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Watching the Senate Trial. The House managers are arguing testimony and documents are still required. Is this a tacit admission that they lack the evi...
January 31, 2020 at 19:52
Last ditch deep-state effort to influence the Senate trial. Trump Told Bolton to Help His Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Book Says
January 31, 2020 at 18:15
Everyone from Clinton to Bush to Obama promised to move the embassy only to break their promises. Not Trump. He finally moved the embassy after senate...
January 31, 2020 at 08:32
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Happy Brexit day. Congratulations on regaining sovereignty.
January 31, 2020 at 08:21
That’s the problem with contextomy because all one has to do is look at what was left out to see the truth of the matter, and to notice the bad faith ...
January 30, 2020 at 23:59
He was corrected by Trump himself. Mulvaney clarified that he was not in fact speaking about a quid pro quo, claiming the media misconstrued his state...
January 30, 2020 at 18:45
That was a horrific argument. Very disappointed with the old civil libertarian on that one. The press will chew it up.
January 30, 2020 at 08:25
I stand corrected. His minor children benefitting from his position would present a legal a conflict of interest, but his elder son benefitting from h...
January 30, 2020 at 08:06
That’s not the case because there are conflict of interest statutes on the books, violations of which are criminal offences. As I’ve said before, inve...
January 29, 2020 at 21:50
I say it’s “required” because the president has a duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”. So it is clearly right that he make sure g...
January 29, 2020 at 19:30
I think equality, as an ideal, should only apply in matters of law and justice. But outside of that I cannot see equality as anything worth striving f...
January 29, 2020 at 18:15
Lol I love your avatar. Just noticed it.
January 29, 2020 at 17:05
I’ve always said that Trump asking Zelensky to investigate Biden’s possible corruption and Ukraine meddling in the 2016 election was certainly not imp...
January 29, 2020 at 17:03
It’s clear that the “premises of life” are actually the premises of their author. Therefor Life isn’t the one in need of justification and reform.
January 29, 2020 at 16:47
In some cultures suicide was honorable and even heroic. Nowadays it’s difficult to imagine that once upon a time some would commit suicide to maintain...
January 29, 2020 at 16:38
You wouldn't listen to the defense attorney's arguments because he from the defense? Wow. A stark confession of bias. Let's hope they never call you f...
January 28, 2020 at 21:39
Creativity may be a decent conduit through which to sublimate ones suffering.
January 28, 2020 at 20:48
It's difficult to compare the premises of life to anything else because the premises of life are all we know. I think disliking the premises of life i...
January 28, 2020 at 20:08
I actually like Bernie, but I apologize for shining a light on your sacred cows.
January 28, 2020 at 19:46
I'm not a lawyer so I'll just defer to Judge Ken Starr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gntJ5nTcg4Y
January 28, 2020 at 19:43
Big News. Trump releases long-awaited Middle-East peace plan Trump releases long-awaited Middle-East peace plan
January 28, 2020 at 18:53
Is it the 3 houses? All power to him. Even a self-proclaimed democratic socialist can make it big in America.
January 28, 2020 at 18:32
Who's going to fire him? "Use of the word “other” to link “high crimes and misdemeanors” with “treason” and “bribery” is arguably indicative of the ty...
January 28, 2020 at 17:54
No you're right. I was specifically speaking of the smear campaign involving Giuliani. I imagine smear campaigns against American diplomats is par for...
January 28, 2020 at 17:25
The first amendment protects every citizen, even government officials. The only reason a civil servant can be fired or disciplined is if his speech vi...
January 28, 2020 at 17:22
No, I meant the House, so we disagree. It's obvious what Trump has done, and none of it rises to high crimes and misdemeanors. In fact I think he was ...
January 28, 2020 at 17:06
In the US we have the first amendment, which gives us quite a bit of room to speak freely. As a matter of law, unless the threat is a "true threat", t...
January 28, 2020 at 17:01
The articles of impeachment for Trump are “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress”, not “violating the ICA” and “Obstruction of proceedings befo...
January 28, 2020 at 15:03
Ok, I get it now. My point is the burden of proof is on the House managers (they are like prosecutors) to prove that Trump “pressured” Zelensky. The p...
January 28, 2020 at 14:20
All you have to do is show me where they mention this crime in their impeachment report. They do mention it, by the way, but not against Trump.
January 28, 2020 at 14:08
No it’s not, because they did not accuse Trump of this crime.
January 28, 2020 at 13:52
I saw you saying “ If they want Trump to be acquitted they should prove that executive privilige extends so far that Trump can withhold money in retur...
January 28, 2020 at 13:46
Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees Is a crime.
January 28, 2020 at 13:42
I’ll give you a quick rundown because I see some confusion there. According to the constitution, one can be impeached for committing “treason, bribery...
January 28, 2020 at 13:05
No, the argument that Trump pressured Zelenski is central to the House manager’s case.Curious, but are you aware of the details of the case at all? If...
January 28, 2020 at 12:32
The House’s entire case is premised on their imagination. That’s why it’s falling apart.
January 28, 2020 at 12:20
Then why is it irrelevant if the argument is central to their entire case? You presumed guilt here:"The criminal went out of his way to deny wrongdoin...
January 28, 2020 at 12:15
By the way you’re right I don’t know fallacies, apparently. I didn’t mean begging the question. I meant presumption of guilt.
January 28, 2020 at 06:55
That’s false. You’ve begged the question in all of your false analogies. Not only that but the argument that Trump pressured Zelensky is entirely rele...
January 28, 2020 at 06:23
You just assume that Trump pressured Zelensky. All parties involved say the opposite. So why do you believe Trump pressured Zelensky? Is there any evi...
January 28, 2020 at 06:14
Retreat into your equations all you want. You’re assuming Trump pressured Zelensky without being able to prove it. All parties involved say there was ...
January 28, 2020 at 06:04
Begging the question. Unless you can point to some other reason, the mere accusation of Schiff’s that Trump pressured Zelensky is all you have.
January 28, 2020 at 05:58
There was no pressure according to Ukrainian president and other officials.
January 28, 2020 at 05:33
Don’t take my word for it. https://youtu.be/oPvMuzyVOig
January 28, 2020 at 05:19
I accept that. That’s at least fair. But I have to ask, how many truths has he spoken? Either way, this is the politics of words. Anyone can talk. Any...
January 28, 2020 at 05:17
Pam Bondi’s case against Hunter, complete with documents and congressional testimony, was pretty damning. I wouldn’t mind hearing the house Manager’s ...
January 27, 2020 at 23:12
There has been zero investigations into Biden’s conflict of interest to this day.
January 27, 2020 at 22:42
Biden’s conflict of interest was brought up to Biden’s office by George Kent, according to Kent’s testimony to Congress.
January 27, 2020 at 22:38
According to documents presented to the senate Burisma payed Hunter Biden $83,333 a month without experience in natural gas, the energy sector, and wi...
January 27, 2020 at 22:32