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Americans knew almost nothing about the Mueller investigation until it was completed and the report was released. On the day after Mueller testified before Congress, Trump phoned Volodymyr Zelensky seeking political help. There were other people in the room and/or on the line when Trump made the call. Yes, witnesses. Mueller was unable to prove, or disprove, that Trump was guilty of obstruction of justice. The phone call is different. We all know Trump made the call, we know he withheld military aid then asked for a "favor" and we know he wanted foreign agents to dig up dirt on the man he could be running against in 2020. Trump, surprisingly, admitted all this.
The Mueller report probably didn't lead many people to think Trump should be impeached. Trump's solicitation of foreign interference in a US election, well, that's pretty clear-cut. It's a violation of his oath of office, it jeopardizes the fairness of a Presidential election and it poses a threat to national security. The number of Americans who believe Trump should be impeached is growing. Trump is already using the threat of impeachment as an issue in his campaign ads: "Don't let those angry, bitter, evil Democrats steal the election!" (I'm paraphrasing.) Trump's blindly loyal supporters – his "base" – will continue to worship him and defend him no matter what happens. A growing number of the rest of us want him impeached and removed from office before he can do further damage to our democracy.
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Donald Trump is nicknamed "Teflon Don" for his ability to somehow survive every scandal, every bankruptcy, every lawsuit and every investigation. His luck may be running out. It looks increasingly likely that his tried-and-true tactic – "attack, deflect, disparage, discredit" – won't work this time.
For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...aced/23822575/
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Polls show Joe Biden easily defeating Emperor Trump in 2020 – so Trump withholds military aid from Ukraine, then implores Ukraine's President to dig up dirt on Biden and offers the assistance of his personal lawyer and the US Attorney General. Trump's solicitation of election interference is immoral, improper, inappropriate, underhanded, unethical, unConstitutional – and, as a new poll shows, not surprising. Americans know there is no limit to the depths Trump can sink to.
Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump's actions tied to Ukraine: Poll
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...oll/ar-AAI1gY7
Whistleblower is expected to testify soon, Schiff says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ays/ar-AAI1pha
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Donald Trump, as per the Washington Post, has told more than 12,000 lies since becoming President. In August 2018, Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani told NBC's Meet The Press, "Truth isn't truth." Trump and Giuliani: Partners in crime.
Giuliani's journey to the center of Trump's impeachment battle began with a phone call in 2018
The former Mayor's strategy to push a counternarrative about the Russian investigation has boomeranged back to hit the President.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/29/pol...all/index.html
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The South Carolina Senator is a typical Republican: "See no evil in Trump, hear no evil about Trump, speak no evil about Trump." The Republican party takes priority over the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Four hundred days till Election Day.
Lindsey Graham: 'I have zero problems with this phone call'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...all/ar-AAI1Brk
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Sports Betting Dime, an online gambling site, tracks the odds of Trump being impeached:
https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/po...eachment-odds/
Republican leadership memo suggests Senate can't block trial if House votes to impeach
Yahoo News, Sep 29 2019 12:53 PM
As impeachment proceedings officially begin in the House, speculation has quickly turned to how they might end in the Senate. Republican leadership clarified that the Senate must take action if the lower chamber approves articles of impeachment against President Trump. "There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles to the Senate," stated a GOP leadership memo reportedly obtained by HuffPost. "The rules of impeachment are clear on this point."
Articles of impeachment are drafted and voted on in the House, leading to a trial in the Senate. With a Republican majority in the Senate, at least 20 votes from Donald Trump’s own party would be required to reach the 67 necessary to remove him as president, assuming all Democrats and the two independents vote to convict.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...each/23823020/
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Froma Harrop, whose bi-weekly syndicated political column appears in Newsday, Seattle Times, Denver Post, Arizona Republic and dozens of other newspapers, explains why Trump is trying to smear Joe Biden but not trying to smear Elizabeth Warren:
There's a good reason why Trump is intent on smearing Biden
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/opini...rop/index.html
Former Ukraine prosecutor says he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden
Yuri Lutsenko says he repeatedly rebuffed Giuliani's demands to investigate Joe Biden and his son,
insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue despite Trump's allegations.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/sto...ongdoing-biden
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Eighty-seven percent of Democrats support the impeachment inquiry and 77% of Republicans are opposed. Republicans believe they will someday be rewarded for their blindly loyal devotion to Donald Trump. They won't be. Trump cares about one person only: himself.
Poll: Majority of Americans say impeachment inquiry into Trump is necessary
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/29/polit...oll/index.html
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Biden's campaign aides are outraged that news programs allow Giuliani to "spread false, debunked conspiracy theories" and "introduce increasingly unhinged, unfounded and desperate lies into the national conversation." Hey, Donald Trump has been doing those same things for many years!
Biden campaign demands TV news executives stop booking Rudy Giuliani
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ani/ar-AAI1I1R
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Emperor Trump is accusing Adam Schiff of lying and wants him investigated for fraud and treason. Emperor Trump is accusing the whistleblower of spreading information that is "largely incorrect." Emperor Trump thinks there are spies in the White House. Emperor Trump is getting increasingly paranoid, deranged, delusional and out of control. Scott Pelley, co-host of 60 Minutes, just announced that CBS has a copy of a letter stating that the whistleblower fears for his life and is now under federal protection. What will happen if Emperor Trump shouts, "Off with his head!"?
Trump demands to meet whistleblower, warns of 'big consequences'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ces/ar-AAI1Qgy
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Kōan is a Japanese word meaning "public proposition." In Zen Buddhism, a kōan is a paradox to be meditated upon. Here is a good example: Why does Emperor Trump have aides, advisers and counselors when he never listens to any of them?
Trump was repeatedly warned by his own staff that the Ukraine conspiracy theory he and Giuliani were pushing was 'completely debunked'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ked/ar-AAI1HQA
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Today on NBC's Meet The Press, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the Trump-Zelensky phone call may be "just the tip of the iceberg." He will lead an investigation of Trump's other phone calls with foreign leaders, Vladimir Putin in particular. Trump gives few details of what he and Putin have discussed in their 11 phone conversations. He swears his interpreters to secrecy and he doesn't allow anyone to take notes. What is Trump hiding? But his is the most transparent administration in US history. He says so. Meanwhile.....
Trump loyalists are working hard to defend the President. It isn't going well.
https://www.vox.com/2019/9/29/208897...stephanopoulos
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An "executive guideline" prevents the Justice Department from indicting a sitting President, although such a rule is not in the Constitution, nor has the Supreme Court ever ruled on the matter. Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to pass legislation specifying that a sitting President can be indicted. A sitting President can be impeached, however. Los Angeles Times columnist Robin Abcarian shares six arguments against impeaching Trump and explains why we should ignore them:
Six arguments against impeaching Trump – and why they are dead wrong
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...mn-impeachment
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Trump insists soliciting another country's help in an election is perfectly okay. It isn't. And because he thinks he's done nothing wrong, he sees no need to prepare a defense of his actions. Instead, the orange-skinned parrot is busy squawking: "Hoax! Witch hunt! Hoax! Witch hunt! The whistleblower is a traitor! Schiff is a traitor! Biden is crooked! Hillary is crooked! The news media are dishonest! Awrrrkkk!" Welcome to Trumpworld.
Trump allies concerned he doesn't understand gravity of impeachment fight
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/30/pol...egy/index.html
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Emperor Trump is really spiraling out of control. I expect any day now he'll start slamming his scepter against the side of his throne while screaming, "Off with their heads!"
Trump suggests intel chairman Adam Schiff should be arrested for 'treason'
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...ason/23823597/
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed by House Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1WF24H
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As an impeachment grows more likely, MSNBC's Ari Melber points out the dilemma of Trump's aides and cabinet officials: "Do they try to save Trump or do they try to save themselves?" Judging by this just-released CNN poll, many are choosing to save themselves.
CNN poll: Rising Republican support for impeaching Donald Trump
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/polit...g-lead-vpx.cnn
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Ain't it amazing how so many of Trump's aides and Cabinet members insist there was nothing inappropriate about his phone call soliciting another country's help in the 2020 election – and yet they all conspired to keep the public from finding out about it? By the way, Donald, Richard Nixon says hello.
Mike Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine phone call at center of impeachment inquiry
The Secretary of State previously dodged questions about the July call.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...quiry-n1060586
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While Emperor Trump and his blindly loyal lapdogs continue to spread fake news and conspiracy theories, Kamala Harris has made a brilliant suggestion: Twitter should suspend Trump's account. I agree – but losing his Twitter account would really send Trump over the edge.
Intelligence community inspector general debunks whistleblower conspiracy pushed by Trump and other Republicans
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/30/pol...int/index.html
Ex-Trump adviser J.W. Verret: Trump's situation 'a lot worse' than Nixon's
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...-worse-vpx.cnn
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Emperor Trump said his phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky was "perfect" and "not inappropriate." I wonder how he'll describe this call that we're just learning about?
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms Trump asked for help investigating Mueller probe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...obe/ar-AAI4GN3
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Vain, pompous, egotistical, narcissistic Emperor Trump repeated the words of an evangelical pastor who is one of his blindly loyal supporters and is also anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT: Impeaching Trump and removing him from office will cause a "Civil War-like fracture" from which our nation will never heal. I have my own idea: Our nation will begin healing the very second he's out of office.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Trump's 'Civil War' threat: 'Beyond reprehensible '
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...nt/3826593002/
Nancy Pelosi is looking at many impeachable offenses that may have been committed by Emperor Trump. She emphasizes the inquiry is about far more than "just a phone call." Here is more fuel for the fire:
President Trump may have lied to Mueller about his campaign's contacts with WikiLeaks, House Democrats say
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...say/ar-AAI4YaL
