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The whistle-blower's report has been declassified
ReplyDeleteand may be released Thursday morning.
So, how are you sleeping now, Susan?
No, actually I'm not sleeping better. Mikel Jollett said "There is no anger like that of a narcissist losing control of a story about himself. This is going to get UGLY". Yes, it will and dangerous for us as well. Did you see that yesterday trump *announced* that Nancy Pelosi is no longer Speaker of the House - as if he has any say in the matter. He's freaking out big time and he is at his most dangerous now.
DeleteYeah, I did see that.
DeleteAnd, yes, he isn't likely to resign as Nixon did. Rather a malignant narcissist will dig in and go ballistic. As I've said from the start, I just hope he doesn't go nuclear. But at least at this point, lots of eyes are focused on him.
He not only said Nancy Pelosi isn't the Speaker anymore, he demanded to know who gave information to the whistleblower, because he wants them punished. He's losing it.
His days are numbered. Sleep on that.
"When it Ukrains, it pours"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/2019/09/26/media/stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel-seth-meyers-trevor-noah-late-night-trump-ukraine/index.html
House Hearing on the Whistleblower [Click]
ReplyDeleteSeptember 26, 2019 at 8:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 218 Comments
Joseph Maguire, the acting Director of National Intelligence, will testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee at 9 a.m. ET.
The whistleblower complaint has now been made public. [Click]
Playbook: “The Democrats’ goal is to understand what the White House and DOJ did to block Congress from getting the whistleblower’s complaint and IG report, and why. Was there a cover-up? Who ordered what, when, why and through what channels?”
The three major broadcast networks have switched to live coverage of the hearing, demonstrating the historic nature of this hearing.
Will the White House and Cabinet staff members suddenly discover a need to spend more time with their families? Or at least a whole bunch of them?
DeleteWe can but hope.
DeleteNotes from elsewhere:
ReplyDeleteThe complaint cites President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, efforts to hide the call records inside the White House, concerns about Rudy Giuliani from many U.S. officials and an abrupt stoppage of foreign aid, among other things.
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“According to a person familiar with the content of the complaint who spoke to Just Security, when the call was over, senior White House officials pulled the verbatim transcript out of the system that it is traditionally stored on and moved it into a separate system reserved for extremely sensitive/highly compartmented programs.”
Impeachment May Crowd Out Some 2020 Candidates [Click] “There is no political playbook for this. No pollster or strategist to speak from experience.”
President Trump claimed that stock markets would crash if he were impeached.
Said Trump: “If they actually did this the markets would crash Do you think it was luck that got us to the best Stock Market and Economy in our history. It wasn’t!”
Cracks Emerge Among Senate Republicans [Click] Quick! Hammer the wedges in!
Brittany Howard finds freedom after Alabama Shakes [Click]
Parliament: MPs reject recess for Tory conference [Click] Hardball City. “It is the seventh vote the government has lost out of eight held in the Commons since Boris Johnson became PM.”
The Terrible Threesome, Donald, Boris and BB aren't having a very good month, are they?
DeleteThree Decades Ago, America Lost Its Religion. Why? [Click] An interesting, indeed thoroughly plausible, thesis.
ReplyDeleteTrump In Denial About His Predicament [Click] Good—that means he will step in it again.
Supporters for Devin Nunes’ cow’s [Twitter account] rally outside court hearing [Click] Judge wants real name of fake cow before acting on Devin Nunes’ Twitter lawsuit; Twitter refuses to say who’s behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes' cow has emailed me, ridiculing Nunes' claim to be a farmer on the basis of having bought a small farm that produces no revenue. Small? As in maybe big enough for one cow.
DeleteManafort is the Key [Click]
ReplyDeleteNew York Times: “The online ticker for ActBlue, the company that processes most online Democratic donations, showed that Tuesday was one of the bigger fund-raising days in recent months that was not linked to a Democratic debate or a monthly deadline. The site showed $4.6 million in donations on Tuesday, after $4.2 million on Monday.” I wonder how WinRed is doing…
If This Whistleblower’s Identity Is Revealed, We Might All Regret It [Click]
'What they put on the fields contaminates our water': Iowa's pollution problem [Click]
ReplyDeleteIn a few minutes I will be off to a science fiction convention in teh Twin Cities. May not be around much until I am back Monday.
ReplyDeleteHave fun, Bill.
DeleteFor the rest of us, it just feels like we're at a Sci Fi Convention. ;-)
Have a good time, Bill. Travel safely!
DeleteDT is blowing a seal on camera. "The Democrats are making this up." "Joe Biden and his son walked away with millions from Ukraine and China." CNN is fact-checking his words real-time on screen.
ReplyDeleteWhat did the Vice President know and when did he know it?
ReplyDeleteAbuse of Power
ReplyDeleteCover Up
This is far bigger than Watergate, especially as it involves a foreign power.
And using the code-word protected computer system to hide the information!
And this was not the first time this system had been used this way...!
Now I know why Speaker Pelosi spoke of keeping a narrow focus. It could be huge and unwieldy!
NYTimes reporting that DT wants staff to tell him who gave information to the whistleblower, speaking of punishment for spies, and calling it treason. He thinks that "treason" means doing something against HIM.
ReplyDeleteA whistleblower is supposed to have protection against retaliation. And what about those who spoke up?
The sh!t is hitting the fan.
Rats always sow the seeds of their own destruction.
ReplyDeleteThis guy shovels on the manure and compost too.
It seems to me that Joe Biden will gain support from all of this.
ReplyDeleteThat's not necessarily a desirable outcome.
DeleteI agree with Cat.
Delete“Allies of Joe Biden, concerned about his slipping poll numbers in the Democratic presidential primary and an onslaught of attacks from President Trump, are weighing whether to mobilize a super PAC supporting Mr. Biden and have held conversations with wealthy donors to gauge their interest in contributing money,” the New York Times reports.
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Accepting money from fat cats might not be totally helpful these days...
I just now read the article about Bernie's waffling on war and peace, and here's what I think, for what it may be worth.
ReplyDeleteThe real world is complicated. Sometimes you have to defend yourself. Sometimes you have to help your friends defend themselves, and sometimes you have to defend those who are too weak to defend themselves. Both on the level of individuals and on the level of nations, some bullies, psychopaths and the like simply do not respond to coaxing, reasoned negotiations and the like, but only to force. Of course nonviolent means are always preferable. But sometimes such means don't work. And when they don't, it is necessary to back up threats with action.
In the real world, too, it is not always easy or even possible to know in advance whether force will work in limited doses or whether it may need to be sustained. Nor indeed is it always easy to know exactly what action will work. It is also an unpleasant but unavoidable fact that political, economic or other realities may influence the decision of whether to take violent action and what violent action to take.
In other words, blanket pacifism is neither desirable nor possible except maybe for the armchair legislator. There are times when military intervention is, in fact, necessary. The trick is in recognizing these rare cases and knowing when to rely on nonviolent interventions. Unfortunately, Bernie's only human, and he can't always call these things accurately.
Do I agree with every decision listed in the article? No. For one, I thought the bombing of Kosovo was wrongheaded. At the same time, I am not a U.S. Representative or Senator. I do not have access to all the intelligence and other data they have access to. It seems to me that Bernie, like every other rep. and senator, does the best he can to balance a number of competing and even contradictory imperatives. Do I always agree with his decisions? No. Is he always right by some abstract criterion? No. Is he perfect? No. But I trust him to use the brain God gave him and always to try to do what is right, or at least, what is least wrong. I can't say that for everyone currently in Congress or in government as a whole.
Sure. I get that it's an imperfect world. And I truly believe that Bernie is a good and honorable person.
DeleteWhat I don't accept is that it was somehow the right move to place F35s in Vermont's largest city. ALL of Vermont's delegation supported doing so! I do NOT understand that and to date not one of them has explained why. In fact, none of them ever met with the city council where the jets are based. I'm really pissed about it.
Here's a nice little tidbit, in case you missed it:
ReplyDelete“In the hours after the release Wednesday of the rough transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the White House circulated an email with proposed talking points for Trump’s defenders,” the Washington Post reports.
“Unfortunately for the White House, the email was mistakenly sent to not only Republicans but also Democratic lawmakers and their staff.”
Former DNI Clapper Impressed By Quality Of Whistleblower Complaint [Click]
ReplyDeleteSchiff Worried About Whistleblower’s Safety [Click] You don’t say.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats Eye Quick Impeachment Probe [Click] Hmmmmm…….
‘Management Bedlam’ at Fox News [Click]
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) tells MSNBC [Click] that President Trump “reeks of corruption” and “sounds like a criminal.”
Said Harris: “I was a prosecutor, and in a court I would be arguing that this is evidence of consciousness of guilt. The guy is scared because he knows he is going to be defeated in this election.”
Harris calls for NY bar association probe into Giuliani [Click]
Politico: Crime, cover-up or complicity? White House lawyers draw new scrutiny. [Click]