palmerreport--2020-12-31--Donald Trump’s lawyer Lin Wood has completely whacked out New Year’s Eve meltdown

Donald Trump is still vaguely pretending he hasn ’ t lost the election , as he prepares to skip out on his own New Year ’ s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago and head back to Washington DC to obsess over imaginary things he thinks will happen on January 6th .
But if Trump ’ s behavior is pathetically strange , then the behavior of his election lawyer Lin Wood is outright maniacal in nature .
Wood has spent last night and this morning spinning conspiracy theories involving Chief Justice John Roberts and Jeffrey Epstein that are too deranged to even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Epstein is still alive .
We ’ re not sure at this point if Lin Wood really is this psychologically compromised , or if this is just some kind of calculated act aimed at pleasing the most unhinged of Trump ’ s remaining supporters .
Either way , it ’ s a reminder of two things .
First , Trump ’ s imaginary effort to “ contest ” the election has zero connection to reality , and it ’ s more obvious than ever that it ’ s not going anywhere .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people ?

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Donald Trump is still vaguely pretending he hasn’t lost the election, as he prepares to skip out on his own New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago and head back to Washington DC to obsess over imaginary things he thinks will happen on January 6th.
But if Trump’s behavior is pathetically strange, then the behavior of his election lawyer Lin Wood is outright maniacal in nature. Wood has spent last night and this morning spinning conspiracy theories involving Chief Justice John Roberts and Jeffrey Epstein that are too deranged to even print, before ultimately insisting just now that Epstein is still alive.
We’re not sure at this point if Lin Wood really is this psychologically compromised, or if this is just some kind of calculated act aimed at pleasing the most unhinged of Trump’s remaining supporters. Either way, it’s a reminder of two things. First, Trump’s imaginary effort to “contest” the election has zero connection to reality, and it’s more obvious than ever that it’s not going anywhere. Second, where does Trump find these people?
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palmerreport--2020-12-31--Donald Trump really is trying to take the Republicans down with him

Donald Trump has spent his entire “ presidency ” breaking norms .
Now that he has lost his reelection bid , he is creating chaos .
From pardoning his criminal friends , to lambasting fellow Republicans , to holding up aid to the American people , Trump is making us even happier that he will soon be gone .
Recently , his anger has been directed at Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger .
Trump denigrating Brian Kemp is nothing new .
He has been doing so since he lost the 2020 election when Kemp refused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Recently , he has called for Kemp ’ s resignation as governor of Georgia .
Trump need not worry about Kemp resigning ; he is up for reelection in 2022 , and given all his bad moves as governor , he will join Trump in the one-termer club .
Nonetheless , Washington Post reported that Trump proclaimed Kemp an “ obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia , BIG !
” Continuing his lying ways , Trump then claimed : “ Also won the other Swing States.
” There is so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his words .
From his use of all capitals , capitalizing words that do not need capitalization , and speaking of himself in the third person , he sounds like a lunatic .
Brad Raffensperger , who has tired of Trump ’ s attacks , took it upon himself to look at a sampling of mail-in ballots from Cobb County .
Raffensperger brought in the GBI to help , and after reviewing 15,118 ballot envelopes , they not only found that no fraud occurred but found that only two signatures did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the Secretary of State ( one of which was signed by the voter ’ s wife ) .
This “ exercise , ” if you will , resulted in a 99.99 percent accuracy rate by election officials who examined signatures .
So much for Trump “ winning Georgia , BIG !
” In response , Trump tweeted that Raffensperger ’ s “ brother works for China , and they definitely don ’ t want Trump .
So disgusting !
” No , Trump is disgusting .
Besides , the individual in question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brother .
Further , for those who still refuse to admit that Trump is racist , his main complaint about Raffensperger ’ s examination is that he did not choose Fulton County , which is predominantly black .
Can someone please tell Trump that Biden also carried Cobb ?
What an idiot .
For his part , Kemp has decided that Trump is “ a distraction ” as reported by the Gwinnett Post .
Kemp ’ s focus is now on the January 5th runoff .
He is also preoccupied with getting COVID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ensuring that the state has enough hospital beds as the virus continues to spread .
Both are more important uses of his time than sparring with Trump .
Kemp told reporters : “ I ’ ve supported the president .
I worked as hard as anybody in this state for his reelection .
But at the end of the day , I have to follow the law and the Constitution , ” both of which are utterly foreign to “ president ” Trump .
This is the time when we can and should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden during the debates : “ Would you just shut up , man ?
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Donald Trump has spent his entire “presidency” breaking norms. Now that he has lost his reelection bid, he is creating chaos. From pardoning his criminal friends, to lambasting fellow Republicans, to holding up aid to the American people, Trump is making us even happier that he will soon be gone. Recently, his anger has been directed at Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Trump denigrating Brian Kemp is nothing new. He has been doing so since he lost the 2020 election when Kemp refused to break the law for Trump. Recently, he has called for Kemp’s resignation as governor of Georgia. Trump need not worry about Kemp resigning; he is up for reelection in 2022, and given all his bad moves as governor, he will join Trump in the one-termer club. Nonetheless, Washington Post reported that Trump proclaimed Kemp an “obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia, BIG!” Continuing his lying ways, Trump then claimed: “Also won the other Swing States.” There is so much wrong with Trump that is revealed in his words. From his use of all capitals, capitalizing words that do not need capitalization, and speaking of himself in the third person, he sounds like a lunatic.
Brad Raffensperger, who has tired of Trump’s attacks, took it upon himself to look at a sampling of mail-in ballots from Cobb County. Raffensperger brought in the GBI to help, and after reviewing 15,118 ballot envelopes, they not only found that no fraud occurred but found that only two signatures did not match those voters’ signatures on file with the Secretary of State (one of which was signed by the voter’s wife). This “exercise,” if you will, resulted in a 99.99 percent accuracy rate by election officials who examined signatures. So much for Trump “winning Georgia, BIG!” In response, Trump tweeted that Raffensperger’s “brother works for China, and they definitely don’t want Trump. So disgusting!” No, Trump is disgusting. Besides, the individual in question isn’t Brad Raffensperger’s brother. Further, for those who still refuse to admit that Trump is racist, his main complaint about Raffensperger’s examination is that he did not choose Fulton County, which is predominantly black. Can someone please tell Trump that Biden also carried Cobb? What an idiot.
For his part, Kemp has decided that Trump is “a distraction” as reported by the Gwinnett Post. Kemp’s focus is now on the January 5th runoff. He is also preoccupied with getting COVID vaccinations to nursing homes in Georgia and ensuring that the state has enough hospital beds as the virus continues to spread. Both are more important uses of his time than sparring with Trump. Kemp told reporters: “I’ve supported the president. I worked as hard as anybody in this state for his reelection. But at the end of the day, I have to follow the law and the Constitution,” both of which are utterly foreign to “president” Trump. This is the time when we can and should use the now-famous words of President Elect Biden during the debates: “Would you just shut up, man?”
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palmerreport--2020-12-31--Donald Trump goes up in smoke

Donald Trump goes up in smoke

Just how lost in a haze of delusional and senile confusion is Donald Trump ?
He ’ s now accusing Republican Governor Brian Kemp of conspiring with Stacey Abrams to rig the presidential election against him in Georgia .
Meanwhile back in the real world , it would be harder to find two people less likely to want to conspire together than Kemp and Abrams .
After all , Kemp rigged his own election against Abrams just two years ago .
Trump ’ s entire mind has gone up in smoke .
– Trump just got blown out by seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and historically unpopular .
Anyone standing next to him now will have zero chance of becoming President in 2024 .
Only the stupidest of Republican politicians are taking that sucker bait .
– Tweet of the day , from President-elect Joe Biden : “ The next few weeks and months are going to be a very tough period for our nation — maybe the toughest of the whole pandemic .
But we are going to get through it .
Brighter days are coming , but it ’ s going to take all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do it .
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Just how lost in a haze of delusional and senile confusion is Donald Trump? He’s now accusing Republican Governor Brian Kemp of conspiring with Stacey Abrams to rig the presidential election against him in Georgia. Meanwhile back in the real world, it would be harder to find two people less likely to want to conspire together than Kemp and Abrams. After all, Kemp rigged his own election against Abrams just two years ago. Trump’s entire mind has gone up in smoke.
– Trump just got blown out by seven million votes. He’s toxically and historically unpopular. Anyone standing next to him now will have zero chance of becoming President in 2024. Only the stupidest of Republican politicians are taking that sucker bait.
– Tweet of the day, from President-elect Joe Biden: “The next few weeks and months are going to be a very tough period for our nation — maybe the toughest of the whole pandemic. But we are going to get through it. Brighter days are coming, but it’s going to take all the grit and determination we have as Americans to do it.”
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palmerreport--2020-01-31--Donald Trump circles the drain

Donald Trump circles the drain

“ The American people have spoken clearly—and history is on their side .
The Senate must have a fair trial including the witnesses & documents that were blocked by the president.
” This is Nancy Pelosi ’ s tweet in response to “ president ” Donald Trump ’ s incessant , erroneous , increasingly unhinged tweets .
Pelosi is reminding the Senate that the American public is watching their shameless display of protecting Trump by failing to hold a true trial in response to Trump ’ s criminal activities .
As part of her Tweet , Pelosi included some interesting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachments or as she termed them , “ the Clinton impeachment vs. the Trump cover-up , ” revealing the stark difference in two presidents ( one real , one fake ) .
During the Clinton impeachment , neither documents nor witnesses were blocked .
They laid everything out on the table .
With Trump , a strikingly different picture emerges : 12 blocked key witnesses , 9 blocked subpoenaed witnesses , 100 % of subpoenaed documents blocked , zero documents produced ( Clinton produced more than 90,000 pages ) , and three witnesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and company continue to fight any witnesses .
Now , if you think about all this for a moment , something becomes crystal clear : Clinton had nothing to hide and was willing to cooperate .
What does that say about Trump and his lawyers with their outlandish defenses ?
Correct : They obviously have much to hide .
Any even semi-sane person accused of a crime who has it in his or her power to produce evidence that contradicts the charges would rent a billboard .
In the real world , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what ’ s done in the dark always comes to the light , and that ’ s what has been happening with Trump .
First , portions of John Bolton ’ s upcoming book were leaked .
Lev Parnas released the recording of Trump saying “ take her out ” about Ambassador Yovanovitch .
Don ’ t think for a moment that ’ s all Parnas has , as he seems to be a regular treasure trove of information ( though Trump somehow “ never met the gentleman ” ) .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team continues to say ridiculous things , such as Dershowitz ’ s claim that Trump can do whatever he wants as president .
Sorry , Dershowitz , but you are dead wrong .
Trump is neither monarch nor dictator , and as such , he is bound by our Constitution .
Further , this farce of a trial has also laid the groundwork for Pelosi to talk about everything that they had hoped to accomplish but have been blocked from doing by this corrupt president and his equally corrupt senate majority leader , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s reaction to everything is to , once again , attack Adam Schiff , which didn ’ t exactly turn out well for him .
The most telling response to Trump ’ s irresponsible tweet was : “ If you repeat a lie enough , it becomes a Trump tweet.
” Yet , Trump ’ s supporters on Twitter run to his defense by further attacking Adam Schiff .
Our country has become a sad place when people openly support a criminal like Trump .
We all reap what we sow .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this instance as well .

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“The American people have spoken clearly—and history is on their side. The Senate must have a fair trial including the witnesses & documents that were blocked by the president.” This is Nancy Pelosi’s tweet in response to “president” Donald Trump’s incessant, erroneous, increasingly unhinged tweets. Pelosi is reminding the Senate that the American public is watching their shameless display of protecting Trump by failing to hold a true trial in response to Trump’s criminal activities. As part of her Tweet, Pelosi included some interesting comparative numbers between the Trump and Clinton impeachments or as she termed them, “the Clinton impeachment vs. the Trump cover-up,” revealing the stark difference in two presidents (one real, one fake).
During the Clinton impeachment, neither documents nor witnesses were blocked. They laid everything out on the table. With Trump, a strikingly different picture emerges: 12 blocked key witnesses, 9 blocked subpoenaed witnesses, 100% of subpoenaed documents blocked, zero documents produced (Clinton produced more than 90,000 pages), and three witnesses testified in the Clinton impeachment trial while Trump and company continue to fight any witnesses.
Now, if you think about all this for a moment, something becomes crystal clear: Clinton had nothing to hide and was willing to cooperate. What does that say about Trump and his lawyers with their outlandish defenses? Correct: They obviously have much to hide. Any even semi-sane person accused of a crime who has it in his or her power to produce evidence that contradicts the charges would rent a billboard. In the real world, only criminals hide evidence. Cliché aside, what’s done in the dark always comes to the light, and that’s what has been happening with Trump.
First, portions of John Bolton’s upcoming book were leaked. Lev Parnas released the recording of Trump saying “take her out” about Ambassador Yovanovitch. Don’t think for a moment that’s all Parnas has, as he seems to be a regular treasure trove of information (though Trump somehow “never met the gentleman”). Meanwhile, Trump’s completely inept legal team continues to say ridiculous things, such as Dershowitz’s claim that Trump can do whatever he wants as president. Sorry, Dershowitz, but you are dead wrong. Trump is neither monarch nor dictator, and as such, he is bound by our Constitution. Further, this farce of a trial has also laid the groundwork for Pelosi to talk about everything that they had hoped to accomplish but have been blocked from doing by this corrupt president and his equally corrupt senate majority leader, “Moscow” Mitch McConnell.
Trump’s reaction to everything is to, once again, attack Adam Schiff, which didn’t exactly turn out well for him. The most telling response to Trump’s irresponsible tweet was: “If you repeat a lie enough, it becomes a Trump tweet.” Yet, Trump’s supporters on Twitter run to his defense by further attacking Adam Schiff. Our country has become a sad place when people openly support a criminal like Trump. We all reap what we sow. This parable will come to pass in this instance as well.
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SWING AND MISS

Last week we learned that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was planning to travel to Ukraine during Donald Trump ’ s impeachment trial , in an effort to meddle in the whole process .
It was clear that this was a sign of pure desperation , as no one takes the risk of returning to the scene of the crime unless they think they have no choice .
Now the details are surfacing about the trip , and it ’ s becoming clear that it ’ s not just desperate – it ’ s a desperate swing and miss .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ having Mike Pompeo go to Ukraine – complete with the terrible optics of the trip and the risk of making them both look guilty at a time when all eyes are watching – simply to push Ukraine into announcing that it felt no pressure from Trump over the military aid he withheld .
But Ukrainian President Zelensky has been publicly saying this all along , because he can ’ t afford to give any other answer .
Trump has been consistently touting Zelensky ’ s “ no pressure ” line in his tweets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s gotten Trump nowhere , because everyone who cares enough to pay attention to it can intuitively figure out that Trump is forcing Zelensky to say this .
Now Donald Trump has Mike Pompeo going to Ukraine just to get Zelensky to say it again , even though that ’ ll gain Trump literally nothing .
No wonder Pompeo is completely flipping his lid , screaming at and threatening reporters in the process .
Pompeo surely knows he ’ s being sent on a suicide mission that ’ ll set him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all for Trump ’ s latest inept swing and miss .
Trump just keeps getting worse at this .

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Last week we learned that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was planning to travel to Ukraine during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, in an effort to meddle in the whole process. It was clear that this was a sign of pure desperation, as no one takes the risk of returning to the scene of the crime unless they think they have no choice. Now the details are surfacing about the trip, and it’s becoming clear that it’s not just desperate – it’s a desperate swing and miss.
It turns out Donald Trump is apparently having Mike Pompeo go to Ukraine – complete with the terrible optics of the trip and the risk of making them both look guilty at a time when all eyes are watching – simply to push Ukraine into announcing that it felt no pressure from Trump over the military aid he withheld.
But Ukrainian President Zelensky has been publicly saying this all along, because he can’t afford to give any other answer. Trump has been consistently touting Zelensky’s “no pressure” line in his tweets and in his impeachment trial defense. It’s gotten Trump nowhere, because everyone who cares enough to pay attention to it can intuitively figure out that Trump is forcing Zelensky to say this.
Now Donald Trump has Mike Pompeo going to Ukraine just to get Zelensky to say it again, even though that’ll gain Trump literally nothing. No wonder Pompeo is completely flipping his lid, screaming at and threatening reporters in the process. Pompeo surely knows he’s being sent on a suicide mission that’ll set him up as the next fall guy, all for Trump’s latest inept swing and miss. Trump just keeps getting worse at this.
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palmerreport--2020-01-31--The Igor Fruman saga just took a surreal new turn

When a still-unidentified source gave ABC News access last week to a recording that Igor Fruman had secretly made of Donald Trump in April 2018 , it raised the question of who that source was .
Lev Parnas confirmed through his attorney that he was not the source .
He ’ d forgotten that Fruman had long ago given him a copy of the recording , and he only fished it out and released it after he saw the ABC story about it .
At the time , Palmer Report pointed out that there were only two possibilities .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recording to ABC News as a de facto way of flipping on Trump .
The second was that Igor had no interest in having that recording become public , and someone in Igor ’ s circle ( not named Lev ) essentially betrayed him by giving the recording to ABC .
Now we have our answer .
Palmer Report explained that if Igor was flipping on Trump , he was going to need to sever his ties with his Trump-supplied legal team .
Instead , Igor ’ s same pro-Trump legal team represented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In other words , he hasn ’ t flipped .
Just to erase any doubt , Igor ’ s team specifically complained in court today that privileged information was being released .
This leaves only one logical possibility .
When Igor Fruman gave a copy of his secret Trump recording to Lev Parnas , he also gave copies to one or more other people he trusted – and one of those people turned around and leaked the recording to ABC News .
In other words there ’ s someone in the Lev-Igor circle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entirely .
Have we heard the last of this person , or will we see more leaks of Igor ’ s evidence that Igor doesn ’ t want out there ?

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When a still-unidentified source gave ABC News access last week to a recording that Igor Fruman had secretly made of Donald Trump in April 2018, it raised the question of who that source was. Lev Parnas confirmed through his attorney that he was not the source. He’d forgotten that Fruman had long ago given him a copy of the recording, and he only fished it out and released it after he saw the ABC story about it.
At the time, Palmer Report pointed out that there were only two possibilities. The first was that Igor Fruman gave the recording to ABC News as a de facto way of flipping on Trump. The second was that Igor had no interest in having that recording become public, and someone in Igor’s circle (not named Lev) essentially betrayed him by giving the recording to ABC. Now we have our answer.
Palmer Report explained that if Igor was flipping on Trump, he was going to need to sever his ties with his Trump-supplied legal team. Instead, Igor’s same pro-Trump legal team represented him in a court hearing today. In other words, he hasn’t flipped. Just to erase any doubt, Igor’s team specifically complained in court today that privileged information was being released.
This leaves only one logical possibility. When Igor Fruman gave a copy of his secret Trump recording to Lev Parnas, he also gave copies to one or more other people he trusted – and one of those people turned around and leaked the recording to ABC News. In other words there’s someone in the Lev-Igor circle who’s driving a separate agenda entirely. Have we heard the last of this person, or will we see more leaks of Igor’s evidence that Igor doesn’t want out there?
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palmerreport--2020-01-31--GOP Senators are taking it on the chin

GOP Senators are taking it on the chin

Republicans in the Senate have found themselves in essentially a no-win position .
They can vote against allowing John Bolton to testify in the Senate under oath , which would be overwhelmingly unpopular with the American public and could cost several of them their seats .
Or they can vote to allow Bolton to testify , and face the wrath of the Trumpers they need to come out for them in November .
At this time , the GOP allows almost no room to defy Donald Trump ’ s wishes .
Even worse for them , Bolton may end up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealing everything on television , since he clearly cares more about selling his book than he does about the fate of Trump and the Republicans who continue to prop him up .
Faced with a situation like this , it ’ s really no wonder that one by one , we ’ re seeing Senate Republicans circle the drain – from Martha McSally ’ s inane bullying of a reporter who asked her basic questions ( which she then tried to use as a fundraising opportunity ) , to Joni Ernst ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just an attempt to erase Joe Biden ’ s popularity .
Then on Wednesday , yet another Republican senator up for re-election decided to self-sabotage .
Thom Tillis of North Carolina was pressed by Kevin Frey , a reporter from Spectrum News , on the contents of Bolton ’ s book – whether or not it contains the classified information the White House is claiming it does .
“ I think it ’ s a hypothetical because I don ’ t know what he said , ” Tillis responded .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t being coached on how to answer , because Frey quickly pointed out that Tillis and the Senate could find out if they just decided to subpoena Bolton .
Tillis said that if Bolton had anything important to say , the House could have called him to testify , ignoring that they did that back in November .
In trying to avoid the dilemma of voting to hear Bolton ’ s testimony , Tillis managed to explain exactly why the Senate should hear Bolton ’ s testimony .
All that ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point is play dumb and hope it all blows over .
It won ’ t .

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Republicans in the Senate have found themselves in essentially a no-win position. They can vote against allowing John Bolton to testify in the Senate under oath, which would be overwhelmingly unpopular with the American public and could cost several of them their seats. Or they can vote to allow Bolton to testify, and face the wrath of the Trumpers they need to come out for them in November.
At this time, the GOP allows almost no room to defy Donald Trump’s wishes. Even worse for them, Bolton may end up either testifying before the House or simply revealing everything on television, since he clearly cares more about selling his book than he does about the fate of Trump and the Republicans who continue to prop him up.
Faced with a situation like this, it’s really no wonder that one by one, we’re seeing Senate Republicans circle the drain – from Martha McSally’s inane bullying of a reporter who asked her basic questions (which she then tried to use as a fundraising opportunity), to Joni Ernst’s open admission that the Ukraine extortion was just an attempt to erase Joe Biden’s popularity. Then on Wednesday, yet another Republican senator up for re-election decided to self-sabotage. Thom Tillis of North Carolina was pressed by Kevin Frey, a reporter from Spectrum News, on the contents of Bolton’s book – whether or not it contains the classified information the White House is claiming it does.
“I think it’s a hypothetical because I don’t know what he said,” Tillis responded. It’s probably safe to say the Republicans aren’t being coached on how to answer, because Frey quickly pointed out that Tillis and the Senate could find out if they just decided to subpoena Bolton. Tillis said that if Bolton had anything important to say, the House could have called him to testify, ignoring that they did that back in November. In trying to avoid the dilemma of voting to hear Bolton’s testimony, Tillis managed to explain exactly why the Senate should hear Bolton’s testimony. All that’s left for Republicans to do at this point is play dumb and hope it all blows over. It won’t.
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palmerreport--2020-01-31--Nancy Pelosi strikes back

Nancy Pelosi strikes back

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hasn ’ t made a lot of noise during Donald Trump ’ s Senate impeachment trial , because she hasn ’ t needed to .
It ’ s up to Senate Republicans to decide how they want to handle the no-win situation of either giving Trump a witness-free sham trial that voters will punish them for , or letting witnesses testify against Trump and then making themselves look even more absurd by acquitting him .
Then Pelosi can make whatever countermove she wants .
If Republican Senators don ’ t do their jobs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House hearing and let John Bolton testify .
Or she can launch new articles of impeachment if she wants .
Or she can simply sit back while Bolton does the TV talk show circuit , thus decimating Trump and the GOP Senators who acquit him .
Pelosi holds all the cards ; she just has to wait for the GOP to finish playing its losing hand .
Interestingly , Pelosi spoke up today , tweeting this about the trial : You can not be acquitted if you don ’ t have a trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trial if you don ’ t have witnesses and documentation .
If Republican Senators choose a cover-up , the American people and history will judge it with the harshness it deserves .
What stands out here is that , unlike the fatalists in the Resistance who keep insisting that “ Trump is getting away with it all , ” Pelosi is flat out saying that Trump ’ s acquittal won ’ t count , and that this won ’ t have been a trial .
It ’ s a tricky game to try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do about it if the Senate doesn ’ t call witnesses .
But she appears to be making a point of reminding everyone that she holds all the power here .

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hasn’t made a lot of noise during Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, because she hasn’t needed to. It’s up to Senate Republicans to decide how they want to handle the no-win situation of either giving Trump a witness-free sham trial that voters will punish them for, or letting witnesses testify against Trump and then making themselves look even more absurd by acquitting him. Then Pelosi can make whatever countermove she wants.
If Republican Senators don’t do their jobs, Nancy Pelosi can simply hold a public House hearing and let John Bolton testify. Or she can launch new articles of impeachment if she wants. Or she can simply sit back while Bolton does the TV talk show circuit, thus decimating Trump and the GOP Senators who acquit him. Pelosi holds all the cards; she just has to wait for the GOP to finish playing its losing hand. Interestingly, Pelosi spoke up today, tweeting this about the trial:
You cannot be acquitted if you don’t have a trial. You don’t have a trial if you don’t have witnesses and documentation. If Republican Senators choose a cover-up, the American people and history will judge it with the harshness it deserves.
What stands out here is that, unlike the fatalists in the Resistance who keep insisting that “Trump is getting away with it all,” Pelosi is flat out saying that Trump’s acquittal won’t count, and that this won’t have been a trial. It’s a tricky game to try to guess precisely what she plans to do about it if the Senate doesn’t call witnesses. But she appears to be making a point of reminding everyone that she holds all the power here.
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palmerreport--2020-02-03--Everything you need to know about today’s Democratic 2020 Iowa caucus

This week someone will win the 2020 Iowa caucus .
Next week someone will win the 2020 New Hampshire primary .
I ’ m not making any predictions , because the few recent polls conducted in these two states have sharply conflicted with each other – a sign that anyone who ’ s close to the top of the polls could win .
But whoever wins Iowa and New Hampshire , I ’ m here to tell you that it ’ ll have no impact on who ends up being the Democratic nominee .
How dare I say something so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media is insisting Iowa and New Hampshire mean everything ?
Well , I ’ ve got forty years of history on my side .
Take a look at these results : 2016 : Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Republican nomination to Donald Trump .
2016 : Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary , but lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton .
2012 : Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney .
2008 : Hillary Clinton won the New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nomination to Barack Obama .
2008 : Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Republican nomination to John McCain .
2000 : John McCain won the New Hampshire primary , but lost the Republican nomination to George W. Bush .
1992 : Tom Harkin won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Democratic nomination to Bill Clinton .
1988 : Dick Gephardt won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Democratic nomination to Michael Dukakis .
1988 : Bob Dole won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Republican nomination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Gary Hart won the New Hampshire primary , but lost the Democratic nomination to Walter Mondale .
1980 : George H.W .
Bush won the Iowa caucus , but lost the Republican nomination to Ronald Reagan .
With the singular exception of 2004 , it ’ s been more than forty years since the Democratic and Republican nominees both won Iowa and New Hampshire .
The Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary have an important role to play , in terms of forcing candidates to come face to face with voters and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Iowa and New Hampshire tell us very little about who ’ s going to win the nomination for either party .
The demographics of these two states don ’ t line up enough with the nation at large for their results to provide any useful information about who ’ s likely to win in the more diverse states that come afterward .

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This week someone will win the 2020 Iowa caucus. Next week someone will win the 2020 New Hampshire primary. I’m not making any predictions, because the few recent polls conducted in these two states have sharply conflicted with each other – a sign that anyone who’s close to the top of the polls could win. But whoever wins Iowa and New Hampshire, I’m here to tell you that it’ll have no impact on who ends up being the Democratic nominee. How dare I say something so sacrilegious, at a time when the media is insisting Iowa and New Hampshire mean everything? Well, I’ve got forty years of history on my side. Take a look at these results:
2016: Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Republican nomination to Donald Trump.
2016: Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary, but lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton.
2012: Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney.
2008: Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary, but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.
2008: Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Republican nomination to John McCain.
2000: John McCain won the New Hampshire primary, but lost the Republican nomination to George W. Bush.
1996: Pat Buchanan won the New Hampshire primary, but lost the Republican nomination to Bob Dole.
1992: Tom Harkin won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Democratic nomination to Bill Clinton.
1988: Dick Gephardt won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Democratic nomination to Michael Dukakis.
1988: Bob Dole won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Republican nomination to George H.W. Bush.
1984: Gary Hart won the New Hampshire primary, but lost the Democratic nomination to Walter Mondale.
1980: George H.W. Bush won the Iowa caucus, but lost the Republican nomination to Ronald Reagan.
With the singular exception of 2004, it’s been more than forty years since the Democratic and Republican nominees both won Iowa and New Hampshire. The Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary have an important role to play, in terms of forcing candidates to come face to face with voters and prove their authenticity. But history shows that Iowa and New Hampshire tell us very little about who’s going to win the nomination for either party. The demographics of these two states don’t line up enough with the nation at large for their results to provide any useful information about who’s likely to win in the more diverse states that come afterward.
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palmerreport--2020-02-03--Donald Trump posts stunningly idiotic tweet about Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory, deletes it

We ’ re not sure which team Donald Trump might have been rooting for in the Super Bowl .
On the one hand , infamous Trump cult member Nick Bosa plays for the 49ers .
On the other hand , the 49ers are from Nancy Pelosi ’ s home base of San Francisco , a city that Trump regularly trashes on Twitter .
In any case the Kansas City Chiefs won the game , and that presented a problem for Trump , as he ’ s too stupid to know where the Kansas City Chiefs are from .
Trump tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chiefs on a great game , and a fantastic comeback , under immense pressure .
You represented the Great State of Kansas and , in fact , the entire USA , so very well .
Our Country is PROUD OF YOU !
One little problem : the Kansas City Chiefs don ’ t play in Kansas .
They play in Kansas City , Missouri .
We could excuse the average American for not knowing that , if they haven ’ t spent time in the region .
And after all , there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kansas City , Kansas .
But we ’ d hope that the President of the United States of all people would known that Kansas City , Missouri is the big one with the sports teams .
Donald Trump eventually deleted the tweet and replaced it with a new one that congratulated the people of Missouri instead .
Here ’ s the thing .
Trump is counting on voter support from midwest red states like Missouri and Kansas , yet he clearly doesn ’ t care the slightest bit about the region .
Also @ @ @ @ @ @

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We’re not sure which team Donald Trump might have been rooting for in the Super Bowl. On the one hand, infamous Trump cult member Nick Bosa plays for the 49ers. On the other hand, the 49ers are from Nancy Pelosi’s home base of San Francisco, a city that Trump regularly trashes on Twitter. In any case the Kansas City Chiefs won the game, and that presented a problem for Trump, as he’s too stupid to know where the Kansas City Chiefs are from. Trump tweeted this:
Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on a great game, and a fantastic comeback, under immense pressure. You represented the Great State of Kansas and, in fact, the entire USA, so very well. Our Country is PROUD OF YOU!
One little problem: the Kansas City Chiefs don’t play in Kansas. They play in Kansas City, Missouri. We could excuse the average American for not knowing that, if they haven’t spent time in the region. And after all, there is a Kansas City, Missouri and a Kansas City, Kansas. But we’d hope that the President of the United States of all people would known that Kansas City, Missouri is the big one with the sports teams.
Donald Trump eventually deleted the tweet and replaced it with a new one that congratulated the people of Missouri instead. Here’s the thing. Trump is counting on voter support from midwest red states like Missouri and Kansas, yet he clearly doesn’t care the slightest bit about the region. Also, he’s stupid.
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palmerreport--2020-02-03--Donald Trump crashes and burns during the Super Bowl

Donald Trump didn ’ t use his Super Bowl pregame interview to brag about how he ’ s been exonerated , or to push anything he might be able to build on .
Instead he used it to whine about how he ’ s been impeached .
This isn ’ t a guy who ’ s focused on finding a winning 2020 strategy .
He ’ s focused on the damage that impeachment has done to his 2020 chances , and he ’ s worried now that his Ukraine cheating scheme has failed , he ’ s not sure what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Super Bowl ad .
He thinks he ’ s being clever with his misleading Alice Johnson narrative .
But the reality is he ’ s polling within the margin of error of zero with black voters .
No amount of propaganda will change that .
Also , when you ’ re falsely taking credit for Kim Kardashian ’ s accomplishments , you need to get a life .
Mr. Clean and the Kool-Aid Man attending a fake funeral for a not really dead Mr. Peanut is one of the most bizarre things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not as bizarre as Donald Trump trying to speak in complete sentences .
Mike Bloomberg has managed to bait Donald Trump into directly feuding with him .
Good .
Bloomberg isn ’ t going to be the nominee , and he seems to know it .
When you send out your campaign advisers to mock Trump over his weight , you ’ re not really trying to win , are you ?
Democrats can never get away with that stuff ; only Republicans can .
But Bloomberg is succeeding in distracting Trump from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a good thing .

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Donald Trump didn’t use his Super Bowl pregame interview to brag about how he’s been exonerated, or to push anything he might be able to build on. Instead he used it to whine about how he’s been impeached. This isn’t a guy who’s focused on finding a winning 2020 strategy. He’s focused on the damage that impeachment has done to his 2020 chances, and he’s worried now that his Ukraine cheating scheme has failed, he’s not sure what to do next.
Trump did run a Super Bowl ad. He thinks he’s being clever with his misleading Alice Johnson narrative. But the reality is he’s polling within the margin of error of zero with black voters. No amount of propaganda will change that. Also, when you’re falsely taking credit for Kim Kardashian’s accomplishments, you need to get a life.
Mr. Clean and the Kool-Aid Man attending a fake funeral for a not really dead Mr. Peanut is one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen. But not as bizarre as Donald Trump trying to speak in complete sentences.
Mike Bloomberg has managed to bait Donald Trump into directly feuding with him. Good. Bloomberg isn’t going to be the nominee, and he seems to know it. When you send out your campaign advisers to mock Trump over his weight, you’re not really trying to win, are you? Democrats can never get away with that stuff; only Republicans can. But Bloomberg is succeeding in distracting Trump from attacking the actual viable candidates – which is a good thing.
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palmerreport--2020-02-03--Mike Bloomberg just took a blowtorch to Donald Trump

Donald Trump stayed up half the night last night ranting on Twitter about how much he resents Mike Bloomberg .
He attacked Bloomberg ’ s physical attributes .
He made up idiotic and bizarre false claims about Bloomberg ’ s height .
This is telling , considering Bloomberg isn ’ t even really in contention in the 2020 Democratic primary .
Why is Trump so worried about an also-ran candidate ?
The answer seems pretty straightforward : Mike Bloomberg is an actual billionaire , while Donald Trump is deeply indebted stooge who lives off money that isn ’ t his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of New York City , while Trump is so despised there , he recently changed his official state residency to Florida .
And of course Bloomberg has promised to spend significant money running TV ads supporting whichever Democratic nominee ends up taking on Trump .
Trump ’ s obsession with Mike Bloomberg has given higher exposure to his campaign .
This morning Bloomberg ’ s campaign adviser Tim O ’ Brien was given airtime on the Joy Reid show on MSNBC , and he landed this zinger : “ When you get inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ re going to discover is a putter , a cheeseburger , a porn video , and somebody else ’ s credit card .
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Donald Trump stayed up half the night last night ranting on Twitter about how much he resents Mike Bloomberg. He attacked Bloomberg’s physical attributes. He made up idiotic and bizarre false claims about Bloomberg’s height. This is telling, considering Bloomberg isn’t even really in contention in the 2020 Democratic primary. Why is Trump so worried about an also-ran candidate?
The answer seems pretty straightforward: Mike Bloomberg is an actual billionaire, while Donald Trump is deeply indebted stooge who lives off money that isn’t his. Bloomberg is popular in his hometown of New York City, while Trump is so despised there, he recently changed his official state residency to Florida. And of course Bloomberg has promised to spend significant money running TV ads supporting whichever Democratic nominee ends up taking on Trump.
Trump’s obsession with Mike Bloomberg has given higher exposure to his campaign. This morning Bloomberg’s campaign adviser Tim O’Brien was given airtime on the Joy Reid show on MSNBC, and he landed this zinger: “When you get inside Donald Trump‘s head, all you’re going to discover is a putter, a cheeseburger, a porn video, and somebody else’s credit card.”
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--This is complete horse crap

This is complete horse crap

Each of you are rooting for different candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary , and that ’ s how it ’ s supposed to work .
But when you look at the national polling averages , there ’ s zero doubt that Joe Biden is the current frontrunner .
That ’ s a fact , just as the sky is blue .
It doesn ’ t mean he ’ ll remain the frontrunner .
Races shift .
But we won ’ t get any meaningful hard data about the nomination until we get to more diverse voters in South Carolina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the meantime , we ’ re in for a month of total nonsense – and the false reporting just kicked off this evening .
Because Iowa and New Hampshire tend to produce results that have nothing to do with who ’ s going to win in more diverse states and become the Democratic nominee , we ’ re entering a month where the media can drum up a whole lot of ratings by pretending that the winners of Iowa and New Hampshire are the new “ frontrunners ” and that the actual frontrunner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble.
” In recent elections , one of the media ’ s favorite tricks is to pretend that the frontrunner is so screwed , other random people are gearing up to enter the race to take their place .
During the 2016 Democratic primary race , we saw the mainstream media make up fake stories about Hillary Clinton being in such trouble , everyone from John Kerry to Al Gore to Michael Dukakis was preparing to enter the race and take her place .
We ’ ve been waiting for the media to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories about the 2020 Democratic primary race , and now it ’ s happened : NBC News falsely reported today that John Kerry is gearing up to enter the race .
The kicker is that this NBC News article doesn ’ t even try very hard .
It claims that John Kerry was overheard discussing entering the race on a phone call .
But as the article goes on , it becomes clear that Kerry was actually explaining on the phone why he ’ s not going to enter the race .
Further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s “ not clear how serious ” Kerry was about supposedly entering the race .
In other words , it ’ s made-up nonsense .
This kind of sensationalistic and false reporting from the mainstream media is shameful but not surprising .
There ’ s no better way to drum up ratings than to pretend that the frontrunner is in trouble , or that the frontrunner isn ’ t actually the frontrunner .
And there ’ s no better time to push this garbage than during February , while it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predictive of who ’ s going to be the nominee .

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Each of you are rooting for different candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary, and that’s how it’s supposed to work. But when you look at the national polling averages, there’s zero doubt that Joe Biden is the current frontrunner. That’s a fact, just as the sky is blue. It doesn’t mean he’ll remain the frontrunner. Races shift. But we won’t get any meaningful hard data about the nomination until we get to more diverse voters in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states. In the meantime, we’re in for a month of total nonsense – and the false reporting just kicked off this evening.
Because Iowa and New Hampshire tend to produce results that have nothing to do with who’s going to win in more diverse states and become the Democratic nominee, we’re entering a month where the media can drum up a whole lot of ratings by pretending that the winners of Iowa and New Hampshire are the new “frontrunners” and that the actual frontrunner in the national polls is in “trouble.” In recent elections, one of the media’s favorite tricks is to pretend that the frontrunner is so screwed, other random people are gearing up to enter the race to take their place.
During the 2016 Democratic primary race, we saw the mainstream media make up fake stories about Hillary Clinton being in such trouble, everyone from John Kerry to Al Gore to Michael Dukakis was preparing to enter the race and take her place. We’ve been waiting for the media to get around to making up similar fake stories about the 2020 Democratic primary race, and now it’s happened: NBC News falsely reported today that John Kerry is gearing up to enter the race.
The kicker is that this NBC News article doesn’t even try very hard. It claims that John Kerry was overheard discussing entering the race on a phone call. But as the article goes on, it becomes clear that Kerry was actually explaining on the phone why he’s not going to enter the race. Further down the article, NBC admits it’s “not clear how serious” Kerry was about supposedly entering the race. In other words, it’s made-up nonsense.
This kind of sensationalistic and false reporting from the mainstream media is shameful but not surprising. There’s no better way to drum up ratings than to pretend that the frontrunner is in trouble, or that the frontrunner isn’t actually the frontrunner. And there’s no better time to push this garbage than during February, while it’s pretending that Iowa and New Hampshire are predictive of who’s going to be the nominee.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Stop handing Donald Trump victories

Stop handing Donald Trump victories

With a few noble exceptions , the mainstream media pundits have opportunistically declared that this is Doomsday Week .
They ’ ve decided to exploit your fears over the impeachment trial sham acquittal by insisting that Donald Trump will become more “ emboldened ” and “ brazen ” and “ unrestrained ” and whatever scary buzzwords they ’ re all copy-pasting from each other right now .
Trump has been 100 % emboldened , 100 % brazen , and 100 % unrestrained in his corrupt criminality since he took office .
He ’ s already treasonously tried to blackmail a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 election .
He didn ’ t succeed .
His Ukraine scheme didn ’ t gain him a single 2020 vote .
In fact he failed so badly at it , he got impeached for it .
So what if he ’ s getting acquitted ?
He was going to keep doing this same exact stuff whether or not impeachment , acquittal , or any other constitutional construct came into play .
Trump is Trump .
He ’ s not in any way influenced by what anyone in Congress has to say about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told us that Trump was going to magically pardon everyone ?
His people went to prison instead .
Remember when the media said Trump was going to take us to war with North Korea , and that it was going to somehow magically get him reelected ?
Remember when the media said the same exact thing about Iran ?
Remember when the media told us that the House impeachment hearings were somehow going to cause his pathetic approval rating to go up ?
How many times can these pundits be wrong with their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not about being correct .
It ’ s about scaring the crap out of you , so you ’ ll stay tuned in .
It ’ s about ratings , ratings , ratings , ratings , and ratings .
There are no other factors .
Why else would most of the mainstream media pundits be so willing to be wrong over and over again ?
They figure that in the end you ’ ll be so relieved that none of their doomsday prophecies came true , it won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to you when they said it going to happen .
It ’ s not just that the pundits are pushing the vague notion that this new “ emboldened ” Donald Trump is going to magically get smarter with his dimwitted scheming .
A number of pundits are reaching so far to come up with such histrionic over-the-top doomsday scenarios to keep you tuned in , you almost feel bad at their desperation .
One of the most popular laughably fictional scenarios is that Trump will simply decide not to leave office if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magically work out for him .
This weekend we ’ ve seen the emergence of an even more laugh-out-loud scenario in which Trump simply declares martial law and/or cancels the election .
Let ’ s try to come back to the land of the sane .
Donald Trump isn ’ t within a million miles of somehow being able to magically cancel the election .
He just isn ’ t .
That ’ s a joke .
And if Trump loses the election but then refuses to leave office , the new president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the inauguration or not .
Trump will no longer be president , and law enforcement would then drag him out of the White House by his heels .
These doomsday scenarios are a joke .
You ’ d have to think Trump is a wizard with a magic wand to believe that any of this utter bullshit could happen .
If you believe that any of the above could actually happen , you ’ ve become so brainwashed by the doomsday pundits , you – in all seriousness – probably need a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeating these hallucinatory doomsday fantasies about Trump having magic powers , then you ’ re handing Trump leverage that he doesn ’ t have , and you ’ re doing extreme harm to your own side .
Stop it .
Stop repeating this hysterical nonsense .
Stop listening to pundits who feed you this garbage to try to scare you .
We have enough actual problems to fight against , without making up insane doomsday scenarios that obviously aren ’ t going to happen .
Stop being your own enemy by assigning magical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laughably , does not have .
When you go around spewing this crap , you are your own worst enemy .

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With a few noble exceptions, the mainstream media pundits have opportunistically declared that this is Doomsday Week. They’ve decided to exploit your fears over the impeachment trial sham acquittal by insisting that Donald Trump will become more “emboldened” and “brazen” and “unrestrained” and whatever scary buzzwords they’re all copy-pasting from each other right now.
Trump has been 100% emboldened, 100% brazen, and 100% unrestrained in his corrupt criminality since he took office. He’s already treasonously tried to blackmail a foreign country into helping him in the 2020 election. He didn’t succeed. His Ukraine scheme didn’t gain him a single 2020 vote. In fact he failed so badly at it, he got impeached for it. So what if he’s getting acquitted? He was going to keep doing this same exact stuff whether or not impeachment, acquittal, or any other constitutional construct came into play. Trump is Trump. He’s not in any way influenced by what anyone in Congress has to say about his antics.
Remember when the media told us that Trump was going to magically pardon everyone? His people went to prison instead. Remember when the media said Trump was going to take us to war with North Korea, and that it was going to somehow magically get him reelected? Remember when the media said the same exact thing about Iran? Remember when the media told us that the House impeachment hearings were somehow going to cause his pathetic approval rating to go up? How many times can these pundits be wrong with their doomsday prophecies?
That’s because it’s not about being correct. It’s about scaring the crap out of you, so you’ll stay tuned in. It’s about ratings, ratings, ratings, ratings, and ratings. There are no other factors. Why else would most of the mainstream media pundits be so willing to be wrong over and over again? They figure that in the end you’ll be so relieved that none of their doomsday prophecies came true, it won’t occur to you that they were lying to you when they said it going to happen.
It’s not just that the pundits are pushing the vague notion that this new “emboldened” Donald Trump is going to magically get smarter with his dimwitted scheming. A number of pundits are reaching so far to come up with such histrionic over-the-top doomsday scenarios to keep you tuned in, you almost feel bad at their desperation. One of the most popular laughably fictional scenarios is that Trump will simply decide not to leave office if he loses, and that this will somehow magically work out for him. This weekend we’ve seen the emergence of an even more laugh-out-loud scenario in which Trump simply declares martial law and/or cancels the election.
Let’s try to come back to the land of the sane. Donald Trump isn’t within a million miles of somehow being able to magically cancel the election. He just isn’t. That’s a joke. And if Trump loses the election but then refuses to leave office, the new president will be sworn in whether Trump participates in the inauguration or not. Trump will no longer be president, and law enforcement would then drag him out of the White House by his heels. These doomsday scenarios are a joke. You’d have to think Trump is a wizard with a magic wand to believe that any of this utter bullshit could happen.
If you believe that any of the above could actually happen, you’ve become so brainwashed by the doomsday pundits, you – in all seriousness – probably need a psychological intervention. If you’re repeating these hallucinatory doomsday fantasies about Trump having magic powers, then you’re handing Trump leverage that he doesn’t have, and you’re doing extreme harm to your own side. Stop it. Stop repeating this hysterical nonsense. Stop listening to pundits who feed you this garbage to try to scare you. We have enough actual problems to fight against, without making up insane doomsday scenarios that obviously aren’t going to happen. Stop being your own enemy by assigning magical powers to Trump that he obviously, laughably, does not have. When you go around spewing this crap, you are your own worst enemy.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Here’s what has to change for us to win

Here’s what has to change for us to win

The presidential election is a side note this fall .
Every other election matters more .
The only way we change things is by taking back the senate and keeping the house this November .
You must vote in every local and state election as well .
We can not stop the gerrymandering and the abuses locally until this happens .
Even , if by some miracle , we pull it together enough to vote Trump out , if we don ’ t take the senate , we ’ re screwed .
If we don ’ t take governorships and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re screwed .
Anyone who believes that the events of the last few days will cost the republicans any votes are fooling themselves .
The republicans in the senate did exactly what the republican voters put them in office to do – maintain their power .
Republican voters do not care about whatever dirty politics are played , they do not care about treason , they do not care about the laws of this country .
What they care about is forcing women to have babies they do not want .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children for being born by letting them be hungry , and abused .
What they care about is trying to force the LGBTQ community back into closets and dark corners .
What they care about is punishing people of color and continuing to try to relegate them to a permanent underclass .
What they care about is protecting their privilege as white , Christian Americans .
They do not care about anything or anyone other than themselves .
Their votes will not change this November , so our votes must change everything .

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The presidential election is a side note this fall. Every other election matters more. The only way we change things is by taking back the senate and keeping the house this November. You must vote in every local and state election as well. We cannot stop the gerrymandering and the abuses locally until this happens. Even, if by some miracle, we pull it together enough to vote Trump out, if we don’t take the senate, we’re screwed. If we don’t take governorships and state houses and state senates, we’re screwed.
Anyone who believes that the events of the last few days will cost the republicans any votes are fooling themselves. The republicans in the senate did exactly what the republican voters put them in office to do – maintain their power. Republican voters do not care about whatever dirty politics are played, they do not care about treason, they do not care about the laws of this country.
What they care about is forcing women to have babies they do not want. What they care about is then punishing those children for being born by letting them be hungry, and abused. What they care about is trying to force the LGBTQ community back into closets and dark corners. What they care about is punishing people of color and continuing to try to relegate them to a permanent underclass. What they care about is protecting their privilege as white, Christian Americans. They do not care about anything or anyone other than themselves. Their votes will not change this November, so our votes must change everything.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Michael Moore is wrong about all of it

Michael Moore is wrong about all of it

It ought to be clear to every thinking American voter that being right by accident is the same as being wrong .
In a way , it ’ s worse .
We ’ ve seen it before , some obscure political scientist from a little known university “ accurately ” predicts the outcome of every presidential election since 1980 , say .
We invest him ( as the predictor is almost always male ) with exceptional powers of forecasting , when in fact all that ’ s happening is he got lucky .
We ought to understand why this happens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explanation .
In a country of over 300 million people every possible combination of prediction is available , so naturally someone , somewhere , is going to get it right by accident .
The same sort of thing happens at racetracks where the pick 6 is just as likely to be calculated by a little old lady using the hatpin method as the most seasoned tout .
No one in their right mind thinks that a lottery winner guessed the correct six numbers through shrewd calculation .
Yet we imbue these political pundits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to do is get it right once , provided that the outcome is both sufficiently counterintuitive and horrifying .
When Michael Moore “ predicted ” a Trump presidency against all odds and in the teeth of all sane calculations on the sole spurious notion that he “ knew ” the people of Michigan , we ought to have been clear about what he was up to .
It turns out , and becomes more transparent with each new revelation about how Trump won , that Moore didn ’ t have enough information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He took a chance because his brand was fading .
Besides , had he been wrong a lot of people would have forgotten about it long ago .
Before you give him too much credit for not exploiting his appearing feat of political legerdemain it ought to also be clear to you that he doesn ’ t need to .
Can anyone name a Michael Moore interview where his “ stunning insight ” hasn ’ t been mentioned ?
I can ’ t .
But I can ’ t comment on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he were wrong that was it , except to say such a confession seems inconsistent with who Moore is .
Moore has never met a lie he won ’ t tell if it suits his purpose .
For example , that Hitler rose to power in January 1933 because he was appointed to the chancellorship by German President Hindenburg was an inconvenient truth for Michael Moore .
So in his most recent film , “ Fahrenheit 11/9 , ” he instead has Hitler “ winning ” the election of 1932 .
It made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a nice parallel to Trump .
Nor can one discount the extent to which Moore participated in Trump ’ s awful victory .
His demonization of the Democratic National Committee and promotion of the misbegotten idea that they somehow “ cheated ” Bernie Sanders out of the nomination is , of course , idiotic , and an insult to the millions of voters who spurned Bernie and voted for Hillary .
When the pick 6 winning tout was seen earlier skulking about the paddock we ought to naturally be suspicious .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michael Moore is not at it again , this time slamming the DNC for “ clearing the way ” for Michael Bloomberg .
It is Michael Moore ’ s latest effort to weaken the DNC and he has no shortage of admiring idiots willing to take up the battle cry .
Every conspiracy theory has its bêtes noires – Moon Hoaxers and Flat earthers have NASA , for example .
For Moore , his followers , and some of the wackier supporters of a Bernie Sanders candidacy , it ’ s the DNC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a weary reluctance that is starting to look histrionic ) predicting a second term for Trump , and we will all be Trump-deserving idiots if we make his prediction come true and allow him to divide us again .

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It ought to be clear to every thinking American voter that being right by accident is the same as being wrong. In a way, it’s worse. We’ve seen it before, some obscure political scientist from a little known university “accurately” predicts the outcome of every presidential election since 1980, say. We invest him (as the predictor is almost always male) with exceptional powers of forecasting, when in fact all that’s happening is he got lucky.
We ought to understand why this happens instinctively, without the need for an explanation. In a country of over 300 million people every possible combination of prediction is available, so naturally someone, somewhere, is going to get it right by accident. The same sort of thing happens at racetracks where the pick 6 is just as likely to be calculated by a little old lady using the hatpin method as the most seasoned tout. No one in their right mind thinks that a lottery winner guessed the correct six numbers through shrewd calculation.
Yet we imbue these political pundits with unmerited clairvoyance. Sometimes all they have to do is get it right once, provided that the outcome is both sufficiently counterintuitive and horrifying. When Michael Moore “predicted” a Trump presidency against all odds and in the teeth of all sane calculations on the sole spurious notion that he “knew” the people of Michigan, we ought to have been clear about what he was up to. It turns out, and becomes more transparent with each new revelation about how Trump won, that Moore didn’t have enough information to “know” any such thing. He took a chance because his brand was fading. Besides, had he been wrong a lot of people would have forgotten about it long ago.
Before you give him too much credit for not exploiting his appearing feat of political legerdemain it ought to also be clear to you that he doesn’t need to. Can anyone name a Michael Moore interview where his “stunning insight” hasn’t been mentioned? I can’t. But I can’t comment on his demure insistence that if ever he wished he were wrong that was it, except to say such a confession seems inconsistent with who Moore is. Moore has never met a lie he won’t tell if it suits his purpose. For example, that Hitler rose to power in January 1933 because he was appointed to the chancellorship by German President Hindenburg was an inconvenient truth for Michael Moore. So in his most recent film, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” he instead has Hitler “winning” the election of 1932. It made for bad history but effective drama, and a nice parallel to Trump.
Nor can one discount the extent to which Moore participated in Trump’s awful victory. His demonization of the Democratic National Committee and promotion of the misbegotten idea that they somehow “cheated” Bernie Sanders out of the nomination is, of course, idiotic, and an insult to the millions of voters who spurned Bernie and voted for Hillary. When the pick 6 winning tout was seen earlier skulking about the paddock we ought to naturally be suspicious.
And now I’ll be damned if Michael Moore is not at it again, this time slamming the DNC for “clearing the way” for Michael Bloomberg. It is Michael Moore’s latest effort to weaken the DNC and he has no shortage of admiring idiots willing to take up the battle cry. Every conspiracy theory has its bêtes noires – Moon Hoaxers and Flat earthers have NASA, for example. For Moore, his followers, and some of the wackier supporters of a Bernie Sanders candidacy, it’s the DNC. Michael Moore is already (with a weary reluctance that is starting to look histrionic) predicting a second term for Trump, and we will all be Trump-deserving idiots if we make his prediction come true and allow him to divide us again.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Donald Trump just gave away how rattled he is about what’s about to happen to him

Donald Trump is coming out of his impeachment trial with the same non-competitive 40 % approval rating he ’ s been saddled with for quite some time , a sham “ acquittal ” that won ’ t gain him a single new supporter , and the same dimwitted mindset that ’ s gotten him into this mess .
The question has been whether Trump mistakenly thinks this trial was a victory for him , or whether he understands that he ’ s in as much trouble as ever .
Last night Donald Trump gave us the answer .
After retweeting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times to count , Trump got around to the business of revealing where his head is at right now .
He ’ s not celebrating his supposed victory , or even trying to figure out how to use it as a basis for moving forward .
Instead , as the night went on , he let us know precisely where his head is at .
Shortly after midnight eastern time , Trump began ranting about how Mike Bloomberg is “ part of the Fake News.
” Then he began whining about how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , before moving on to some utterly deranged conspiracy theories about the Democratic Party .
Bloomberg isn ’ t even close to being in contention right now , but Trump is nonetheless obsessed with him .
It ’ s easy to figure out why : unlike Trump , Bloomberg is actually a billionaire , and Bloomberg is committed to running ads in favor of whoever wins the Democratic nomination .
By the time it was over , Donald Trump was reduced to making up absurd and incoherent stories about how short Bloomberg is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who thinks the sham impeachment trial helped him , or that he thinks he ’ s in good shape for 2020 right now ?
He sounds as frantic , worried , and clueless about 2020 strategy as ever .
If the Resistance works hard and works smart this year , Trump will lose .
The only way he can win is if the Resistance tricks itself into believing that Trump is somehow magically going to win no matter what we do .

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Donald Trump is coming out of his impeachment trial with the same non-competitive 40% approval rating he’s been saddled with for quite some time, a sham “acquittal” that won’t gain him a single new supporter, and the same dimwitted mindset that’s gotten him into this mess. The question has been whether Trump mistakenly thinks this trial was a victory for him, or whether he understands that he’s in as much trouble as ever.
Last night Donald Trump gave us the answer. After retweeting human garbage disposal Lindsey Graham too many times to count, Trump got around to the business of revealing where his head is at right now. He’s not celebrating his supposed victory, or even trying to figure out how to use it as a basis for moving forward. Instead, as the night went on, he let us know precisely where his head is at.
Shortly after midnight eastern time, Trump began ranting about how Mike Bloomberg is “part of the Fake News.” Then he began whining about how many television ads Bloomberg is running against him, before moving on to some utterly deranged conspiracy theories about the Democratic Party. Bloomberg isn’t even close to being in contention right now, but Trump is nonetheless obsessed with him. It’s easy to figure out why: unlike Trump, Bloomberg is actually a billionaire, and Bloomberg is committed to running ads in favor of whoever wins the Democratic nomination.
By the time it was over, Donald Trump was reduced to making up absurd and incoherent stories about how short Bloomberg is. Does this sound like a guy who thinks the sham impeachment trial helped him, or that he thinks he’s in good shape for 2020 right now? He sounds as frantic, worried, and clueless about 2020 strategy as ever. If the Resistance works hard and works smart this year, Trump will lose. The only way he can win is if the Resistance tricks itself into believing that Trump is somehow magically going to win no matter what we do.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Donald Trump’s stooge Alan Dershowitz crashes and burns

In 1770 , John Adams defended the rule of law when he made the unpopular choice to represent Captain Thomas Preston and his British soldiers for their role in the Boston Massacre .
His skillful advocacy proved successful and drew praise from both sides .
By contrast , Alan Dershowitz ’ s defense of Trump was as messy as it was shameful , amounting to nothing more than a series of recklessly bizarre utterances .
As the trial began , Dershowitz attempted to explain why he believes a crime is necessary for impeachment after insisting the opposite during President Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN ’ s Anderson Cooper and Jeffrey Toobin by insisting he wasn ’ t wrong then but that “ I ’ m much more correct right now , having done all the research.
” Does this mean that Dershowitz could adopt yet another position in a few years after doing even more research and still be right all three times ?
Things got even worse for Dershowitz this week when Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Nikolas Bowie publicly scolded him for misconstruing his work , in a development that evoked a famous scene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Early in that movie , Allen ’ s character , Alvy Singer , grows frustrated as he is forced to listen to a professor pontificating to his date about the philosopher Marshall McLuhan .
Suddenly , McLuhan appears and shuts down the man , telling him , “ You know nothing of my work… How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing.
” Singer then remarks to the camera , “ Boy , if life were only like this.
” Life was actually like this when Bowie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday calling out Dershowitz for misinterpreting his law review article and inaccurately claiming on CNN that he is “ completely ” on Dershowitz ’ s side .
Bowie pointed out that while his article reflects his view that a crime is required for impeachment , common-law crimes , such as the ones that Trump has been accused of committing , also count .
All of the above was eclipsed at trial on Wednesday when Dershowitz outdid himself by offering the chilling suggestion that “ if a President does something which he believes will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest , that can not be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.
” Dershowitz then rushed out his own op-ed , published Thursday by The Hill , claiming he “ said nothing like that ” while accusing the media of “ deliberately distorting ” his argument .
Dershowitz ended his disgraceful week on a runaway train off the rails , declaring to Fox News ’ Sean Hannity on Friday night that if Trump wins , “ nobody should regard him as having been impeached.
” He accused House Speaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real sharp one ” by saying that Trump will remain impeached .
According to Dershowitz , Trump should not be considered impeached because “ he didn ’ t have a fair trial.
” Indeed , a trial devoid of witnesses and with “ total coordination , ” as Mitch McConnell put it , between defendant and jury is anything but fair .
Finally , Dershowitz managed to get something right .

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In 1770, John Adams defended the rule of law when he made the unpopular choice to represent Captain Thomas Preston and his British soldiers for their role in the Boston Massacre. His skillful advocacy proved successful and drew praise from both sides. By contrast, Alan Dershowitz’s defense of Trump was as messy as it was shameful, amounting to nothing more than a series of recklessly bizarre utterances.
As the trial began, Dershowitz attempted to explain why he believes a crime is necessary for impeachment after insisting the opposite during President Clinton’s impeachment trial. Dershowitz baffled CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Jeffrey Toobin by insisting he wasn’t wrong then but that “I’m much more correct right now, having done all the research.” Does this mean that Dershowitz could adopt yet another position in a few years after doing even more research and still be right all three times?
Things got even worse for Dershowitz this week when Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Nikolas Bowie publicly scolded him for misconstruing his work, in a development that evoked a famous scene in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. Early in that movie, Allen’s character, Alvy Singer, grows frustrated as he is forced to listen to a professor pontificating to his date about the philosopher Marshall McLuhan. Suddenly, McLuhan appears and shuts down the man, telling him, “You know nothing of my work… How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing.” Singer then remarks to the camera, “Boy, if life were only like this.”
Life was actually like this when Bowie wrote a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday calling out Dershowitz for misinterpreting his law review article and inaccurately claiming on CNN that he is “completely” on Dershowitz’s side. Bowie pointed out that while his article reflects his view that a crime is required for impeachment, common-law crimes, such as the ones that Trump has been accused of committing, also count.
All of the above was eclipsed at trial on Wednesday when Dershowitz outdid himself by offering the chilling suggestion that “if a President does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” Dershowitz then rushed out his own op-ed, published Thursday by The Hill, claiming he “said nothing like that” while accusing the media of “deliberately distorting” his argument.
Dershowitz ended his disgraceful week on a runaway train off the rails, declaring to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Friday night that if Trump wins, “nobody should regard him as having been impeached.” He accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of having “pulled a real sharp one” by saying that Trump will remain impeached. According to Dershowitz, Trump should not be considered impeached because “he didn’t have a fair trial.” Indeed, a trial devoid of witnesses and with “total coordination,” as Mitch McConnell put it, between defendant and jury is anything but fair. Finally, Dershowitz managed to get something right.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--Donald Trump and the desperate last gasp of the Confederacy

The civil war never ended .
The anti-American sentiment of the Confederacy has been passed down through generations , and 160 years later they ’ re still seeking revenge against America .
Donald Trump isn ’ t the President of the United States .
He ’ s the President of the Confederacy .
It ’ s important to note that the Confederacy is no longer defined by its original states or borders .
Families move around over the generations .
Hatred filters down indirectly .
While the Confederacy is still very much intact , it ’ s loosely spread across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re at a point where white privilege isn ’ t good for as much mileage as it used to be , and white people are about to finally cease being a majority in America .
The remnants of the Confederacy know they ’ re running out of time to get their revenge against the United States .
The Confederates have been looking for a new leader for awhile .
They ’ ve backed every extremist goon who ’ s pandered to them by pushing racist and anti-United States sentiments .
Sarah Palin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But none of them succeeded .
They lucked out with Trump .
Doesn ’ t matter that he ’ s a carpetbagger from New York , or that he ’ s funded by the Kremlin .
Facts don ’ t matter to those who are fanatically seeking revenge .
The Trump cult represents the last desperate gasp of the Confederacy .
They ’ re looking to destroy the United States and its ideals , just like last time .
They ’ ll lose , just like last time .
And once defeated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a generation , just like last time .
Take a look at all the progress and reform the United States accomplished from 1870 to 1908 .
Thats because after the war , conservatives felt defeated and largely checked out for a generation .
If we put in the work and defeat Trump in 2020 , we ’ re looking at another progressive era .

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The civil war never ended. The anti-American sentiment of the Confederacy has been passed down through generations, and 160 years later they’re still seeking revenge against America. Donald Trump isn’t the President of the United States. He’s the President of the Confederacy. It’s important to note that the Confederacy is no longer defined by its original states or borders. Families move around over the generations. Hatred filters down indirectly. While the Confederacy is still very much intact, it’s loosely spread across the entire United States.
We’re at a point where white privilege isn’t good for as much mileage as it used to be, and white people are about to finally cease being a majority in America. The remnants of the Confederacy know they’re running out of time to get their revenge against the United States.
The Confederates have been looking for a new leader for awhile. They’ve backed every extremist goon who’s pandered to them by pushing racist and anti-United States sentiments. Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, etc. But none of them succeeded. They lucked out with Trump. Doesn’t matter that he’s a carpetbagger from New York, or that he’s funded by the Kremlin. Facts don’t matter to those who are fanatically seeking revenge.
The Trump cult represents the last desperate gasp of the Confederacy. They’re looking to destroy the United States and its ideals, just like last time. They’ll lose, just like last time. And once defeated, they’ll go silent for a generation, just like last time. Take a look at all the progress and reform the United States accomplished from 1870 to 1908. Thats because after the war, conservatives felt defeated and largely checked out for a generation. If we put in the work and defeat Trump in 2020, we’re looking at another progressive era.
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palmerreport--2020-02-02--The mystery of what we just watched play out

Friday , something horrific happened in the Senate .
No , it wasn ’ t that our Republican Senators committed treason .
That did occur , and every single one of them needs to be replaced with people who have all our interests at heart .
But the worst thing that happened in the Senate was that the Republicans voted to not have any witnesses or evidence for Trump ’ s trial .
On the face of it , Trump and his traitorous Republicans think they ’ ve won .
Wednesday they ’ ll acquit , and Trump will go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know the horror they now face .
As a novelist , I know I have to sew up all the threads in a book or hear from countless readers about how I messed up .
No one likes to have only 1⁄2 the story .
This is the reason mysteries and thrillers sell so well .
The reader wants to solve the mystery or at the very least be confident that the writer will solve it for them .
Woe to the writer who leaves things unfinished without at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things up .
And now the Republicans have just left all of America hanging .
And trust me , those witnesses and documents are going to have to be produced because the outcry is enormous .
Every journalist out there is going to be on the prowl for information to feed the clamoring public .
The mystery must be solved !
As a writer , I would have advised McConnell to go with the line that the House had proved its case , Trump was guilty , but the wrongdoing was not worthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the hand would be forgotten within a week of him creating the next scandal and the public would ’ ve moved on .
But no .
( Evil smile . )
The Senate had to go and create a mystery .
And dammit , America wants this mystery solved and we ’ re not gon na be happy until we know everything .
Everything .
There ’ s already talk of fourteen whistleblowers coming forward , including two from the IRS .
McConnell can ’ t hold the lid on this .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ living , good luck in telling people , “ Nothing to see here !
” after Schiff and company outlined every mysterious criminal act and exactly who had the answers to it .
If McConnell wasn ’ t held captive by Trump and if Trump wasn ’ t such a narcissist , they would ’ ve swept this under the rug .
But surely Trump ’ s insistence on full acquittal will be the Republicans ’ undoing .
We want to know .
And now , we ’ re not going to stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mystery is solved .

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Friday, something horrific happened in the Senate. No, it wasn’t that our Republican Senators committed treason. That did occur, and every single one of them needs to be replaced with people who have all our interests at heart. But the worst thing that happened in the Senate was that the Republicans voted to not have any witnesses or evidence for Trump’s trial.
On the face of it, Trump and his traitorous Republicans think they’ve won. Wednesday they’ll acquit, and Trump will go forward with more crimes. But they don’t know the horror they now face. As a novelist, I know I have to sew up all the threads in a book or hear from countless readers about how I messed up. No one likes to have only 1⁄2 the story. This is the reason mysteries and thrillers sell so well. The reader wants to solve the mystery or at the very least be confident that the writer will solve it for them. Woe to the writer who leaves things unfinished without at least the promise of a sequel to wrap things up.
And now the Republicans have just left all of America hanging. And trust me, those witnesses and documents are going to have to be produced because the outcry is enormous. Every journalist out there is going to be on the prowl for information to feed the clamoring public. The mystery must be solved!
As a writer, I would have advised McConnell to go with the line that the House had proved its case, Trump was guilty, but the wrongdoing was not worthy of removal. Trump’s slap on the hand would be forgotten within a week of him creating the next scandal and the public would’ve moved on.
But no. (Evil smile.) The Senate had to go and create a mystery. And dammit, America wants this mystery solved and we’re not gonna be happy until we know everything. Everything.
There’s already talk of fourteen whistleblowers coming forward, including two from the IRS. McConnell can’t hold the lid on this. And doing what I do for a living, good luck in telling people, “Nothing to see here!” after Schiff and company outlined every mysterious criminal act and exactly who had the answers to it.
If McConnell wasn’t held captive by Trump and if Trump wasn’t such a narcissist, they would’ve swept this under the rug. But surely Trump’s insistence on full acquittal will be the Republicans’ undoing. We want to know. And now, we’re not going to stop until we have the full story and the mystery is solved.
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