Democrats demanding new witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are seizing on a report that the U.S. President ordered former national security adviser John Bolton to keep military aid to Ukraine frozen in a bid to coerce political favours.
The revelation , first reported by the New York Times, heaped new pressure on a handful of Republican senators who may be interested in hearing testimony from Bolton and other witnesses in a process that could significantly delay Trump’s hopes for a swift acquittal as soon as this week .
A source with direct knowledge of the manuscript ( WHO ?! ) told CNN ( !! ) the Times’ account … of Bolton’s account … of the Ukraine aid hold discussion with Trump is accurate.
WELL BY GOD !!! … THAT PROOOVES IT !!! : A ‘ source ‘ … ( Again … WHO ?!!! ) … Told CNN ( Exactly what it wants to hear !!! ) … This ‘ source ‘ is confirming that the Times’ ‘ account ‘ … Of the Bolton ‘ account ‘ … Is TWOO … IT’S TWOO !!! …
There’s crack journalism for ya ! … Verify accuracy ?! … We don’t need no steenking accuracy !!! …
I’m a tad surprised … I expect this sort of shit from CBS , even CBC … Certainly CNN , MSNBC etal … Not usually from CTV News tho …
The CTV report boldly states : There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either Joe Biden or his son , Hunter Biden , and Joe Biden has repeatedly defended his son and himself.
Well , starting with Biden BRAGGING about with holding a MILLION dollars in US aid money if the president of Ukraine at that time didn’t fire the prosecuting attorney investigating the criminal actions of Burisma gas company , where his son , Hunter Biden , had a plum , lucrative job he has NO experience , knowledge or skill necessary for that position …
Where does CTV figure THEY can declare that ” there is no evidence ‘ ? …
Let’s begin by stating that no further commentary about this decaying moron is necessary …
Elizabeth Warren has long been sounding the transgender horn. Already back in 2017 , she was sending out tweets on Transgender Day of Remembrance , something she was careful to do again in 2019 when the Democrat primary was heating up.
Warren outdid herself , though , when she got endorsed by Black Womxn , an organization for ” all black folks that do not claim male identity ” including ” black trans & cis women , gender non-confirming folks and others.” Proving that she had read Black Womxn’s web page , Warren tweeted back , ” Black trans and cis women , gender-nonconforming , and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy ” … ?!!!! …
Who knew ? …
At the first Democrat primary debate , Julián Castro made his own pitch to the transgender lobby. Castro announced that he was more liberal than ” reproductive freedom.” Instead , he was all about ” reproductive justice. “
And , you know, what that means is that just because a woman — or let’s also not forget someone in the trans community, a trans female — is poor , doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have the right to exercise that right to choose. And so I absolutely would cover the right to have an abortion.
Perhaps it was nerves that made Castro forget that a ” transwoman ” is , in fact , a man and that no amount of magical thinking , hormones , and slice-and-dice surgery will ever get a man to the point at which he needs an abortion.
There’s pro-LGBTQ. There’s radically pro-LGBTQ. Then there’s a whole new level of radically ridiculously pro-LGBTQ. That’s where Booker stands , firmly in that third class.
The level where lines between sanity and insanity blur.
” Nie-phew ” Bookertold Maria Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund, in a recent interview reported on LifeSiteNews.com , is a ” combination of niece and nephew.”
And it’s applied to those who just can’t seem to make up their minds about their sex.
That’s a tough bar to top … But Joe says … ” Hold my beer ! ” …
” Let’s be clear : Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time. There is no room for compromise when it comes to basic human rights ” the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in a tweet Saturday.
For Joe to say society has to disrupt itself completely to accommodate the small number of people with body dysmorphia , so much so that it’s ” the civil rights issue of our time ” is a whole new level of crazy and pandering.
Once again , Democrats show that they are not fit to govern. People who believe that they are trapped in the wrong body are to be pitied. They should be treated with the kindness and respect we owe all decent human beings , and they cannot be deprived of their core civil rights…
However , as a society , we should not be forced to go where the activists demand , which is to redo society entirely from the ground up , to deny science , and ( as we’re hearing more and more often ) to engage in institutional child abuse while pretending it’s kindness.
So what happens in the never-ending impeachment story, once the current impeachment indictment leads to an inevitable Senate vote of exoneration?
Another Stormy somewhere ? A follow-up to Operation Crossfire Hurricane ? How ’bout a tax returns redux ? …
Whistleblower 2.0 ? Another New York Times anonymous op-ed resister ? Bob Woodward’s sequel ?!!! …
More leaked phone calls ? Another impeachment hearing , and another impeachment vote ? Schiff’s new version of a presidential call ? …
One more Ivy League psychiatrist distance-diagnosing Trump as nuts ? An emoluments clause do-over ? More FISA warrants A newly discovered Trump phone call to Poland , Romania , or Mexico ?! … Lt. Colonel Vindman’s twin ?!!! …
Because Trump is not a traditional Republican , the Democrats are bewildered over how to neuter him. His rally audiences are composed of about 40 percent Independents and Democrats. His entire China reset is predicated on saving manufacturing industries , blue-collar jobs , and the industrial heartland—the erstwhile heart of the old Democratic Party.
The supposedly racist Trump appeals to minorities in a way that previous Republican candidates have not , and in ways that transcend his record. For all his loudness and invective , Trump is seen as authentic. He is not condescending. The thought of Trump rolling his r’s or adopting a Hillary or Joe Biden inner-city patois is impossible. Being rough and genuine is usually seen as preferable to smooth and fake.
The Democrats know that impeachment will not lead to a conviction. They accept that they are not gaining traction in the polls. They fear that Trump’s wounds heal quickly and what doesn’t destroy him can make him stronger.
So why continue ?…
They hope to destroy Trump physically. He will be 74 in June. By the standards of senior medicine , they feel Trump is locked in a self-destructive cycle : little sleep , little exercise , poor diet , too heavy , too stressed …
The Democrats believe that one more whistleblower , just a bit more impeachment , a little more Nadler or Schiff , a pinch more of Pelosi , or another Ukrainian or Russian liar might finally give Trump a stroke or malignancy. With Trump debilitated , they might have a chance against a more traditional Republican.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was not central to the defence team’s brief opening arguments in the Senate trial of U.S. President Donald Trump, but how the lawyers paint the former vice-president’s role in the Ukraine affair at the heart of the impeachment process when they resume arguments Monday could prove consequential in the November election.
In their two-hour opening argument Saturday , Trump’s legal team tried to undercut the central assertion of the Democrats’ impeachment case : that Trump held up $400 million US in military aid in an attempt to exact Ukraine’s help in undermining Biden , whom he saw as his likely rival in the 2020 election.
They used some of the same witness testimony deployed by the House managers prosecuting the case to suggest that none of the U.S. officials and diplomats testifying had direct knowledge of an explicit quid pro quo between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
But it’s questions around Biden and his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine , which on their face have little to do with the underlying articles of impeachment being litigated in the Senate , that could have an impact on the true intended audience of the Senate trial : American voters.
It has ” little to do with the underlying articles of impeachment ” ?!!! …
It has EVERYTHING to do with this farce !!! … The President was informed that the Bidens were heavily involved with a , shall we say , ‘ scruple deficient ‘ company in the Ukraine … Financially benefiting from it ! … Then , after office , on Foreign Council in 2018 , Senior crook goes on national TV and brags about it …
No need to ‘ investigate him ‘ !!! … He just filled us all in how he meddled in a foreign country’s domestic politics !!! … CASE CLOSED !!! …
That is simply what Trump asked Zelensky to ‘ look into ‘…
More from Kazi ;
” They’re not going to be able to prove that a crime was committed by Hunter Biden … but the intent is to just muddy the waters ” said Bradley Moss, a national security attorney and partner in the D.C. law firm Mark S. Zaid.
Merely by raising the issue they will have accomplished , in essence , what Trump was asking Zelensky to do on the now infamous July 25 , 2019 , call : publicly raise questions about Biden’s actions in Ukraine , thereby planting seeds of doubt in the minds of voters.
” What came out in the witness testimony is the president didn’t care whether there was actually an investigation ; he just wanted an announcement of an investigation ” said Frank O. Bowman , a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center in D.C.
” This is going to be even better. It’s now in front of American televisions and tens of millions of people watching.” ( Actual viewership so far has been closer to eight million ).
Trump is beating them at their own devious game !!! …
Now recall earlier , that Kas-zi Stastna ( The author of this article for CBC ) stated that … ‘ Questions around Biden and his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine , which on their face have LITTLE TO DO WITH the underlying articles of impeachment being litigated in the Senate … Then goes on to say ;
The fact that the Bidens haven’t offered much of an explanation in the months since the Burisma case became central in the Trump-Ukraine affair has given air to the innuendo that keeps this issue on the front burner of the Republicans’ strategy.
Catch that ? … ” since the Burisma case BECAME CENTRAL in the Trump-Ukraine affair ” …
So what’s with ‘ has little to do with impeachment bullshit ?!!! …
Frank O. Bowman , a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center in D.C. ;
” [ They ] are going to be able to throw this innuendo around and not have to prove any of it ” said Bowman. ” It’s the one point at which you might get an interesting fight over questions of relevance.”
” Innuendo ” Frankie ?!!! … Again , JOE ADMITTED IT TWO YEARS AGO !!! …
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