While I understand the political realities of Washington government workers-and especially the problem of the Bureau of Investigation, which is a relatively new agency,still searching for a raison d'etre . This is made obvious by the intervention of Comey in the 2016 election-where his allegations and phony reasoning for a late investigation of invisble emails, aided Trump's candidacy ,caused perhaps millions of Democrats to vote Communist or Green or even for Sanders who was not a candidate anymore.
Mueller; another ex "BI" drone, so effectively ensured Trump 's exoneration, that it now appears that almost all BI agents are sub rosa, agents & workers for the Trump camp.
No other agencies have the regard for the Bureau which TV shows,acting as cheering sections and groupies for what are, the least educated, most politically connected of Washington's public servants, but who have the advantage of a badge giving tyhem near super powers-much like the Abwehr or SS
Only some years past, the Times exposed the Bureau for the widespread inability of it's agents,(called "special" agents for some odd reason), to use computers, or of many to even type. That the once celebrated FBI "crime lab",(a howler among oxymorons!), was "cops in lab coats " can't identify blood stains, or "fingerprints",(a debunked pseudoscience, like phrenology), It is a widely held opinion we would be much safer without the Bureau-which failed to uncover AL Queda, at all, even after '94' WTC bombing.
Mr. Taylor’s testimony cannot be viewed in a vacuum of other relevant supporting information already obtained. Trump’s own release contains the phrase “we need you to do something for us though...”. No one can misconstrue that sentence, especially in light of the Giuliani team of misfit criminals insisting that they are speaking for the real US Government and Trump insisting the Ukrainian President speak to Giuliani and Barr. Why are any Republicans still insisting there is no quid pro quo? Ridiculous amount of pretzel twisting to avoid the truth.
The most interesting development is the position taken by so many top State Department officials to defy the order of the White House and Secy. Pompeo not to testify to the House committees. The legal and moral motivations involved here among these individuals is the most important story for us now to know and lesson they will have given us.
The dailies are getting very formulaic - and focus on interviews primarily with men. I would like to see more views represented.
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Kudos to “The Daily” for covering Ambassador Bill Taylor’s testimony before the House yesterday, 10/22/2019...
but, ...
in playing up that testimony for dramatic effect, ...
Don’t overstate his testimony as “evidence for the first time” that military aid was central to the shakedown of Ukraine President Zilensky for dirt on Biden - have we forgotten its centrality in Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian President? Read Nick Kristof’s Op-Ed for a reminder of that quid pro quo message- ‘you get missiles only if I get dirt.’
Also, please don’t overstate the burden on the House and Senate in impeaching and removing Trump. It is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt- it’s not a criminal proceeding. Nor is a quid pro quo an element of Trump’s betrayal of the oath of office or the public trust.
Trump provided all the evidence needed to demonstrate the High Crime and Misdemeanor which was that Ukraine interaction.
Taylor’s testimony confirmed the malicious intent of the rogue, shadow, Giuliani diplomacy. It’s power lies in the way Taylor’s description interlocks with those of last week’s diplomatic witnesses; with Trump’s and Giuliani’s and Mulvaney’s public statements; with the Whistleblower’s report; and, most of all, the readout of Trump’s phone call with Ukraine.
This should be a slam dunk for a patriotic Congressperson.
(BTW, Do keep doing the Daily. It’s a great resource.)
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I was opposed to impeachment on political grounds until the Ukraine scandal erupted. Now the House has to move forward because it's becoming more obvious by the day the President committed an impeachable crime.
The wild, pants-on-fire rhetoric coming out of the White House just makes it look even worse.
why don't you see that trump works on Putin?
How can I get a transcript of a previous edition of The Daily? Specifically, the August 21, 2019 show. Thanks