Monday, November 11, 2019

Politics Corner, November 11th

"Lady Freedom" by skpy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 


You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells, You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells
It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting-a-ling, You gotta ring - them - alarm bells. 

Get your transcripts here from Cooper, Croft & Anderson which are not the whitest law firm or a prog rock band. [Politico]


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Withholding the aid to Ukraine was illegal on its face. The State Department figured this out and restarted the aid a couple days before Trump. [Axios]


Nobody wants to play with Mick Mulvaney so he has to file his own lawsuit so he can pretend he hasn't heard the siren call of subpoena. Do you think they let him eat at the big kids table? [NBC]


Nikki Haley isn't here to make friends. She'll stab anyone if it sells her book and knocks out competition. [ABC]


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Trump is projecting again. Trump altered transcripts before hiding them and eventually releasing them so Schiff must be altering transcripts. Never mind that the transcripts are full of Republican Representatives and none of them are complaining. [Vox]


Ghouliani's pal Parnas claims he pressured Ukraine to announce an investigation into the Bidens or Vice President Pence would not attend Zelensky's inauguration. I don't know what to think because I can't tell who he's working for anymore. [Slate]


I know who Rick Perry works for. It wasn't the US that got lucrative 50-year gas deals in Ukraine. It was the guys that bought Rick Perry. [AP]


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Goodbye to bad rubbish. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) (and not Rep. Steve "Cantaloupe" King of Iowa) will not run for reelection. His Long Island district leans Republican but could flip depending on the candidates and how the impeachment goes. [NBC]



One of the good guys in Syria was found dead today near his home in Istanbul. James Le Mesurier was one of the founders of White Helmets which worked to save civilians in war zones. [BBC]


Jordan is pulling out of a lease agreement with Israel and reclaiming the land as its own. Expect more push back from Jordan as Israel continues its apartheid policies. [BBC]


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Political discussion welcome.

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