It’s Monday.
83 day’s ago, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the House was opening a formal Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Last week the House Judiciary Committee held *three hearings to vote on the Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. The two Articles, one for Abuse of Power, the other for Obstruction of Congress passed the Committee 23-17 in a party line vote.
*the hearings, can be found, here, here, and here.*
The House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) filed the House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Report along with the two Articles of Impeachment on Sunday night ahead of the full House vote expected sometime this week.
The House Judiciary Committee posted key excerpts from the Report, on Medium, on Monday.
NEW: Chairman @RepJerryNadler Files @HouseJudiciary Committee Impeachment Report Ahead of House Vote on Impeachment Articleshttps://t.co/oCdgMsnNA7
— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) December 16, 2019
For Monday the President has tweeted so far 8 times and retweeted 36 times.
“The American people see through it.” https://t.co/1WTujQY7e6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
The video the President is quoting is maybe two President Trump supporters confronting Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) accusing the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee of breaking his oath to office.
READ THE TRANSCRIPTS! The Impeachment Hoax is the greatest con job in the history of American politics! The Fake News Media, and their partner, the Democrat Party, are working overtime to make life for the United Republican Party, and all it stands for, as difficult as possible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
Transcripts =’s TELECON Memorandum that cautions reader that it “is not a verbatim transcript of a discussion.
To read the Memorandum of the two calls, one dated April 21st, and the other from July 25th, between President Trump and President Zelensky of the Ukraine, you can do so here, and here. Both Memorandum’s contain the same warning.
United Republican Party =’s the Republican National Committee.
He means they are United behind himself.
I look very much forward to debating whoever the lucky person is who stumbles across the finish line in the little watched Do Nothing Democrat Debates. My record is so good on the Economy and all else, including debating, that perhaps I would consider more than 3 debates…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
….The problem is that the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates is stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers. 3 years ago they were forced to publicly apologize for modulating my microphone in the first debate against Crooked Hillary. As President, the debates are up…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
….to me, and there are many options, including doing them directly & avoiding the nasty politics of this very biased Commission. I will make a decision at an appropriate time but in the meantime, the Commission on Presidential Debates is NOT authorized to speak for me (or R’s)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
On December 12th, the New York Times published an article regarding the upcoming Presidential general elections debate between he and the Democratic nominee for President.
According to two people familiar with the discussions, “President Trump is discussing with his advisers the possibility of sitting out the general election debates in 2020 because of his misgivings about the commission that oversees them.”
From the article:
Less of a concern for Mr. Trump than who will emerge as the Democratic nominee is which media personality will be chosen as the debate moderator, according to people in contact with him.
At a state-of-the-race campaign briefing in Arlington, Va., the president’s advisers declined to comment on what their plan was for the debates. One senior adviser to the president seemed to wince at the question, and said it was not something advisers were prepared to discuss until next year.
New York Times 12/12/19.
3 years ago they were forced to publicly apologize for modulating my microphone in the first debate against Crooked Hillary
According to the nonprofit organization Commission on Presidential Debates statement issued on September 30th, 2016, there was a tech-glitch with then-Candidate Trump’s microphone during the first debate between he and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Their whole statement is one sentence long.
Regarding the first debate, there were issues regarding Donald Trump’s audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall.
Commission on Presidential Debates. 9/30/16.
On Monday the Commission on Presidential Debates, posted the dates for 2020’s Presidential Election Debates.
The televised general election debates are an important part of our democratic process. Since 1988, the Commission on Presidential Debates has conducted 30 general election presidential and vice presidential debates. Our record is one of fairness, balance and non-partisanship. As announced on October 11, 2019, CPD has selected four distinguished universities to host the 2020 presidential and vice presidential debates, and those universities are already hard at work on these important civic education forums.
The CPD will announce additional details about the 2020 general election debates, including format and moderators, in 2020. All debates will start at 9:00 PM ET and will run for 90 minutes without commercial interruption. The CPD looks forward to the participation of all candidates who satisfy the CPD’s Nonpartisan Candidate Selection Criteria, which also were announced on October 11, 2019.
Commission on Presidential Debates 12/16/19.
The announced dates for 2020.
Thank you CC! https://t.co/qfagL6s78G
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
From “ChatByCC’s” Twitter Bio.
President Trump loves America as much as I do. It’s our duty to leave our Country-to our children-better than we found it—FOUR MORE YEARS—Views are my own.
𝐂𝐂@ChatByCC
Thank you Devin. Great reflexes! https://t.co/46jb64LalD
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) the Ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee in the video clip saves a blown-up Trump book cover from falling over on stage during an event.
As a reminder Nunes is suing a fake cow and Twitter, because the cow mocks him on Twitter.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
Richard Jewell was falsely accused of being responsible for the Olympic Park bombing that occurred on July 27th 1996.
In February of 1997, Jewell, who passed away in 2007 due to heart failure shared his story with Vanity Fair.
Jewell’s name is once again in the spotlight following the release of the Clint Eastwood film “Richard Jewell.”
The world will know his name and the truth. #RichardJewell – Only in theaters December 13. pic.twitter.com/EHGkLKq7zY
— Richard Jewell (@RJewellFilm) October 3, 2019
His widow, Dana Jewell, told Fox News regarding the film and the renewed attention that her and her family are happy for him, adding that it’s been very, very difficult.
My family and friends and I — we laughed and we cried, we cried a lot. I wish Richard was here to see this… My mom, I think, described it best, ‘It was almost like going to his funeral and feeling those same emotions… me and my family are grieving again. But we’re happy for him but its very, very difficult.
Dana Jewell via Fox News.
Update.
New Stock Market high! I will never get bored of telling you that – and we will never get tired of winning!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2019
U.S. stocks open higher https://t.co/U1lcwGM817 pic.twitter.com/KrMmCFb9Ta
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) December 16, 2019
CNBC News regarding the newly announced phase one deal with China.
After the U.S. and China on Friday announced progress on a trade agreement, a critical point of the deal remains in question: agricultural purchases.
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 16, 2019
https://t.co/4Tsh5q5Lgl
Bloomberg regarding the USMCA.
NEW: Mexico called on the U.S. to change legislation under which it would send labor officials to monitor USMCA enforcement, saying it wasn’t consulted.
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 16, 2019
If it doesn’t, Mexico says it won't consult the U.S. when it drafts its own implementation rules https://t.co/i5yX3HU5XW
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Authors note:
As Alien shared this morning some personal news, it’s now my turn.
We got a house. That’s correct, sometime in mid-January the husband and I will be officially adult people. Not really, but we will be home owners. Thank you all for your support and prays. They are appreciated.
