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David Frum seems to really

artappraiser — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 06:00:51 +0000

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David Frum seems to really have had it with the "what ifs", can't take it no more:

What if Obama came from Planet Voltron? Would THAT be OK? https://t.co/C83FLKNFv8
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 26, 2019

This is how partisanship

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:38:36 +0000

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This is how partisanship turns brains to mush. Trump is a counterproductive idiot but he's our idiot so we have to protect him:

[....] Many in the GOP think House Democrats are playing politics with impeachment and that Trump’s actions don’t merit impeachment. They also think the media is biased against the White House and the president.

All the same, they think they’re losing the public battle and that Trump’s lack of discipline is hurting them.

“Does he need to be so unhinged? He says the dumbest things,” said one Republican senator who vented frustration with the president’s outbursts on Twitter and in front of the White House press corps.

“Yeah, there needs to be a coordinated response to everything. There needs to be a coordinated effort to just shut up,” the senator said [....]

from GOP worries it's losing impeachment fight by Alexander Bolton @ TheHill.com - 10/25/19 06:00 AM EDT

Apparently not just a one

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:21:23 +0000

In reply to House Republicans storm closed impeachment hearing in protest

Apparently not just a one time "stupid stunt" but an offiical talking point plan:

Rush Limbaugh blatantly lies that Republicans aren’t included in closed-door impeachment hearings https://t.co/RwsoS95aa1
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 25, 2019

Interesting that it's a victimhood meme.

Mr. "Human Scum" himself

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 01:06:06 +0000

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Mr. "Human Scum" himself writes tonight that Trump’s Ukraine Clown Posse Sounds Like Shit

The morons in the House ‘led’ by Kevin McCarthy are storming the SCIF, but Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have had about enough of this noise.

By Rick Wilson, Editor-At-Large @ DailyBeast.com, Published 10.24.19 8:06PM ET

(noted: "members only" can read past the first 3 paragraphs)

Here's how WaPo is handling

artappraiser — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:32:09 +0000

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Here's how WaPo is handling the top of their home page:

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

Republican defense of Trump grows more frantic and disjointed as Ukraine scandal escalates

GOP House members stormed a closed-door meeting Wednesday, delaying the testimony of an impeachment witness a day after the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine implicated President Trump in an abuse-of-power scheme.

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis

Trump told the GOP to fight. It took the brawl underground.

Bill Taylor spent years fighting corruption in Ukraine. Things changed under Trump.

U.S. ambassador to E.U. ‘does not recall’ threatening Ukraine over funding, attorney says

House Democrats look to take impeachment probe public as soon as mid-November

Investigators are starting to grapple with how they will present the complex Ukraine narrative to the American people after a slew of closed-door meetings.

By Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian

U.S. judge to order State Dept. to begin releasing Ukraine records in 30 days

Their editorial on it is down the page:

The White House resorts to character assassination of courageous officials

Editorial Board

NYTimes put at the top of

artappraiser — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:02:40 +0000

In reply to House Republicans storm closed impeachment hearing in protest

NYTimes put at the top of home page next to the headline news story at left covering the same:

Opinion The Editorial Board

Why Did Republicans Storm the Capitol? They’re Running Out of Options

As more testimony is disclosed, it becomes clearer that President Trump’s only defense against impeachment is to distract from the facts.

6h ago

The NYTimes coverage by

artappraiser — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:16:23 +0000

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The NYTimes coverage by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos , published a few minutes ago, reports, among other things, some interesting behavior from Lindsey Graham:

[....] But some Republicans concede privately that it is difficult to mount an effective defense of Mr. Trump when much of the testimony and evidence available paints an unfavorable picture of the president, and there are few witnesses they could call who could credibly refute the accounts of a stream of administration officials who have testified.

The result has been a haphazard approach by Republicans defined mostly by public spectacles like Wednesday’s scene, which even some in the party said crossed the lines of propriety.

“This is nuts, they’re making a run on the SCIF,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, a close ally of Mr. Trump, referring to the Secure Compartmentalized Information Facility where the intelligence panel meets. “That’s not the way to do it.”

Mr. Graham later backtracked on Twitter, saying Republicans had been peaceful in their protest, and adding, “I understand their frustration and they have good reason to be upset.”

The pandemonium unfolding in the Capitol came amid other fast-moving developments in the inquiry. A federal judge ordered the State Department on Wednesday to release records related to Ukraine within 30 days to a government watchdog group.

And impeachment investigators leveled new demands of the State Department, requesting access to a relatively narrow set of communications, notes and memorandums related to Ukraine that could bolster damning witness testimony. Among the documents in question are summaries of key executive branch meetings, and diplomatic cables about Mr. Trump’s decision to freeze $391 million in security assistance for Ukraine [....]

Cash cow is at risk.

moat — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:40:27 +0000

In reply to House Republicans storm closed impeachment hearing in protest

Cash cow is at risk.
We must storm our own hallway
when we piss our pants.