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That was interesting, Irving.

Meanwhile, House may yet add another impeachment article, IF (if i have this right) something related to getting McGhan's testomony.

Which got LG all up and bothered "ths is like an open bar tab!".

Speaking of that .....

Can ou spell K-e-n S-t-a-r-r, Lindsey, hmmmmmm?!?
 
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More ugh from prz pos


Trump Promotes Argument That Senate Republicans Should Dismiss Articles of Impeachment
Jerry Lambe 4 hrs ago

President Donald Trump promoted an argument that the GOP-led Senate should move to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him, thereby eliminating the need for a trial. Trump quoted the words of former Bush advisor Brad Blakeman on Tuesday afternoon.

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“It’s my opinion as a lawyer that the Articles of Impeachment are defective on their face, which means I would like to see a Motion to Dismiss and have this disbursed without the necessity of a trial. I don’t think there should be a trial. I think it should be dismissed on 51 votes, which is procedural. You don’t need two thirds,’” Trump tweeted, @-ing Fox News and thanking Blakeman, “a great lawyer & person.”


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“It’s my opinion as a lawyer that the Articles of Impeachment are defective on their face, which means I would like to see a Motion to Dismiss and have this disbursed without the necessity of a trial. I don’t think there should be a trial. I think it should be dismissed....


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...on 51 votes, which is procedural. You don’t need two thirds.” Brad Blakeman @FoxNews A great lawyer & person. Thank you Brad!

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It appears Trump was referring to Blakeman’s appearance on Fox News last week, during which he suggested that the Senate could realistically pursue dismissing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

“The Senate does have options. As a matter of fact they have many options. The first option would be that after the charges are read in the Senate against the President, his side can make a motion to dismiss which is a procedural vote that only requires a simple majority of 51 votes, and there is no need for a trial because the charges don’t hold up to the constitutional standards,” Blakeman said.

Asked directly what the Senate should do once the articles of impeachment are sent to the House, Blakeman said he believed they should immediately move forward with the option to dismiss the articles.

“Well I happen to believe as a lawyer that the charges are defective on their face – they don’t meet the constitutional standard of High crimes and Misdemeanors. So I would like to see a motion to dismiss,” he said. “I think the 51 senators we have as Republicans should agree with that and there should be no trial, it should be dismissed as a matter of course.”

As previously reported by Law&Crime, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she can’t pick impeachment managers until she receives assurances from the Senate that there will be a fair trial.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) was quick to respond on Tuesday that “The American people deserve a fair trial.”


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First, Trump said he wanted a trial in the Senate.

Then, he said he wanted to hear from witnesses.

Now, he wants the case dismissed — without either.

The President is afraid of hearing from witnesses, but the Senate should not be.

The American people deserve a fair trial. https://twitt
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Trump didn’t hijack the GOP and bend it to his will. He did something far easier: He looked at the party, saw its fault lines and then offered himself as a pure distillation of accumulated white grievance and anger. He bet that Republican voters didn’t really care about free trade or mutual security, or about the environment or Europe, much less deficits. He rebranded kindness and compassion as “PC” and elevated division and bigotry as the admirable goals of just being politically incorrect. Trump didn’t make Americans more racist; he just normalized the resentments that were simmering in many households. In short, he let a lot of long-suppressed demons out of the box.
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it's not too late, republicans. you just need to get your heads out of your asses and see what's really happening.

or, ahhh i dunno, do a drive by troll post. whatever's easiest.
 
The GOP is literally running around screaming that the Democrats are trying to overthrow the election via the impeachment process, as if it's Hillary Clinton who would become President, instead of you know, Mike Pence.

Bernie raised $34.5M in the 4th quarter, which is pretty astounding. I've been quite open that my preferred candidate would be Elizabeth Warren, but if that is not in the cards (because she peaked too early, or because the media went on a concerted rampage against her M4A plan or because she didn't deliver the message in the right way or because of whatever), then I hope that the votes consolidate around Bernie. Joe Biden is just a disaster on the campaign trail and 2 million polls wouldn't be able to convince me that he can beat Trump. Trump would shit all over him at the debates and they'd both come across senile except nobody voting for Trump cares that their guy should be committed. I don't agree with everything Bernie says but I 100% believe that he believes it and has been consistent in believing it for decades. Unlike Pete Buttigieg, who is clearly extremely intelligent and articulate but I don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth. What an unnerving predicament - having to cheer on an almost 80-year-old walking heart attack. :|
 
I kinda want it to be Bernie just so his extreme supporters shut up, but that still won’t happen.

Bernie scares me because the dude has never been challenged on the political stage in his life.

He runs basically unopposed for 25 years and really has stayed out of the spotlight up until 2015 when he really caught fire with his campaign

I really hope he’s a good guy. We all have skeletons of the past. The GOP and Trump will find them, if not make anything up and we’ll see if people stick by him.

Granted this will happen to every democrat who wins nomination.

This year is going to suck no matter what.
 
Turned on CNN briefly and just disgusting coverage, they can't go 60 seconds without saying "he has the blood of American soldiers on his hands." I should have expected such disingenuous framing, but I'm still enraged nonetheless.

Anyway:

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There were "imminent threats" to American lives. Pompeo is on CNN and is using the word attack to describe the threat. Threats were located in the region, not in US.
 
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