January 31, 2020

Did Trump just admit his lawyers sucked? Had none?

And no witnesses. What about Johnathan Turkey?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1223351951963967488?s=19

January 31, 2020

Jeff Tiedrich sums it up perfectly

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1223254862357585920?s=20

January 31, 2020

Parkhomenko on a roll today: Speaking of the Super Bowl, tough guy real man doesn't seem to know who

is playing."

BTW, Parkhomenko, Dem strategist, predicted only 3 votes weeks ago.

1.31.20

Good morning. There are 277 days until the presidential election. Cowardly, complicit and compromised, Senate Republicans prepare a death blow for democracy, Pompeo gets right back to dirty tricks and House Democrats try to rein in Trump on Iran.

Note: There’s no way to sugarcoat this shit. Today is a pretty damn bad day for our nation and our democracy. We were so depressed last night we drove our chevy to the levy, but we forgot that son of a bitch was dry and there were just a bunch of old men there drinking whiskey and rye and frankly we had our fill of drunk old men while watching the U.S. Senate for the past few days. So we just went home, and on our way, we resolved that this nauseating tragedy will not break our spirit. No matter what, we are in this fight. You know why? Because what the fuck else are we gonna do? Quit? Start calling him Mr. President? Bow to McConnell? Start wearing red hats? Start wearing that ugly shit Ivanka makes? Yeah, we don’t think so. So we’ll watch today as feeble old men anoint a gameshow host a king simply because they’re too afraid of him to say no, then we’ll take tomorrow off and we’ll enjoy the Super Bowl on Sunday and probably the final episodes of Bojack Horseman and we just found out Netflix picked up all of the Police Academy movies. All of them. And we lost our train of thought. Oh yeah, a weekend of licking our wounds is fine, but we’ve got work to do. This was already going to be the toughest election of our lifetimes. But now that the Senate and the Chief Justice have joined the president in inviting the world’s worst actors to involve themselves in our democracy, we’re really gonna have to get after it. Oh well. Bring it, Vlad. We’re Americans. We’re too dumb to quit. Let’s get crazy. Have a good weekend.

Note two: Speaking of the Super Bowl, tough guy real man doesn’t seem to know who’s playing. Here’s Trump’s answer when asked who he wants to win: “Well, I love them both, let’s just say. But I will tell you, some two very interesting teams and interesting players. And it’s going to be hopefully a great Super Bowl.” What a moron. Can you believe they’re flushing our country down the toilet for this asshat?

Note three: Here’s an example of the kinds of stuff we were thinking about last night. Since we’re gonna have a king now, who do you think is the court jester? While you can make a strong case for Lindsey or Devin or Ronna NotRomney, we’re leaning toward Rand. He just seems made to wear the outfit. Dude was born to have bells on the tips of his pointy shoes and a hat befitting his own ridiculousness. And of course then there’s the fact that he’s a complete joke and despicable garden gnome of a man.

Note four: Someone please tell the NYT nobody gives a fuck about their kiss-ass profiles of Mittens Romney. Does nobody in this town have one goddamn ounce of self-respect?!

Treason

The suspense -- and our democracy -- ended last night when Tennessee chickenshit Lamar Alexander announced he would vote against hearing from witnesses. Lamar, who will now be forever remembered as a coward, acknowledged that House Democrats had proved their case and that what Trump did was “inappropriate.” But like the rest of the Senate GOP, Lamar is a weakling. And now he’s a weakling who helped make a dangerous man a king. Let’s make these assholes regret every second they were selling out America. Pick a Senate race: Gardner in Colorado, McSally in Arizona, Tillis in North Carolina and Collins in Maine (We all know what she was doing). The only way to make these fuckers feel pain is to take their seats from them. Let’s not be defeated. Let’s be fired up. Because late tonight, when no one is looking, these scumbags are going to vote to give away our country to criminals and kleptocrats. And if that doesn’t piss you off, then nothing will. More: Washington Post

They barely broke stride

No, Trump and his henchmen are not going to stop what they’re doing. Hell, the Senate hasn’t even made their free pass official yet and Pompeo is still up to his old tricks. Visiting Ukraine, because nothing matters, Pompeo still refused to offer a White House visit to Zelensky. And because he’s been broken and battered by our corruption, the Ukraine president continued to kiss Trump’s ass. It’s all so heartbreaking to watch. Maybe the press corps traveling with Pompeo could try some hard questions. Seems like they owe it to their colleague who got kicked off the plane. More: New York Times

Worth the effort

House Democrats on Thursday passed two measures that would limit Trump’s ability to start a war with Iran, but we know what happens next. We applaud Democrats for taking this long overdue action, but it’s hard to feel optimistic about its chances today. Either it denies beneath McConnell’s wrinkled tortoise fingers or it dies with a Trump veto. Ain’t nobody coming to save us, folks. This one is on us. More: CNN

Today’s clips

Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White House.
More: Associated Press

What wasn’t on the White House or State Department agendas: a meeting with private equity investors convened by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior advisor, and U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad. During our conversation with Shong at the time, he revealed he had accepted the administration’s invitation for Chinese investors to offer advice in a small-group forum with the two U.S. officials as they worked to outline the administration’s policy.
More: CNBC

Speaking at a private event in Austin Thursday, Former National Security Advisor John Bolton defended government officials who testified in front of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry.
More: KXAN

Senate investigators have conducted an extensive interview of a whistleblower at the Internal Revenue Service who has alleged improper political interference in the audit of the president or vice president, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
More: Washington Post
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said he has “no problem” with a White House lawyer’s argument that American politicians can accept damaging information on their opponents from a foreign country — a contention that fueled a heated back-and-forth late Thursday on the Senate floor.
More: Politico

Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.
More: Associated Press

Ten days before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman dined with President Trump at his Washington hotel, they were part of a small group of Republican Party donors who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, a new recording shows.
More: Washington Post

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday named Timothy Shea, one of his closest advisers, to be the next top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.
More: WTOP

Last May, the Atlantic announced that Rahm Emanuel, who’d just left his post as Chicago mayor, would be joining the magazine as a contributing editor. “The Atlantic will be the primary home for Emanuel’s writing, with the former mayor contributing frequent essays to The Atlantic’s Ideas section,” read the announcement on Emanuel’s accession. He had already written for the magazine while serving as mayor, opining on such topics as beating Trump and education reform.
More: Washington Post






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January 31, 2020

Throwback Thursday on Friday: November 15, 2017

Reps Steve Cohen - D-TN, Marcia Fudge - D-OH, Al Green - D-TX, Luis Gutierrez D-IL, Adriano Espaillat - D-NY and John Yarmuth - D-KY introduced 5 articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump. House Res 621.

In December of 2017, almost one year in, Trump's worst approvals #s:
Gallup 35%
Reuters 33%
Quinnipiac 37%
CBS 36%

Guiterrez:

The 5 Articles:

Full text and detail
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/621/text

Article 1
Obstruction of Justice

Article 2
Violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause

Article 3
Violation of the Domestic Emoluments Clause

Article 4
Abuse of Power - Undermining the independence of the Federal Judiciary and the Rule of Law

Article V
Undermining the Freedom of the Press

January 30, 2020

So no rules? They bring up Steele.? Dems, pile on! Ask questions

Ask about the assassination. Ask about getting people to break law. Ask about him removing reg stopping coal cos from dumping sludge with cancer causing materials in our water!

Pile on!!!!!

He's been doing agregious things since day 1.

January 29, 2020

Doesn't today prove Bolton has the goods?

Unless they are all the greatest actors in the world...they seem to be scared of what Bolton IS gonna say. Ergo, he's got some good shit, right?

January 29, 2020

Question about old color photos, please

Is there a superior way to get a simple old color photo like 4x6..digitized and enlarged to 5x7. Other than going to Walgreens or somewhere like that? Have an old pic I want to enlarge and frame for my brother for his birthday. Thanks in advance.

January 28, 2020

Wow..GOP waiting to see if JB Impeachment slams affect IOWA

https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1221952021651062784?s=20

January 28, 2020

I ❤️ NY. Watch Rudy walking down street