****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL 1/22/20 THREAD 1****

[BumRushDaShow]

[live love laugh]

1. ABC John whatshisname is a hack 💩

It’s his smugness ... as they talk about Trump’s popularity and not about withholding evidence.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Getting underway - just had the convocation and now doing the pledge of allegiance

[SamKnause]

3. Thanks for all your threads yesterday and starting a new one today.

Thanks for providing streams.

Have a great day.

[ancianita]

6. Thank you! This is so much appreciated!

[SamKnause]

13. No, thank you.

Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

[ancianita]

16. You're too kind.

[Hortensis]

62. Lol, thanks BumRushDaShow and company.

My husband, whose skin isn't as thick as mine and prefers to skip living this history, begged me to turn it off, so this is my backup.

[Baitball Blogger]

65. Yes, thank you so much!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. ditto: Thanks BumRushDaShow

Just tuned in.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Turtle - no motions filed so House Managers will start and go for the next 2 hours

and then there will be a break.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Schiff is now up with the opening of the trial.

[ancianita]

9. "So let us begin..." Reads the Framers Constitutional Remedy. How right and just for today.

[malaise]

7. Hope you got some sleep

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Had about 2 hours last night and then took an hour nap this morning

Now for the coffee!!!

[malaise]

95. Schiff was brilliant

[BumRushDaShow]

10. OMG Schiff reading the quotes from Alexander Hamilton

which literally describes Drumpf!

[Kali]

14. it was perfect!

[DeminPennswoods]

77. Wouldn't it have been dramatic if, say, Lynn Manual Miranda

dressed in character as Hamilton walked through the Senate doors and said it? There'd have been gasps from the senators and the gallery. Well, I can dream...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. local broadcasters: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS

I don't check Fox.

[woodsprite]

39. Fox was trying to discourage people from watching it. nt

[Mersky]

15. Hi, everyone!

Thank you, BumRush!

I’ll be a little scarce for the first hour. Thanks to all contributing in the live threads today!

[nolabear]

17. ...

History.

[Mersky]

31. ...

Yes, history, right now!

[BumRushDaShow]

18. As a note - Schiff is providing a long-form narrative summarizing the case

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. We've heard it all before and yet I'm still listening to his every word.

Schiff is compelling.

[SamKnause]

21. I feel so informed.

I watched all the hearings.

I am certainly informed on how our government operates.

It can be quite disappointing and frustrating.

The stakes are the highest they have been.

The Trump republicans are the greatest threat this country has ever faced.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Plus he has the opportunity to actually ADD

the newest info into the narrative - like the GAO report indicating the violation of the law - i.e., the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974... plus he can add the Parnas info and am hoping that he might even go there with Nunes.

[backtoblue]

44. Nunes should be investigated for his own crimes and obstruction

He is the one I really despise the most (besides mitch)

He sat there knowing damned well what happened and LIED.

[BumRushDaShow]

50. ...

[backtoblue]

56. This is serious!

How dare you make me laugh! Like them laughin Californy cows....

[SamKnause]

20. Good one Adam.

Trump is scornful of restraint.

I prefer he is a vile son-of-a-bitch when he doesn't get his way.

[backtoblue]

22. Schiff giving an excellent opening statement

[gademocrat7]

23. Thank you, BumRushDaShow

Adam Schiff is brilliant.

[hlthe2b]

27. Laurence Tribe had Schiff as student. His twitter feed is literally busting with pride over him...

with lots of similar input from other constitutional scholars and prominent attorneys like Preet Bharara, Jennifer Rubin, Walter Dellinger-- many others.

[Bayard]

41. Tribe also had John Roberts as a student.

He is, The Man. He would make mincemeat out of Dershowitz.

[liberalmediaaddict]

24. The GOP is now officially a Trump Cult

Watching this trial I have mixed feelings. Definitely feeling proud of Democrats for defending the constitution and having the courage to hold this lawless, corrupt and dangerous President accountable.

Feeling depressed that McConnell and the other Trumpublicans will most likely dismiss all this evidence of wrongdoing and vote to acquit their Mad King as early as next week.

If we don't vote Trump and his sycophants out of office in November who knows where this country is headed. 5 more years of this circus will make our once great Democracy unrecognizable.

[Cosmocat]

93. We already are the titanic taking on water

No sure bet that if we can beat him and he leaves office that we will ever be the same, he is NOT going away unless we somehow manage to find the steel to prosecute him (>50%), but even if republics will remain lunatics, and the country will still indulge them.

[backtoblue]

26. Marie Yo. the first through the breach

Schiff giving her much deserved credit for her bravery.


He's now acknowledging the patriotism and courage of all witnesses.

[backtoblue]

28. Bringing up Barr's obstruction

[BumRushDaShow]

29. "Couldn't go to their own AG"

because he had "opined" that yes you can impeach for abuse of power.

[nolabear]

30. No matter what happens, these, our champions, are here.

I could not be more proud, or heartened. I’m old enough to wonder if I’ll see the country and the world reject the tyranny of lies, but these incredible patriots give me hope we will.

[Mersky]

35. Well said.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

37. We must excise the disease of Russiapublicans.

[SamKnause]

32. This is a heart felt ass kicking !!!

Rock on Adam.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Schiff now lays out how they will present their case

First - details of corruption in a narrative - illustrated through the timeline

Second - Will then discuss the constitutional framework behind their charges

[backtoblue]

34. "If this conduct is not impeachable, then nothing is"

BTW the screen change to quite literally spell out the case, is a good break to keep attention spans.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Bwah! Played the Russia please "find the 30,000 emails" clip

[SamKnause]

38. Yeah.

Love the Trump clip.

Keep them coming Adam.

[backtoblue]

40. July 24th, Mueller testifies before Congress

July 25th...trump calls Zelensky.

[Peregrine Took]

42. "It" is winging its way back home to the WH today.....going to be wild.

He is going to be drumming up much hatred for Schiff and others but mainly for Schiff.

Going to really get really ugly.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. "The word 'corruption' never escapes his lips"

[bluestarone]

45. Adam is one of our GRANDMASTERS!! My hats off to ALL of our Manangers!!

Just thinking here, i bet EVERY fucking RETHUG would FAIL, if a test were given AFTER this trial!! They REFUSE to allow ANY of the TRUTH sink through their skulls to their pea brain!

[backtoblue]

46. Playing clip of asking China to investigate Biden

[backtoblue]

49. Clip of Holmes' testimony

Skipped the "he loves your ass" comment.

[SamKnause]

47. Showing clip of Trump asking China to investigate the Biden's.

[BumRushDaShow]

48. Played the Drumpf "should investigate the Bidens" and have China do it too clip

[Hermit-The-Prog]

51. "Three days in July"

[SamKnause]

52. Showing clip of Mr. Holmes testimony.

Trump didn't give an expletive about corruption.

[BumRushDaShow]

53. "Three days in July"

(as a theme)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

54. sounds like a disaster movie title

[underthematrix]

55. LAWD!

Link to tweet

[backtoblue]

59. They should devote an hour or more to these soundbites

Then another few hours of showing the twit's tweets

[Hortensis]

69. Trump testifying against himself & Repubs today from Switzerland:

“I got to watch enough. I thought our team did a very good job,” he said. “But honestly, we have all the material. They (Democrats) don’t have the material.”

[nolabear]

57. Guys...I have to take a shower sometime!

Thank heaven I can see the TV from the kitchen or I’d starve. Well, only if it was a long trial. 😄

[Kali]

70. play it on your phone in the bathroom!

don't ask how I figured that out!

[nolabear]

75. Oh I do. I do! But Schiff looks so good doing it.

I swear I dreamed about that black marble wall.

[IcyPeas]

96. I think you are wrong

the marble wall is clearly a very deep brown/red.

[nolabear]

97. Let's vote on that. The vote makes it true, right?

[C_U_L8R]

83. Yup. Done that.

Haha haha.

[Blaukraut]

58. Will the House managers get a rebuttal after the Defense's alloted time?

Or will Cippolone's and Sekulow's lies be the last impression in people's minds?

[SamKnause]

60. Everyone was in the loop.

Lev Parnas confirmed that as well.

[nolabear]

61. Love the reading of Volker text "Good luck! See you tomorrow."

Chirpy.

[BumRushDaShow]

63. Schiff: WH argument - "Can't indict him. Can't impeach him"

[SamKnause]

64. Damn he is good !!!

Side by side comparisons.

Draft by the Ukrainians. (Didn't mention the Bidens)

Draft by Giuliani. (Must include the Bidens or no deal)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

66. glad there will be transcripts of this

[SamKnause]

68. And videos spread all over the world.

[BumRushDaShow]

67. And there it is - violation of the Impoundment Control Act (GAO)

[ancianita]

71. How about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, that 45 wanted to get rid of?!

[BumRushDaShow]

73. I think some of that is embedded in some of the still redacted stuff

in the Mueller report.

[ancianita]

78. Probably. And redacted truths about that crime will come out eventually.

[BumRushDaShow]

86. There is still grand jury info they are trying to get IIRC.

[ancianita]

94. If that could only do it for us, at this point.

[SamKnause]

74. I don't think he has given up on that.

I think he brought it up again recently.

[SamKnause]

72. I love he has mentioned common sense several times.

I have this discussion often.

Seems many are lacking in that quality.

[ancianita]

81. He's also rhetorically claiming ownership of that phrase to define it differently from the way

Republican defense has tried to use it. One of his several brilliant framing moves.

[BumRushDaShow]

76. Schiff - "No quid pro quo except this quid pro quo"

(a phrase that he uttered yesterday too)

[backtoblue]

79. Amb. Taylor testimony clip

The witnesses who came forward, despite the WH stonewalling.........those decent people are needed serving our country.

I hope we can reverse this course....

[DeminPennswoods]

80. I hope one of the Dem senators remembers to ask

Cipollone what exactly Eisenberg said to him after Schiff said Eisenberg briefed Cipollone.

[BumRushDaShow]

82. Here comes the Mulvaney presser clip!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

84. ah, just Get Over It!

He pounded that.

[woodsprite]

85. The Repubs don't plan on ever having a different party in the Presidency ever. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

87. That summarizes the war we are in.

[Wednesdays]

88. Which means, there will be much more of this

beginning as early as next week. Open cheating on a massive scale.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

89. OT (off-topic): my dog wonders why I keep pacing through his living room

[BumRushDaShow]

90. LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

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[kag]

92. Aaagggh! I have to leave for a doc appointment.

But I love listening to Schiff. He is quite eloquent.