November 20, 2019

Puppet Trump wanted his own puppet in Ukraine

Putin's puppet, Donald Trump, wanted to be like his daddy Vladdy. He pounced on the new president of Ukraine in the hope of having his own puppet, partially to impress and please Putin, but also to show that he's a powerful dictator, too.

The investigation of the Bidens and 2016 was not as important as having the head of a foreign state announce an investigation. The announcement could be pointed to by Trump over and over for as long as there was no conclusion from the sham investigation. With no actual investigation or conclusions, it would provide fodder for unending right-wing conspiracy theories and incitement.

If Ukraine's President Zelensky had done this one favor for Trump, the next favor would be easier to secure and Trump would have his very own puppet. Trump would no longer be the odd man out in the ring of dictators he so admires.

The whistleblower blew up the wannabe dictator's "perfect" plan. Trump got caught. Is it any wonder he rages about the whistleblower?

November 19, 2019

***IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING NOV 19 THREAD 2***

Link to 1st thread, with streams:
***IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING NOV 19 THREAD 1***

November 18, 2019

Axios: public hearings schedule, Tue, Wed, Thur

https://www.axios.com/trump-impeachment-hearings-schedule-7a2f29de-03cf-4562-9fab-7e9e89fa5aa0.html

Tuesday AM: Lt. Col Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams

[details at link]

Tuesday PM: Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison

[details at link]

Wednesday AM: Gordon Sondland

[details at link]

Wednesday PM: Laura Cooper and David Hale

[details at link]

Thursday: Fiona Hill

[details at link]

November 16, 2019

Republicans keep demanding a whistleblower. Schiff should give them one.

We owe it to Republicans to replace Chairman Schiff's gavel with a whistle.

November 14, 2019

Devin Nunes is bravely defending Trump. That's bad news for the president

Devin Nunes is bravely defending Trump. That's bad news for the president

by Richard Wolffe

The ex-dairy farmer isn’t exactly the cream of the cream: his bizarre claims on the president’s behalf have backfired

If you were on trial on national television, facing the possible loss of your job and the probable loss of what remains of your reputation, you might not place your fate in the hands of Devin Nunes.

Nunes is a one-time dairy farmer who now milks the bursting udders of an entire herd of conspiracy-minded cows.

Mad cow disease had the rare power to leap across species through an unusually mysterious vector known as a prion. Mad Devin disease appears similarly devastating to the human brain through an unusually mysterious vector known as Vladimir Putin.

The California congressman – who somehow qualified as the most senior Republican on the House intelligence committee – opened his defense of Donald Trump with a long moo about Moscow and the Democrats’ interest in the Mueller investigation.

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November 9, 2019

Reminder: Transcripts, etc. available ...

The transcripts and other documents related to the Ukraine impeachment inquiry are available at:

https://www.justsecurity.org/67076/public-document-clearinghouse-ukraine-impeachment-inquiry/

As reported by blaze on DU:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212666250

Examples:

Hill Deposition Excerpts released Nov 8

(Full transcript also available there)

LTC Vindman Deposition Excerpts released Nov. 8

(Full transcript also available there)