Can't see there being the votes for impeachment.
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In the House it is a simple majority.
You cannot remove him in the Senate but it will delegitimize him.
The house can't remove him from office, can they ? the impeachement trial has to be in the senate ?
I thought only the Senate could impeach and needed 2/3rds to vote.
Conway's 'defence' of Dr Ford reads more like a defence of herself, Trump & co.
Clinton was impeached in the house.
Yes. only The Senate can remove him from office with 2/3rds to vote for it.
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/27/17910524/supreme-court-impeach-impeachment-brett-kavanaugh
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Impeachment starts in the House. If it passes there by simple majority then it goes to the Senate where it requires two thirds to pass for a full impeachment where the person being impeached is actually removed from office.
All the Democrats are now saying the scope of the investigation has been highly restricted by Trump.
Of course the liar in the WH is lying it is not so.
Of course the liar in the WH is lying it is not so.
Drumpf will of course dime out McGahn while concealing that he privately instructed him to limit the scope.
The Dems need to call out the sham this investigation is. It may still get Collins and Murk to vote no.
Dems are fighting a losing battle.
Great piece of journalism. Properly encapsulates the hypocrisy of the right .
So we now know he testifed before the Senate Committee drunk as feck.
That wasn’t water he was drinking.
And also that "worked my butt off" is code for "drank my face off".
The post story should take up tomorrow's news cycle.
But, they will say it is not under investigation.
Chill out, man. He just had some beers. Can't hate a man for loving his beers. Beers.
If he had admitted that he liked to party in high school and that incident with Dr. Ford was a shameful incident, where he did something inappropriate in a drunken stupor for which he is truly ashamed, I think he'd be a SC judge today with more than 51 votes. But no, they always have to go out of the way to prove to the world what good little choir boys they were and the good god fearing christian men they are. Go out of the way to preserve their "spotless" reputation.
Classic Republican. Holier than Thou.
This Times story combined with Ford's lawyer saying they have not been able to get in touch with the FBI is very worrying if true. They are going to make sure the FBI don't go digging too much.
Story summarized in the tweet thread.
Story summarized in the tweet thread.
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Let me take a wild guess here …
The most concerning quote from the NYT story IMO is:
"The White House has asked that the F.B.I. share its findings after investigators complete those interviews, and at that point, Mr. Trump and his advisers would decide whether to have the accusations investigated further, the people said."
The FBI are supposed to be autonomous and that single sentence above exemplifies the blinkered arrogance of the Trump White House!
Just saw the SNL sketch, fecking hilarious 
The fact that Trump tweeted about it just makes it that much better.
Also, Kanye, eh I mean, "Ye", should be ousted from the human race, he's such a fecking tool.
The fact that Trump tweeted about it just makes it that much better.
Also, Kanye, eh I mean, "Ye", should be ousted from the human race, he's such a fecking tool.
Just saw the SNL sketch, fecking hilarious
The fact that Trump tweeted about it just makes it that much better.
Also, Kanye, eh I mean, "Ye", should be ousted from the human race, he's such a fecking tool.
He's trying to hype up his next record, which is rather useless because his records going to sell anyways, he's not Kid Rock.
Kate McKinnon is genius at Graham.
Bit of a depressing read. Get the feeling that everyone belongs to the old boys club, including head of FBI.
Deep and expansive swamp to clear.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...n-link-to-judge-forced-to-resign-in-metoo-era
No comfort from this either. Nevertheless can’t see that this issue will be going away anytime soon.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/01/...avanaugh-confirmation-postponement/index.html
Deep and expansive swamp to clear.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...n-link-to-judge-forced-to-resign-in-metoo-era
No comfort from this either. Nevertheless can’t see that this issue will be going away anytime soon.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/01/...avanaugh-confirmation-postponement/index.html
Aye, read it earlier. FBI Director Christopher Wray from the same social circle.
Also read he's pals with Don McGhan, who is directing the FBI. There's no chance he doesn't get confirmation.
Just seen the SNL opener
Exactly even the Urban Dictionary as not heard of it as a drinking game.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Devils Triangle
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Devils Triangle
The investigation is clearly an absolute sham being dictated by the White House.
As one of Ramirez’s friends said “it was supposed to be an investigation, it turns out it’s just an alibi for the GOP when they vote him in”.
With that in mind, it’s worth thinking about the context of this. Flake, Collins and Murkowski decided they wouldn’t vote yes until this investigation has been carried out.
They have all the power here, if they are not happy with the way the investigation has been handled, then they can quite easily say once again that they will not vote yes unless a satisfactory investigation has been carried out.
It’s pretty fecking obvious that they won’t do that and as such this investigation has been nothing more than a PR exercise for them. If they actually called for the investigation because they genuinely cared, they would be absolutely insulted that they thought this sham would pull the wool over their eyes.
As one of Ramirez’s friends said “it was supposed to be an investigation, it turns out it’s just an alibi for the GOP when they vote him in”.
With that in mind, it’s worth thinking about the context of this. Flake, Collins and Murkowski decided they wouldn’t vote yes until this investigation has been carried out.
They have all the power here, if they are not happy with the way the investigation has been handled, then they can quite easily say once again that they will not vote yes unless a satisfactory investigation has been carried out.
It’s pretty fecking obvious that they won’t do that and as such this investigation has been nothing more than a PR exercise for them. If they actually called for the investigation because they genuinely cared, they would be absolutely insulted that they thought this sham would pull the wool over their eyes.
FROM: Rachel Mitchell, Nominations Investigative Counsel:
https://static.politico.com/28/7f/8...6/09-30-18-mitchell-memo-ford-allegations.pdf
https://static.politico.com/28/7f/8...6/09-30-18-mitchell-memo-ford-allegations.pdf
Isn't the fact that the guy lied about a gazillion things during his knicker twisted rant make him sort of unfit to, you know, be a supreme court judge regardless of whether he's a rapist or not?
I mean, the treasurer of the "we drink five hundred kegs of beer a week club" and chairman of the, "we always vomit everyweekend club" never drank and was a virgin.
Get. The feck. Out of here. You dim witted arseclown of a man.
I mean, the treasurer of the "we drink five hundred kegs of beer a week club" and chairman of the, "we always vomit everyweekend club" never drank and was a virgin.
Get. The feck. Out of here. You dim witted arseclown of a man.