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| House managers wrap up their opening argument for impeachment: Live coverage #4 It’s the final day of the House managers’ opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff delivered a closing argument for the ages on Thursday night, and now we get to find out what he left... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 148 |
| Is Moscow Mitch the messenger of the 'heads on pikes' threat from Trump to Republicans? Moscow Mitch McConnell has a team working overtime to work the refs, and getting the traditional press to spin out stories about his masterful control of the Senate. Like this one quoting people from his inner sphere, in which he is credited with... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 98 |
| House managers wrap up their opening argument for impeachment: Live coverage #3 It’s the final day of the House managers’ opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff delivered a closing argument for the ages on Thursday night, and now we get to find out what he left... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 81 |
| ACLU files complaint with DHS watchdog documenting abuse of pregnant people in CBP custody The ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties and the ACLU Border Rights Center have filed a complaint with the Homeland Security inspector general documenting the inhumane treatment of pregnant people in Customs and Border Protection custody.... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/24/2020 | 16 |
| Adam Schiff’s perfect shutdown of Trump’s ‘executive privilege’ claims is mandatory viewing Rep. Adam Schiff took time away from wiping the floor of the U.S. Senate with Donald Trump’s weak-sauce arguments, to go in front of cameras outside of the Senate to … wipe the floor with the president’s weak-sauce arguments. Speaking alongside the... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/24/2020 | 107 |
| Mike Pompeo got backed into a corner about Marie Yovanovitch during NPR interview Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was backed into a rather uncomfortable corner during an interview with Mary Louise Kelly on NPR’s Morning Edition. Although Pompeo wanted to stick to the topic of Iran, Kelly pivoted to the Ukraine scandal and... |
Jen Hayden | 01/24/2020 | 136 |
| Pentagon: 34 suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran airstrike. Trump: They're 'headaches' The Pentagon has disclosed that 34 U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries due to the Iranian missile strike on U.S. forces in Iraq in early January. That's more than triple the number acknowledged earlier this week. On... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 106 |
| Voting Rights Roundup: Proposed Ohio ballot measure would enact sweeping expansion of voting rights Leading Off ● Ohio: Voting rights advocates in Ohio have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would amend Ohio's constitution to implement a massive expansion of voting accessibility if it qualifies for the ballot and passes. The initiative would... |
Stephen Wolf | 01/24/2020 | 12 |
| 'Right matters and the truth matters': Read Adam Schiff's history-making impeachment trial speech Thursday evening marked the end of a second long day on the Senate floor in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Democratic officials presented the evidence to America, detailing how and why Donald Trump must be removed from office. The highlight was lead... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/24/2020 | 34 |
| House managers wrap up their opening argument for impeachment: Live coverage #2 It’s the final day of the House managers’ opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff delivered a closing argument for the ages on Thursday night, and now we get to find out what he left... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 133 |
| Texas Republicans are running scared. Let's help Eliz Markowitz keep them that way Texas Republicans are eyeing 2020 with no small amount of panic. They are in such a panic that they are plotting even now how to change the rules when Democrats gain seats in the legislature. The Dallas Morning News reports on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 13 |
| House Oversight Committee calls for information regarding ongoing family separation at border Two leading House Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to hand over information regarding the separation of nearly 1,000 migrant children from their families at the southern border in the year since a federal judge’s ruling ordered a halt... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/24/2020 | 5 |
| Congressional Republicans won't restore the Voting Rights Act, so New York is passing its own Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie and his fellow New York Democrats have unveiled a bill that they'... |
Stephen Wolf | 01/24/2020 | 18 |
| House managers wrap up their opening argument for impeachment: Live coverage #1 It’s the final day of the House managers’ opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff delivered a closing argument for the ages on Thursday night, and now we get to find out what he left... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 72 |
| Mr. 'Grab 'em by the pussy' spouts off about 'the majesty of God's creation' at anti-abortion rally Donald Trump’s speechwriters really pulled out all the rhetorical flourishes for his remarks at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Mr. “Grab ‘em by the pussy” was spouting line after line about “the majesty of God’s creation” and “the... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 241 |
| Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar to give Spanish-language Democratic response to State of the Union House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have announced that Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas will deliver the Spanish-language Democratic response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech next month. “In the House of... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/24/2020 | 10 |
| Trump's 'best people' in HHS forgot to renew public health emergency declaration on opioids For the past two years, the nation's opioid crisis has been deemed a national public health emergency. That ended last week, temporarily, because no one in Health and Human Services bothered to renew it when it lapsed. They're calling it a "clerical... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 32 |
| Recording shows Trump threatening Marie Yovanovitch: 'Get rid of her! … Take her out. Okay? Do it.' A recording made at Donald Trump’s Washington hotel on April 30, 2019, shows Trump ranting to a small group—a group that includes Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—about the need to immediately get U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch out of the way in Ukraine.... |
Mark Sumner | 01/24/2020 | 323 |
| Trump administration takes aim at California abortion-coverage requirement Pandering to anti-abortion zealots with a side of California bashing? For Donald Trump and his lackeys, the answer is an eager “Yes, please!” Trump’s Health and Human Services Department is planning to go after California’s requirement for health... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 13 |
| Virginia Democrats' legislative moves on reproductive rights prove elections have consequences After more than 25 years of forced-birthers in the Republican-controlled Virginia state legislature passing law after law restricting abortions and limiting other reproductive rights, the new Democratic majority elected in November showed its clout... |
Meteor Blades | 01/24/2020 | 46 |
| Acting ICE director confirms DACA recipients will be targeted if Supreme Court ends program Immigration and Customs Enforcement is set on deporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients should the Supreme Court rule in favor of the Trump administration this year and end the program, the agency’s acting director, Matthew Albence,... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/24/2020 | 31 |
| Republican senators sure are selective in what they find offensive in Trump's impeachment trial The third day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial once again featured Republican senators competing with each other to see who could show the most disdain for the idea of their constitutional duty and the oath they took to provide impartial justice.... |
Joan McCarter | 01/24/2020 | 49 |
| Disappearance of Native American teen adds to family tragedy by Angelina Newsom When 16-year-old Selena Not Afraid disappeared from a Montana rest area on New Year’s Day, local indigenous communities launched into the tragically familiar work of rallying ... |
Prism Guest Writer | 01/24/2020 | 15 |
| Senate Republicans' latest cover-up excuse: Trump will obstruct witnesses, so why bother? Senate Republicans are using Donald Trump’s obstruction of Congress as an excuse for letting him get away with obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. Trump would assert executive privilege to prevent former national security adviser John Bolton... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 70 |
| House attorneys are using arguments Trump's legal team made in Senate to fight Trump's own DOJ Yes, you can. No, you can’t. Yes, you can! Those are not just the lyrics to an old show tune; they’re also the refrain in a disconnect between the case Donald Trump’s attorneys are pressing in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial and positions that Trump’s... |
Mark Sumner | 01/24/2020 | 47 |
| Second day of Trump impeachment trial ends with Adam Schiff delivering closing argument for the ages On Thursday, House managers of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump shifted gears from the chronology of events as laid out on Wednesday to the corrupt intent behind Trump’s actions. The entire day was focused on just the issue of abuse of power and... |
Mark Sumner | 01/24/2020 | 143 |
| Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 1/24 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: The Live Digest is a 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential primary-free space. It’s also a place to discuss elections, not policy. Sign up here... |
Daily Kos Elections | 01/24/2020 | 94 |
| Today in impeachment: Obstruction of Congress to take center stage as House Democrats wrap up After a powerful closing Thursday night, Rep. Adam Schiff and the rest of the House impeachment managers return Friday for their final day of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The question remains whether any Republican... |
Laura Clawson | 01/24/2020 | 35 |
| Susan Collins finds a principle to stand behind: Tattling on 'both sides' in the name of civility Just when you thought Maine Sen. Susan Collins couldn't get any worse, you find out she's a tattle-tale. Yes, the one thing that woke Chief Justice John Roberts out of his stupor during the ongoing impeachment trial was a note from Collins tattling on... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 70 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #4 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 127 |
| McConnell's second impeachment cover-up is hiding how Republicans are blowing off their jobs As you watch the impeachment trial, with its unrelenting single camera angle, remember that this is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s other cover-up. McConnell has most famously rigged the rules of the trial so that it’s extremely unlikely to... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 57 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #3 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 137 |
| Trump defender Matt Gaetz publicly sulking after he didn't get picked for Dear Leader's B-team One of the problems with being a professional political suck-up is that there is always someone willing to be more of a suck-up than you. Grovel all you like: Lindsey Graham will have you beat. Praise Dear Leader day and night: Nikki Haley will write a... |
Hunter | 01/23/2020 | 84 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #2 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 128 |
| Trump is abusing his power and obstructing Congress right now while impeachment trial continues In the middle of an impeachment trial in which Donald Trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the Trump administration is brazenly abusing its power, flouting a court order, and ignoring Congress. Just this week, the... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 37 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #1 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 146 |
| Trump celebrates impeachment for abuse of power by bilking the taxpayers even more Smack dab in the middle of his impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Donald Trump is shamelessly grifting off the taxpayer, spiking room rates at his Doral Resort just ahead of a Republican National Committee meeting there,... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 22 |
| 'With me, there's no lying,' Trump says as he lies and lies and lies and lies about impeachment “Now, with me, there's no lying,” Donald Trump said Wednesday about impeachment. You know what happened next, right? Yup, Trump unleashed a barrage of lies about impeachment. Trump made 14 false claims Wednesday spread out between the press conference... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 99 |
| Chief Justice Roberts lets Senate Republicans show blatant disdain for impeachment proceedings Senate Republicans are united again in saying they've heard absolutely nothing new in the House impeachment managers presentation against Donald Trump. That's after they voted en masse, as a unified bloc, against 10 amendments from Democrats to provide... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 302 |
| Prince Charles gave Mike Pence a royally epic snub in Jerusalem Mike Pence is in Jerusalem attending the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, where attendees are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As Charles, the Prince of Wales, entered the venue, he... |
Jen Hayden | 01/23/2020 | 306 |
| Trump to be first president to attend anti-choice March for Life Donald Trump continues to work hard to fire up evangelical voters—on Friday, he’ll be the first president to attend the March for Life. He was previously the first president to address the march by video, in 2018. |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 63 |
| What to expect as impeachment trial resumes Thursday Thursday is the second day of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, with House managers taking up where they left off Wednesday night: methodically making the case against Trump as Republican senators break the rules by leaving... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 46 |
| Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 AM ET! Hey, Happy Impeachment Trial Thursday!
I guess we’ll be doing it again, and then again tomorrow, now that the “rules” have spread things out over three days. After that, it’ll be Democratic ... |
David Waldman | 01/23/2020 | 0 |
| House managers make opening arguments in Trump impeachment trial: Live coverage #6 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 108 |
| Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton in an apparent bid for new public attention There is not a snowball's chance in hell that outgoing Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will ever be elected president, and it is equally unlikely she will ever again touch any nationwide office, ... |
Hunter | 01/22/2020 | 635 |
| House managers make opening arguments in Trump impeachment trial: Live coverage #5 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 80 |
| Schiff shines bright light on Moscow Mitch's dangerous negligence in protecting our elections Rep. Adam Schiff, in his role as impeachment manager, both distilled the import of this trial and put Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell under a harsh light, without ever mentioning McConnell's name. In his opening argument, as prepared and... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 25 |
| Opening arguments continue in Trump impeachment trial: Live coverage #4 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 131 |
| McConnell is also covering up the bad behavior of Republican senators during this impeachment trial The D.C. press corps is filling in where the cameras that Mitch McConnell refused to allow into the impeachment trial are absent. So we know just what a farce Republicans consider this exercise to be. And precisely why McConnell made sure the American... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 142 |
| House managers make opening arguments in impeachment trial: Live coverage #3 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 104 |
| Majority of Maine voters say Collins is 'driven by political self-interest, not principle' Susan Collins is damned if she does stick with Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump on impeachment and damned if she doesn't. The filing deadline for the primary for her Senate seat is March 16, and while she's got the backing of the state's rabid... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 57 |
| Jay Sekulow makes a fool of himself in the Senate, so of course the Trump team doubles down One of the more baffling moments of the frequently baffling defense offered up by Trump's impeachment team was an extended rant on "lawyer lawsuits" delivered by Trump personal lawyer and co-conspirator to crimes Jay Sekulow. Nobody could figure out... |
Hunter | 01/22/2020 | 215 |
| House managers make the opening argument for impeachment: Live coverage #2 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 193 |
| Republicans swoon with fake outrage after Nadler calls a cover-up a cover-up It looks like the accurate characterization of Republican plans for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump as a cover-up is getting under some Republican skin. After Rep. Jerry Nadler dared to call a cover-up a cover-up on the Senate floor late Tuesday... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 71 |
| Opening arguments begin in impeachment trial of Donald Trump: Live coverage #1 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with overwhelming evidence despite his obstruction that has blocked investigators from access to key witnesses and documents. But now it’s in Mitch McConnell’s Senate, and... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 128 |
| Trump says cutting social insurance programs in his second term would be 'the easiest of all things' Hanging out with all the international obscenely rich at Davos this week most have rubbed off on Donald Trump, making him think he's invincible. Trump told CNBC's Joe Kernen that cutting social insurance programs (entitlements, in CNBC-speak) is... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 137 |
| They face their own tough races, but these House Democrats are working to flip more red districts Swing-district House Democrats with military and national security backgrounds are teaming up to help flip some more congressional districts in 2020. Reps. Mikie Sherrill, Chrissy Houlahan, Jason Crow, and Max Rose will co-chair the “Second Service... |
Laura Clawson | 01/22/2020 | 5 |
| DNC invests early and big to build presence in presidential battleground states The Democratic National Committee is ready to go with millions of dollars in presidential battleground states Donald Trump won in 2016—Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona—CNN reports. Two of those states, North... |
Joan McCarter | 01/22/2020 | 37 |