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Quick explainer:

Article I, “Abuse of Power,” focuses on the underlying facts of the Ukraine scandal. It asserts that Trump:

  • “Corruptly solicited the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations” into his political rival Joe Biden, and into “a discredited theory” that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 election
  • Attempted to condition two “official acts” on this announcement — a White House meeting with Ukraine’s president, and the release of $391 million of blocked military aid for Ukraine
The article adds that, once Trump was “faced with the public revelation of his actions,” he released the aid — but that he “persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting Ukraine to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit.”

This, Article I continues, is abusing the powers of the presidency “by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit.” The article also asserts that Trump “betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections.”

Article II, “Obstruction of Congress,” states that President Trump “has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives pursuant to its ‘sole Power of Impeachment.’”

Specifically, the article goes on, Trump:

  • Directed the White House to defy a subpoena for documents
  • Directed other executive branch agencies, such as the State Department and Defense Department, to defy subpoenas
  • Directed current and former executive branch officials to refuse subpoenas for their testimony.
“This abuse of office served to cover up the President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment,” Article II reads. Therefore, both articles conclude, Trump should be removed from office and barred from holding any future office.
 
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Kneeblock said:
Quick explainer:

Article I, “Abuse of Power,” focuses on the underlying facts of the Ukraine scandal. It asserts that Trump:

  • “Corruptly solicited the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations” into his political rival Joe Biden, and into “a discredited theory” that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 election
  • Attempted to condition two “official acts” on this announcement — a White House meeting with Ukraine’s president, and the release of $391 million of blocked military aid for Ukraine
The article adds that, once Trump was “faced with the public revelation of his actions,” he released the aid — but that he “persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting Ukraine to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit.”

This, Article I continues, is abusing the powers of the presidency “by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit.” The article also asserts that Trump “betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections.”

Article II, “Obstruction of Congress,” states that President Trump “has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives pursuant to its ‘sole Power of Impeachment.’”

Specifically, the article goes on, Trump:

  • Directed the White House to defy a subpoena for documents
  • Directed other executive branch agencies, such as the State Department and Defense Department, to defy subpoenas
  • Directed current and former executive branch officials to refuse subpoenas for their testimony.
“This abuse of office served to cover up the President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment,” Article II reads. Therefore, both articles conclude, Trump should be removed from office and barred from holding any future office.
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Yes on the first one. No on the second one.
 
Freeloading Rusty

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Trump attacks Christianity Today after evangelical outlet calls for him to be removed from office
An editorial in Christianity Today, an evangelical publication based in Carol Stream, said President Donald Trump should be removed from office, triggering a vicious attack from the president Friday because the white evangelical vote is a crucial part of his base.

By end of the Friday, the blast grew more fierce, including a broadside from the Trump-Pence reelection campaign, denouncing the respected suburban Chicago publication.

Trump said in an afternoon Tweet, “guess the magazine, “Christianity Today,” is looking for Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or those of the socialist/communist bent, to guard their religion. How about Sleepy Joe? The fact is, no President has ever done what I have done for Evangelicals, or religion itself!”

Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli sparked Trump’s ire when he wrote in a Thursday editorial — the day after the House voted to impeach Trump — “His Twitter feed alone — with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders — is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused,”
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Trump Should Be Removed from Office



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Freeloading Rusty

Freeloading Rusty

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Leaked audio: Trump adviser says Republicans 'traditionally' rely on voter suppression
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has "traditionally" relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states but will be able to "start playing offence" in 2020 due to relaxed Election Day rules, according to an audio recording of a private event obtained by The Associated Press.

"Traditionally it's always been Republicans suppressing votes in places," Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trump's re-election campaign, said at the event. "Let's start protecting our voters. We know where they are. ... Let's start playing offence a little bit. That's what you're going to see in 2020. It's going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better-funded program."

Asked about the remarks by AP, Clark said he was referring to false accusations that the GOP engages in voter suppression.

"As should be clear from the context of my remarks, my point was that Republicans historically have been falsely accused of voter suppression and that it is time we stood up to defend our own voters," Clark said. "Neither I nor anyone I know or work with would condone anyone's vote being threatened or diluted and our efforts will be focused on preventing just that."

Clark made the comments Nov. 21 in a meeting of the Republican National Lawyers Association's Wisconsin chapter. Attendees included the state Senate's top Republican, Scott Fitzgerald, along with the executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party.

Audio of the event at a country club in Madison obtained by the liberal group American Bridge was provided to AP by One Wisconsin Now, a Madison-based liberal advocacy group.

The roughly 20-minute audio offers an insider's glimpse of Trump's re-election strategy, showing the campaign focusing on voting locations in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which form the the so-called "blue wall" of traditional Democratic strength that Trump broke through to win in 2016. Both parties are pouring millions of dollars into the states, anticipating they'll be just as critical in the 2020 presidential contest.

Republican officials publicly signalled plans to step up their Election Day monitoring after a judge in 2018 lifted a consent degree in place since 1982 that barred the Republican National Committee from voter verification and other "ballot security" efforts. Critics have argued the tactics amount to voter intimidation.

The consent decree was put in place after the Democratic National Committee sued its Republican counterpart, alleging the RNC helped intimidate black voters in New Jersey's election for governor. The federal lawsuit claimed the RNC and the state GOP had off-duty police stand at polling places in urban areas wearing armbands that read "National Ballot Security Task Force," with guns visible on some.

Without acknowledging any wrongdoing, the RNC agreed to the consent decree, which restricted its ability to engage in activities related to ballot security. Lifting of the consent decree allows the RNC to "play by the same rules" as Democrats, said RNC communications director Michael Ahrens.

"Now the RNC can work more closely with state parties and campaigns to do what we do best, ensure that more people vote through our unmatched field program," Ahrens said.

Although the consent decree forced the Trump campaign to conduct its own poll monitoring in 2016, the new rules will allow the RNC to use its multi-million dollar budget to handle those tasks and co-ordinate with other Republican groups on Election Day, Clark said.State directors of election day operations will be in place in Wisconsin and every battleground state by early 2020, he said.

In 2016, Wisconsin had 62 paid Trump staff working to get out the vote; in 2020, it will increase to around 100, Clark said.

Trump supports the effort, he said in the audio recording.

"We've all seen the tweets about voter fraud, blah, blah, blah," Clark said. "Every time we're in with him, he asks what are we doing about voter fraud? What are we doing about voter fraud?' The point is he's committed to this, he believes in it and he will do whatever it takes to make sure it's successful."

Clark said Trump's campaign plans to focus on rural areas around mid-size cities like Eau Claire and Green Bay, areas he says where Democrats "cheat." He did not explain what he meant by cheating and did not provide any examples.

"Cheating doesn't just happen when you lose a county," Clark said. "Cheating happens at the margin overall. What we're going to be able to do, if we can recruit the bodies to do it, is focus on these places. That's where our voters are."

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Wisconsin.

"If there's bad behaviour on the part of one side or the other to prevent people from voting, this is bad for our democracy," Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said in reaction to Clark's comments. "And frankly, I think will whoever does that, it will work to their disadvantage. It will make them look, frankly, stupid."

Wisconsin's attorney general, Democrat Josh Kaul, represented the Democratic National Committee in a 2016 New Jersey lawsuit that argued the GOP was co-ordinating with Trump to intimidate voters. Kaul argued then that Trump's campaign "repeatedly encouraged his supporters to engage in vigilante efforts" in the guise of ferreting out potential voter fraud. The Republican Party disputed any co-ordination.

"It is vital that Wisconsinites have free and fair access to the polls, and that we protect the security and integrity of our elections," Kaul said in a statement in reaction to Clark's comments. "The Wisconsin Department of Justice has been and will continue working with other agencies to protect our democratic process."

Mike Browne, deputy director of One Wisconsin Now, said Clark's comments suggest the Trump campaign plans to engage in "underhanded tactics" to win the election.

"The strategy to rig the rules in elections and give themselves an unfair partisan advantage goes to Donald Trump, the highest levels of his campaign and the top Republican leadership," Browne said. "It's clear there's no law Donald Trump and his right-wing machine won't bend, break or ignore to try to win the presidency."
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Freeloading Rusty

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Poll: Majority approves of Trump's impeachment
A majority of voters approve of the House of Representatives’ impeachment of President Donald Trump earlier this week, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the immediate aftermath of the vote.

The narrow majority who approve, 52 percent, is greater than the 43 percent who disapprove of the House voting to impeach Trump, the poll shows. Five percent of voters have no opinion on Trump’s impeachment.
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Freeloading Rusty

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Trump loyalist who wants to set up 51st state based on far-right Christian values accused of domestic terrorism
A Republican politician and loyal supporter of Donald Trump who wants to establish a 51st state based on far-right, Christian values, has been accused of taking part in domestic terrorism against the US government.

Matt Shea, 45, who represents a district in eastern Washington at the state legislature, was found to have travelled across the state to meet with extremist groups, condoned the intimation of opponents and promoted training for armed militias, accused of having links to extremists and hate groups.


“Representative Shea, as a leader in the Patriot Movement, planned, engaged in and promoted a total of three armed conflicts of political violence against the United States government in three states outside the state of Washington over a three-year period,” the report said. “In one conflict representative Shea led covert strategic pre-planning in advance of the conflict.”

Following the release of the report, commissioned by the lower chamber of the state legislature, and conducted by outside legal investors Mr Shea declined to speak with, Republicans in the state capital, Olympia, announced he had been suspended from any role he had in the party’s activities.


“House Republican leadership has suspended representative Matt Shea from the caucus and removed him from his ranking position on the House Environment and Energy Committee,” said the GOP leader in the chamber, JT Wilcox. “He will also be removed from his House committees.”
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Freeloading Rusty

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MMAHAWK said:
What a dumb poll
Question Out of 100% how much do you support impeachment?
Answer I’m 53% in favor

So convincing
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That is not how it works.


A Look at Impeachment Before The Public Hearings (Part I) — Trendency Research
For those readers who are not familiar with our approach, Trendency convenes audiences on our platform and asks members of the audiences to log in about once a week to answer a short series of questions (typically 8 to 10). These questions are not asked in a binary fashion (do you support or oppose impeachment proceedings) but instead captures the level of support an audience member has for each position or response (what percent of the time do you support impeachment and what percent of the time do you oppose impeachment). This allows us to understand not just where an audience member leans, but how strong that position is, and how the strength is changing over time.
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