After watching Lev Parnas’ inteview on Rachel Maddow’s show, I couldn’t help thinking back to an Around the Block I wrote in September 2019 called, “Impeachment Smoking Gun: Tapes, then; Whistleblower complaint now?”
Read on to see the parallels.
Category Archives: Impeachment
Note to Nancy Pelosi: Subpoena Bolton
It’s clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s strategy to negotiate with the Senate to establish the rules for the impeachment trial before she releases the House Articles of Impeachment is not going to work. Majority leader Mitch McConnell has the 51 votes to block any pre-trial guidelines, including calling witnesses and introducing documents (AKA “evidence”) that were blocked during the House hearings.
Ukraine election interference? Trump: “Putin told me!”
News with a Twist
Trump: Ukraine did it. Putin told me.
Founders apoplectic – Debating next steps
Impeachment? Never mind!
After Sen. John N. Kennedy triples down and a new poll reveals Republicans rank Trump second to only Reagan as the “best GOP president,” is it time to “give up the ghost?”
If you can only read one book about impeachment, this is the one
Commentary
I urge anyone interested in the future of our country, in the future of our democracy, in the future of the American “experiment,” to read Neal Katyal’s new book, “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.”
John Kennedy, I knew John Kennedy. And you’re no John Kennedy!
Commentary
Louisiana senator’s outrageous statements regarding Ukraine interference topped only by his cowardly retraction
“Nuff Said”
Commentary
Are the impeachment hearings causing my world to turn upside down? I’ve turned to professional commentators and reporters to help answer the question.
White House and Republicans discuss impeachment trial
Commentary
Republican senators and senior White House officials met privately Thursday to map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial of President Trump — like jury tampering on steroids.
Fox News? More Like Trump’s Impeachment Shield
Commentary
A while back MSNBC had a terrific tag line: “We watch Fox News, so you don’t have to.” Before that Jon Stewart’s Daily Show provided plenty of insight (and ridiclule) into how Fox was covering their version of the “news.”
Mitch McConnell claims Senate trial ‘would not lead to a removal’ of Trump if held today
Commentary
I, like anyone else who’s interested in the potential impeachment of Donald Trump, has learned that impeachment, although a political process, is handled like a legal procedure:
Around the Block 