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As anticipated by most the Trumpian senate voted to not consider new witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial. No matter that John Bolton, as well as potential others, would offer new and relevant insight into the corrupt manipulative Trump administration's practices. Which is exactly the reason they voted to not allow new witnesses. The Trumpian senate knows their party leader is corrupt yet it lacks the character and integrity to act in the manner it knows it should. Our founders must be spinning in their graves. It is all but certain next that next Wednesday when the vole is taken for acquittal or removal the Trumpian senate will vote to acquit. Given the ample evidence of Trump's pressure campaign on the Ukraine and his obstruction of Congress (by refusing to release documents and ordering officials not to testify) it is incredulous that those elected to preserve, protect, and defend our Constitution will choose to support a president who has spent just over three years...

Truth is a tough cookie. It is only a matter of time before truth is revealed. Such will be the ultimate outcome with regards to the Trump impeachment. With new revelations continuing to surface Trump will, at the end of the day, go into the history books a disgraced president. It will be as t should be. Truth cannot be suppressed for long. Not even by the likes of professional liar Trump or his sycophants... New York (CNN) - President Donald Trump was captured on tape at a 2018 dinner with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman demanding the firing of Marie Yovanovitch, who was then the US ambassador to Ukraine, according to an attorney for Parnas. "Get rid of her!" a voice appearing to belong to Trump says on the recording, according to ABC News , which on Friday first reported its existence. "Get her out tomorrow. I don't care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it." CNN has not reviewed the tape. According to Parnas' attorney, Josep...

Trump's precarious mental state  is something 60% of the nation has recognized and innately understood for some time. His temperament  has growing increasingly volatile as the volume of Trump misdeeds continue to grow, the result of the impeachment inquiry. A group of mental health professionals led by a trio of pre-eminent psychiatrists is urging the House Judiciary Committee to consider  Donald Trump ’s “dangerous” mental state arising from his “brittle sense of self-worth” as part of its inquiry into whether to approve articles of  impeachment  against him. “We are speaking out at this time because we are convinced that, as the time of possible impeachment approaches, Donald Trump has the real potential to become ever more dangerous, a threat to the safety of our nation,” said Yale Medical School Professor Dr Bandy Lee, George Washington University Professor Dr John Zinner, and former CIA profiler Dr Jerrold Post in a statement which will be sent to Hou...

“I value loyalty above everything else—more than brains, more than drive and more than energy,” Trump  wrote  in his 2007 book “Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life.” Like an Italian Mafioso Don Trump knows that unflinching loyalty is the singularly most important job requirement of a capo. And, like the Mafioso Don he is relentless in his demand for it.  The Washington Post -  THE BIG IDEA: President Trump expects unflinching loyalty from those who work for him. The price of that loyalty can be quite high. So, too, can the costs of perceived disloyalty. A demand for devotion has been a recurring theme in almost every major scandal that has dogged and distracted this White House.   “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty,” Trump told then-FBI Director James Comey during a private dinner soon after taking office, according to Comey’s  sworn testimony . Sometimes it seems like no amount of loyalty is enough. With the exceptions...

“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,...