There is no doubt from this letter who has the upper hand in this relationship, and it's NOT Combover Quisling. This is the bully that just had his ass kicked yelling from half a block away that his dad is going to beat up your dad.

#5 Nothing but lies, to be expected from a Drumpf boot licker. I see the Reichwing talking points have come out. I Googled "Schiff no quid pro quo" and EVERY response was a far Reich publication like PJ Media. The fact is that on Face the Nation Chairman Schiff did NOT say there was no quid pro quo, but he was correct when he said they don't have to prove quid pro quo to impeach Combover Quisling. They only have to prove abuse of power, which they have in spades. Quid pro quo is all over this story, it's in the non-transcript, it's in the text messages, and now we know Drumpf dictated the no quid pro quo text in that string himself. Even though they don't need to get to quid pro quo, they'll get there. Abuse of Power Count 1 of the Impeachment.

We also know he dictated the WH Council letter to Speaker Pelosi vowing to block any assistance to the impeachment inquiry, so that's Contempt of Congress, Count 2 of the Impeachment.

So this is why you DON'T want a POTUS with conflicts of interest. Drumpf Towers in Istanbul are owned by a holding company who pay Drumpf millions of dollars for the use of his name. In his first phone call with Erdogan, Combover Quisling brought up Drumpf Towers and bid him greetings from the owners of the holding company. Shortly thereafter Erdogan had one of those owners arrested to show Drumpf who had the power in the US-Turkey relationship. I'm sure when Drumpf and Erdogan had their phone call that lead to this cowardly abandonment of our allies and the eventual reconstitution of ISIS Erdogan told Drumpf if he didn't play ball, they'd make sure Drumpf lost those millions he collects from the towers. Of course Drumpf, being a poor person's idea of a rich man capitulated.

I don't recall where I heard it the other day, likely from Natasha Bertrand so a great source, but apparently Pompeo believes he's going to be POTUS someday.

I think one of two things is going on:

1. He sees how Drumpf in his effort to blamecast would throw Sondland under the bus in a hot minute just like he has Pence, and will likely do to Ghouliani. Sondland wants to get out early and be on the right side of history, maybe even get some sort of immunity deal for his testimony.

2. As already mentioned he will try to be lawyerly, cast the crimes in Ukraine as just your basic ambassadorial business while defending Combover Quisling.

I'm hoping it will be the former, but I fear it will be the latter.

#6 but can we be sure which side Roberts will be on? Payback is a bitch and I'm sure Roberts recalls being called out by Combover Quisling. Besides, he seems to be concerned about the legacy of his court and I doubt history will look kindly on a SCOTUS that was a rubber stamp for the most criminal POTUS in history.

I believe the vote narrows the scope of the inquiry to what impeachable acts were voted on. If the Dems had hurried to vote on impeachment following Meuller and the 10+ obstruction counts, they would have missed the abuse of power thats bubbling up from Ukraine. I think the rush to vote pushed by the GOP is because there's more bad acts in that server and elsewhere waiting for more whistleblowers.

Actually I read a little different assessment of Rao's dissent, basically that Congress could only perform oversight of POTUS as part of an impeachment inquiry. This is in contradiction to a 1962 SCOTUS ruling. Her fellow panelists slapped her down pretty hard.

One of the Talibaptist leaders (I think Falwell) said that Combover Quisling was "sent by God." That is the textbook definition of "messiah."

The other night on Faux Spews Joe deGenova referred to the Dems impeachment of Dolt45 as "regicide" twice! Regicide is the killing of a king.

Drumpf's attorneys have argued in court that since he cannot be indicted due to the OLC memo that he is is essentially above the law, HE CANNOT EVEN BE INVESTIGATED.

None of those statements has EVER been true of ANY Dem POTUS at any time. Clinton turned over documents and cooperated with Congress in spite of casting the impeachment as wrong because it sprung from a personal relationship. Obama was never personally investigated because he ran a clean administration, and was persinally squeaky clean, which to this day somehow pisses off the Reich.

Do you know who else didn't help us at Normandy, or ANY other US war or police action EVER? ANYBODY named TRUMP! No Trump has EVER served in the US military but we know that during Vietnam Dolt45 actively avoided service under fraudulent pretenses, so he needs to shut his chocolate cakehole over who helped the US in war. The Kurds fought like banshees against ISIS and suffered thousands of times more losses than we did. That we would abandon them to be slaughtered by Turkey and Russia in order to placate Erdogan and Putin is very telling. I'm wondering if Erdogan threatened Drumpf Towers, a conflict of interest that Combover Quisling has freely admitted to on TV.

#1 Putin will send him back. He has served his purpose and is useless to him now.

#3 | POSTED BY NIXON AT 2019-10-10 12:13 PM | FLAG:

Like a used condom, or one of Dolt45's wives.

#7 | POSTED BY DUMBTAKE.
There is nothing illegal about wanting a more liberal immigration policy. Understanding that US foreign policy especially the drug war and now climate change are creating havoc in parts of our sphere of influence is just being realistic. Knowing that our policies are creating refugees and wanting to help those displaced by our policies is simply empathetic. Recognizing that there are plenty of unfilled jobs in this country for unskilled labor makes the choice to pursue a more liberal border policy easy. Besides it would take at least five years for that to pay any sort of electoral benefit because contrary to what Dolt45 claims, "illegals" do not vote and actually Latino naturalized citizens vote at lower levels than other segments of society. If the GOP weren't so racist and xenophobic many of these Latinos would vote for your party. Latinos tend to share some basic philosophies with the GOP not the least of which is strong religious views which tend to oppose abortion.

On the other side, what Trump is doing is patently illegal, clearly spelled out in US election law. So no, the two are nothing alike.

It's remarkable how fast this happened. It's as if the vast majority of Americans can't stand this orange schit stain and want him gone, and the Ukraine story was easy enough for casual news watchers to grasp and recognize that it's not just bad and embarrassing but also an abuse of power and impeachable.

This doesn't seem at all improper or illegal.

Huh, this doesn't seem guilty at all.

It's interesting, Chuck Todd seems to have gone to a spine store and purchased one for himself. Not only is this a good sign, but on his daily MSNBC show he referred to Combover Quisling's actions leading to impeachment as a national crisis.

The clip of Ron Johnson is hilarious. He did comment to the WSJ that he was concerned about Drumpf using a personal favor as the quid pro quo for releasing more military aid to Ukraine. He then saw what Dolt45 tweeted at Romney and being a spineless boot licker he immediately knuckled under and started spouting the regime's lies and conspiracy theories.

So many young adults are moving home because they can't afford to live on their own. Sometimes they bring home a spouse and kids. Elderly parents are moving back in with their kids because they can't afford to live with dignity.

One other note, Democrats believe in government and its ability to make our lives better and the world safer. They believe that a career in public service is laudable and worthwhile. Republicans since Reagan have believed that government is a cancer and have done their best to destroy our government. Now those who support Combover Quisling are truly getting what they wanted, a "leader" who attacks our constitution and violates our laws and norms daily for his own personal gain and they're okay with that as long as they get to "own the libs."

Tillerson and Pompeo have been hollowing out the State Dept from the first days of this criminal regime. They have been seeking out employees who were not sufficiently sycophantic and forcing them to leave. These were career diplomats who served for both Rs and Ds and were more loyal to the constitution than to a president. That's not good enough in Cult45, where it Drumpf uber alles. When Dems regain the WH it will take YEARS to undo the damage inflicted by Diaper Donnie and his Treason Weisels.

I don't think Combover Quisling is chasing the Ukraine/CrowdStrike fantasy because of his insecurity over 2016, it's much worse. He's trying to inoculate Russia. In his syphilis riddled brain if Drumpf can somehow prove ALL the US intelligence agencies wrong and blame the DNC hack on Ukraine then he would be justified in relieving sanctions placed in Russia over the hack that are still crippling their economy. It looks like Ukraine is poised to sign onto a peace plan the greatly favors Putin, which makes Drumpf happy, because then he can then justify inviting Putin to the G-7. Ultimately, Putin's investment in Drumpf's election will have paid major dividends.

Reichwinger butt hurt tears are delicious in the morning. Their cult leader has longed for a Nobel since taking office, to the point of bragging to crowds about a counterfeit nomination and strong arming the leader of Japan, who absolutely needs our support in a current military conflict with China to nominate him.

The fact is the Reichwing howlers are the useful idiots of the fossil fuel industry. Exon-Mobile's scientists decades ago recognized that global climate change was real, man-made and would be disastrous for humanity. The company hid those results and spent years and millions of dollars buying politicians who would muddy the water. The fake talking points the American Reichwing spouts today come directly from the Koch Bros, fossil fuel billionaires who when they started this obfuscation campaign were too old to care about what global warming would do to the planet, they were only interested their bottom line.

Greta is helping Gen Z realize their political power world wide and putting climate change into terms everybody can understand and for that she deserves the Nobel.

This has ALWAYS been the danger of having an occupant of the white house that lies every time he opens his mouth. Like Lewendopy Drumpf feels no compunction to tell the truth to the media, which means he feels no compulsion to be truthful to the American people for whom the media is our window on the workings of government. So here we are, habitual lier vs. The Mullahs. Honestly I don't know who is telling the truth and really NEITHER DO YOU! This and Sharpiegate were more stupid than serious issues, but the fear has always been that at a moment when we needed the WH to give us critical lifesaving information we would have a delivery system less trustworthy than a dime store bow and arrow.

The extortion doesn't have to be spelled out said on the call in order for it to be quid pro quo. Don't forget we don't know what Ghouliani said to the Ukranians, but Drumpf in this call is asking them to work with his PERSONAL ATTORNEY! Hence what he's asking for is benefitting him PERSONALLY!

For you Cult45s here's an example of how quid pro quo works for mobsters like Combover Quisling: I want my dog to roll over. I hold up a Snaussage and say,"roll over." My dog wants the Snaussage and understands that in order to get it he must do what I want, sp he rolls over. I never had to say, "If you want the Snaussage, you must roll over." The same is true of withheld military aid.

More like the beginning of President Pelosi. Don't forget Pence was on calls and met with the Ukranian President, and Drumpf's bagman, Ghouliani, is up to his neck in it. There will be more, Drumpf was very quick to release this transcript, which only bolsters the case for impeachment.

I like how the GOP talking points were quick out of the box today from Cult45, I can tell the GOP is in survival mode. It won't work. Unlike obstruction of justice, quid pro quo is an easy concept for most Americans to grasp. This transcript looks terrible and it's just the beginning. Impeachment may only last a month at this rate.

#7 the article hides nothing. The Diaz' bought the plan three years ago and were screwed because of a narrow flaw in the ACA that allows for transitional crap insurance plans for life changes like the loss of a job. The aricle is clear that the Drumpf regime has stuck a crowbar in that gap and broken it open to allow those plans for a lot more folks. So this is a cautionary tale to people buying insurance who tbink they have coverage.