Bad boss

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

The only explanation I’ve ever heard is that some of the male senators are just as bad. But I don’t know if that’s true:

“It seems horribly plausible that for years, the Beltway press simply did not think it was that important if some Hill staffers got office supplies lobbed at their head.” @libbycwatson asks why media ignored Klobuchar staffing rumors for so long. https://t.co/cXWDphd9w8
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 23, 2020

Threats etc.

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

.@paulareidcbs reports that there is an effort underway to make clear to GOP senators that if they vote against President Trump's interests in the impeachment trial, "the base will remember that and the White House will remember that" https://t.co/Av2C7OBnt7 pic.twitter.com/uwPBqbMGZN
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 23, 2020

Bye Roger

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

https://twitter.com/atDavidHoffman/status/1220453022536323072

As Doctor Phil would say

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

When you have nothing to hide, you hide nothing!

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1220490303318253570

Who’d a thunk it?

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

https://twitter.com/OFemmeFataleZ/status/1220066082867818496

Unleashing the whirlwind

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Halo!, there is your unroll: Thread by @djrothkopf: The most important consequence of the Senate trial is not going to be the acquittal that seems a… https://t.co/uS07uCFtRb. Have a good day. 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) January 23, 2020

Republicans are aghast

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

How dare he?

Adam Schiff, the lead House prosecutor, accused President Trump of a “corrupt scheme” to pressure Ukraine for help “to cheat” in the election https://t.co/9guoEH3GaN
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 23, 2020

Marsha breaks the rules

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Secure in the knowledge that Mitch McConnell will never enforce them:

Senator Marsha Blackburn criticized for mid-impeachment trial Fox News interview: "No one…can be treated as above the law" https://t.co/1pmb9IwpMg
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) January 22, 2020

The rules are supposed to be “under pain of imprisonment.” Hah. Rules are for suckers!

LIVE STREAM: Impeachment trial, day 2

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 ~ susie

Testimony

January 22, 2020January 21, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Has a completely different meaning when you’re a Republican:

It's day one of the Senate impeachment trial and Trump's defense team is already lying.

“Not even Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF,” White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said. (This is an absolute lie. Republicans participated in the closed-door meetings.) pic.twitter.com/326XsZV4Vx
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 21, 2020

Sekulow just told bald-faced lies to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Republicans WERE allowed in the SCIF. I was there. Many Rs CHOSE not to show up.
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) January 21, 2020

Trial so far:

White male defense lawyer lied.
Impeachment manager told truth.
White male defense lawyer lied.
Woman manager told truth.
Amateurish white male lawyer lied.
Black woman manager told truth.

Spoiler: white male defense lawyers will lie; managers will speak truth. https://t.co/YcykSFWmmY
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) January 21, 2020