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[Lake View Too]

The need to know the identity of the whistleblower is just plain bizarre. The whistleblower merely provided a lead to a series of offenses that have been corroborated multiple times. I liken the whistleblower to someone who sees a warehouse fire and pulls an alarm. In this case, the actual fire equates to the incriminating evidence of impeachable offenses put forth in transcripts and testimony. Now imagine if in the case of the fire, the firemen refused to try to extinguish the flames of the raging inferno until they knew who pulled the fire alarm. They insisted that the man had a bias against warehouses, and that the flames, smoke and intense heat were all just a hoax.

The super weird Republican argument about the whistleblower - CNNPolitics

It’s both childish and gangster-like.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Does Trump even have the authority to withhold Congressionally approved military aid? That would seem to be an impeachable offense in and of itself. Never mind the fact that he strong armed an ally for personal political gain.

Trump, Ukraine and Impeachment: The Inside Story of How We Got Here

Colonel Vindman, the national security aide, had drafted a memo for Mr. Bolton to give Mr. Trump in a meeting on Aug. 16. It said that the National Security Council, the Defense Department and the State Department all agreed that the aid should be released to Ukraine. But Mr. Trump rejected it, Colonel Vindman testified.

Timothy Morrison, a National Security Council regional expert, told Mr. Taylor: “The president doesn’t want to provide any assistance at all.”

 

[PoppaJ]

• Does Trump even have the authority to withhold Congressionally approved military aid? That would seem to be an impeachable offense in and of itself. Never mind the fact that he strong armed an ally for personal political gain.
  [*]Trump, Ukraine and Impeachment: The Inside Story of How We Got Here

  Sure why not? Republicans let him do anything he wants.

 

[PoppaJ]

Federal health contract funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump allies

At least eight former White House, presidential transition and campaign officials for President Donald Trump were hired as outside contractors to the federal health department at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, according to documents newly obtained by POLITICO.

 

[einnadica]

Federal health contract funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump allies

We seem to be like-minded on Trump. Tell me please, will this circus ever end? We must get off this carnival ride before Americans' brains are permanently scrambled.

 

[PoppaJ]

We seem to be like-minded on Trump. Tell me please, will this circus ever end? We must get off this carnival ride before Americans' brains are permanently scrambled.

The only positive from the trump era is we now know what republicans will tolerate, even encourage in abuse of power. If a non-republican takes office again the right wing hypocrisy and head explosions will be a thing of beauty to witness.

 

[PoppaJ]

Sen. Tammy Duckworth spends Veterans Day in Mexico to be with veterans deported by the Trump administration

"They are Americans all but on paper, many of whom enlisted after then-President George W. Bush signed an executive order fast-tracking citizenship for those willing to serve—but who, because of things like lost paperwork, fell through the cracks, never officially became citizens," she said.

"I refuse to let them believe that everyone in government has forsaken them, and I want them to know that I haven't—which is why I spent this Veterans Day at that makeshift refuge in Mexico, recognizing the sacrifices they made for the country they love," Duckworth asserted.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

This may explain why so many Trump supporters are so deluded:

The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine

 

[Leader of the Banned]

I hope to get through to some of the numbnutz on this forum. I don't care what it was like 50 years ago, it ain't today's Democrats that are living in the past promoting the racism of the antebellum South. We should celebrate this day in the great commonwealth of Virginia.

Virginia Democrats Take Aim At Confederate Statues Across The State | HuffPost

 

[einnadica]

OK. First hearings begin any moment now. Question: If the Rs are successful in presenting a case of Trump being unwitting and/or having no ill intent, does that outcome not support an impeachment Article as Unfit for Office? We need our leaders to be aware of the impact and consequences of their decision and non decisions. This really is rhetorical but feel free to blast me if you must.