I realize I got to this too late, but better late than never.
Here is what I think: you bet they should open an inquiry, at the very least, against Joe Biden. I do not agree that this means a landslide loss for the Republicans. Going on offense is their only play right now as Democrats continue to hammer them day in and day out.
The Democrats set this precedent. They made this bed. They have to lie in it, as Victor Davis Hanson wrote:
“The Left is now suddenly voicing warnings that those who recently undermined the system could be targeted by their own legacies.
So, for example, now we read why impeachment is suddenly a dangerous gambit.
True, the Founders did not envision impeaching a first-term president the moment he lost his House majority. Nor did they imagine impeaching a president twice. And they certainly did not anticipate trying an ex-president in the Senate as a private citizen.
In modern times, the nation has not rushed to impeach a president without a special counsel investigation to determine whether the chief executive was guilty of “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
But thanks to the Democrats, recent impeachments now have destroyed all those guardrails. After all, Trump was impeached the first time on the fumes of an exhaustive but fruitless 22-month, $40 million special counsel investigation—one designed to find him guilty of Russian “collusion” and thus to be removed from office but found no actionable offenses at all.
Instead, dejected Democrats moved immediately for a second try. In September 2019 a few weeks after Trump had announced his 2020 reelection bid, the Democratic House began to impeach the president on the new grounds that he had talked to the President Zelensky of Ukraine and said he might delay offensive arms shipments—unless the Ukrainians could demonstrate that they had ended corruption and, in particular, were no longer influenced by the Biden family quid pro quo shakedowns.
Trump was proven right: the Biden family is not just corrupt, but, in particular, Joe Biden as head of the family and Vice President had intervened in the internal politics of an aid recipient, by threatening not to delay but rather to cancel outright all U.S. aid to Ukraine—unless it fired Viktor Shokin, a Ukrainian prosecutor.”
The Democrats have opened the door to all manner of government overreach. Something had to be done. Someone had to fight back. I, for one, am glad that they are.
People claiming that “going after” the Democrats or Joe Biden or whatever is just tit-for-tat or, worse, just out of revenge, are missing the entire point and exercise of the Rule of Law.
Everything they threw (and continue to throw) at Trump, from the totally fraudulent Russia collusion hoax set up by Hillary and John Brennan and Obama, or the utterly absurd impeachment circuses were ALL not only made up from whole cloth, but were also ALL egregiously unlawful, in so many ways shaped and forms it would be hard to list the laws that were broken in those efforts.
The indictments they are trying to bury Trump under likewise are so foul they should stink up a court room with their twisted legal machinations.
The Jan 6th event was the cherry on the sundae of illegal set-ups in an effort to crush the entire MAGA movement and lay the groundwork for trying Trump for insurrection for refusing to be silent about their other mind blowingly illegal coup via rigging the 2020 election!
We’re going after them FOR BREAKING THE LAW, which is exactly what we should be doing!
They go after us so they can continue to break it over our heads.
This is reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain when he made a deal with the devil, in the form of Adolf Hitler, to have "peace in our time". What he actually got was WWII.
We know who and what Hilary, Pelosi, Joe et al are. They can NOT to be reasoned with. They don't even understand the concept of fairness. Power is what they know, and it is what they crave. They will take anything we will let them take form us.
Leftists are 'without the law'. They recognize no law and break it whenever it suits their purposes. As such, they go beyond being mere law-breakers, who need to be punished, but are 'outlaws' and must be eliminated. When we see Westerns, they show wanted posters for 'outlaws'. Sometimes they say: "wanted dead or alive". But this isn't necessary -- outlaws have no protection of any law. Anybody is welcome to kill them on sight, and have no fear, except perhaps a citation for littering.
Of course, this is only how normal, healthy societies operate. Think of it as 'weeding your garden."
but you refuse to see the evidence and all blue-state controlled media refuses to talk about the evidence. this does not mean that it does not exist. you see, Mac, Hunter really did have a laptop. he really did send emails complaining about percentages of his graft that had to go to the 'big guy'. he was riding around on Airforce 1 even to countries he was doing his graft with. Open your dang eyes, Mack, you're not going to get the truth from MSNBC.
Have you been asleep since Dementia Joe was installed in office? Good grief!
Start with abdicating a basic responsibility of ensuring the safety and security of the U.S.! We've pissed away $100,000,000,000+, and growing, to "secure" (supposedly, not actually) the Ukraine's borders.
8 million illegal aliens given entry since bimbo and his handmaiden Majorkas, along with Czarina Ho Harris, opened the doors. Like a petulant child, Biden could not wait to reverse all of Trump's policies for Open Borders.
If this soul-less ghoul serves his full term, the total number of illegal aliens who will have come into the country will likely be 10 to 12 million!!!!
That alone should be enough to impeach this mf'er.
Well McKnucklehead, presuming you’re a U.S. voter, I would think that you would be at least slightly curious as to why your former VP (and current 'occupant' of the White House) family members (at least five of them) were paid millions of dollars by Ukraine, China, et al paid through at least 20 different LLCs. The House claims to have bank records of those payments and companies. Either a) the House is full of shit or b) Biden is. I guess we'll see. In the meantime, why don't you just pretend that the Republicans have a pee tape of Biden and Putin partying with Mr. Ho (a Hunter associate and member of the PRC) who's currently under indictment.
This is a classic liberal response. I 'm sure most of us remember every legacy media outlet (print and screen) screaming "Trump claims without PROOF...." wiretapped Trump tower, and dozens of other cases calling out wrongdoing. Same with 2020 election irregularities. If any claim is made by a conservative or against a liberal, the standard is always "no PROOF" and liberals ignore the EVIDENCE. On the other foot, all any liberal has to do is make an ACCUSATION with any shred of EVIDENCE, and all legacy media run with it 24/7 and all liberal sheep swallow it whole as fact. I remember when the public school and higher education system was up to the task of making young people aware of the differences among ACCUSATION, EVIDENCE, and PROOF.
Oh, so we lay down our arms and democrats will see the error of their ways and stop their lawfare campaigns, ballot harvesting, illegal election law changes, supporting rio....er...mostly peaceful protestors. Did i leave anything out?
When your opponent is biting, kicking, gouging and hitting below the belt, and the referee is helping them beat you to death, you can continue to fight by Marquess of Queensberry rules and get killed, or adjust to the reality that there are no rules and fight for your life.
You don’t seem to understand what’s going on. The left want complete power and control now. They plan to win by filibuster-proof majorities, pack the court, then pass anything and everything they want - their unconstitutional federal voting laws, gun bans, you name it. Our country will be done, our freedom some relic of the past. You don’t understand the nefarious objectives of the Marxist left.
Now that the truth is coming out, you want a "truce" to protect your faction?
Were you worried about the integrity of the country over the past 7 years, as the establishment revealed its collective mendacity trying to oust Trump? During the totalitarian nightmare of the covid fiasco?
There's no truce to be won with extremists who have claimed the Democrat party.
Would be nice, but that's not reality. This has been about seven years of stark raving lunacy from a weird mix of Democrats, neocons and Deep Staters, with captive government entities, academia, media and too many in the corporate world. They have no interest in a truce; they want complete, totalitarian control, closest model I see to what's happening is fascism -- business/gov't merger. And this is not just the U.S.; this is what the Global West is in the grip of.
yes, if both are criminals, both should be thrown out, I agree. and if neither colored team wants to respect the individual's right to make personal private medical choices for their own body (blue: covid mandates whether or not they help or hurt/Red: ban abortion), then both have effed up civil liberty policies.
MAGA is a movement of the socially conservative, politically oppressed and economically depressed American working class, the class that has been demonized by the DP and the left, its managerial/bureaucratic/woke elites and their sycophants advancing racial division, insane social theories, and advocating endless war.
The DP has abandoned us for their base of college-graduated race grifting, woke creeps whose idea of community is raging on forums like this and Twatter, ordering out from Grub Hub, and never leaving their traps except for the occasional BLM/antifa riot or statue vandalizing or church desecration.
MAGA, make America great. The left hate America. They are fundamentally transforming our country into a Marxist totalitarian cesspool. Not sure how you don’t know that.
Explain how you create a truce with God versus Satan. You don’t. The left don’t want a truce, as was previously explained to you, they want complete power and control, Marxist totalitarianism. You honestly think the radical extreme left want a truce if some kind. That is naive and ridiculous. That means shared control and following our Constitution. That’s even funnier.
nope: incarcerate them both! what would be the moral with your suggestion? once you get high enough in the US, you are above the law? I did not know we were electing kings.
We know where it takes us - Dems have shown us that clearly in the last few years: tyranny.
Fighting hate sometimes takes hate. The question is - will you use hate as a tool or will you take in on as a personality. Dems have done the latter. Not sure what the repubs will do.
Fan - the problem is exactly what I hear my liberal family members and friends say (well, they parrot) frequently about prosecuting or not prosecuting Trump (they say this even about the ridiculous Alvin Bragg case). NOT punishing wrongdoing just emboldens the offenders to keep doing it. Thus far, Democrats have gotten away with the Russia collusion hoax, the first impeachment of Trump - which is a glorious blueprint for gaslighting, and all of Adam Schiff's lies on TV every chance he gets (statements he makes which are contradicted by his own sworn testimony). They have gotten away with stoking race-based violence in 2020 with public words of incitement, but in glorious hypocrisy blame Trump directly for Jan 6 (and lie about the "death toll" of Jan 6 non-stop). Sure, it's politics - but sprinkled with a healthy dose of illegality. Speaking of hate, have you watched any of the MSNBC hosts in the last few years? Hasan, Wallace, Hayes, O'Donnell, Maddow, and queen of all - Joy Reid. If they aren't pushing hate, I don't know what hate is.
I "converted" to the Republican party to vote for Trump, and I plan on making it three times a charm. I voted for him for his policies. I am well aware of the man's shortcomings, but I'm not having him over for dinner, I'm asking him to do an impossible, thankless job, one he did it better than I expected. My belief is that for the run-of-the-mill American, the treachery, grift, corruption and casual disregard for everything Americans hold dear by the Democrat party calls for radical action on our part, and impeaching this horrific President is Step 1 on a long road to repair this once great nation. I am all in, I don't care what my "friends" think of my Trump vote, I don't care what names I'm called, I don't care about anything anyone says anymore. I care about this country and there is one man who has proven himself to be the capable warrior it needs, and that is Donald J. Trump.
I am all for holding Biden accountable for any illegal activities. After all haven’t we heard from democrats that “no one is above the law”?
The issue I have is that Biden, in my opinion, is no longer making decisions. He follows whatever script is placed in front of him. Harris is a radical left winger but seems clueless so I think the actual decisions/policy setting is done by people on his staff. Susan Rice, whoever the COS is currently, etc. Sort of Weekend at Bernies stuff.
So while Biden is hung out to dry, the radical left wing policy decisions will continue. This is one of those rare instances where impeaching the leader will have no effect what so ever on gov’t operations. It will feel good but in the end will have no impact.
The way to beat the radical left is to win several elections, get control of the levers of power and purge the gov’t of these radicals. Whether you like DeSantis or not he has executed a blueprint in Florida that is successful. Get control of gov’t and use every lever.
I live in a very blue part of northern California and I do not consider Harris a radical left winger. She is an opportunist who the real radical leftists do not even like.
I agree she is an opportunist but what comes out of her mouth sounds like left wing propaganda. She was the darling of democrats because of her demographics but when they realized how unpopular she is they now don’t like her because she can’t help the left further their cause.
" I am well aware of the man's shortcomings" -- operation Warp Speed and promoting COVID vaccines are on the list of Trump's shortcomings? The Earth population is just 7 million souls... shorter.
If you will recall Pfizer and BioNTech held off announcing their vax as 90% effective until after the election out of fear Trump would be given credit for it. Trump would never have gone to court to force mandates on the population against their will. Trump would not have threatened Big Tech to silence medical information that could have saved millions of lives. Trump would not have made ivermectin illegal. Trump did everything he could, in good faith, to help Americans. The corruption, greed, and rapaciousness of Big Pharma lay at their doorstep, and that of Joe Biden, who lustily colluded with them to enrich the few at the expense of those dead millions.
He’s just a socialist. Everything antithetical to America and our Constitution. Very dangerous. He’s also a millionaire socialist, lol. Quite the hypocrite.
At this point, no reasonable person could dispute the need for there to be an impeachment inquiry into the Biden's corrupt dealings. We've come from "Joe knows nothing of Hunter's dealings," to "yeah, Biden was on the line in twenty phone meetings, and cash has been distributed to a couple of generations or more of Bidens, but Joe did not get any of it, at least not that we know of." Please. I think the technical term is a "predicate" for the investigation. We've got that.
First, there needs to be a full, complete, non-stonewalled investigation into the Biden influence peddling empire, and if the facts confirm what seems to be the case now, the House needs to proceed with impeachment. Simple as that, the integrity of the entire system is at stake, and maybe the security of the country.
At this point, the Biden Administration appears possibly to be the most corrupt in American history, and demands investigation. What the Dems did to Trump has nothing to do with it.
Ben D, I said "appears possibly" to be the most corrupt administration in US history. But my mind is open. If a full airing of the facts point in another direction, so will my opinion. Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with it.
With each passing day, we hear about more & more evidence of not only Biden family corruption but also related Justice dept, FBI, CIA, IRS & other deep state agency corruption. The evidence is corroborated by documents, emails, whistleblowers and massive amounts of financial paper trails. If ever there was a time for government overhaul & an outsider president, it’s now.
I think until the media decides to stop covering for the corruption of the Dems and Deep State Republicans, this circus is going to continue because the left are so incredibly drunk on orange man bad, they simply can not see straight.
We are losing our country and sometimes, one has to lose everything before they see truth. I’m just trying to keep an even temperament toward those who are blindly following or won’t vote Republican if Trump is on the ticket.
As Jesus said... father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
You both should try John Solomon's Just the News, I've found it credible. I am a Christian Conservative though, so I'd love an opinion from a different perspective.
You are absolutely correct that the republicans should begin an inquiry. The democrats have been on the offensive for quite a long time now. The democrats have no respect for the truth. It is all about winning, power and control. They have become everything they have accused conservatives, Trump and MAGA to be - authoritative. They censor news, close schools and businesses, unleash the FBI on opponents and attempted to force vaccines. Biden and his crime family need to be investigated immediately.
I'm for the inquiry and - if evidence is found - impeachment. I read both Victor Davis Hanson's piece and David French's and I find Hanson credible and truthful while French is not truthful and manipulative. In the end, millions of dollars went to Biden's family members. Millions. That's not just smoke, it's flames. Biden has acquired far more than his salaries would be capable of. More flames. 150 Suspicious Activity Reports. More flames.
A lot of this was revealed in Peter Schweitzer's 'Secret Empires'. The guy, Biden, has been selling outcomes for years. He's totally compromised and the only people who can trust him are the people who can destroy him with these revelations.
I've come to the conclusion that this is why the deep state hates Trump. They really have nothing on him and he's about a thousand times smarter than they are. They can't control him so they hate him and they've tried their level best to destroy him. At this point, their frustration will be the biggest danger Trump faces.
I don't know about everybody else here, but I have a deep sense that something really bad is about to happen. There is no healing out there. The Establishment is going to become ever more hysterical and our side is not going to acquiesce.
I think that's because an objective look at San Francisco wouldn't allow for any other observation. He's kind of like a scientist in that regard in that he's just following the science. Just sayin...
If only the Jews had negotiated more fairly with the Nazis.
If that statement seems absurd to you, then don't even think about playing fair with the progressive machine. It has never played fair, and never will. We stop them, or they destroy us. There is no in between. There is no give and take. There is no being reasonable.
I have a longtime friend she says down the middle but still insists in Trump mean tweets. I asked her the other day (she has a foul mouth). WHAT would YOU do if someone attacked you every day for more than 7 years? You wouldn’t sit back and take it. For the first time she was silent…..
I agree that Biden should be impeached but I also agree with Kash Patel that it is more important to go after Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland. In the end Joe Biden is just a puppet -- a corrupt, lying, demented puppet, but a puppet nevertheless. I don't think it comes as a surprise to anyone in Washington that Joe Biden has been on the take for years.
But what I think is more important is the blatant politicization of our Department of "Justice". I would like to see the people who used, and continue to use our our justice system, to punish the people with whom they have political disagreements. Our country can survive a corrupt political hack like Joe Biden but it cannot survive a corrupt justice system in which the people have no faith.
Not reading the French piece against impeaching Biden, as the only credible argument IS to impeach Biden. All the hacks and swine are lined up to defend the indefensible -- saw it all over Twitter today, with the usual liars who can be counted on from the "Democrat" party, including Swalwell, Cheney, Schiffhead, Nadler, et al.
As I read the lay of the land, connecting this to Trump's impeachment as "revenge" is simply another faux Democrat narrative.
One need only look at Biden's record since he was installed in office to see multiple impeachable offenses. What I don't understand is why they're not proceeding on two tracks simultaneously: Impeachment and invoking the 25th Amendment. There's no argument that can be made that Biden is in any way mentally fit to be the president of the United States.
And I will bring Trump into the discussion as to the 25th Amendment. The rot that is the party formerly known as the Democrat party was trying to use the 25th Amendment against someone who had his mental capacity.
We truly are living in a period where truth, evidence and reality are completely disregarded -- and that would be by the Banana Republic Party, formerly the Democrat Party.
“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”
Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
Thank you so much for sharing this quotation with us. For many years it has been one of my favorite quotations on the importance of following appropriate legal procedures.
That is one reason why I believe that American law, such as our well-established laws of search and seizure in criminal cases, should apply equally to all Americans.
Some weeks ago I had a discussion on this site with Sasha concerning the Federal search warrants for highly classified documents at Mar-A-Lago.
I argued that a Federal prosecutor had gone before a Federal judge and established that there was probable cause to believe that Donald Trump was illegally in possession of highly classified documents. As such, the Mar-A-Lago search warrants followed standard procedure and hence were perfectly legal.
Sasha took a different view. She questioned whether the standard legal procedures concerning search warrants in criminal investigations ought to apply to Donald Trump. She seemed to feel that because Donald Trump was a former President the search warrants should not have been granted.
Given your just posted answer concerning the applicability of the search and seizure laws in criminal cases, which one of us is right?
It really depends on whether Trump is covered by the Presidential Records Act or the Espionage Act. If it’s the former then the warrants were ill gotten and if it’s the latter the warrants were ill advised. I happen to believe that President Trump was the President and since all power resides in the executive he could think to himself “declassified” and it would be. I also think he had good reasons to keep certain documents as, apparently, our government is intent on putting him in prison for anything it can.
yeah, but ...records, withheld from Joe and Jane average citizen about...warmongering abroad using Joe and Jane's taxes? the sort of so important to keep secret records that we can never divulge to Joe and Jane about the Kennedy assassination ? Wasn't my blue team pleased when Daniel Ellsberg did not go to jail? Do we only prosecute this sort of thing if it's the other team guilty?
Truth is more important than politics. We are in a long season of untruth. So yes, for the impeachment inquiry. We must get back on a “truth footing,” without which the government can’t be trusted to promote our welfare or protect us.
The best of us as a nation was our favored belief in equality of personhood alone. We weren't equal because of skin color but despite skin color. We weren't equal because we were rich or poor but despite our financial condition. The democrats broke this pact of equality and by so doing they have announced a new doom. It will be theirs or it will be the nation's. We shall see.
this is a serious charge that I wish more dems would consider. my blue team were for the little guy and working class when I was growing up. now we say let them eat cake if they don't have a Tesla.
The real shame of this impeachment process is the object failure of our DOJ and FBI. They should have been investigating the schemes of Hunter's a long time ago. What about FARA? A lot has been uncovered by the GOP in Congress, but how much more would be known if the FBI would just do their job? The recent political influence in the DOJ- from the Mar-a-Largo raid, to the many dubious Trump charges past and present, etc. etc. is the big story here. Equal justice in America has been corrupted. This sorry state of affairs will take an extra amount of work and fortitude if our Country is ever to right itself in the gaze of a blind Miss Liberty Justice. Garland and Ray need to go. Trump really fumbled the ball when he didn't clean out those two agencies of partisans when Trump was in office. Barr wasn't any better, either. Even though Trump thought he would be an asset. A total failure of equal treatment under the law.
So true Jeff, and that failure was intentional. That is why I support an impeachment inquiry. The corruption is deep and encompassing. Even though some, think the President is not really running the country, he is the one who took the oath and promised to do so. Although his lucidity is questionable, his legal obligation is not. He must answer for the illegal and unequal treatment of the law by his Attorney General and Justice Department. We deserve to question the involvement of his family regarding any foreign or domestic monies exchanged during his tenure as Senator, Vice President or President. Maybe this time there will be an actual “high crime”.
We want the truth. We want bank deposits, shadow corporations, aliases, e-mails and telephone calls, especially the ones to Hunter Biden's cell phone that were answered by the "Big Guy" himself. We must have an end to this "shadow regime" of corrupted thugs.
The Founders did not envision that actual adults elected to office would be intent on destroying their own country. They did not envision a press that could be so incredibly unaccountable to the truth. They did not envision the perils of communism because it wasn't invented yet.
I will just quote hunter Biden when he emailed his daughter.....I hope you all can provide for the entire family like I have for the last 30 years. It is really hard. But don't worry unlike pops I won't make you give me half your salary. I say impeachment yesterday, impeachment today, impeachment tomorrow. America deserves to know if their president is a crook.
Biden should be impeached because there are strong indications he was taking bribes. That is grounds for impeachment even though he did them while VP and probably as a senator.
As for David French, the man is an idiot. We're from the same neck of the woods. He went to Harvard and was brainwashed. I gave up on him when he started ranting about the Confederate flag, He's been an anti-Trumper since day one. Why anyone pays ANY attention to him is beyond me.
1) My Political Junkie Self: We need some move toward impeachment in order to avoid our moderates in swing districts being knocked off (in the primaries) by radicals too far out to win. How far this move should go is less than clear to me. The pointlessness of a Senate trial could well do us a lot of harm.
2) My Would-Be Lawyer Self: We need to be ready to cite chapter and verse about the evidence, which is hardly "zero". I heard Dan Bongino doing that as I was marathon driving, but I do not remember all the cases. The only ones I can think of now are a) H paying J's electric bill, b) H complaining about how much of his money he had to give to J, c) H and J splitting a 10 million dollar kickback from the Ukrainian aid package back in 2014(?). d) the Bidens setting up various shell companies to get H's money to other Bidens, e) various trips together on Air Force 2, f) various meeting involving J's looming intimidatory presence ("We wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you"), and g) at least one "suspicious activity report" (apparent money laundering) from a bank. I would appreciate it if others could tell me what I am forgetting ... it's a lot to remember!
There were many Suspicious Activity Reports from several banks, not just one. Several banks have been subpoenaed and provided to Rep. James Comer. There’s a ton of evidence.
Unfortunately, too many Republicans jumped on board for the #proxywar. There are not enough Americans (hardly any, I'd say) telling their Republican legislators to stop funding this heinous war. Are people cowed now that they will be thrown into prison for having an anti-war opinion? Or, are they taking Zelenskyy's threat seriously that Ukrainians here are going to start trouble here? How much can this guy extort us?
It's absolutely obscene. 500,000 dead or injured Ukrainians. Millions of Ukrainian refugees created, likely never to return to the Ukraine. Who knows how many Russians dead. All because folks like Blinken and Nuland and their neocon buddies have been plotting this for years, with their weird ideologies and personal family histories of grievances against Russia. We have no business doing what we've done.
The most blatant example of the U.S. and the Global West being the bad guys.
So what are you suggesting, that you have faith that politicians, Republican or Democrat, will do the right thing and drive the rancid old hack called Joe Biden from office? Seriously?
Hey John, my faith is not in the politicians but instead is in Jesus and the goodness of Americans. I have traveled the world and America extensively, first poor and in the military and then later as an exec for a Fortune 50 company; I have seen a lot of good and hardworking people. I do believe many are seeing a real change in leadership is needed. I am not sure about 2024 but I think the pendulum is already in motion for a significantly better America. I hope we both will see it soon, brother.
David French has become totally ideological and has forgotten basic legal precepts - or perhaps he realizes his audience ill informed and he can make a quick buck off of them because they’ll never bother to check his BS.
As lawyer Jeff Childers wrote today …
“It’s impossible to argue about evidence without first defining terms. So let’s start by defining what “evidence” is, under the law, since the legal standard is what applies to impeachment inquiries. Don’t let anyone gaslight you on the definition of “evidence.” Here’s how Black’s Law Dictionary, a recognized authority that can be cited in legal memoranda, defines “evidence:”
“Something, including testimony, documents, and tangible objects, that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact; anything presented to the senses and offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact.”
Jeff also wrote to counter the never ending media obfuscation ….
“An impeachment inquiry can be opened in two ways. The first, traditional, way is a vote of the full House of Representatives, which until President Trump’s term was the only way you could do it. The new second way has been called the “Pelosi Precedent,” where the Speaker of the House can just “announce” an impeachment inquiry, and bingo-bongo, you’re cooking with gas. That’s how former Speaker Pelosi started the Trump impeachments, both of them, breaking from prior procedure and creating a whole new easier and faster way.
It was turbo impeachment! So, that’s what Kevin McCarthy did. He just followed the Pelosi Precedent and announced the impeachment. It only takes one person now.”
YES! Democrat overreach has reached such obvious unconstitutional proportions that for the Republicans not to fight back would implicate them in crimes against the American people.
From the moment DJ Trump came down the escalator he had a target on his back. The American people were tired of the pontificating, nauseating day after day BS from a man who did nothing for the American people but divided a country with the race card. Hillary Clinton who was just as bad as acid reflux at 2am felt entitled to "break the imaginary glass ceiling" and was adored by her pathetic brain dead press corp and followers ( 😳 )but the American people said NO ! Hillary and her loser posse the Progressive Democrats declared war on the American citizens choice of DJ Trump and come hell or high water they were going to impede his agenda and make sure he was defamed and out of office for good.
Through lies, denial (Hunters Laptop story from Miranda Devine NYPost & Tony Bobalinski's confession) and corrupt voting JR Biden became President in 2020.
The American people who actually voted said WTF happened ? And thankfully some in Congress did too.
What was discovered was Hunters Laptop was indeed real and full of information that led to the discovery of JR Bidens knowledge of Hunters business dealings of which Joe said he knew nothing about. "He lied directly to the faces of the American people."
Bad Joe !
Moving forward this impeachment inquiry is just an inquiry but truth be said JR Biden could end all of this inquiring by taking a polygraph test or simply testify before Congress tomorrow if he is "truly clean". But he won't.
What he will end up doing because he is such a pathetic President (and VP is worse) is step aside before he is hog tied with charges.
Tit for tat ? No. DJTrump was victim of a woman who felt entitled (thank god we missed that bullet). Joe R. Biden is a victim of his own making.
Thanks for opening this up! I understand the committees have been doing their due diligence & are getting blocked every step of the way but it's completely reckless NOT to try Brandon & Co. because his actions have truly been egregious. We're not even talking about double standards at this point but NO standards, simply the ability of those in power to manipulate & do to their enemies as they will. That Ukraine has long been a sinkhole, with the added bonus of possibly leading to a nuclear confrontation, is something a country with a free press would have been alerted to, say, maybe in 2014? Maybe earlier? The few sane souls to even suggest such things have been increasingly marginalized, labeled carriers of water for Putin etc. The late Prof. Stephen Cohen, an actual scholar of Russia, was increasingly raked over the coals by a liberal/left/progressive media that once greatly respected him, for his eminently sane positions & the fact that The Tucker Carlson Show, for instance, was one of the last places that regularly consulted him. The fact that there could even be a discussion over the idea of going ahead with at least an impeachment inquiry (everyone knows an actual impeachment will be next to impossible), is almost shocking to me. Of course there needs to be an inquiry &, perhaps, something might actually leak into the mainstream press & make people understand the depth & corruption at play. More importantly, the contempt with which the current White House resident holds the citizenry in, is unlike anything I've ever seen, & the more it can be exposed through his history of corruption, the better.
What will be telling is not only what is revealed in the investigation, but the level of interference that will be thrown in the way of the investigators. The people of this country need to see what they have bought into if they sit on their hands and do nothing. It is time to pull back the curtain and get the truth out there.
I’m only ticked off that Gaetz had to finally threaten McCarthy, so he’d finally keep his word! We have just 1-1/4 yrs before the democrats go forward with the 3rd, steal. They were successful in ‘20 & ‘22, so you can be confident, they’ll go for broke.
And it will work. Why else has Nancy Pelosi announced she is running in 2024? Think she likes not being Speaker so much she wants to keep not being Speaker? The fix is in. America will be a true UniParty, with a minority of R's around, but the D's will control the House, Senate, and Presidency.
At a minimum, an impeachment inquiry will demonstrate to the American people the stunning level of corruption and compromise that exist in the oval office.
Agree. They need to fight back. The Democrats will stop at nothing. Doing nothing in response will only make things worse. The Democrats are freaking out. I heard a few already starting a new narrative, that if the Republicans do an investigative inquiry, they will crash the economy, because they ‘aren’t working for the American people.’ We all know the state of the economy and where it’s headed, and so do the Democrats. They want to blame the inevitable crash of the economy on the Republicans and everything else, too.
Of course he must be impeached. It is so incredibly hypocritical for the dems to use this excuse. They must be pretty sure the media will cover for them. The only way to beat a bully is to knock them on they're ass.
Multiple individuals stood by and watched an impeachment for asking about Biden bribes when the FBI/DoJ had both the Hunter laptop (which it had verified) and the sworn testimony of a Ukrainian informant they thought enough of to be paying for information all proving exactly what Trump was asking about.
There's a real bad smell at Justice. Maybe it works like it did when J Edgar Hoover ran the place. He had dirt on everyone so nobody challenged him. That means only someone from outside the DC environment has any chance of reforming it.
David French was the first to jump to the White House's order to circle the wagons around President John Peters.
I wonder if French thinks that banks issue SARs to the IRS just for fun, especially over 170 of them having to do with foreign transfers to members of the Biden family?
I have always thought that the concept of reversing the situation is revealing. The only problem is that left, the democrats and apparently even a couple of Republican senators, won’t admit that if it were Trump suspected of doing even HALF of what old Joe has done they would have had Trump facing more than an inquiry.
I’m glad the inquiry has been announced, finally. I have been following the committee’s that are doing all the investigations and they have the proof of the criminal actions of Biden and his family. He has sold our country off and I believe even the war in Ukraine are part of it. There is no way all that money we have sent are on the up and up. Even the Ukraines don’t have a clue where all the money has gone. The madness needs to stop.
There have to be consequences for all that had happened. We all see what a corrupt nation we have become. They have to be held to account.
Consider this article below from a political science professor. In the section, “Race: Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard College” he says “The new constitutional rule is that the equal protection clause is a promise to treat all citizens of all races the same, rather than the alternative understanding of the clause’s promise to move society toward equity among racial groups, which allows or even encourages the differential treatment of some groups in order to make up for past injustices.”
He’s interpreting the Constitution through the lens of Woke “social justice” which sees the world in terms of “oppressors” (whites) vs the “oppressed” (“people of color” in general and blacks in particular.) These are the type of judges though that Biden is appointing to the federal courts. Vivek says he will issue an Executive Order banning race based affirmative action on his first day if elected. That’s exactly the opposite of what Biden did on his first day in office which was to issue an Executive Order to replace meritocracy wherever it can be found with Equity aka Equal Outcomes. This is now an irreconcilable difference in America between the Woke vs the nonWoke. This is an impossible situation. A totally unworkable society.
“A constitutional revolution is underway at the Supreme Court, as the conservative supermajority rewrites basic understandings of the roots of US law.”
Yahoo News. The Conversation. Sept 13, 2023
Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas
David French is a joke, a fake "conservative," which is the only kind the NYT allows. Fench asks
where is the evidence. Just look at that video of Biden ordering the removal of the Ukrainian prosecuror. And when can we see the full Hunter laptop contents (minus the porn, thank you)? Bump recently was taken down as a Dem toady by Noam Dworman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYto2Rf_xcg
As a reporter and Substacker who covers politics, I was very insulted the Biden White House did NOT send me a letter telling me how to cover the inquiry so I wrote about my hurt feelings like I'm told you're supposed to do now:
An impeachment inquiry is fully justified. The Biden-controlled executive branch is doing everything possible to conceal Joe's involvement in the family influence peddling/attempted bribery scheme. If Joe did nothing illegal, he will come clean on exactly how involved he was. If his activities were technically legal but politically embarrassing, he would be better off admitting to those activities rather than doing the most damaging thing: covering them up.
The danger for Republicans is that during public hearings they will do what elected Congresspeople do 99.999% of the time: they will grandstand for the cameras, trying to get their soundbites on TV news. If Republicans are genuinely serious about Biden corruption, they will do what the Watergate committee did in the 1970s - have competent litigators do most of the examining of the witnesses. Give the Republican counsel 60-90 minutes to examine a witness, then give the Democratic counsel equal time, back and forth. If Republicans don't want this impeachment inquiry to be regarded as blatant partisanship, then they will conduct themselves like serious professionals rather than like publicity hounds and glory seekers.
VDH is great, one of my favorite people to listen to and read.
I agree that Biden shouldn't be impeached 'just because' Democrats did it, but there's plenty of reason to impeach him on the merits. I've talked to a lot of centrist types who say we shouldn't make this a regular thing and two wrongs don't make a right. But this isn't a wrong first off. And second, if you use that as your rule then it effectively lets left wing radicalism become a shield for them. They can impeach like crazy and then guess what, you can't respond no matter what! You gotta be better. Classic Marquess of Queensbury rules. No more of that. Time to give them some of their own medicine.
hey, who is the real Ben here? who is more ben? this reminds me of the pot smokers who overplayed their hand with 'but pot is healthy'. Nope. It's your smoking, and smoking is legal. or it's your alcohol and alcohol is legal. the two-tiered justice system/why Trump but not Biden---THAT is the prevailing red team argument that is gaining traction now.
Biden is obviously corrupt and probably has committed treason, which is not a trivial statement. Accelerated events and actions since 2020 have created an urgent set of circumstances for the Republic. We must elect a leader who will be clear eyed toward turning this around. Political calculus (deliberate steps) are necessary at this time. I am not sure whether an impeachment inquiry is an aid or deterrent in that regard. Thoughts Sasha?
I think the Republicans have no choice. This is the only way they will be able to enforce the subpoenas they will issue to get all the bank records that will tie Biden to all the corruption. The DOJ, FBI, and CIA will be working overtime to block all this as they are all involved in the cover up
People claiming that “going after” the Democrats or Joe Biden or whatever is just tit-for-tat or, worse, just out of revenge, are missing the entire point and exercise of the Rule of Law.
Everything they threw (and continue to throw) at Trump, from the totally fraudulent Russia collusion hoax set up by Hillary and John Brennan and Obama, or the utterly absurd impeachment circuses were ALL not only made up from whole cloth, but were also ALL egregiously unlawful, in so many ways shaped and forms it would be hard to list the laws that were broken in those efforts.
The indictments they are trying to bury Trump under likewise are so foul they should stink up a court room with their twisted legal machinations.
The Jan 6th event was the cherry on the sundae of illegal set-ups in an effort to crush the entire MAGA movement and lay the groundwork for trying Trump for insurrection for refusing to be silent about their other mind blowingly illegal coup via rigging the 2020 election!
We’re going after them FOR BREAKING THE LAW, which is exactly what we should be doing!
They go after us so they can continue to break it over our heads.
Time to turn the tables…in the right direction.
This is reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain when he made a deal with the devil, in the form of Adolf Hitler, to have "peace in our time". What he actually got was WWII.
We know who and what Hilary, Pelosi, Joe et al are. They can NOT to be reasoned with. They don't even understand the concept of fairness. Power is what they know, and it is what they crave. They will take anything we will let them take form us.
I pray for Nancy Pelosi (and Joe Biden and Hunter Biden) every day.
no, just do equal prosecution of criminals. much of what you say, though, I agree.
Wrong, MLB fan. The pursuit of justice is not "hate."
That’s where you’re wrong MLB. Justice is not revenge. It’s holding up the rule of law! They have obliterated the rule of law. It cannot continue
Leftists are 'without the law'. They recognize no law and break it whenever it suits their purposes. As such, they go beyond being mere law-breakers, who need to be punished, but are 'outlaws' and must be eliminated. When we see Westerns, they show wanted posters for 'outlaws'. Sometimes they say: "wanted dead or alive". But this isn't necessary -- outlaws have no protection of any law. Anybody is welcome to kill them on sight, and have no fear, except perhaps a citation for littering.
Of course, this is only how normal, healthy societies operate. Think of it as 'weeding your garden."
Hasn't the US Justice been held hostage by the Space Aliens, or the like beings, for a quite significant time?
I'm glad you finally looked in the mirror and recognized it for what it is.
What do you not understand about breaking the law??
Should there be NO consequences???
If you broke it in the manner these people do on a daily basis you’d be locked up faster than a speeding bullet!
What do you suggest? For the sake of unity, just accept whatever the leftists do with no pushback? Surrender to leftist ideas to keep the peace?
J McTavish - I suspect you listen to too much Maddow, The View or their ilk ... the evidence is overwhelming ...
You must have a very different definition of evidence of criminal and bad behavior than I do. Of course, that has been clear from your past comments.
but you refuse to see the evidence and all blue-state controlled media refuses to talk about the evidence. this does not mean that it does not exist. you see, Mac, Hunter really did have a laptop. he really did send emails complaining about percentages of his graft that had to go to the 'big guy'. he was riding around on Airforce 1 even to countries he was doing his graft with. Open your dang eyes, Mack, you're not going to get the truth from MSNBC.
Have you been asleep since Dementia Joe was installed in office? Good grief!
Start with abdicating a basic responsibility of ensuring the safety and security of the U.S.! We've pissed away $100,000,000,000+, and growing, to "secure" (supposedly, not actually) the Ukraine's borders.
8 million illegal aliens given entry since bimbo and his handmaiden Majorkas, along with Czarina Ho Harris, opened the doors. Like a petulant child, Biden could not wait to reverse all of Trump's policies for Open Borders.
If this soul-less ghoul serves his full term, the total number of illegal aliens who will have come into the country will likely be 10 to 12 million!!!!
That alone should be enough to impeach this mf'er.
McTavish, who do you know who has some 20 odd LLC shell accounts and has funneled over USD $10M through them from foreign entities?
https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-the-bidens-have-put-themselves-first-and-america-last%EF%BF%BC/
Well McKnucklehead, presuming you’re a U.S. voter, I would think that you would be at least slightly curious as to why your former VP (and current 'occupant' of the White House) family members (at least five of them) were paid millions of dollars by Ukraine, China, et al paid through at least 20 different LLCs. The House claims to have bank records of those payments and companies. Either a) the House is full of shit or b) Biden is. I guess we'll see. In the meantime, why don't you just pretend that the Republicans have a pee tape of Biden and Putin partying with Mr. Ho (a Hunter associate and member of the PRC) who's currently under indictment.
The Supreme Court is currently controlled by the Constitution and Constitutionalists, as it should be. Sounds like you support the criminal
Marxist Idea of packing it with Marxist activists. Kiss goodbye your freedom and enjoy communism.
blue team criminal sycophant.
Mountains of evidence.
You are intentionally conflating evidence and proof in a failing attempt to protect your crooks.
This is a classic liberal response. I 'm sure most of us remember every legacy media outlet (print and screen) screaming "Trump claims without PROOF...." wiretapped Trump tower, and dozens of other cases calling out wrongdoing. Same with 2020 election irregularities. If any claim is made by a conservative or against a liberal, the standard is always "no PROOF" and liberals ignore the EVIDENCE. On the other foot, all any liberal has to do is make an ACCUSATION with any shred of EVIDENCE, and all legacy media run with it 24/7 and all liberal sheep swallow it whole as fact. I remember when the public school and higher education system was up to the task of making young people aware of the differences among ACCUSATION, EVIDENCE, and PROOF.
What on earth would give you the idea that the leftists would just call a truce?
So essentially as I said, capitulate to leftist control for the sake of peace.
Unless you have some other ideas, I will politely decline your suggestion.
Oh, so we lay down our arms and democrats will see the error of their ways and stop their lawfare campaigns, ballot harvesting, illegal election law changes, supporting rio....er...mostly peaceful protestors. Did i leave anything out?
When your opponent is biting, kicking, gouging and hitting below the belt, and the referee is helping them beat you to death, you can continue to fight by Marquess of Queensberry rules and get killed, or adjust to the reality that there are no rules and fight for your life.
nope: throw all criminals out regardless of their red or blue color team jersey would improve the country.
Then the country should break into two.
You don’t seem to understand what’s going on. The left want complete power and control now. They plan to win by filibuster-proof majorities, pack the court, then pass anything and everything they want - their unconstitutional federal voting laws, gun bans, you name it. Our country will be done, our freedom some relic of the past. You don’t understand the nefarious objectives of the Marxist left.
Now that the truth is coming out, you want a "truce" to protect your faction?
Were you worried about the integrity of the country over the past 7 years, as the establishment revealed its collective mendacity trying to oust Trump? During the totalitarian nightmare of the covid fiasco?
If that is what it takes to put a wooden stake through the heart of the American Empire then I am all for it.
There's no truce to be won with extremists who have claimed the Democrat party.
Would be nice, but that's not reality. This has been about seven years of stark raving lunacy from a weird mix of Democrats, neocons and Deep Staters, with captive government entities, academia, media and too many in the corporate world. They have no interest in a truce; they want complete, totalitarian control, closest model I see to what's happening is fascism -- business/gov't merger. And this is not just the U.S.; this is what the Global West is in the grip of.
yes, if both are criminals, both should be thrown out, I agree. and if neither colored team wants to respect the individual's right to make personal private medical choices for their own body (blue: covid mandates whether or not they help or hurt/Red: ban abortion), then both have effed up civil liberty policies.
MAGA is a movement of the socially conservative, politically oppressed and economically depressed American working class, the class that has been demonized by the DP and the left, its managerial/bureaucratic/woke elites and their sycophants advancing racial division, insane social theories, and advocating endless war.
The DP has abandoned us for their base of college-graduated race grifting, woke creeps whose idea of community is raging on forums like this and Twatter, ordering out from Grub Hub, and never leaving their traps except for the occasional BLM/antifa riot or statue vandalizing or church desecration.
MAGA, make America great. The left hate America. They are fundamentally transforming our country into a Marxist totalitarian cesspool. Not sure how you don’t know that.
I don't want a truce. I want this fought out to resolution. In politics, there is no such thing as a truce that dems will honor.
Explain how you create a truce with God versus Satan. You don’t. The left don’t want a truce, as was previously explained to you, they want complete power and control, Marxist totalitarianism. You honestly think the radical extreme left want a truce if some kind. That is naive and ridiculous. That means shared control and following our Constitution. That’s even funnier.
nope: incarcerate them both! what would be the moral with your suggestion? once you get high enough in the US, you are above the law? I did not know we were electing kings.
MLBfan - you mean Trump? Yes look at that. If they can do that to him, they won't hesitate to bury anyone who objects to their tactics.
can I appeal?
Is that like “the science is settled”? Good grief. Just a conversation ender.
We know where it takes us - Dems have shown us that clearly in the last few years: tyranny.
Fighting hate sometimes takes hate. The question is - will you use hate as a tool or will you take in on as a personality. Dems have done the latter. Not sure what the repubs will do.
Fan - the problem is exactly what I hear my liberal family members and friends say (well, they parrot) frequently about prosecuting or not prosecuting Trump (they say this even about the ridiculous Alvin Bragg case). NOT punishing wrongdoing just emboldens the offenders to keep doing it. Thus far, Democrats have gotten away with the Russia collusion hoax, the first impeachment of Trump - which is a glorious blueprint for gaslighting, and all of Adam Schiff's lies on TV every chance he gets (statements he makes which are contradicted by his own sworn testimony). They have gotten away with stoking race-based violence in 2020 with public words of incitement, but in glorious hypocrisy blame Trump directly for Jan 6 (and lie about the "death toll" of Jan 6 non-stop). Sure, it's politics - but sprinkled with a healthy dose of illegality. Speaking of hate, have you watched any of the MSNBC hosts in the last few years? Hasan, Wallace, Hayes, O'Donnell, Maddow, and queen of all - Joy Reid. If they aren't pushing hate, I don't know what hate is.
I "converted" to the Republican party to vote for Trump, and I plan on making it three times a charm. I voted for him for his policies. I am well aware of the man's shortcomings, but I'm not having him over for dinner, I'm asking him to do an impossible, thankless job, one he did it better than I expected. My belief is that for the run-of-the-mill American, the treachery, grift, corruption and casual disregard for everything Americans hold dear by the Democrat party calls for radical action on our part, and impeaching this horrific President is Step 1 on a long road to repair this once great nation. I am all in, I don't care what my "friends" think of my Trump vote, I don't care what names I'm called, I don't care about anything anyone says anymore. I care about this country and there is one man who has proven himself to be the capable warrior it needs, and that is Donald J. Trump.
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Well said!
Same
I am all for holding Biden accountable for any illegal activities. After all haven’t we heard from democrats that “no one is above the law”?
The issue I have is that Biden, in my opinion, is no longer making decisions. He follows whatever script is placed in front of him. Harris is a radical left winger but seems clueless so I think the actual decisions/policy setting is done by people on his staff. Susan Rice, whoever the COS is currently, etc. Sort of Weekend at Bernies stuff.
So while Biden is hung out to dry, the radical left wing policy decisions will continue. This is one of those rare instances where impeaching the leader will have no effect what so ever on gov’t operations. It will feel good but in the end will have no impact.
The way to beat the radical left is to win several elections, get control of the levers of power and purge the gov’t of these radicals. Whether you like DeSantis or not he has executed a blueprint in Florida that is successful. Get control of gov’t and use every lever.
I live in a very blue part of northern California and I do not consider Harris a radical left winger. She is an opportunist who the real radical leftists do not even like.
She’s a communist. She’s loves to talk about “equity”. She’s also brainless. I’m in California too. Most people hate her. Some lefties love her.
I agree she is an opportunist but what comes out of her mouth sounds like left wing propaganda. She was the darling of democrats because of her demographics but when they realized how unpopular she is they now don’t like her because she can’t help the left further their cause.
Well said, JMaryH. As Andrew Breitbart said, "Walk toward the fire. It doesn't matter what they say about you."
" I am well aware of the man's shortcomings" -- operation Warp Speed and promoting COVID vaccines are on the list of Trump's shortcomings? The Earth population is just 7 million souls... shorter.
If you will recall Pfizer and BioNTech held off announcing their vax as 90% effective until after the election out of fear Trump would be given credit for it. Trump would never have gone to court to force mandates on the population against their will. Trump would not have threatened Big Tech to silence medical information that could have saved millions of lives. Trump would not have made ivermectin illegal. Trump did everything he could, in good faith, to help Americans. The corruption, greed, and rapaciousness of Big Pharma lay at their doorstep, and that of Joe Biden, who lustily colluded with them to enrich the few at the expense of those dead millions.
" Trump would never have..." - would have, could have vs. have done. It appears that you belong to Trump lovers coalition.
Big Pharma is the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex with two (2) main objectives: PROFIT & DEPOPULATION, dear JMaryH.
I don't know how I can make it any more clear -- I am part of the "Trump lovers coalition." Come join us, it's totally refreshing.
Read what I said again. I don't care what people call me.
And you don't think the Democrat party isn't a cult? Good grief!
It's the Borg collective. They're all in lock step ... up to their necks in the Swamp of Lies.
but there are exceptions. say what you will about Bernie, for example, he is not up to his neck in the swamp of lies. Neither is Ro Khanna.
Bernie?? I would have agreed with you until he sold his soul to the Devil to support Hillary. Now?
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-biden-endorsement-2024-d8f0772b117e2bf83e1062708ea651c0
Ro never met an immigration program he didn't like -- legal or illegal. So, not a fan.
Bernie. I dunno. Maybe he's not a serial liar like most of them. But, there's something wrong when these folks stay in office for so long.
He’s just a socialist. Everything antithetical to America and our Constitution. Very dangerous. He’s also a millionaire socialist, lol. Quite the hypocrite.
Okay, I’ll bite McTavish. What is Trump’s con?
At this point, no reasonable person could dispute the need for there to be an impeachment inquiry into the Biden's corrupt dealings. We've come from "Joe knows nothing of Hunter's dealings," to "yeah, Biden was on the line in twenty phone meetings, and cash has been distributed to a couple of generations or more of Bidens, but Joe did not get any of it, at least not that we know of." Please. I think the technical term is a "predicate" for the investigation. We've got that.
First, there needs to be a full, complete, non-stonewalled investigation into the Biden influence peddling empire, and if the facts confirm what seems to be the case now, the House needs to proceed with impeachment. Simple as that, the integrity of the entire system is at stake, and maybe the security of the country.
At this point, the Biden Administration appears possibly to be the most corrupt in American history, and demands investigation. What the Dems did to Trump has nothing to do with it.
you had me so much until that last paragraph. Why did you have to add that, Bill O'Riely?
Ben D, I said "appears possibly" to be the most corrupt administration in US history. But my mind is open. If a full airing of the facts point in another direction, so will my opinion. Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with it.
Because it’s true?
Because it’s true.
With each passing day, we hear about more & more evidence of not only Biden family corruption but also related Justice dept, FBI, CIA, IRS & other deep state agency corruption. The evidence is corroborated by documents, emails, whistleblowers and massive amounts of financial paper trails. If ever there was a time for government overhaul & an outsider president, it’s now.
I think until the media decides to stop covering for the corruption of the Dems and Deep State Republicans, this circus is going to continue because the left are so incredibly drunk on orange man bad, they simply can not see straight.
We are losing our country and sometimes, one has to lose everything before they see truth. I’m just trying to keep an even temperament toward those who are blindly following or won’t vote Republican if Trump is on the ticket.
As Jesus said... father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
It's really true. I wish it wasn't.
You both should try John Solomon's Just the News, I've found it credible. I am a Christian Conservative though, so I'd love an opinion from a different perspective.
He wrote just opposite of your criticism; “... so I'd love an opinion from a different perspective.”
how about Leland Vittert? He's trending trying to be fair.
Taibbi too
One thing I agree with you on. Glenn is fantastic. What all the media should be. Clear thinking, intelligent and fair.
Try Reuters.
Just as bad.
Reuters is shit. So is AP.
When they say there is no evidence for impeachment, Democrats are projecting -- yet again!
They are PROFESSIONALS at projection!
Ha! This explains why they rule Hollywood!
Haha yes!
yet sycophants are sycophants are sycophants on both color teams if they defend criminality.
You are absolutely correct that the republicans should begin an inquiry. The democrats have been on the offensive for quite a long time now. The democrats have no respect for the truth. It is all about winning, power and control. They have become everything they have accused conservatives, Trump and MAGA to be - authoritative. They censor news, close schools and businesses, unleash the FBI on opponents and attempted to force vaccines. Biden and his crime family need to be investigated immediately.
blue team person here. Agreed.
I'm for the inquiry and - if evidence is found - impeachment. I read both Victor Davis Hanson's piece and David French's and I find Hanson credible and truthful while French is not truthful and manipulative. In the end, millions of dollars went to Biden's family members. Millions. That's not just smoke, it's flames. Biden has acquired far more than his salaries would be capable of. More flames. 150 Suspicious Activity Reports. More flames.
A lot of this was revealed in Peter Schweitzer's 'Secret Empires'. The guy, Biden, has been selling outcomes for years. He's totally compromised and the only people who can trust him are the people who can destroy him with these revelations.
I've come to the conclusion that this is why the deep state hates Trump. They really have nothing on him and he's about a thousand times smarter than they are. They can't control him so they hate him and they've tried their level best to destroy him. At this point, their frustration will be the biggest danger Trump faces.
I don't know about everybody else here, but I have a deep sense that something really bad is about to happen. There is no healing out there. The Establishment is going to become ever more hysterical and our side is not going to acquiesce.
Because they are?
I think that's because an objective look at San Francisco wouldn't allow for any other observation. He's kind of like a scientist in that regard in that he's just following the science. Just sayin...
If only the Jews had negotiated more fairly with the Nazis.
If that statement seems absurd to you, then don't even think about playing fair with the progressive machine. It has never played fair, and never will. We stop them, or they destroy us. There is no in between. There is no give and take. There is no being reasonable.
I have a longtime friend she says down the middle but still insists in Trump mean tweets. I asked her the other day (she has a foul mouth). WHAT would YOU do if someone attacked you every day for more than 7 years? You wouldn’t sit back and take it. For the first time she was silent…..
I’m so tired of stupid people I love!
I agree that Biden should be impeached but I also agree with Kash Patel that it is more important to go after Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland. In the end Joe Biden is just a puppet -- a corrupt, lying, demented puppet, but a puppet nevertheless. I don't think it comes as a surprise to anyone in Washington that Joe Biden has been on the take for years.
But what I think is more important is the blatant politicization of our Department of "Justice". I would like to see the people who used, and continue to use our our justice system, to punish the people with whom they have political disagreements. Our country can survive a corrupt political hack like Joe Biden but it cannot survive a corrupt justice system in which the people have no faith.
we're surviving it so far. welcome to average sort of democratic country. be half-full!
No, we are not.
Not reading the French piece against impeaching Biden, as the only credible argument IS to impeach Biden. All the hacks and swine are lined up to defend the indefensible -- saw it all over Twitter today, with the usual liars who can be counted on from the "Democrat" party, including Swalwell, Cheney, Schiffhead, Nadler, et al.
As I read the lay of the land, connecting this to Trump's impeachment as "revenge" is simply another faux Democrat narrative.
One need only look at Biden's record since he was installed in office to see multiple impeachable offenses. What I don't understand is why they're not proceeding on two tracks simultaneously: Impeachment and invoking the 25th Amendment. There's no argument that can be made that Biden is in any way mentally fit to be the president of the United States.
And I will bring Trump into the discussion as to the 25th Amendment. The rot that is the party formerly known as the Democrat party was trying to use the 25th Amendment against someone who had his mental capacity.
We truly are living in a period where truth, evidence and reality are completely disregarded -- and that would be by the Banana Republic Party, formerly the Democrat Party.
The lefts tactics and behaviors are completely in lockstep with their Bolshevik ideologies.
“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”
Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
Gwyneth,
Thank you so much for sharing this quotation with us. For many years it has been one of my favorite quotations on the importance of following appropriate legal procedures.
That is one reason why I believe that American law, such as our well-established laws of search and seizure in criminal cases, should apply equally to all Americans.
Do you agree?
Absolutely.
Gwyneth,
Many thanks.
Some weeks ago I had a discussion on this site with Sasha concerning the Federal search warrants for highly classified documents at Mar-A-Lago.
I argued that a Federal prosecutor had gone before a Federal judge and established that there was probable cause to believe that Donald Trump was illegally in possession of highly classified documents. As such, the Mar-A-Lago search warrants followed standard procedure and hence were perfectly legal.
Sasha took a different view. She questioned whether the standard legal procedures concerning search warrants in criminal investigations ought to apply to Donald Trump. She seemed to feel that because Donald Trump was a former President the search warrants should not have been granted.
Given your just posted answer concerning the applicability of the search and seizure laws in criminal cases, which one of us is right?
It really depends on whether Trump is covered by the Presidential Records Act or the Espionage Act. If it’s the former then the warrants were ill gotten and if it’s the latter the warrants were ill advised. I happen to believe that President Trump was the President and since all power resides in the executive he could think to himself “declassified” and it would be. I also think he had good reasons to keep certain documents as, apparently, our government is intent on putting him in prison for anything it can.
yeah, but ...records, withheld from Joe and Jane average citizen about...warmongering abroad using Joe and Jane's taxes? the sort of so important to keep secret records that we can never divulge to Joe and Jane about the Kennedy assassination ? Wasn't my blue team pleased when Daniel Ellsberg did not go to jail? Do we only prosecute this sort of thing if it's the other team guilty?
Gwyneth, I read your Substack Notes and they are excellent.
Thank you, your feedback is appreciated.
Your notes are pro.
Truth is more important than politics. We are in a long season of untruth. So yes, for the impeachment inquiry. We must get back on a “truth footing,” without which the government can’t be trusted to promote our welfare or protect us.
The best of us as a nation was our favored belief in equality of personhood alone. We weren't equal because of skin color but despite skin color. We weren't equal because we were rich or poor but despite our financial condition. The democrats broke this pact of equality and by so doing they have announced a new doom. It will be theirs or it will be the nation's. We shall see.
this is a serious charge that I wish more dems would consider. my blue team were for the little guy and working class when I was growing up. now we say let them eat cake if they don't have a Tesla.
You sound fairly reasonable. Why are you still hanging with the blue team?
Then why are you still there?
"WE" say let them eat cake.... Why is that still a "we"???
The real shame of this impeachment process is the object failure of our DOJ and FBI. They should have been investigating the schemes of Hunter's a long time ago. What about FARA? A lot has been uncovered by the GOP in Congress, but how much more would be known if the FBI would just do their job? The recent political influence in the DOJ- from the Mar-a-Largo raid, to the many dubious Trump charges past and present, etc. etc. is the big story here. Equal justice in America has been corrupted. This sorry state of affairs will take an extra amount of work and fortitude if our Country is ever to right itself in the gaze of a blind Miss Liberty Justice. Garland and Ray need to go. Trump really fumbled the ball when he didn't clean out those two agencies of partisans when Trump was in office. Barr wasn't any better, either. Even though Trump thought he would be an asset. A total failure of equal treatment under the law.
So true Jeff, and that failure was intentional. That is why I support an impeachment inquiry. The corruption is deep and encompassing. Even though some, think the President is not really running the country, he is the one who took the oath and promised to do so. Although his lucidity is questionable, his legal obligation is not. He must answer for the illegal and unequal treatment of the law by his Attorney General and Justice Department. We deserve to question the involvement of his family regarding any foreign or domestic monies exchanged during his tenure as Senator, Vice President or President. Maybe this time there will be an actual “high crime”.
agreed. Biden should LBJ himself out of office, and all his defenders, you know it's true.
We want the truth. We want bank deposits, shadow corporations, aliases, e-mails and telephone calls, especially the ones to Hunter Biden's cell phone that were answered by the "Big Guy" himself. We must have an end to this "shadow regime" of corrupted thugs.
I'm blue and I agree. and that Neil Young guy? he doesn't speak for me!
The Founders did not envision that actual adults elected to office would be intent on destroying their own country. They did not envision a press that could be so incredibly unaccountable to the truth. They did not envision the perils of communism because it wasn't invented yet.
I will just quote hunter Biden when he emailed his daughter.....I hope you all can provide for the entire family like I have for the last 30 years. It is really hard. But don't worry unlike pops I won't make you give me half your salary. I say impeachment yesterday, impeachment today, impeachment tomorrow. America deserves to know if their president is a crook.
Biden should be impeached because there are strong indications he was taking bribes. That is grounds for impeachment even though he did them while VP and probably as a senator.
As for David French, the man is an idiot. We're from the same neck of the woods. He went to Harvard and was brainwashed. I gave up on him when he started ranting about the Confederate flag, He's been an anti-Trumper since day one. Why anyone pays ANY attention to him is beyond me.
Two points.
1) My Political Junkie Self: We need some move toward impeachment in order to avoid our moderates in swing districts being knocked off (in the primaries) by radicals too far out to win. How far this move should go is less than clear to me. The pointlessness of a Senate trial could well do us a lot of harm.
2) My Would-Be Lawyer Self: We need to be ready to cite chapter and verse about the evidence, which is hardly "zero". I heard Dan Bongino doing that as I was marathon driving, but I do not remember all the cases. The only ones I can think of now are a) H paying J's electric bill, b) H complaining about how much of his money he had to give to J, c) H and J splitting a 10 million dollar kickback from the Ukrainian aid package back in 2014(?). d) the Bidens setting up various shell companies to get H's money to other Bidens, e) various trips together on Air Force 2, f) various meeting involving J's looming intimidatory presence ("We wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you"), and g) at least one "suspicious activity report" (apparent money laundering) from a bank. I would appreciate it if others could tell me what I am forgetting ... it's a lot to remember!
There were many Suspicious Activity Reports from several banks, not just one. Several banks have been subpoenaed and provided to Rep. James Comer. There’s a ton of evidence.
Over 100 SARs
more than 150 “flagged” transfers and other banking activities
I have NO faith in the ability (or willingness) of Republicans to do the right thing, ie, drive Biden from office.
I have no faith of any kind at this point.
I'd much rather see Republicans cut funding for Ukraine. People are dying.
Biden's on the way out no matter what. I'd love nothing more than to see him hounded from office but that's less important than stopping the war.
We can do both.
Unfortunately, too many Republicans jumped on board for the #proxywar. There are not enough Americans (hardly any, I'd say) telling their Republican legislators to stop funding this heinous war. Are people cowed now that they will be thrown into prison for having an anti-war opinion? Or, are they taking Zelenskyy's threat seriously that Ukrainians here are going to start trouble here? How much can this guy extort us?
It's absolutely obscene. 500,000 dead or injured Ukrainians. Millions of Ukrainian refugees created, likely never to return to the Ukraine. Who knows how many Russians dead. All because folks like Blinken and Nuland and their neocon buddies have been plotting this for years, with their weird ideologies and personal family histories of grievances against Russia. We have no business doing what we've done.
The most blatant example of the U.S. and the Global West being the bad guys.
Well, they could do both, if they wanted to...in fact, doing one might make easier doing the other.
Well John Kirsch, I feel sorry for you. We cannot live without a faith of some sort.
So what are you suggesting, that you have faith that politicians, Republican or Democrat, will do the right thing and drive the rancid old hack called Joe Biden from office? Seriously?
Hey John, my faith is not in the politicians but instead is in Jesus and the goodness of Americans. I have traveled the world and America extensively, first poor and in the military and then later as an exec for a Fortune 50 company; I have seen a lot of good and hardworking people. I do believe many are seeing a real change in leadership is needed. I am not sure about 2024 but I think the pendulum is already in motion for a significantly better America. I hope we both will see it soon, brother.
New leadership is needed at all levels. Biden, McConnell, Trump, Feinstein -- all relics of a bygone age.
End imperialism. Close the bases around the world. Revive the approach of John Adams, America a friend to all and an enemy of none.
Put the economy on a sound basis. End financializtion/neoliberalism. Rebuild America and let the rest of the world alone.
Now you are talking, John Kirsch! "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all. Entangling alliances with none!"
Agree
Didn't say anything about any of them poly-ticians...you said, "I have no faith of any kind"...I'm questioning that.
Why is that? Is wishful thinking necessary for you?
David French has become totally ideological and has forgotten basic legal precepts - or perhaps he realizes his audience ill informed and he can make a quick buck off of them because they’ll never bother to check his BS.
As lawyer Jeff Childers wrote today …
“It’s impossible to argue about evidence without first defining terms. So let’s start by defining what “evidence” is, under the law, since the legal standard is what applies to impeachment inquiries. Don’t let anyone gaslight you on the definition of “evidence.” Here’s how Black’s Law Dictionary, a recognized authority that can be cited in legal memoranda, defines “evidence:”
“Something, including testimony, documents, and tangible objects, that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact; anything presented to the senses and offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact.”
Jeff also wrote to counter the never ending media obfuscation ….
“An impeachment inquiry can be opened in two ways. The first, traditional, way is a vote of the full House of Representatives, which until President Trump’s term was the only way you could do it. The new second way has been called the “Pelosi Precedent,” where the Speaker of the House can just “announce” an impeachment inquiry, and bingo-bongo, you’re cooking with gas. That’s how former Speaker Pelosi started the Trump impeachments, both of them, breaking from prior procedure and creating a whole new easier and faster way.
It was turbo impeachment! So, that’s what Kevin McCarthy did. He just followed the Pelosi Precedent and announced the impeachment. It only takes one person now.”
YES! Democrat overreach has reached such obvious unconstitutional proportions that for the Republicans not to fight back would implicate them in crimes against the American people.
MY TAKE.
From the moment DJ Trump came down the escalator he had a target on his back. The American people were tired of the pontificating, nauseating day after day BS from a man who did nothing for the American people but divided a country with the race card. Hillary Clinton who was just as bad as acid reflux at 2am felt entitled to "break the imaginary glass ceiling" and was adored by her pathetic brain dead press corp and followers ( 😳 )but the American people said NO ! Hillary and her loser posse the Progressive Democrats declared war on the American citizens choice of DJ Trump and come hell or high water they were going to impede his agenda and make sure he was defamed and out of office for good.
Through lies, denial (Hunters Laptop story from Miranda Devine NYPost & Tony Bobalinski's confession) and corrupt voting JR Biden became President in 2020.
The American people who actually voted said WTF happened ? And thankfully some in Congress did too.
What was discovered was Hunters Laptop was indeed real and full of information that led to the discovery of JR Bidens knowledge of Hunters business dealings of which Joe said he knew nothing about. "He lied directly to the faces of the American people."
Bad Joe !
Moving forward this impeachment inquiry is just an inquiry but truth be said JR Biden could end all of this inquiring by taking a polygraph test or simply testify before Congress tomorrow if he is "truly clean". But he won't.
What he will end up doing because he is such a pathetic President (and VP is worse) is step aside before he is hog tied with charges.
Tit for tat ? No. DJTrump was victim of a woman who felt entitled (thank god we missed that bullet). Joe R. Biden is a victim of his own making.
TRUMP 2024 !
Thanks for opening this up! I understand the committees have been doing their due diligence & are getting blocked every step of the way but it's completely reckless NOT to try Brandon & Co. because his actions have truly been egregious. We're not even talking about double standards at this point but NO standards, simply the ability of those in power to manipulate & do to their enemies as they will. That Ukraine has long been a sinkhole, with the added bonus of possibly leading to a nuclear confrontation, is something a country with a free press would have been alerted to, say, maybe in 2014? Maybe earlier? The few sane souls to even suggest such things have been increasingly marginalized, labeled carriers of water for Putin etc. The late Prof. Stephen Cohen, an actual scholar of Russia, was increasingly raked over the coals by a liberal/left/progressive media that once greatly respected him, for his eminently sane positions & the fact that The Tucker Carlson Show, for instance, was one of the last places that regularly consulted him. The fact that there could even be a discussion over the idea of going ahead with at least an impeachment inquiry (everyone knows an actual impeachment will be next to impossible), is almost shocking to me. Of course there needs to be an inquiry &, perhaps, something might actually leak into the mainstream press & make people understand the depth & corruption at play. More importantly, the contempt with which the current White House resident holds the citizenry in, is unlike anything I've ever seen, & the more it can be exposed through his history of corruption, the better.
What will be telling is not only what is revealed in the investigation, but the level of interference that will be thrown in the way of the investigators. The people of this country need to see what they have bought into if they sit on their hands and do nothing. It is time to pull back the curtain and get the truth out there.
I’m only ticked off that Gaetz had to finally threaten McCarthy, so he’d finally keep his word! We have just 1-1/4 yrs before the democrats go forward with the 3rd, steal. They were successful in ‘20 & ‘22, so you can be confident, they’ll go for broke.
And it will work. Why else has Nancy Pelosi announced she is running in 2024? Think she likes not being Speaker so much she wants to keep not being Speaker? The fix is in. America will be a true UniParty, with a minority of R's around, but the D's will control the House, Senate, and Presidency.
I believe you are, unfortunately, correct.
I hate liking your comment. I SO want to be WRONG!!!!!
Agreed. Never thought all this bs could happen.
At a minimum, an impeachment inquiry will demonstrate to the American people the stunning level of corruption and compromise that exist in the oval office.
Agree. They need to fight back. The Democrats will stop at nothing. Doing nothing in response will only make things worse. The Democrats are freaking out. I heard a few already starting a new narrative, that if the Republicans do an investigative inquiry, they will crash the economy, because they ‘aren’t working for the American people.’ We all know the state of the economy and where it’s headed, and so do the Democrats. They want to blame the inevitable crash of the economy on the Republicans and everything else, too.
Of course he must be impeached. It is so incredibly hypocritical for the dems to use this excuse. They must be pretty sure the media will cover for them. The only way to beat a bully is to knock them on they're ass.
agreed.
Multiple individuals stood by and watched an impeachment for asking about Biden bribes when the FBI/DoJ had both the Hunter laptop (which it had verified) and the sworn testimony of a Ukrainian informant they thought enough of to be paying for information all proving exactly what Trump was asking about.
There's a real bad smell at Justice. Maybe it works like it did when J Edgar Hoover ran the place. He had dirt on everyone so nobody challenged him. That means only someone from outside the DC environment has any chance of reforming it.
agreed.
David French was the first to jump to the White House's order to circle the wagons around President John Peters.
I wonder if French thinks that banks issue SARs to the IRS just for fun, especially over 170 of them having to do with foreign transfers to members of the Biden family?
Finally is how I feel about impeaching Biden.
Joe Biden is senile and we’re in trouble.
I have always thought that the concept of reversing the situation is revealing. The only problem is that left, the democrats and apparently even a couple of Republican senators, won’t admit that if it were Trump suspected of doing even HALF of what old Joe has done they would have had Trump facing more than an inquiry.
agreed, and that is wrong. Also, the red team was more honest about Covid. I am blue and I admit that, too.
Thank you.
I’m glad the inquiry has been announced, finally. I have been following the committee’s that are doing all the investigations and they have the proof of the criminal actions of Biden and his family. He has sold our country off and I believe even the war in Ukraine are part of it. There is no way all that money we have sent are on the up and up. Even the Ukraines don’t have a clue where all the money has gone. The madness needs to stop.
There have to be consequences for all that had happened. We all see what a corrupt nation we have become. They have to be held to account.
blue team person here. I agree.
Consider this article below from a political science professor. In the section, “Race: Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard College” he says “The new constitutional rule is that the equal protection clause is a promise to treat all citizens of all races the same, rather than the alternative understanding of the clause’s promise to move society toward equity among racial groups, which allows or even encourages the differential treatment of some groups in order to make up for past injustices.”
He’s interpreting the Constitution through the lens of Woke “social justice” which sees the world in terms of “oppressors” (whites) vs the “oppressed” (“people of color” in general and blacks in particular.) These are the type of judges though that Biden is appointing to the federal courts. Vivek says he will issue an Executive Order banning race based affirmative action on his first day if elected. That’s exactly the opposite of what Biden did on his first day in office which was to issue an Executive Order to replace meritocracy wherever it can be found with Equity aka Equal Outcomes. This is now an irreconcilable difference in America between the Woke vs the nonWoke. This is an impossible situation. A totally unworkable society.
“A constitutional revolution is underway at the Supreme Court, as the conservative supermajority rewrites basic understandings of the roots of US law.”
Yahoo News. The Conversation. Sept 13, 2023
Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/constitutional-revolution-underway-supreme-court-164932808.html
David French is a joke, a fake "conservative," which is the only kind the NYT allows. Fench asks
where is the evidence. Just look at that video of Biden ordering the removal of the Ukrainian prosecuror. And when can we see the full Hunter laptop contents (minus the porn, thank you)? Bump recently was taken down as a Dem toady by Noam Dworman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYto2Rf_xcg
As a reporter and Substacker who covers politics, I was very insulted the Biden White House did NOT send me a letter telling me how to cover the inquiry so I wrote about my hurt feelings like I'm told you're supposed to do now:
https://thomas699.substack.com/p/adding-insult-to-injury
Thank you for the link. That was very good.
ha ha. thanks very much.
An impeachment inquiry is fully justified. The Biden-controlled executive branch is doing everything possible to conceal Joe's involvement in the family influence peddling/attempted bribery scheme. If Joe did nothing illegal, he will come clean on exactly how involved he was. If his activities were technically legal but politically embarrassing, he would be better off admitting to those activities rather than doing the most damaging thing: covering them up.
The danger for Republicans is that during public hearings they will do what elected Congresspeople do 99.999% of the time: they will grandstand for the cameras, trying to get their soundbites on TV news. If Republicans are genuinely serious about Biden corruption, they will do what the Watergate committee did in the 1970s - have competent litigators do most of the examining of the witnesses. Give the Republican counsel 60-90 minutes to examine a witness, then give the Democratic counsel equal time, back and forth. If Republicans don't want this impeachment inquiry to be regarded as blatant partisanship, then they will conduct themselves like serious professionals rather than like publicity hounds and glory seekers.
Very well stated.
VDH is great, one of my favorite people to listen to and read.
I agree that Biden shouldn't be impeached 'just because' Democrats did it, but there's plenty of reason to impeach him on the merits. I've talked to a lot of centrist types who say we shouldn't make this a regular thing and two wrongs don't make a right. But this isn't a wrong first off. And second, if you use that as your rule then it effectively lets left wing radicalism become a shield for them. They can impeach like crazy and then guess what, you can't respond no matter what! You gotta be better. Classic Marquess of Queensbury rules. No more of that. Time to give them some of their own medicine.
hey, who is the real Ben here? who is more ben? this reminds me of the pot smokers who overplayed their hand with 'but pot is healthy'. Nope. It's your smoking, and smoking is legal. or it's your alcohol and alcohol is legal. the two-tiered justice system/why Trump but not Biden---THAT is the prevailing red team argument that is gaining traction now.
Jeese, Grace of God! Overdue... and wondering how much the Burizma story might've contributed to the bloody loss of life in Ukraine. A cover -up?
yes of course, and US press censorship.
Victor Davis Hanson's podcast has replaced Joe Rogan's while I'm working out.
Fight back.
Viciously and relentlessly.
It’s far past time.
Biden is obviously corrupt and probably has committed treason, which is not a trivial statement. Accelerated events and actions since 2020 have created an urgent set of circumstances for the Republic. We must elect a leader who will be clear eyed toward turning this around. Political calculus (deliberate steps) are necessary at this time. I am not sure whether an impeachment inquiry is an aid or deterrent in that regard. Thoughts Sasha?
I don't like it at all, but he's definitely more deserving than Trump.
replace definitely more with equally and replace than with as, and I will sign.
Understood and agreed
I think the Republicans have no choice. This is the only way they will be able to enforce the subpoenas they will issue to get all the bank records that will tie Biden to all the corruption. The DOJ, FBI, and CIA will be working overtime to block all this as they are all involved in the cover up
I don't know how this will play out, but I know who does and I trust Him completely.🙏
Way overdue.