The Impeachment Process Has Officially Begun (1 Viewer)

[Andrus]

By Laura Bassett

After months of internal arguing among Democrats over whether to impeach President Donald Trump, the dam is finally breaking in favor of trying to remove him from office. The Washington Post reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would announce a formal impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, following a bombshell report that Trump illegally asked Ukraine’s government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, one of his political opponents. (He essentially admitted to having done so over the weekend.)

“Now that we have the facts, we’re ready,” Pelosi said Tuesday morning at a forum hosted by The Atlantic. At 5 p.m. the same day, she was back with more. "The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution, especially when the president says Article Two says I can do whatever I want," referring to the segment of the Constitution that defines the power of the executive branch of the government. Pelosi's message was that checks and balances of those branches are just as central to the Constitution. And one more thing: "Today, I am announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry," she said at a conference broadcast on Twitter by the Huffington Post. ...

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[TxSaintFan]

Sondland out too.

 

[JimEverett]

He was transferred back to the Defense department to another position. He still has a job and wasn't fired right?


NSC officials publicly criticizing the President's policies have had consequences in the past.

NSC aide admits Twitter attack on White House

<p>Jofi Joseph admits to tweeting hundreds of anti-administration messages as @natsecwonk.</p>

www.politico.com

Right. He still has a job. I am not sure how it works at that level.

 

[Beach Friends]

Sondland out too.

Is DJT at a child's christening today?

 

[zztop]

According to his lawyer, it seems both he and his twin brother were fired from the National Security Council, then reassigned. I mean you can both be fired and reassigned I suppose.

Alexander Vindman's lawyer said the "truth" had "cost LTC Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy. He did what any member of our military is charged with doing every day: he followed orders, he obeyed his oath, and he served his country, even when doing so was fraught with danger and personal peril. And for that, the most powerful man in the world - buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit - has decided to exact revenge."

 

[First Time Poster]

Not a good move at all

Did you expect something different?

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Yeah, you've made it clear that you despise Trump supporters.

Hopefully the Democratic leadership will say things like that right up to November. It does nothing but help the GOP.

Oh, Trump’ll win again in November, no doubt in my mind.

And i’m sure that makes you as giddy as a little schoolgirl, which tells me exactly everything i need to know about ya.

 

[TxSaintFan]

Oh, Trump’ll win again in November, no doubt in my mind.

And i’m sure that makes you as giddy as a little schoolgirl, which tells me exactly everything i need to know about ya.

We CANNOT let that happen.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

He was transferred back to the Defense department to another position. He still has a job and wasn't fired right?


NSC officials publicly criticizing the President's policies have had consequences in the past.

NSC aide admits Twitter attack on White House

<p>Jofi Joseph admits to tweeting hundreds of anti-administration messages as @natsecwonk.</p>

www.politico.com

If tweeting disparaging remarks about the administration under a pseudonym and testifying to Congress are the same thing to you, then I got nothing for ya.

Just keep on excusing and rewarding trump's poor behavior.

 

[Beach Friends]

Oh, Trump’ll win again in November, no doubt in my mind.

And i’m sure that makes you as giddy as a little schoolgirl, which tells me exactly everything i need to know about ya.

Oh, I am definitely feeling good this week. Everything has worked out better than I could have imagined. Iowa may actually turn out to be the best of all.

 

[samiam5211]

At some point we are going to run out of people even remotely competent even in the intel community.

Say what you want about the swamp, but years of experience isn’t something as easily replaced as the MAGA crowd likes to pretend. Knowing things is important. There is a learning curve.

Turnover at these high level positions means the learning curve starts over every time a person is replaced, and for the higher level jobs, even much of the support staff is replaced. At least in the area of intelligence, it is a dangerous situation.

 

[SaintForLife]

If tweeting disparaging remarks about the administration under a pseudonym and testifying to Congress are the same thing to you, then I got nothing for ya.

Just keep on excusing and rewarding trump's poor behavior.

They both criticized the Administration's policies that they were working for and the serve at the pleasure of the President right? Vindman still has his job. He was transferred and not fired. I doubt anyone who was working to undermine the President's agenda would last long in any administration.

 

[TaylorB]

NSC officials publicly criticizing the President's policies have had consequences in the past.

NSC aide admits Twitter attack on White House

<p>Jofi Joseph admits to tweeting hundreds of anti-administration messages as @natsecwonk.</p>

www.politico.com

The contrast between Jofi Joseph’s and Vindman’s behavior is stark. I assume you already know that.

 

[Beach Friends]

All right guys, who's next?

Is Eric Ciaramella still in the House? There has to a plush new position for him somewhere.

 

[samiam5211]

All right guys, who's next?

Is Eric Ciaramella still in the House? There has to a plush new position for him somewhere.

I wish Trump would for him.

 

[SaintForLife]

The contrast between Jofi Joseph’s and Vindman’s behavior is stark. I assume you already know that.

See my last post.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Oh, I am definitely feeling good this week. Everything has worked out better than I could have imagined. Iowa may actually turn out to be the best of all.

Thanks for proving my point.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

We CANNOT let that happen.

I hate to break it to you podnuh, but you and i have very little say in whether or not he gets re-elected.

Just like “Beach friends” and those of her ilk have very little say.. All we have is our one vote... I guess if we can mobilize more of us to go out and vote, rather than more individuals like “Beach friends” and their cronies, then we’d have a shot.. But with the disorganized, chaotic mess that is the Democratic Party, i’d rather not hold onto false hope.

 

[SaintForLife]

Some interesting background on Schiff and his connections to the military industrial complex that wants perpetual war.

US arming of Ukraine is a scandal on its own - The Grayzone

There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it. Under Trump, U.S. military...

thegrayzone.com

Who Is Adam Schiff?

Resistance leader? Not really. Democratic congressman Adam Schiff personifies the link between foreign policy hawks and deep-pocketed defense contractors.

www.jacobinmag.com

U.S. Defense Contractors Tell Investors Russian Threat Is Great for Business

When the Cold War ended, "all defense budgets went south," says one contractor hoping to turn that around.

theintercept.com