Hollywood figures freaked out Wednesday after Senate Democrats’ amendments to bring forth witnesses at the outset of the Senate impeachment trial failed in a series of votes on Tuesday night. “I know I shouldn’t be surprised by Mitch McConnell’s coverup, but still it shocks me that a man who looks like a character from the beloved … Continue reading Hollywood Pushes ‘Coverup’ Conspiracy as Impeachment Trial Heats Up
During an interview with MSNBC during their coverage of the Senate’s impeachment trial on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that while he is “far from” certain Senate Democrats will be able to get witnesses introduced in the Senate’s impeachment trial, he believes that there is “a chance” they will succeed in getting … Continue reading Schumer: If We Don’t Get Witnesses, ‘It Will Make the Value of an Acquittal Zero’
While speaking with NBC on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stated that none of the members of the Senate have read the transcript of the House’s impeachment hearings. Kennedy said, “If you poll the senators, nine out of ten will tell you they have not read the transcript of the House hearings, and the tenth … Continue reading GOP Sen. Kennedy: Sens. Haven’t Read House Impeachment Hearing Transcripts
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Wednesday during MSNBC’s coverage of the Senate impeachment trial that House manager Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) closing arguments were “a tour de force.” Schumer said, “I thought the managers just did just an incredible, incredible job. They were all good, but particular Adam Schiff. His closing speech, … Continue reading Schumer: Schiff Closing ‘One of the Tour De Forces I Have Seen in My Decades Here’
House Intelligence Chairman and lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) may have mischaracterized a text message exchange between Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani, according to a report in Politico. The news outlet called it “a possible error the GOP will likely criticize as another example of the Democrats’ rushed effort to impeach President Donald Trump.” Last … Continue reading Report: Schiff May Have Misled Nadler on Lev Parnas Text Message
MMA fighter Fallon Fox twice broke an opponent’s skull to win matches and now he is being praised by some in the LGBT community. Outsports, a sports news website that focuses on LGBT issues in sports, named Fox the “bravest athlete in history” in a recent article written by Cyd Zeigler. Fox, who is a biological … Continue reading Transgender MMA Fighter Who Fractured a Woman’s Skull, Named ‘Bravest Athlete in History’
Chinese health officials declared the newly identified Wuhan coronavirus a class-A disease and placed strick precautionary and control measures on affected areas of the country on Wednesday. In one move, authorities virtually locked down the source city of the virus, Wuhan – a city of 11 million people. Another 8 million live in the greater … Continue reading China Locks Down 11 Million in Wuhan, Home of Deadly Virus
Former Vice President Al Gore lauded climate activist Greta Thunberg after meeting with the Swedish teenager at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, declaring, “Nobody speaks truth to power as she does.” “Great to see @GretaThunberg at #WEF20 today. Once again, I was struck by her potent and sobering call to action. Nobody speaks … Continue reading Al Gore Gushes About Greta Thunberg: ‘Nobody Speaks Truth to Power as She Does’
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Trump impeachment defense team member Jay Sekulow stated that the president’s team will “make the case on why it’s not necessary to have witnesses” in the Senate’s impeachment trial, and stated that he doesn’t think the Senate will end up calling witnesses. Sekulow said, “Look, … Continue reading Sekulow: We’ll Argue ‘It’s Not Necessary to Have Witnesses’ – Don’t Think There Will Be Witnesses
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) used an opinion article by the editorial board of the Washington Post in an attempt to prove the facts of his case against President Donald Trump in opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday evening. Schiff cited the editorial board, which has taken a staunch anti-Trump line … Continue reading Adam Schiff Cites Washington Post Editorial Against Trump in Senate Trial
New York (AFP) – Alt rock acts Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend will play concerts in support of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders ahead of the key Iowa caucuses that kick off the long 2020 election season. Folktronica band Bon Iver will play a rally show on January 31, and the next day Vampire Weekend will … Continue reading Rock Bands Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver to Stump for Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22 (UPI) — Billy Eichner has been selected to portray journalist Matt Drudge in FX’s American Crime Story Season 3. The third season, titled Impeachment: American Crime Story, will explore former President Bill Clinton‘s impeachment trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Drudge famously broke the news that Clinton was having an affair with Lewinsky on his website The Drudge Report. Eichner joins a cast that includes Clive Owen as Clinton, Beanie Feldstein … Continue reading Billy Eichner to Play Matt Drudge in ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’
Mason Trever Toney was arrested on Monday after the alleged murder of his boss on the Florida Turnpike job site. At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Monday, dispatchers received a call saying that Toney had stabbed 28-year-old William Steven Knight to death after an argument. An affidavit retrieved by the Orlando Sentinel says the murder weapon was … Continue reading Florida Construction Worker Allegedly Killed Pro-Trump Boss After Political Argument
CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart on Wednesday made up a conversation between Republican senators on day two of the Senate impeachment trial, updating his claim roughly ten minutes later and admitting that he made the entire exchange up. “Overheard convo between two Republican Senators who only watch Fox News. ‘is this stuff real? I haven’t … Continue reading Fake News: CNN Analyst Makes Up Conversation Between Republican Senators on Impeachment
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and John Barasso (R-WY) told reporters outside the Senate chamber Wednesday evening that the House Democrats had failed to present evidence that would prove their impeachment case against President Donald Trump. Scott noted that Democrats were free to pursue new evidence in the House, but that the Senate expected them to … Continue reading Tim Scott on House Democrats’ Case: ‘We’ve Not Heard Any Actual Evidence About 2020’
While speaking in Iowa on Wednesday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden predicted that if President Trump survives the Senate’s impeachment trial, he will likely be “stronger and harder to beat” but Congress doesn’t have any choice, and has to uphold its “constitutional responsibility.” Biden said, “I always get asked the question, … Continue reading Biden: Surviving Impeachment Will ‘Probably’ Make Trump ‘Stronger and Harder to Beat’
While speaking in Iowa on Wednesday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stated that he will not agree to testify in the Senate’s impeachment trial as part of a witness swap where he agrees to testify in exchange for testimony from Trump officials by stating that he doesn’t want to turn the … Continue reading Biden on Witness Swap: ‘I Would Not Make the Deal’ – ‘Not Going to Turn it into a Farce’
Donald Trump will become the first president in U.S. history to speak at the March for Life on Friday on the National Mall. See you on Friday…Big Crowd! https://t.co/MFyWLG4HFZ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2020 “We are deeply honored to welcome President Trump to the 47th annual March for Life,” said Jeanne Mancini, March … Continue reading Donald Trump to Become First U.S. President to Speak at March for Life
North Korea’s communist regime banned all foreign visitors from entering the country on Tuesday as a precaution against the recent outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, according to tourist companies who operate in the country. Beijing-based Koryo Tours told local media outlets that it was contacted by a business partner in North Korea about … Continue reading North Korea Bans All Foreigners in Response to Chinese Virus
It’s weeks like this that make me wish I had a job and didn’t have to stay home watching TV. With the impeachment nonsense dragging into its 56th month, I have some random observations, only a few of which have anything to do with impeachment. 1) As tempting as it must be for Republican senators … Continue reading Ann Coulter: IMPEACHMENT WEEK–It’s OK to Be Bored; Not OK to Be White
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) reacted to news Wednesday after a judge ruled that Hunter Biden be held in contempt after violating court orders to provide financial information in his Arkansas paternity case. “Deadbeat Dad Hunter Biden faces contempt of court in Arkansas in child-support lawsuit for refusing to disclose financial information,” Cotton wrote in a tweet. … Continue reading Tom Cotton: Hunter Biden Is a ‘Deadbeat Dad’
Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer’s latest investigative work, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite, contains a trove of egregious findings detailing the backgrounds and connections of a number of progressive leaders, including presidential hopefuls Joe Biden (D) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), both of whom have yet … Continue reading Four Bombshells Revealed in Peter Schweizer’s ‘Profiles in Corruption’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Wednesday that 45 GOP senators are prepared to dismiss the charges against President Trump and effectively end the Senate impeachment trial. The Kentucky senator told the Washington Post on day two of the Senate impeachment trial that 45 Republicans are ready to dismiss the charges against Trump. (Republicans hold … Continue reading Rand Paul: 45 Republicans Prepared to Dismiss Charges Against President
During remarks given to Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) dismissed complaints from the impeachment House managers over the rules set forth by the Republican-led Senate. The Georgia Republican described Democrats’ complaints as “hypocritical.” “I’m outraged at the hypocrisy of the House managers who have come over to the U.S. Senate to … Continue reading GOP Sen. Perdue: Impeachment Articles ‘the Fruit of a Poisonous Tree’
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican and Democrat lawmakers from the House and Senate disagree profoundly on whether or not to allow new witnesses to testify in the ongoing impeachment trial in the upper chamber to remove or acquit President Donald Trump. The lawmakers laid bare their disagreements when some of them spoke to reporters ahead of … Continue reading Lawmakers Battle Over Impeachment Trial Witness: Schiff Engaged in ‘Fishing Expedition’ Against Trump
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) used part of his opening argument at President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial Wednesday to trash Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz — for the second day in a row. Schiff claimed that White House lawyers could not support the claim that “abuse of power” was … Continue reading Adam Schiff Trashes Dershowitz in Senate Impeachment Trial for Second Day in a Row
CLAIM: Ukrainian soldiers died fighting Russian invasion because President Donald Trump held up “security assistance” temporarily. VERDICT: FALSE. The hold did not affect current funding or essential weapons. House impeachment manager Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a U.S. Army veteran, suggested Wednesday in the Senate impeachment trial that President Trump’s hold on U.S. aid was responsible … Continue reading Fact Check: Democrat Jason Crow Blames Trump for Ukrainian Deaths
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff focused intently on Russia during his opening argument in the Senate Impeachment trial on Wednesday. Schiff repeated the word “Russia,” “Russian,” or “Russians” about 30 times during his over two-hour opening speech, according to a rough transcript of the hearing. Schiff repeated widely-debunked conspiracy theories that Trump intentionally colluded with Russia … Continue reading Adam Schiff Refers to Russia Over 30 Times During Senate Impeachment Hearing
CNN’s chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Wednesday during his network’s coverage of the Senate impeachment trial referred to House manager Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) opening argument as “dazzling.” Toobin said, “I thought it was dazzling. I thought the way he wove through both the facts of the case and the historical context was really … Continue reading CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Adam Schiff Was ‘Dazzling’ in Open Arguments
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is urging President Donald Trump’s administration to consider implementing a ban on travelers from China to the United States over the Chinese Communist Party’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak that has left more than a dozen people dead. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar obtained … Continue reading Exclusive — Tom Cotton Urges Trump Administration to Consider Banning Travel from China over Coronavirus
