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#TrumpMeltdown: House GOP Worries About Lack of Controls as the Donald Becomes Increasingly Combative on Impeach Probe
As Democrats’ determination to continue its impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump becomes more evident each day, Trump has begun to look and sound increasingly unhinged, including a meltdown Wednesday that made for a trending hashtag on Twitter. The Trump White House’s lack of a “playbook” about how to respond to his impeachment woes has House…
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Lawmakers Get a Look at Trump Whistleblower Complaint— Ahead of Testimony From Guy Who Didn’t Wanna Give It Up
Lawmakers on the House and Senate intelligence committee got a look Wednesday evening at the Trump whistleblower complaint that’s caused all this conversation about impeaching the current occupant of the Oval Office. Whether lawmakers will release the contents of the complaint to the public is still up for debate, but the reluctance of the Trump…
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Nancy Pelosi Announces Plans to Launch Impeachment Inquiry
Metia hates the grits pot. Whenever it was time to tidy up the house, all the kids in my family had a specific job. Even when our cousins came to visit, they knew the rules. Some people mopped, others swept and we all took turns washing the dishes after a meal. My older cousin Metia…
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Pelosi Backs Passing Laws to Make It Easier to Indict Tru …, Uhm, Any Sitting President
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains on the fence about impeaching the current occupant of the Oval Office, but she says Congress should make it clear that bringing criminal charges against a crooked commander in chief is absolutely lawful. In an interview with NPR on Friday, Pelosi said Congress should pass laws to clarify that a…
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Georgia Rep. John Lewis Says He Has Trump’s Impeachment on His Mind
Donald Trump may be in line to get his comeuppance sooner rather than later, now that the “conscious” of the House Democrats, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, says he’s closer to making known his views on impeaching “this so-called president.” “My time is growing near,” Lewis (D-Ga.) said this week, according to Politico, continuing:…
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Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez Make Nice and Come to a Meeting of the Minds
Looks like Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have decided to bury the hatchet. The dean of the House Democrats and the high-profile star of the party’s progressive wing met Friday behind closed doors to “clear the air,” as the Associated Press reports. The meeting came about after the two have traded sharp words, culminating with…
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NAACP Puts It to the House: Impeach Donald Trump!
Delegates to the NAACP voted unanimously Tuesday to have the nation’s oldest civil rights organization press the House to start impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. “This president has led one of the most racist and xenophobic administrations since the Jim Crow era,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said, CNN reports. “Trump needs to know…
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'Does That Mean That the Dictionary is Now Racist?': Diamond and Silk Stump for Trump in Failed Nancy Pelosi Clapback
Diamond and Silk live to say stupid things. As the GOP’s sock puppets of choice and ardent proponents of all things loud and wrong, Shuck and Jive aren’t always there when you call, but they’re always on time to deliver their unique brand of high-decibel absurdity with a side of contrived blather. In their latest…
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House Sees Red on Rep. Al Green’s Effort to Impeach Trump
Well, that didn’t take long. As many politicos predicted, the House on Wednesday rebuffed an effort put forth by Texas Democrat Al Green to impeach Donald Trump. As NBC News reports, the Democrat-controlled House voted 332-95 to table Green’s resolution. In bringing it to the House floor Tuesday night, Green had cited Trump’s recent “go…
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Texas Rep. Al Green Formally Seeks to Impeach Donald Trump
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) set off the impeachment bomb in the House Tuesday evening when he formally submitted articles of impeachment against Donald Trump over the misgivings of House leadership and some of his Democratic colleagues. According to the New York Times, the move came hours after the House, during a raucous session pitting Democrats…