January 25, 2020

Trump lawyer says Dems want to 'overturn' last election

Source: Associated Press

By ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER
5 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers opened their impeachment trial defense in a rare Saturday session by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the results of the 2016 election, saying the Democrats’ investigations into his dealings with Ukraine were not a fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House.

“They’re here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history,” White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told senators. “And we can’t allow that to happen.”

The Trump legal team’s arguments were aimed at rebutting allegations that the president abused his power when he asked Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and then obstructed Congress as it tried to investigate. Trump is mounting a wide-ranging, aggressive defense asserting an expansive view of presidential powers and portraying him as besieged by political opponents determined to ensure that he won’t be re-elected this November.

“They’re asking you not only to overturn the results of the last election, but as I’ve said before, they’re asking you to remove President Trump from an election that’s occurring in approximately nine months,” Cipollone said. “They’re asking you to tear up all the ballots across this country on their own initiative.”


Read more: https://apnews.com/21791704b5434669225117a0638b7a1a

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I could only listen to the Jim Jordon's with suits for about 30 minutes ......................

And no we are not trying to turn over the last election.............................we are trying a case for a person(s) that broke the fucking law..................


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...................

January 25, 2020

Why your zodiac sign is probably wrong

Published 1 min ago on January 25, 2020
By The Conversation

I was born a Capricorn (please don’t judge me), but the Sun was in the middle of Sagittarius when I was born.

As a professor emeritus of astronomy, I am often asked about the difference between astrology and astronomy. The practice of astrology, which predicts one’s fate and fortune based on the positions of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets, dates back to ancient times. It was intermingled with the science of astronomy back then – in fact, many astronomers of old made scientific observations that are valuable even today. But once Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo realized the planets orbit the Sun, rather than the Earth, and Newton discovered the physical laws behind their behavior, astrology and astronomy split, never to be reunited.

The science of astronomy is now at odds with one of the basic organizing principles in astrology – the dates of the zodiac.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/why-your-zodiac-sign-is-probably-wrong/

I was born in the year of the rabbit aligned to stars of Capricorn.......................

January 25, 2020

What Are 2019's Tax Brackets, and Who Gets Audited the Most?

THE PROPUBLICA FREE TAX GUIDE

Knowing your income is just the first step to understanding how much you will be taxed. This guide will help you understand how the US tax system works, and where you fit into it.

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica Jan. 21, 5 a.m. EST

In this edition of the ProPublica Free Tax Guide, we talk about tax brackets, audits and who is most likely to get audited. It might not be who you would assume!

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-are-2019s-tax-brackets

January 24, 2020

Dems pick Whitmer, Escobar for Trump State of Union response

Source: Associated Press

22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 4. Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas will deliver the Spanish-language response.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made the announcement Friday.

They praised Whitmer for her efforts to ensure clean drinking water is available in communities across Michigan, which was scarred by the 2014 water crisis in Flint. About 25,000 people have sued over the crisis, in which a change in the source of the city’s water resulted in lead contamination.

Whitmer, a former prosecutor who was sworn in as governor last year, defeated Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Trump ally. She had previously served as Democratic Leader in the Michigan state Senate and was the first woman to lead the Senate caucus.


Read more: https://apnews.com/7daab84be11389d9d7514ffaebd7e908

January 24, 2020

Trump impeachment trial TV audience drops 19% on second day

POLITICS

JANUARY 23, 2020 / 6:28 PM / UPDATED 11 HOURS AGO

Helen Coster
2 MIN READ

(Reuters) - About 8.9 million TV viewers watched the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the first day Democrats laid out their case against the president, marking a significant drop from the roughly 11 million viewers who watched on Tuesday, according to Nielsen ratings data.

The audience includes viewership from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST on Walt Disney Co’s ABC, AT&T Inc’s CNN, ViacomCBS’s CBS, Comcast Corp’s NBC and MSNBC, and Fox Corp’s Fox News. The trial continued until 9:43 p.m. EST that night.

The third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history is unlikely to end with a vote that removes Trump from office, as Republicans who control the Senate have continually voiced support for the president.

However, it is certain to cast a shadow over the November 2020 presidential election, even though ratings for the first two days indicate only a fraction of the more than 130 million Americans expected to cast ballots will have watched the first days of the proceedings.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/trump-impeachment-trial-tv-audience-drops-19-on-second-day-idUSKBN1ZM38V

January 24, 2020

Financier doubts add to Boeing's MAX headaches

BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 24, 2020 / 9:13 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Laurence Frost, Conor Humphries, Tim Hepher
5 MIN READ

DUBLIN (Reuters) - To restore faith in the 737 MAX, Boeing needs to prove its flagship jet is not just airworthy but also a safe investment.

At a gathering in Dublin this week of the titans of the multibillion-dollar aircraft leasing industry, which finances half the world’s fleet, cracks were appearing in that effort.

Boeing said on Tuesday its troubled workhorse - grounded last March after two crashes in which 346 people died - should receive approval by mid-year from U.S regulators, paving the way for hundreds of jets to resume service later this year.

But in scores of high-stakes negotiations in the background, it is trying to convince banks, leasing firms and airlines that the investment case for thousands more of the jets - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - remains intact.

Airplane owners and investors said some lenders were already demanding higher collateral in deals on the MAX. One airline said financing for pre-delivery payments had dried up amid the uncertainty - though the market won’t be fully tested until closer to renewed deliveries.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-finance/financier-doubts-add-to-boeings-max-headaches-idUSKBN1ZN1P5

January 24, 2020

Trump impeachment prosecutor, Adam Schiff, is becoming Exhibit A in president's defense

POLITICS JANUARY 24, 2020 / 6:04 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Brad Heath
5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the president’s allies to defend him.

Over the first three days of Trump’s impeachment trial, the head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, has led a team of Democratic lawmakers serving as prosecutors as they lay out their evidence that Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential contender.

Even a few of Trump’s fellow Republicans have said Schiff has made an effective case.

At the same time, Trump’s lawyers and political allies have made Schiff a central focus of their efforts to defend the president during his trial. When they laid out their written case for why Trump should be acquitted, the president’s lawyers mentioned Schiff’s name almost 100 times.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S

They are using Congressman Schiff .......................because they don't know the whistle-blowers name...................and that he made it up........................did they by some strange fucking chance read that the IG informed the Intelligence Committee chair about the issue being raised..................................

January 24, 2020

Warren Pledges To Release Impeachment Docs Withheld By WH

By Kate Riga
|
January 24, 2020 9:54 a.m.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pledged Friday to release the trove of impeachment-related documents that the White House has barred, should she become president.



Elizabeth Warren
✔
@ewarren
On day one as president, I will order the release of every document related to this impeachment inquiry that the administration has been hiding. The public needs to know what happened. All the other candidates for president should commit to take this step as well.

She added that Republicans should know that “this evidence won’t be hidden forever.”

Warren made the promise just days after her campaign unveiled its Department of Justice task force to investigate members of the Trump administration for possible corruption.

Her proposals are carefully timed. Democrats are frustrated as the trial unfolds and, despite Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) adept leadership of the argument, all signs point to an easy acquittal at the hands of Republican senators.

Warren may be as powerless as her Democratic peers now — but at least she can promise retroactive justice, should she win the election.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/warren-impeachment-white-house-trump

And every other candidate running for the job should state if they would do the same thing..................yes or no................

January 24, 2020

Warren Pledges To Release Impeachment Docs Withheld By WH

By Kate Riga
|
January 24, 2020 9:54 a.m.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pledged Friday to release the trove of impeachment-related documents that the White House has barred, should she become president.

president.



Elizabeth Warren
✔
@ewarren
On day one as president, I will order the release of every document related to this impeachment inquiry that the administration has been hiding. The public needs to know what happened. All the other candidates for president should commit to take this step as well.

She added that Republicans should know that “this evidence won’t be hidden forever.”

Warren made the promise just days after her campaign unveiled its Department of Justice task force to investigate members of the Trump administration for possible corruption.

Her proposals are carefully timed. Democrats are frustrated as the trial unfolds and, despite Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) adept leadership of the argument, all signs point to an easy acquittal at the hands of Republican senators.

Warren may be as powerless as her Democratic peers now — but at least she can promise retroactive justice, should she win the election.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/warren-impeachment-white-house-trump

My opinion every candidate running for this job should state if they would do the same thing.......................yes or no...........

January 24, 2020

Senate GOP Is Coming Around To The Idea That What Trump Did Was Okay

By Tierney Sneed
|
January 23, 2020 10:35 p.m.

We’re three days into the impeachment trial, and Senate Republicans have begun floating their “what President Trump did was okay” trial balloon.


For the most part, they’re still avoiding weighing in directly about the Trump conduct House managers have described, and instead have thrown around procedural complaints or claims about how the Trump administration’s Ukraine policy has been stronger than the Obama’s.

But listen closely to the main themes in their reactions to the House’s meticulously built case. What you’ll hear being shaped is a defense that accepts that Trump mounted a secret pressure campaign to force a Ukrainian investigation into his 2020 rival and a defense that concludes that such an effort was permissible.

Nowhere is this growing GOP embrace of Trump’s Ukraine behavior more evident than in how they’re handling the ongoing debate over calling witnesses.


https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-gop-is-coming-around-to-the-idea-that-what-trump-did-was-okay

Well the GOP senate knows the trump legal team is going to have problem saying that the facts being presented don't mean anything, and will fall flat on there proverbial face......................so McConnell is going to go down this road full of shit.................to make it appear that they are impartial......................hell he has members of his party playing with a fidget spinner, probably made out of paper, and one member reading a book......................and this Braun character.....................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.....................