate "impermissible policy" reasons for withholding obligated "aid" ($) for Ukraine, which is fighting Russia. Despite Zelensky's peace project.

by Cat on Thu Jan 23rd, 2020 at 09:20:20 PM EST
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*.ppt presentation appears (not illustrated) in USAToday digest. Select bullet point text gets editorial massage. Other newspapers also noting novelty of (D) management of multi-media aids.
Democrats take impeachment back to 1999 and other moments from the Senate trial

Democrats also used the testimony of Fiona Hill, a Russia expert and former National Security Council official, to debunk the notion that Ukraine, rather than Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

I idly wonder when (R) "managers" will revive Crowdstrike investigation of DNC-Clinton servers "hack" in 2016. Then, scribblers rebut with senate schedule, preventing "fresh" witnesses such as Comey.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and Schiff went through the reasons Democrats allege Trump was seeking personal gain, citing the following claims, which they displayed for senators in the chamber:

President Cared Only About Announcement Of Investigations

President Cared Only About "Big Stuff": Investigating Biden

President Used Personal Attorney: This Isn't "Foreign Policy"

Investigations Never Part Of U.S. Official Policy

Investigations Outside Official Channels

Multiple Administration Officials Reported Concerns

Ukraine Expressed Concerns: Investigations Political

The White House Attempted To Bury The Call

President Told Us In His Own Statements

President Did Not Care About Anti-Corruption Efforts In Ukraine

by Cat on Fri Jan 24th, 2020 at 05:48:22 PM EST
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by Cat on Sun Feb 2nd, 2020 at 05:21:48 PM EST
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by Cat on Sun Feb 2nd, 2020 at 05:22:54 PM EST
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HUAC Rev. Chairman Mr Manager is going to regret this that this isn't a tweet.

"The president's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box. We cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won."

by Cat on Thu Jan 23rd, 2020 at 10:21:57 PM EST
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Buzzfeed Re-Cap, 23 Jan (because the situation is here is pretty psychotic, eg. 22 Jan, Politico ventured, "Trump's trial may hinge on Lamar Alexander," while McClatchy speculated, "Democrats fighting Trump for impeachment witnesses may have to ask the Supreme Court)

"You Can't Trust This President": Democrats Accuse Trump Of Betraying The Country In Impeachment Trial

"You know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country. You can trust he will do what's right for Donald Trump. He'll do it now. He's done it before. He'll do it for the next several months. He'll do it in the election if he is allowed to," HUAC Rev. Chairman Mr. Manager Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, told senators. "This is why if you find him guilty, you must find he should be removed. Because right matters. And the truth matters. Otherwise, we are lost."

That's some savvy jawboning, while Team Trump executes NDAA "policies" enacted by the US Congress, of which $738B Defence Spending for 2019-2020 alone. $400M tendered to Ukraine for incidental mayhem might be a knick to some, but it is surely a principled affront to Article I of the US Constitution. Convict or acquit? What say ye, embalmed representatives of the people?

Many in US support Trump decision to kill Iran general: 41% fer, 30% agin, 30% undecided?

Headline betrayal reminds Trump doves (if such a person exists) that their candidate has not withdrawn US boots from the "over there."

US general says troop surge in Middle East may not end soon: its case for troops in the Middle East

"Right matters" reminds homeland hearth-minders that their nemesis perverts US foreign policy in aid of democracy "over here".

Was US America cheated by Trump or not?

by Cat on Fri Jan 24th, 2020 at 07:31:10 PM EST
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Why did @MaxBoot delete this I wonder pic.twitter.com/BgmQOhDmVq
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) January 24, 2020

[intone with Viola Davis inflection]: trifling as HELL.

by Cat on Fri Jan 24th, 2020 at 10:44:26 PM EST
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archived
I was waiting for that. Apr 2019
You all remember the 2006 House Rules, dontcha. oct 2019

by Cat on Sat Jan 25th, 2020 at 07:03:33 PM EST
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Trump impeachment prosecutor, Adam Schiff, is becoming Exhibit A in president's defense
House managers broke the three golden Rules of Atty, repeatedly, over 2.5 years and three days. I've mentioned #1 and #2 many times. And #3 is "keep it simple, stupid" (KISS)--prosecution or defense storytelling--or else you will confuse the jury.

To confuse the jury IOW is to introduce "reasonable doubt"--definitively not the desired outcome for either advocate.

by Cat on Sat Jan 25th, 2020 at 07:30:58 PM EST
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Well, Lamar Alexander admitted that the House Managers had proven their case. But the Senate was no impartial jury.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Feb 2nd, 2020 at 05:49:46 PM EST
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Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 14

by Cat on Fri Jan 24th, 2020 at 08:31:10 PM EST
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