jakeem Posted January 21 Andrew Weinstein @Weinsteinlaw Sad day for Matt Gaetz. 8:44 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter for iPad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Manu Raju @mkraju Trump could be acquitted by mid week next week. The exact schedule is fluid and subject to change based on how the trial goes and how votes go, but it could look like this. Impeachment resolution shortens trial's opening arguments to two days per side The impeachment organizing resolution text from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gives House impeachment managers and the President's legal team 24 hours each to make their opening arguments... cnn.com 7:28 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Seung Min Kim @seungminkim It's official: McConnell's organizing resolution obtained by the @washingtonpost allows for 24 hours of opening arguments for each side, in "two session days," to begin 1 p.m. Wednesday 5:47 PM · Jan 20, 2020·TweetDeck 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Rachael Bade @rachaelmbade Hill reporters TRY to sleep well tonight — bc we won’t be sleeping AT ALL for the next few days Under the McConnell res, prosecutors and defenders will have 24 hours each to make their case but will have to do it in TWO DAYS, so we will be in the Senate LATE!! -> 6:01 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Susan Hennessey @Susan_Hennessey Is there any reason why the Senate can't just change the rule to start the hearing at 9AM instead of 1PM? They could still do 12 hour days, but avoid the middle of the night marathon. 8:06 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter Web App 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Raw Story @RawStory Rick Santorum smacked down by CNN panel for trying to suggest McConnell’s rigged impeachment rules are Pelosi’s fault Rick Santorum smacked down by CNN panel for trying to suggest McConnell’s rigged impeachment rules... On CNN Monday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) tried to change the subject from the rigged impeachment rules package introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and the rest of the... rawstory.com 8:35 PM · Jan 20, 2020·TweetDeck 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 21 5 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: With those two on the team, what could go wrong? I'm surprise Trump decided to have such a large team. I felt the best thing to do was to not even put on a defense other than the one Alan Dershowitz is pushing: that the actions Trump did, as defined in the two articles sent to the Senate, didn't rise to an impeachable offense. The trial proceeds as McConnell announced today: Dems provide opening statements, Alan provides his,,,, there is a vote about if anything else is necessary (and the outcome is of course NO) and then there is the vote on conviction; thing over in < 3 weeks. Now I'm curious what the rest of the Trump defense team will have to say; E.g. will they try to defend Trump's actions by saying some of them didn't actually occur? Or if they admit they did occur (because there is documented evidence), that they are being misinterpreted? I guess Trump's ego require such a defense but it isn't a wise one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Peter Baker @peterbakernyt Dershowitz advances novel theory that an impeachable offense has to be an specific crime on the books, not something broader like abuse of power. "Most of the scholars disagree with me," he acknowledged to @charlie_savage. "I think they’re wrong.” ‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump’s Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus The president’s legal case would negate any need for witnesses. But constitutional scholars say that it’s wrong. nytimes.com 8:04 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter Web App 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 George Conway @gtconway3d “Constitutional nonsense” indeed. Excellent reporting here on how the main legal argument in Trump’s impeachment trial brief is just pure garbage. The lawyers who signed the brief should be embarrassed and ashamed. 9:22 PM · Jan 20, 2020 from Washington, DC·Twitter for iPad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Noah Shachtman @NoahShachtman NEW: How Trump twisted the Iran intel to manufacture the 'four embassies' threat. 9:07 PM · Jan 20, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 The Daily Beast @thedailybeast NEW: “There were definitely questions [at the time, internally] about whether he had just made it up on the spot,” recalled one White House official of Trump’s embassy claim Trump Twisted a Vague Iran Worry Into an Imminent Danger to ‘Four Embassies’ “There were definitely questions [at the time, internally] about whether he had just made it up on the spot,” recalled one White House official. thedailybeast.com 9:07 PM · Jan 20, 2020·SocialFlow 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 NPR @NPR The price tag of President Trump's border wall has topped $11 billion — or nearly $20 million a mile — to become the most expensive wall of its kind in the world. The wall is approaching the cost of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. $11 Billion And Counting: Trump's Border Wall Would Be The World's Most Costly The costs keep piling up for Trump's border wall which has a current pricetag of $11 billion — nearly $20 million per mile. It's more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world. npr.org 9:16 PM · Jan 20, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Mediaite @Mediaite Trump Rips WaPo Writers Over Upcoming Book on His Presidency: 'Stone Cold Losers' Trump: Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig Are 'Stone Cold Losers' President Donald Trump randomly lashed out at The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig for the book they're about to release about the chaos and volatility of his White House. mediaite.com 2:46 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter Web Client 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 21 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 2h "Heading to Davos, Switzerland, to meet with World and Business Leaders and bring Good Policy and additional Hundreds of Billions of Dollars back to the United States of America! We are now Number One in the UNIVERSE, by FAR!! " 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arturo Posted January 21 2 hours ago, jakeem said: NPR @NPR The price tag of President Trump's border wall has topped $11 billion — or nearly $20 million a mile — to become the most expensive wall of its kind in the world. The wall is approaching the cost of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. $11 Billion And Counting: Trump's Border Wall Would Be The World's Most Costly The costs keep piling up for Trump's border wall which has a current pricetag of $11 billion — nearly $20 million per mile. It's more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world. npr.org 9:16 PM · Jan 20, 2020·SocialFlow I wonder if Donald Trump will keep his campaign promise that México will pay for the wall, and have to pay for its spiraling costs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted January 21 5 hours ago, jakeem said: Francesca Chambers @fran_chambers NEW: WH says in release these lawmakers will be on Trump impeachment team: Congressman Doug Collins Congressman Mike Johnson Congressman Jim Jordan Congresswoman Debbie Lesko Congressman Mark Meadows Congressman John Ratcliffe Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Congressman Lee Zeldin 8:18 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter Web App You're going to need a bigger clown car. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted January 21 4 hours ago, jakeem said: Peter Baker @peterbakernyt Dershowitz advances novel theory that an impeachable offense has to be an specific crime on the books, not something broader like abuse of power. "Most of the scholars disagree with me," he acknowledged to @charlie_savage. "I think they’re wrong.” Dersh had a different theory during Clinton's impeachment. No actual crime necessary. Someone should take this dirtbag out behind the barn and beat the bs out of him, but that would take too much time. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Brian Stelter @brianstelter Tonight @SeanHannity seemed to be telling wayward GOP senators to get in single-file line behind the president... Sean Hannity says Republicans shouldn't give impeachment trial 'one iota of legitimacy' Accompanied by graphics that said things like "DEMS VS. THE CONSTITUTION," Sean Hannity said the articles of impeachment "are an affront to our entire constitutional system." cnn.com 1:01 AM · Jan 21, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Dan Rather @DanRather McConnell's rules for whatever you want to call what will take place in the Senate is not a process for determining the merits of the accusations. It's a process for saying, "we don't care." 10:14 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 MSNBC @MSNBC President Trump arrives at the World Economic Forum in Davos. As his impeachment trial consumes Washington, Trump heads to Davos The president was scheduled to land Tuesday at the Swiss mountain summit of the world's elite, addressing the gathering hours before his Senate trial is scheduled to begin. nbcnews.com 3:45 AM · Jan 21, 2020·SocialFlow 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Michael McFaul @McFaul Are Trump and Zelensky having a meeting at Davos? 2:41 AM · Jan 21, 2020·Twitter Web App 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 CNN Politics @CNNPolitics Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months in prison in insider trading case https://cnn.it/36gI0HM 4:33 AM · Jan 21, 2020·SocialFlow 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 FBI @FBI Today, the FBI honors the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A quote from Dr. King is etched in stone at the FBI Academy's reflection garden in Quantico as a reminder to all students and FBI employees: "The time is always right to do what is right." #MLKDay 7:01 AM · Jan 20, 2020·Hootsuite Inc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien The FBI sent a letter to convince Dr. King to kill himself in 1964. 11:27 AM · Jan 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted January 21 ABC News @ABC Greta Thunberg tells world's political and business leaders that the global movement sparked by her school strike was only the beginning in the fight against global warming. Thunberg tells Davos climate awareness is only first step Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the world's political and business leaders that the global movement sparked by her school strike was only the very beginning in the fight against global... abcnews.go.com 4:27 AM · Jan 21, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
