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‘She is absolutely our No. 1 draft pick’: GOP pines for Rice as Biden VP pick

Private payroll growth slows sharply in July amid spike in virus

Trump suggests DOJ uncovered ‘breathtaking’ evidence  of misconduct in Russian probe

Watch: Democrats refuse to condemn Antifa at Senate hearing

Biden hits back at reporter asking if he took a cognitive test: ‘Are you a junkie?’

Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Largo after sex criminal hit on member’s daughter, book claims

Report: Biden narrowed VP pick down to Kamala Harris and Susan Rice

Charles Hurt: Nadler calls riots ‘myth’ — then blames them on Trump

Missouri votes latest to approve Medicaid expansion

Trump says coronavirus death toll ‘is what it is’ as he insists pandemic is ‘under control’ in U.S.

25% of mail-in ballots in Brooklyn June primaries declared invalid

Trump: I want $600 unemployment benefits to continue

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Biden’s VP shortlist comes up short

Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t ‘particularly concerned’ about safety of Moderna vaccine

Jerry Nadler thinks Portland Antifa violence is a ‘myth’

Marlins home opener canceled as 12 players test positive for COVID

Trump’s national security adviser tests positive for Covid-19

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is out of the hospital

GOP calls for probe into murder of black Trump supporter

Democrats worry that backing violent ‘peaceful protests’ will help Trump

Karen Bass walks back Castro comment amid VP vetting

Google extends its coronavirus work-from-home order to summer, 2021

Soros puts record $50 million into 2020 election

Joe Biden campaign Hispanic organizers claim ‘toxic’ work culture

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Democrats ...

On the House Intelligent Committee (Chairman Nadler is the one with the blue hat) who wouldn’t let AG Barr answer their questions today ... or even take a short bathroom break for heavens sake!

Afterward: the alphabet TV networks cut away from coverage of these hearings after Nadler’s opening diatribe against AG Barr ... and before the Republicans could respond.

Puddin’heads

Need I explain what ties all these puddin’heads together? (Hint: Tapioca thinking.)

Former VP Joe Biden

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney

NY Rep. Jerry Nadler

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Ex-FBI Chief Robert Mueller

MSNBC’s Brian Williams

California Rep. Maxine Waters

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

And too many more ...

Afterward: I think I’ll add NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace ...

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The strangest State of the Union ever

Coronavirus live updates: WHO says cases surged over 24 hours; Singapore confirms infant with virus

Van Jones warns Dems: Trump helping African-Americans ‘in real life’

Nadler: Bolton subpoena ‘likely’

China trade deficit shrinks as deficit with EU hits record high

Private payrolls surge in January, the best monthly gain in nearly 5 years

Biden’s poor [Iowa] showing rattles establishment ...

Poll: Bernie’s New Hampshire lead widens as Joe Biden falls

The Trump-Pelosi feud spirals out of control

What 4G did for mobile devices, 5G will do for everything around us

China unveils electronic trackers for suspected virus carriers ...

AOC rips Rush Limbaugh as a ‘virulent racist’

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Behind Bernie’s rise: A $50 million spending surge — and more where that came from

US companies suspend China operations, restrict travel as coronavirus becomes global crisis

Virus: USA declares health emergency ...

Senate votes down impeachment witnesses, paves way for Trump acquittal

Poll: Support for Trump’s removal remains steady

How the US-China trade war has starved some Silicon Valley start-ups

Authorities threaten to kill pets ...

Nunes: Schiff and Nadler are ‘going to subpoena John Bolton’

Major Union flips support from Sanders to Biden

Coronavirus update: Boston confirms eighth US case, Delta speeds up flight suspensions

Soros claim of ‘special relationship’ between Trump, Zuckerberg ...

Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary at Sanders rally

Groundhog Day

Today is Groundhog Day ... again. Somewhere in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Nancy Pelosi is waking up to a beeping clock radio ... preparing to collude with Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler to impeach the Orangeman.

Legislative Fibrillation

A rapid irregular heartbeat is called cardiac fibrillation ... and it often precedes a heart attack or even death. The irregular and frenetic stunts emanating out of the House of Representatives of late, centering around Trump’s impeachment, put this observer in mind of legislative fibrillation.

The Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler tag team seems to be orchestrating a staccato disruption of the norms usually enjoyed on Capitol Hill ... with the clear intent of emasculating our president ... using whatever weird and twisted tactics it takes ... a solemn sinister plot.

This unconstitutional and farcical finagling might well be presaging a heart attack for this Deep State cabal ... hopefully resulting in its figurative demise.

Stock Funds

Believe it or not, this whole impeachment hoax has an upside ... IRAs and 401Ks around the country keep inflating along with the rhetoric heat of these never-Trumpers ... my funds included. So pilgrim, when I see Schiff, Nadler and Pelosi praying for America or solemnly quoting our founding fathers in their condemnation of President Trump ... I find solace by calling up the growing balances of my stock funds.

Headlines

Watchdog report rips FBI handling of Russian probe

Trump: DOJ report ‘far worse than I would have ever thought possible,’ despite no finding of political bias

Bombshell report reveals US officials misled public about Afghanistan war ...

Nadler failed to swear in witnesses at Judiciary impeachment [hearing]

Trump nears USMCA compromise with Democrats

Trump family member — possible Ivanka — had ‘personal ‘ relationship with dossier author Steele

Poll: Hillary top choice of Dem voters ...

U.s. Attorney John Durham: ‘We don’t agree’ with Inspector General’s conclusion ...

Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restrictions

Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment, sources say

Causes of Wall Street cash crunch remain mystery ... Fed pump won’t fix it ...

Jordan: ‘Deeply troubling’ that FBI spied on Trump campaign

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NATO chief says Trump remains committed to alliance

Bezos says ‘the country is in trouble’ if big tech turns its back on Pentagon: ‘We are the good guys’

FBI hunts missing Saudis in Florida ... 10 more detained ...

Hawkins: Gun-free military bases make U.S. troops sitting ducks

France’s Macron determined to push forward with pension reform

Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler says impeachment articles ‘presumably’ introduced this week

NKorea conducts ‘important test’ at once-dismantled site ...

House Judiciary Committee Report: ‘Motives’ are impeachable

How the cool kids on the left turned on Elizabeth Warren

Wall Street bets international stocks will top US equities in 2020 after a decade-long slump

Sources: Biden tells ‘Axios on HBO’ he will slap restrictions on Hunter if elected ...

Nadler: If Trump is acquitted, I don’t know that 2020 will be fair

Abuse of Power

For the sake of this discussion, let us assume that President Trump was seeking political advantage by asking the Ukraine to investigate its interference in the 2016  presidential election and Joe Biden’s possible quid pro quo in getting his son appointed to the Board of Directors of Burisma at $83K per month. This request,  according to the Democrats, is abuse of power ... in that Trump was trying to influence the results of the upcoming presidential election by demeaning a potential opponent.

Now, carry this charge forward to today ... are Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler also trying to influence the next election by investigating and accusing Trump of all sorts of wrongdoing ... using their impeachment process? Of course!

Ergo, the Democrats are engaged in exactly the same supposed malign process that they are trying to impeach Trump with ... from which it is pretty certain he will be acquitted. But this process is intended to leave a political stain ... obviously designed to damage Trump’s chances next November. Why would one be wrong and not the other? Should Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler also be impeached for their sinister abuse of power?

Gaetz Gets My Vote

Representative Matt Gaetz from Florida #1 took those three ivory-tower twits, claiming to be law professors, to the woodshed yesterday in the Nadler impeachment circus. Play the above ... multiple times for effect. If I lived in his district, I would vote him lifetime tenure.

Pedagogical Pedantry

Jerry Nadler has struck-out once again! He started off his impeachment inquiry hearings yesterday with testimony from three smug liberal law professors ... loudly sniping their hatred and condemnation of President Trump ... each vying for next year’s Profiles in Courage award. Yes, there was another liberal law professor, Jonathan Turley, who also testified softly and logically ... asking for due process and fairness ... but everything was done to ignore or deflate his sensible statements.

After listening to these three never-Trump professors pontificating in front of the House Judiciary Committee as to what was an impeachable offense ... quite strangely and uncharacteristically for legal scholars ... stating facts where there were no facts ... and mouthing the Red Queen’s “off with his head” ... I was struck by something strange. Assuming that their suppositions and presumptions were valid ... I became convinced that President Obama should have been impeached.

Afterward: We now know that Nadler fell asleep during his own hearing. I can understand ... except for Professor Turley’s testimony ... this rehearsed kangaroo court was a snoozer.

Headlines

Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race

Trump says Tuesday’s market drop is ‘peanuts’ and won’t force him to make a bad China deal

NYC loses ‘top destinations’ status as tourists pick Asia over USA ...

North Korea: U.S. must chose what kind of Christmas gift it wants

Trump reveals that next G-7 summit will be at Camp David

Why job growth could be ‘significantly weaker’ than it has appeared

150 Los Zetas cartel gunmen cross into Texas ...

White House rejects Jerry Nadler’s Impeachment Inquiry

Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters

Wilbur Ross: France’s digital tax rooted in ‘tremendous’ jealousy over US tech dominance

Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion of taxes ...

NBA TV ratings collapse after bowing to China

Trump v. Pelosi

Rep. Jerry Nadler is giving President Trump until Friday to name his witnesses and decide if he will have White House counsel present in the upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearings on impeachment ... see: Nadler Deadline Letters.

This throwing down the gauntlet is meant to call the Republicans bluff on their complaints lodged against what went on in Adam Schiff’s Intelligence Committee Kangaroo Court hearings last week ... and therefore pose a dilemma for the Trump defenders — put forward a strong defense of Trump in the House impeachment phase ... or wait until the Senate trial where defensive actions can’t be voted down by a partisan Democrat majority.

This Trump vs. Pelosi strategizing all gets very complicated on both sides ... in terms of timing relative to the Horowitz IG report on the FISA court abuses ... and the Barr/Durham ongoing criminal investigation into the predicate for the Russian collusion investigation. Chairman Nadler (really Pelosi) has said that his hearing won’t just be on the Ukraine/Burisma matter but also on the warmed-over Russian collusion issue. How’s that for throwing all the balls in the air?

Clearly, if Trump calls witnesses involved in either of these charges, he could be undercutting their impact upon the public with their revelations ... because such revelations would be forthcoming in a hostile environment where they could be blunted by rulings of the chairman or the full committee votings. This would not be the case in a Senate trial. On the other hand, Chairman Nadler has done a rather ineffective job in previous hearings meant to embarrass Trump: Mueller’s report testimony and the Corey Lewaindowski debacle.

There is even a chance that Pelosi is hoping that the Nadler hearings might be a way of backing Trump down so she might quietly kill this whole impeachment thing ... which has not gone as she and Schiff had expected. In any case, I predict that it won’t be a Pelosi win.

But it should be riveting ...

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The White House has taken the logical position (to me) that it does not have to respond to Adam Schiff subpoenas unless and until Nancy Pelosi holds an impeachment inquiry vote in the full House ... see: CNBC Article. This of course should evoke a three-alarm fire in the hair of Democrats and the media. Watch for it.

So far, Pelosi has tried to have her cake and eat it too ... by holding off on a full House vote to save those Democrats in swing districts from having to jump on the impeachment train. Now, she either must hold a impeachment inquiry vote in the House, or litigate this Trump decision and try to maintain momentum as this controversy moves through the courts.

Unless, of course, Representative Adam Schiff (or Nadler) can manufacture another media-supported hoax. Wait for it.

Impeachment

The Orange Man and America’s Mayor —A Liberal Media View of Things

“It’s Rudy Barr the door!” — Anon.

If the Democrats want all the dirty laundry of 2009 to 20017 to be aired in public, then I suggest that they impeach President Trump and then face in the Senate the cross examination of just about every slimy dirtball operative in the Obama administration ... including, hopefully, B.O. himself. I find it hard to believe that they would allow this airing to occur ... so, I figure that they will do their best to sully Trump in the House with oodles of Schiff-Nadler innuendo ... but never quite get around to voting out the actual indictment ... delaying things so long that the 2020 election would  be adversely affected against the GOP.

I’ve got to believe that the Trump team will try to push things along as best and as fast as they can. If the Dems seem to be slow-walking things ... you’ll know that I’m correct.

In any case, things should get teal bloody .... and the media will be coining money ... one reason they are whipping up a frenzy.

Afterthought: The outcome of Trump’s impeachment cannot be good for two reasons:

1) He loses, which means that many if not all of his agenda items will be scuttled by he Libs and the Clinton crime family will be back in operation

2) He wins, which would mean that his power would be greatly increased. This might be bad if Trump believes that this is a clear mandate ... and it brings out his more autocratic tendencies.

Headlines

‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism

Fed loses control of its own interest rate on day of big decision — ‘This just doesn’t look good’

Netanyahu falls short of a majority ... Cancels trip to UN ...

Study: Rate of U.S. abortions falls to lowest level since 1973

New poll shows Harris’ support has plunged 13 points in Iowa

Gun violence costs the US $229 billion annually, report finds

Health fears prompt Swiss 5G revolt ...

Martin Luther King Iii urges boycott of NFL over Colin Kaepernick

Trump blames ‘Dummy Beto’ for endangering deal on gun reform

Cramer: FedEx holds ‘most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time’

Gov’t collects almost everything about everyone entering USA ...

Report: House Democrats 43 votes short of impeachment

Stromboli

Nadler and the rest of the House Democrats after they indulged in a  “impeachment inquiry” (located on Stromboli Island). Is Pelosi playing Pinocchio?