Calling on a foreign government to investigate its own dubious dealings with dubious Americans isn’t criminal. Not all political rivalries are trivial. The Bidens should be the political enemy of anyone honest. Trump should be praised for his call to the Ukraine, not impeached. But, it looks like impeachment is where the Democratic train is headed and there is no getting off.
Formally impeaching the president will irritate the American public into voting even more Republican in the next election than already was going to happen. And, it will give subpoena power to Republicans in the Senate. Somehow, Democrats in Washington think that is a victory. But, then Democrats and their most loyal voters have always evaluated by methods rather than results. We shouldn’t expect that to change. No matter how much the results hurt, Leftist thinking is generally numb to results.
While the impeachment saga trudges on toward a Republican supermajority, the DOJ continues to pursue criminal charges against the Russianewsgategate coup attempt of 2016. Eventually, that could implicate Schiff.
The world faces a transformative crisis. From defecting Chinese Communists to Hong Kong’s autonomy to Taiwan’s independence to US impeachment, all the way to Brexit—nations are soul-searching and wrestling with their demons. This is not any result of political “strategery”; it is the result of a praying Church. That worldwide, unofficial Church will only continue to grow and pray more transformation into being.
Election
Vulnerable Democrats spooked by GOP impeachment ad onslaught // Politico
Trump
Supreme Court temporarily blocks House subpoena of Trump financial records // The Hill
Washington as Usual
Government Shutdown Deadline On The Horizon; House Moves To Pass Short-Term Fund // NPR
Radical Extremism & Terrorism
Conservatives seek to stifle new ‘alt-right’ movement steeped in anti-Semitism // The Hill
Russianewsgategate
Giuliani Says Biden Documents Released ‘If I Disappear’ // Yahoo News
Andrew McCarthy: How significant is report on FBI surveillance of Trump campaign aide? // Fox News
‘He Should Resign or Be Impeached’: Lawyers Slam AG Bill Barr // Law & Crime
FBI seeks interview with impeachment whistleblower // Yahoo News
‘It will be damning’: FISA report presentation confirmed in December // The BL
Lindsey Graham announces hearing with DOJ inspector general // Politico
Donald Trump lashes out at Jennifer Williams ahead of public testimony // CNN
News Media & Journalism
Lloyd Blankfein defends CEO pay on CNBC, compares to TV reporters // CNBC
Prices, Rates, Oil & Food
Russia’s Putin says shale oil technologies are ‘barbaric’ // CNBC
Israel
US softening position on Israeli settlements in West Bank // AP