"Democrats have unveiled the charges on which they plan to impeach [Trump] next week. But don't hold your breath for the President to be kicked out of office — the trial in the Republican-led Senate is just as likely to acquit him," writes @StCollinson https://t.co/gz7u3bFX4u
— CNN (@CNN) December 11, 2019
In Opinion@tomfriedman writes, "Generally speaking, I believe presidents should be elected and removed by the voters at the polls. But when I hear Trump defenders scream, 'Impeachment subverts the will of the people,' I say: 'Really?'" https://t.co/6N6FmwYbM2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 11, 2019
"The case for impeachment" fills the editorial page in Wednesday's @washingtonpost.
"It is our view that more than enough proof exists for the House to impeach Mr. Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress…" https://t.co/8Jw7w5qoYF
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 11, 2019
Trump betrayed his oath of office by putting his own personal political interests over our national interest.@RepAdamSchiff is right—doing nothing would mean being complicit in Trump's betrayal. We have no choice but to impeach. https://t.co/U4TA3raH9l
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) December 10, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the moderate Dem proposal to censure Trump rather than impeach him:
“I have 15-year-olds in my district that get sent to Rikers because they jump a turnstile and they can’t afford $2.75.”https://t.co/PSNvyDZso2
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) December 11, 2019
Fake Catholic.
Fake Attorney General.
Fake American.
Fake person.The Perverse Servility of Bill Barr https://t.co/dkVBzs3ee4
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 11, 2019
Read this whole thread…
As Attorney General, Barr is a threat to democracy. He has distorted facts and misled the public. He appointed Durham to run a concurrent investigation because he knew the Inspector General would debunk his conspiracy theories, and he needed someone he could control. /1
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 11, 2019
Meanwhile…
Opinion: The Do Something Democrats show they can legislate even while they impeach https://t.co/fZHeMBYU83
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 11, 2019
So to review, Republicans' core talking point is that Democrats are ignoring the job of governing for the people in order to impeach Trump, and yet while Speaker Pelosi can manage to get a trade bill done during impeachment, Mitch McConnell can't. Got it. https://t.co/Ma8CRt1Mlh
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 10, 2019
How is this not a bigger story?
How many Americans are even aware he did this?
Why isn’t this an article of impeachment? https://t.co/Gnkmn3qcjM— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 11, 2019
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "We have highlighted once again that all speculation about our alleged interference in domestic processes in the US are baseless. There are no facts that would support that …no one has given us this proof because it simply does not exist" pic.twitter.com/LiUItaj1Ch
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 10, 2019
Why did Russia’s Lavrov get a White House visit while Ukraine’s President still hasn’t had one? Putin is just laughing at us now. https://t.co/LxushTbR7g
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 10, 2019
Lavrov just told @ewong that Trump did not raise the election interference issue in the Oval Office https://t.co/QesbLP8GNv
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) December 10, 2019
Sometimes Im at a loss of words to explain Trump's obsession with Putin: https://t.co/WtqVB4jIOc via @msnbc
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 11, 2019
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WORLD
After we helped to defeat ISIS in Raqqa, Trump handed this PR moment to Putin for free. https://t.co/oE6Uj8uRBi
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 11, 2019
"The Moscow informant was instrumental to the C.I.A.’s most explosive conclusion about Russia’s interference campaign: that President Vladimir V. Putin ordered and orchestrated it himself."https://t.co/aZ4dpq5TB0
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 11, 2019
Elsewhere…
For the sake of clarity: this is what will happen tomorrow: the actions of one WTO Member will deprive all other WTO Members from their right to resolve their differences through a two-step system. More fundamentally, the idea of multilateralism is at stake #WTO
— Bernd Lange (@berndlange) December 10, 2019
The appeals court of the WTO has just closed down because Trump won’t agree to appoint new judges
This is the WTO the Brexiters say will guarantee free trade for us outside the EU
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) December 11, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
The results of the final YouGov MRP model for #GE2019 are now here:
Con – 339 seats / 43% vote share
Lab – 231 / 34%
SNP – 41 / 3%
LD – 15 / 12%
Plaid – 4 / 1%
Green – 1 / 3%
Brexit Party – 0 / 3%Conservative majority of 28https://t.co/IAyXTc89vH pic.twitter.com/yk3dNAhN0p
— YouGov (@YouGov) December 10, 2019
Tactical voting by supporters of the party 3rd for the 2nd, whether Lab or Lib Dem, and the Cons would be out. Otherwise it’s Johnson, the Tories and a hard/no deal Brexit https://t.co/VgkpsLWPg1
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) December 10, 2019
It is possible that Johnson will not get a majority and the British people will therefore get the chance to stop Brexit. That’s what is at stake in the next 2 days https://t.co/X0avRY3z7W
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) December 11, 2019
No Brexit, no Johnson, no Corbyn. Is that too much to ask? | Rafael Behr https://t.co/nwYV8oX4Ag
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 11, 2019
Boris Johnson vows to demolish three years of stalemate over Brexit, with latest polls suggesting a narrow victory may be on the cards https://t.co/4R2ybQeG9g
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 11, 2019
But hey…
I'm assuming they're talking about Brexit??
Greatest crisis since the war#GetBrexitGone #ToriesOut #TacticalVote pic.twitter.com/Jjrtnsz3H2
— Archie #stopbrexit 🔶💙💛🇪🇺💛💙🔶 (@ArchieBurrows34) December 11, 2019
Online, Britain is now having precisely the sort of filthy, chaotic, lawless, money-driven election that some of us have been warning about for years. https://t.co/qoW5vYlL7w pic.twitter.com/VXADQ8Sqgb
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) December 10, 2019
Lobby rules are a busted flush. UK political journalists need to take urgent collective action. Bin them now. At least for last 2 days of campaign. This is not accidental. It’s targeted disinformation. Nobody needs or wants to hear from ‘senior sources’ ever again https://t.co/qeZ0Qtm7PE
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 10, 2019