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The first day of Trump’s second Impeachment Trial

Posted on February 9, 2021 by a1skeptic

Today, as most of you know, is the first day of the 2nd impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, the former President of the United States. The presentation this week from the House Impeachment Managers is likely to use a … Continue reading →

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Shame on all the Republicans who claimed impeachment would restrain Donald Trump

Posted on February 10, 2020 by a1skeptic

Shame on all the Republicans who claimed impeachment would restrain Donald Trump, especially you, Susan Collins. Collins claims to be a moderate and an independent voice. She is so full of shit. Every time she has the chance to do … Continue reading →

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Who knew that Mitt Romney, who threw his own signature health care law under a bus, would be a Profile in Courage?

Posted on February 6, 2020 by a1skeptic

I was never that big a fan of Mitt Romney. He was Governor of Massachusetts for a term, but to get there he had to lie, flagrantly, about his being pro-choice. (Spoiler alert: he’s not.) In 2012 I argued the … Continue reading →

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Irony is Dead (or at least on life-support)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by a1skeptic

When you see Ken Starr getting up in front of the Senate and the American public, and lamenting that we’ve arrived at an “age of impeachment,” then you know that irony is dead. Or at least on life support. Ken … Continue reading →

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I never thought I would see the day where I would be in support of John Bolton

Posted on January 28, 2020 by a1skeptic

Boy, I never thought I would see the day where I would be in support of John Bolton. He is a neocon’s neocon. He and I aren’t likely to agree on just about anything. And yet, here we are. Bolton … Continue reading →

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President’s Team still claiming there was no Quid Pro Quo.

Posted on January 24, 2020 by a1skeptic

It’s interesting that the President’s team is still claiming that there was no quid pro quo because that’s what the President told Ambassador Sondland on their September 9 phone call. Just to review the time-line: July 25, Trump makes his … Continue reading →

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Day 1 of the Impeachment Trial

Posted on January 22, 2020 by a1skeptic

One of the interesting things about the first day of yesterday’s impeachment trial is that the President’s attorneys kept making the point that the President didn’t respond to the subpoenas issued by the House because the House did not begin … Continue reading →

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Seven Fallacies about Impeachment to keep in mind

Posted on January 22, 2020 by a1skeptic

As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump finally gets rolling, this might be a good time to review some of the legalities of impeachment. It turns out that the gold standard for books about impeachment is Charles Black’s Impeachment (A … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 23

Posted on January 21, 2020 by a1skeptic

As the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins this morning, there has been a bit of focus on the oath that Senators have to swear in order to be jurors in the impeachment trial. That oath says: Do you … Continue reading →

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The notion that Trump did not get due process before the House Committees is laughable on its face

Posted on December 22, 2019 by a1skeptic

In the impeachment debate before the House there some remarkable claims relative to the due process that President Trump allegedly did not receive (if you can believe the GOP) before the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee in … Continue reading →

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