Impeachment, the Democrats and Putin's poodle
The parallels to Watergate are astounding and the result will be the same. People are not stupid. They also have Trump fatigue. They may just enjoy the holiday instead. That is not a bad thing.
Polls are moving toward removal. Targets, including Mulvaney, Pompeo, Giuliani and Miller, don't get asked to testify. They get arrested. On December 9th, the Supreme Court will announce whether they will hear Trump v. New York. They could also uphold U.S. v. Nixon per curium and give the Democrats the upper hand. Once the trickle of information becomes a flood, the GOP caucus will act in their own interest, just like Watergate.
Finally, Pete Walsh just quit. The Steady State has left the building quite Anonymously. Expect the White House to implode next week. Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Links for 11/26/19
Links for 11/26/19
At any time, a third of Senators want to be President. Trump is gone once the most embarrassing disclosures start.
The late deciders in 2016 were motivated by their bishops over partial birth abortion, which was already illegal. Abortion needs to be handled early to make sure this does not happen.
Gratitude is an action, not a feeling. It implies Someone to be grateful for. As for utility, it is not a bad thing. Moral teaching with no utility does not come from God. Vigano's idiocy proves that point. Faith without freedom is simply loyalty to hubris. Economic reactionaries are full of the same stuff. They are for liberty for the few. Triply so for politicians who wrap the Cross with the Flag. Shapiro confuses natural law with natural rights. One is human dignity, the other is partisan.
At any time, a third of Senators want to be President. Trump is gone once the most embarrassing disclosures start.
The late deciders in 2016 were motivated by their bishops over partial birth abortion, which was already illegal. Abortion needs to be handled early to make sure this does not happen.
Gratitude is an action, not a feeling. It implies Someone to be grateful for. As for utility, it is not a bad thing. Moral teaching with no utility does not come from God. Vigano's idiocy proves that point. Faith without freedom is simply loyalty to hubris. Economic reactionaries are full of the same stuff. They are for liberty for the few. Triply so for politicians who wrap the Cross with the Flag. Shapiro confuses natural law with natural rights. One is human dignity, the other is partisan.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Mayor Pete brings his youth and old, tired ideas to the Democratic race
Mayor Pete brings his youth and old, tired ideas to the Democratic race
Mayor Pete has time to become Governor Pete. His rise in Iowa mostly shows that both Biden and Sanders have a 2024 problem. As the assistant to the City Administrator in DC responsible for management reform in public safety, I may have better experience than Mayor Pete. I certainly have a better tax reform plan. Better than the others too.
Mayor Pete has time to become Governor Pete. His rise in Iowa mostly shows that both Biden and Sanders have a 2024 problem. As the assistant to the City Administrator in DC responsible for management reform in public safety, I may have better experience than Mayor Pete. I certainly have a better tax reform plan. Better than the others too.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Who would go to jail for Donald Trump?
Who would go to jail for Donald Trump?
Giuliani, Pompeo, Perry and Mulvaney have likely become or already had been targets of the investigation, the criminal kind, not the impeachment kind.
The main issue for prosecutors is whether Pence is involved in any of Trump's crimes. They may already have some answers on this, (ask Rick Perry) or will once the claim of absolute presidential immunity is laughed out of the Supreme Court. The prosecutors will then decide whether to offer the Vice President a deal which includes his resignation and invoking the 25th Amendment. Acting Cabinet Secretaries still get to vote
If Trump is smart, he will quit before Pence has to and hope for a pardon. If he tries to pardon Pence in hopes that Pence will return the favor, the honorable thing for Pence to do is quit. Any other action would end the GOP forever.
Trump and the press hold onto the meme that they will rule partisanly on this issue. They won't. Indeed, unless they see a flaw in U.S. v. Nixon, they won't hear the case. They conference on Fridays. If Respondent briefs have been filed, the Court could decide on Trump's petition to quash on Mazars today and could announce on Monday, if not sooner. Once one motion to quash is rejected, all blocking actions will end.
When embarrassing information starts flowing and McGahn starts talking (his subpoena case is due for a decision on Monday, if not sooner), the Senate Republicans will save themselves rather than covering for Trump. Cue Senator Graham for the role of Brutus. Et tu Lindsey?
Giuliani, Pompeo, Perry and Mulvaney have likely become or already had been targets of the investigation, the criminal kind, not the impeachment kind.
The main issue for prosecutors is whether Pence is involved in any of Trump's crimes. They may already have some answers on this, (ask Rick Perry) or will once the claim of absolute presidential immunity is laughed out of the Supreme Court. The prosecutors will then decide whether to offer the Vice President a deal which includes his resignation and invoking the 25th Amendment. Acting Cabinet Secretaries still get to vote
If Trump is smart, he will quit before Pence has to and hope for a pardon. If he tries to pardon Pence in hopes that Pence will return the favor, the honorable thing for Pence to do is quit. Any other action would end the GOP forever.
Trump and the press hold onto the meme that they will rule partisanly on this issue. They won't. Indeed, unless they see a flaw in U.S. v. Nixon, they won't hear the case. They conference on Fridays. If Respondent briefs have been filed, the Court could decide on Trump's petition to quash on Mazars today and could announce on Monday, if not sooner. Once one motion to quash is rejected, all blocking actions will end.
When embarrassing information starts flowing and McGahn starts talking (his subpoena case is due for a decision on Monday, if not sooner), the Senate Republicans will save themselves rather than covering for Trump. Cue Senator Graham for the role of Brutus. Et tu Lindsey?
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Links for 11/21/19
Links for 11/21/19
On the Koch money, it is not the cash that is the problem, but the strings attached (like at the Mercatus Center at George Mason U.). The Rubio comments at CUA are not as much a cafeteria Catholic view as much as a misunderstanding of how economics works at all. Consider the audience. The reality is that capitalism is what hurts the poor and the environment, not the Pope's views. Marco is projecting.
Testing the term Latinx is a branding question. It is better to test it before using it. Also, there is no one Latino economic picture. We should not try to paint one.
The association is all about supporting constitutional rights. Note that supporting the defense of federal supremacy on civil rights cases, equal protection rights for women and their doctors (no criminal investigation of voluntary abortions and not therapeutic abortions or expecting people who contract for murdering an adult have a different penalty for killing a fetus) or, for that matter, investigation of first trimester pregnancy loss at all are the relevant issues, not the moral issues of abortion itself. Anyone who is not literate on these issues should not have a law license at all. Or write about abortion at all.
There are few voters who are not very partisan if they are planning to vote. The question of how to explain abortion rights is important in Midwestern swing states where Catholic bishops have a say in how people vote. If Warren, Klobuchar or Harris treat abortion as a women's issue rather than explaining what I just wrote above so that even Catholic bishops and theologians can understand it, the Blue Wall may be not as much a wall as Rachel 'Doc' Bitecofer says - and she correctly concluded that Hillary's choice of a running mate and her flub on partial birth abortion cost her the election. The main question for voters is still Trump.
Doc will be the first person to take a new look at the election in the likely event that Donald Trump resigns once the Supreme Court rejects his claims of absolute presidential immunity. He thinks that the Republican appointees will vote party on this issue. They won't. Indeed, they will not even hear the case. The popular media meme that questions the loyalty of the Court to the Constitution is toxic. Pence as pro-life candidate will make abortion the main swing state issue. If Pence is implicated and resigns too, all models go out the window - although I suspect that the GOP will still be trounced with Marco Rubio or Lindsey Graham as their standard bearers.
On the Koch money, it is not the cash that is the problem, but the strings attached (like at the Mercatus Center at George Mason U.). The Rubio comments at CUA are not as much a cafeteria Catholic view as much as a misunderstanding of how economics works at all. Consider the audience. The reality is that capitalism is what hurts the poor and the environment, not the Pope's views. Marco is projecting.
Testing the term Latinx is a branding question. It is better to test it before using it. Also, there is no one Latino economic picture. We should not try to paint one.
The association is all about supporting constitutional rights. Note that supporting the defense of federal supremacy on civil rights cases, equal protection rights for women and their doctors (no criminal investigation of voluntary abortions and not therapeutic abortions or expecting people who contract for murdering an adult have a different penalty for killing a fetus) or, for that matter, investigation of first trimester pregnancy loss at all are the relevant issues, not the moral issues of abortion itself. Anyone who is not literate on these issues should not have a law license at all. Or write about abortion at all.
There are few voters who are not very partisan if they are planning to vote. The question of how to explain abortion rights is important in Midwestern swing states where Catholic bishops have a say in how people vote. If Warren, Klobuchar or Harris treat abortion as a women's issue rather than explaining what I just wrote above so that even Catholic bishops and theologians can understand it, the Blue Wall may be not as much a wall as Rachel 'Doc' Bitecofer says - and she correctly concluded that Hillary's choice of a running mate and her flub on partial birth abortion cost her the election. The main question for voters is still Trump.
Doc will be the first person to take a new look at the election in the likely event that Donald Trump resigns once the Supreme Court rejects his claims of absolute presidential immunity. He thinks that the Republican appointees will vote party on this issue. They won't. Indeed, they will not even hear the case. The popular media meme that questions the loyalty of the Court to the Constitution is toxic. Pence as pro-life candidate will make abortion the main swing state issue. If Pence is implicated and resigns too, all models go out the window - although I suspect that the GOP will still be trounced with Marco Rubio or Lindsey Graham as their standard bearers.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
US billionaires will back anyone who isn't Warren, Sanders
US billionaires will back anyone who isn't Warren, Sanders
Tax plans originate in the House and billionaires already own it. Rachel "Doc" Bitecofer puts the Blue Wall at 278 electoral votes, although Warren needs to be careful of how she talks about abortion. Come June, both the Trump and abortion issues may be settled. Unless the GOP nominates a Never-Trumper, it may die. Only then will the Blue Wall break. What really worries the billionaires is a social democrat party that won't take their money. Unless they divide and conquer, they are toast, with the Neoliberals in a permanent minority and MAGA Republicans limited to the fringe.
Tax plans originate in the House and billionaires already own it. Rachel "Doc" Bitecofer puts the Blue Wall at 278 electoral votes, although Warren needs to be careful of how she talks about abortion. Come June, both the Trump and abortion issues may be settled. Unless the GOP nominates a Never-Trumper, it may die. Only then will the Blue Wall break. What really worries the billionaires is a social democrat party that won't take their money. Unless they divide and conquer, they are toast, with the Neoliberals in a permanent minority and MAGA Republicans limited to the fringe.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Links for 11/19/19
Links for 11/19/19
Do Democrats for Life demand criminal penalties for abortion? If not, they are really Pro-Choice. If they do, they are not welcome in the Democratic Party. Words mean certain things in politics. LifeSiteNews is simply nutty. They only have the influence we give them, rather than ignoring them.
The jury us out on Barron and many of the bishops. The people talking about the Nones, don't know many of them. It has nothing to do with sex abuse or Francis. It is about realizing that religion is optional.
Thinking that the GOP won't pull the plug on Trump if he costs them votes does not know many Republican Senators.
Gov. Patrick realizes Biden has a 2024 problem. Running for POTUS is fun if you are funded. He may be in it to appeal to the base as a VP candidate, but cannot do so for Warren. If the GOP dies and the Dems split, however, he would be in a very good spot to lead the neoliberals.
Do Democrats for Life demand criminal penalties for abortion? If not, they are really Pro-Choice. If they do, they are not welcome in the Democratic Party. Words mean certain things in politics. LifeSiteNews is simply nutty. They only have the influence we give them, rather than ignoring them.
The jury us out on Barron and many of the bishops. The people talking about the Nones, don't know many of them. It has nothing to do with sex abuse or Francis. It is about realizing that religion is optional.
Thinking that the GOP won't pull the plug on Trump if he costs them votes does not know many Republican Senators.
Gov. Patrick realizes Biden has a 2024 problem. Running for POTUS is fun if you are funded. He may be in it to appeal to the base as a VP candidate, but cannot do so for Warren. If the GOP dies and the Dems split, however, he would be in a very good spot to lead the neoliberals.
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