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“I don’t know why Republicans are afraid of the truth.” “Every member should support the American people hearing the facts for themselves. That is what this vote is about. It’s about the truth. And what is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy.” Nancy Pelosi, 10/31/2019 America will enter the next phase of the impeachment process, public hearings. Affording all Americans the opportunity to hear the facts and the truth for themselves. As the Washington Post accurately points out,  democracy dies in darkness. Why the GOP is afraid of letting the American people hear and know the truth is indeed puzzling. Authoritarian and dictatorial regimes around the world have always engaged in propaganda and disinformation in support of the regime leader's agenda and interests. But we are a  democratic republic,  not a monarchy or a dictatorship. We question the motives and patriotism of the secretive GOP . Full story  BELOW the FOLD

Trump is an embarrassment. He is an unhinged narcissist who thinks of nothing but himself and his businesses. A populist demagogue who's demagoguery and propaganda rivals that of Adolph Hitler and the  Nazi party. It is eerie how George Orwell's dystopian novel almost predicted Donald J Trump's presidency and the present GOP. “Why are people that I never even heard of testifying about the call,” Trump  tweeted . “Just READ THE CALL TRANSCRIPT AND THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX IS OVER! Ukrain said NO PRESSURE.”  Vindman will be the first witness in the impeachment probe who listened in on Trump’s call with President Volodymyr Zelensky. His testimony appears to corroborate both a  whistleblower complaint  lodged by an anonymous member of the intelligence community who was  alarmed by accounts  of the conversation, as well as a  summary  of the call  released  by the White House.   “Supposedly, according to the Corrupt Media,...

Even the Russians know Trump is a morally bankrupt vessel. The America I Knew as Russia’s Foreign Minister Is Gone But by impeaching Donald Trump, it can become a beacon of moral truth again.                                      Andrei V. Kozyrev, Russian foreign minister from 1991 to 1996 Russians with moral integrity know that for America to return to a position of MORAL authority Trump must go. Looks like some Russians have a much higher bar to clear than many Americans. The United States has often played a pivotal role in my political life, beginning 50 years ago when I was a student of international relations at a Moscow university. At that time, Soviet propaganda was well-practiced at denouncing Richard Nixon for rejecting the Kremlin’s dogma that in politics, the ends justify the means. Mr. Nixon had argued during his 1960 presidential campaign that the American ...

 This is the pervert the Evangelical Jesus folks all seem to love dearly. We wonder why. Can you blame us? In 2016, President Donald Trump tweeted, “Nobody has more respect for women than me!” Although his sordid history with women has been well-documented (to date, at least 25 women have accused the POTUS of sexual misconduct), he remains in office, seemingly immune to the forces of the #MeToo movement.  Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Nothing ever happened with any of these women. Totally made up nonsense to steal the election. Nobody has more respect for women than me! 2:29 PM · Oct 15, 2016·Twitter for Android 18K Retweets 51.7K Likes But a new book by journalists Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy aims to uncover parts of Trump’s past that should no longer be ignored. In the following passages excerpted from All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, we learn of Trump’s egregious and disturbing misconduct around young women try...

Trump warns U.S. 'may have to get in wars' Who Ahh! Looks like Trump is preparing the US citizenry for eventual war with Iraq. Or perhaps with another favorite target of the imbecilic rightwing of the conservative cabal.  Ian immediately comes to mind. The president specifically threatens to hit Iran "like they've never been hit before" if the regime provokes Washington. With impeachment proceedings looking more and more inevitable Trump needs a major and catastrophic distraction.  Apparently war with another power is just what the political doctor described is a good guess. President Donald Trump on Monday offered a confusing description of his foreign policy priorities as commander in chief — insisting that he was working to bring home American soldiers while warning the U.S. may soon enter into new military conflicts. “I'm trying to get out of wars. We may have to get in wars, too. OK? We may have to get in wars,” Trump told reporters at the White...

I was once a republican. I believed that maintaining the national debt at a manageable sustainable level is important. The Republican party said they did as well. I believed that annual budget deficits were often unavoidable during recessionary cycles but knew that during grow cycles budgets needed to be balanced in order to be able to sustain a manageable national debt level. I thought te Republican party believed the same. I was wrong on both counts as the Republican party has been most responsible for our national debt explosion every since Ronald Wilson Reagan was our president. It continues under Trump unabated and NO ONE   in the Republican party is even talking about the national debt or budget deficits any longer. It’s like no one cares anymore. Likely that is because they don’t. The Republican Party aversion to raising taxes during growth cycles is stuff of legendary proportions. Even though that is how debt control works. Reducing taxes to “stimulate economic...