…well, except for the whole thing where they sent the articles of impeachment to the Senate yesterday, anyway
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-live-updates/2020/01/15/story.html
…but, hey – no big deal, right?
…the toddler-in-chief already said he’d block Bolton from testifying so obviously it might be nice to hear the mustache answer some questions about a thing or two but one way or another there really ought to be witnesses in a trial, right?
…in all seriousness it remains to be seen how bad a travesty the GOP can turn this next bit into but the fact McConnell backed off the whole vote-to-dismiss-before-anything-or-anyone-is-heard suggests he didn’t have the votes…so…nothing to see there, I’m sure
Lev Parnas, Key Player in Ukraine Affair, Completes Break With Trump and Giuliani
…or here
…or here
…or here
…but you know what – Brexit is still the grimmest thing
…& you don’t have to take my word for it, either – Captain-freaking-Picard (which I’m reliably informed is in fact his official name) said so
…either way if you’ve made it this far I figure you deserve a treat
P.S.
…generally speaking I think the DUAN doesn’t run to such things but I think it might have been evidence of another possible theme last night?
…& although I have yet to clusterbomb the poor thing with my own suggestions, while we’re talking about reading material that’s better than the stuff you get out of me, this is worth keeping an eye on, I’d say
…so…well…you know…have at it y’all?
It’s my Friday. I’m off tomorrow, suckers!
…I believe that’s called “stealing a march” & is generally frowned upon
…at least by those for whom tomorrow isn’t a day off?
…congrats, though
I’ve got to do some business with the Damned Gubmint(TM) tomorrow so not entirely for fun reasons. But a day off is a day off!
…it still embarrasses me that for years as a hopelessly naive kid I thought the phrase “good enough for government work” meant to a higher than usual standard
…good luck with that?
I mean not like this is new, but the rage I’m feeling between the articles going to the Senate where they will snuff them out, and the bombshells being released. By Lev Parnas (and just the universe)…oh boy.
Add to it the Republicans are saying the media will not be allowed to televise the impeachment trial and reporters will be restricted and the Senators can’t talk to the press…. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-weighs-restricting-reporters-during-trump-impeachment-trial-n1116191
The best we’ve got is to hope enough voters are angry about that.
…I hear you – but I guess I’m at least partially inured to the idea that the GOP will kill the impeachment to keep removal off the table
…so even before there were articles to send there I think what I was hoping for was that in return for giving the forces of fatuousness the playing field they wanted for the campaign trail at this stage (“look, they acquitted me in the Senate so that’s all over now”) they get a list of who was team Dolt45 when the chips were down & history was watching & then dragging the down-ticket races with similar gusto to dragging Trump as further shit comes out & people start to wrap their heads around the vast amount of wrongdoing that is already a matter of public record & which ought to cost him in some of the places he needs?
I’m not used to thinking of myself as an optimist but it does go a long way to explaining the constant sense of disappointment that I find reality tends to invoke in me…
Yeah I think that there is a world where it can be a mistake for them to limit media coverage. But I mean, they only have the option to hide at this point.
Especially since we’ll have SNL coming back online DIRECTLY into the heat of the Senate trial–trial getting started Tues, SNL starting their season on that Saturday😈
LOL!
Did anyone watch Rachel Maddow last night? I was surprised how well spoken and legit Parnas was! Loved how he destroyed Trump, Nunes, Pence, & everyone else that has tried to distance themself.
…sadly I missed it – but that all sounds rather encouraging to be fair
This is probably the best thing that came out of it, along with the Barr stuff. It frustrates me to no end that no punishment seems to be on the horizon for these idiots!
…you are not alone
…& thank you kindly
Did you see Ted Lieu’s tweet?
Amazing Lev Parnas interview on #Maddow. Also, I’m disclosing that the lawyer for @DevinNunes wrote a letter saying Rep Nunes will sue me if I didn’t apologize for saying last month that Nunes conspired with Parnas.
Devin, I’m adding to my statement: “Your pants are on fire.”
You can listen to it here.
https://podbay.fm/podcast/294055449/e/1579148373
Or watch clips from her show.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
…the latter I’m familiar with but I’m gonna need more hours in the day if I find any more podcasts worth listening to
…not like I’m using them for sleeping properly though…so thanks for that, too
I mostly listen to podcasts while I clean, walk my dog, cook. Otherwise I wouldn’t know what the hell is going on.
Have you seen this yet?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/16/food-security-brexit-biggest-shake-uk-farming-40-years-agriculture-bill
It’s one of the many reasons, many reasons I had hoped Brexit wouldn’t.
Also: