(but technically the polls shows support has collapsed from +5 to -3)
The American public is about evenly split over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with the House of Representatives poised to vote on articles of impeachment this week.
The American public is about evenly split over whether President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new CNN Poll, with the House of Representatives poised to vote on articles of impeachment this week https://t.co/co0LcEBOjI— CNN (@CNN) December 17, 2019
Support for impeaching Trump and removing him from office stands at 45% in the new poll, down from 50% in a poll conducted in mid-November just after the conclusion of the House Intelligence Committee's public hearings. Opposition to impeachment and removal stands at 47% in the new poll, up from 43% in November. Support for impeachment and removal among Democrats has dipped from 90% in November to 77% now.
So basically, none of the past five polls listed in the Real Clear Politics averages has shown support for impeachment, after almost exclusively showing support in nearly every poll. What has changed over the past week or so? I would assume the fact that the Democrats have now actually finished their hearings and written the actual articles.
It's one thing when you are in the middle of a hearing and witnesses are telling a compelling story. It's quite another when those hearings end without anyone actually providing any evidence that the story was true. It also doesn't help when your main argument throughout the hearings is actually changed when you write your so called "articles of impeachment".
There is no more spinning the truth. This is literally a partisan misuse of the House impeachment authority. They have convinced nobody that didn't already want to see the President impeached (and probably didn't need anything more than a weak pretense to justify it).
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Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Committed Crimes
December 16, 2019 at 10:31 pm EST
Andrew Weissmann, one of former special counsel Robert Mueller‘s top lieutenants, writes for Just Security that President Trump has committed several federal crimes while in office.
“We are surely to learn more about the criminality underlying the impeachment inquiry. And whether or not you believe the current evidence meets the beyond a reasonable doubt standard, because it is clear what the President was up to, that new evidence is sure to be damning. Why else would the President be stonewalling its release? When that new evidence comes to light, Senators who have resisted impeachment now on the ground of lack of evidence may seek to cling to that legal argument, but will look darn foolish in the annals of history, when the documents prove up what we all already know to be true.”
weissman's a piece of shit like you, pederast.
with just as much credibility.
W eissman was fired. Sour grapes.
Crashed is an amusing commentary, Lil Scotty!!!!! it's gone from dead even to even!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAA!!!! Hey POS rat.....grow up you dumb fuck!!!!! Seems your whole spiel is being critical of anything you can't agree with.....as far as I am concerned, NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU!!!!!!!
yballs said...
W eissman was fired. Sour grapes.
BWAAAAAA!!!! And I thought he resigned to take a job at NYU.......you must have a link to prove what you said......LOLOLOL!!!!
Russian Network Spread Smear of Ambassador to Ukraine
December 17, 2019 at 11:14 am EST
Washington Post:
“The story that appeared on The Hill website on March 20 was startling. Marie Yovanovitch, the American ambassador to Ukraine, had given a ‘list of people whom we should not prosecute’ to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, according to a write-up of an interview Lutsenko gave to the conservative columnist John Solomon.
“Five days later, an image of that purported list appeared in a post on the website Medium and on a number of other self-publishing platforms in locations as disparate as Germany, South Africa and San Francisco. In less than a week, the Medium essay had been translated into Spanish and German and posted to other websites.
“Now, a social media analysis firm, Graphika, has traced those posts to a Russian disinformation campaign — in the first evidence that a network of accounts involved in spreading disinformation before the 2016 election also participated in circulating the false claims about Yovanovitch that led earlier this year to her recall from the U.S. embassy in Kyiv.”
So sad that none of the moronic trumpists especially Lil Scotty have anything thing to say about this.......idiots!!!!
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 91 profitable Fortune 500 companies paid $0 in taxes on U.S. income in 2018, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Across all 379 profitable companies in the Fortune 500 the effective tax rate was just 11.3%, just over half the 21% tax rate under the law.
“In 2018, the 379 companies earned $765 billion in pretax profits in the United States,” the report noted. “Had all of those profits been reported to the IRS and taxed at the statutory 21% corporate tax rate, the 379 companies would have paid almost $161 billion in income taxes in 2018.”
Instead, the companies only paid $86.8 billion, roughly 54% of what they owed.
A ‘pernicious effect’
But how?
Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at ITEP and lead author of the report, says that what companies are doing is “entirely legal” — but that they can avoid paying taxes thanks to tax breaks.
“A whole host of tax breaks in the code collectively have this pernicious effect,” Gardner said. But he added, though legal, “this doesn’t exonerate these companies from wrongdoing.”
“What we are seeing is a product of the actions of Congress, aided and abetted by corporate lobbyists,” he explained. “This is the predictable consequence of creating tax breaks for any activity you can think of.”
This trend is supported by data from the IRS. In 2018 — the first year the TCJA was in effect — the Treasury Department collected $91 billion less than it did in 2017.
In 2017, the IRS collected over $338.5 billion in income taxes (before refunds) from businesses. That number dropped by 22% to about $262.7 billion for fiscal year 2018. In comparison, in FY 2016, income taxes collected from corporations was on par with 2017, at $345.6 billion.
The 2018 figures represent the lowest amount the Treasury has collected from business in nearly a decade; in 2011 the IRS pulled in $242.8 billion from corporations’ income tax.
“It’s a very old problem,” said Gardner.
Gardner says that since ITEP started tracking effective tax rates in 1982, “we’ve never seen an effective tax rate as low as the one we just foun
Barr fired him dumbass
McConnell Rejects Schumer Effort to Call Witnesses
December 17, 2019 at 10:52 am EST
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected Sen. Chuck Schumer’s efforts to tie a resolution on impeachment trial procedures to an effort to call several current and former White House officials to testify, ABC News reports.
Said McConnell:
“Those who have been eagerly hoping for impeachment are starting to scramble.”
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Yeah... God forbid we hear from those with first hand knowledge of and participation in the crimes.
So refreshing to see Senate Rs have zero interest in finding out what happened.
They know what happened; they don't want the American public to know what happened.
‘A Dire Threat to the Rule of Law’
AN EXTRAORDINARY ARTICLE IN THE NYT
William Webster:
“The privilege of being the only American in our history to serve as the director of both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. gives me a unique perspective and a responsibility to speak out about a dire threat to the rule of law in the country I love. Order protects liberty, and liberty protects order. Today, the integrity of the institutions that protect our civil order is, tragically, under assault from too many people whose job it should be to protect them.
“The rule of law is the bedrock of American democracy, the principle that protects every American from the abuse of monarchs, despots and tyrants. Every American should demand that our leaders put the rule of law above politics.”
Anonymous Myballs said...
Barr fired him dumbass
Funny how you did not provide a link.......BWAAAAAAA!!!! Dumbass loser and out right lying, sniveling asshole!!!!!
Just like I thought....another losing ballz making up shit!!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Yeah... God forbid we hear from those with first hand knowledge of and participation in the crimes.
gee pederast, i was thinking exactly the same thing during the house inquiry.
all of those first hand witnesses were mysteriously unavailable.
and now, lo and behold, suddenly you have an interest in hearing from them.
hypocrisy much?
Moderate Democrats Take a Leap on Impeachment
December 17, 2019 at 6:51 am EST
“A contingent of Democratic House members from Republican-leaning districts announced one by one Monday that after weeks of extraordinary pressure, they have decided to vote to impeach President Trump, as the House hurtles toward historic action later this week,” the Washington Post reports.
“Monday’s announcements dealt a blow to Trump and his allies, who had been encouraging Democrats to defect to bolster their depiction of impeachment as a crusade by extremist liberals.
Playbook:
“There are a few ways to look at this. If you take these lawmakers at their word, they are so disgusted with Trump’s behavior that they need to vote to remove him from office. It’s their duty. And perhaps so.
“But Congress is a political institution, where even matters of conscience are judged for their political wisdom. First of all, take note that the announcements all came within hours of each other — a sign of unity among a group of vulnerable politicians. They’re leaping together.”
Regardless of any outcome, they will be viewed as heroic people of conscience and conviction by future generations.
all of those first hand witnesses were mysteriously unavailable.
Not such a mystery. They were being told not to appear --by whom?
Mitch is right. The Senate's job isn't to redo the house's work because they rushed through it half assed. They are the jury.
64% R's think trump should allow his aids to testify at the trial.....why is he hiding them???????
Anonymous Myballs said...
Mitch is right
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! To avoid trumps aids from letting the country know the true story is enough for idiots like ballz to think it is correct!!!!!!!! Why are they hiding the truth???????
Funny.....loser ballz changes the subject to avoid posting a link to prove his point.....>BWAAAAAAAA!!!! Another chickenshit lying trump slurper who thinks truth is optional.......
Mitch is right. The Senate's job isn't to redo the house's work because they rushed through it half assed. They are the jury.
precisely.
the senate's job is to sit in judgement of the case made by the house. not to re-litigate the case. or to do the house's job for them.
schiff and nadler screwed the fucking pooch. they need to OWN it.
the senate's job is to sit in judgement
BVEWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! They have all made up their minds like Lindsey the douche Graham....there is no job to do, only rehash and vote to give the liar a pass because that is their job, nothing else!!!!!! God you are a dumb fucking partisan asshole!!!!
The Depression/Recession narrative of the left is getting murdered by the The Wealth being created by the US under this President.
"all indices are collapsing" Dystopian Dopie
Actually so very wrong. ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Housing starts Nov. 1.365 ⬆️
Building permits Nov. 1.482 ⬆️
Industrial productionNov.1.1% ⬆️
Capacity utilization Nov. 77.3% ⬆️
Andrew Weissmann was in Fact Fired.
MB is right
Dystopia Dopey wrong as usual.
Yeah... God forbid we hear from those with first hand knowledge of and participation in the crimes.
Yeah... would have been good to hear from them BEFORE the House votes on impeachment. Perhaps they should wait till they subpoena the ones who they didn't (but claim they want to talk to)... and then pursue it through the courts like a normal process?
But gee James... Democrats know that they cannot afford to break for Christmas without getting in a vote on their INCOMPLETE investigation. So they have to rush things through NOW!
Before support continues to crater!
denny dumb fuck,
the senate enjoys the same luxury as the house - of being in the majority.
the house, by every honest analysis, did an absolutely piss poor job of making their case. once they figured out the issue polled for shit, they were like - "oh fuck. we had better get this fucking thing over with, and quick."
so the house impeachment effort was an epic fail. now the senate gets their turn to address it with their GOP MAJORITY. the senate has no obligation to do anything other than convict or acquit.
the house, without the benefit of securing the outcome in advance, had no fucking business embarking upon an effort to impeach.
Dim bulb Schumer admits The House failed to make its case.
He also showed his ignorance of the US Constitution .
btw, today is the second anniversary of net neutrality repeal. otherwise known as the HO-LEE FOOKING SHEET end of the internet as we know it.
schumer has never exhibited any familiarity with our constitution. he's harry reid's protege for chrissakes.
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Jeffrey Toobin has a meltdown after CNN reports their poll found support for impeaching @realDonaldTrump has dropped 13 points among DEMOCRATS since November.
Toobin says the poll is “wrong” because “I said so.”
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Too Funny Jeffrey Toobin .
What a dumbass.
Loser rat posits that - of being in the majority.
Which means they can avoid being able to follow the law......BWAAAAAAAA!!!! And your honest analysis is a bigger joke than you being unbiased!!!!!!!!! Sad.....truth again takes a back seat to those whose head are firmly up trumps old stinky fat white ass!!!!!!!
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Too Funny Jeffrey Tobin .
The goat fucking asshole again shows all why he is a goat fucking asshole!!!!!!!
Which means they can avoid being able to follow the law......
hardly. they are charged with following the law and the senate rules, and the senate rules of impeachment.
what they are not required to do is clean up and make respectable the galactic shitpile built and set ablaze by the house.
schumer's fucked and he knows it. he's desperate to find a way to save face.
now go eat a pistol you dumb fuck.
Jared Golden Will Vote to Impeach on One Article
December 17, 2019 at 5:16 pm EST
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) told the Bangor Daily News that he will vote to impeach President Trump for abusing the power of his office, but not on a second impeachment that charges the Republican president with obstructing a congressional probe.
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Van Drew Won’t Confirm Party Switch
December 17, 2019 at 4:45 pm EST
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) declined to confirm to the Philadelphia Inquirer that he’s switching to the Republican Party, but suggested that an announcement is coming soon.
Said Van Drew: “I’m not discussing any of that now. There will be a time. I’m reevaluating my life and my thoughts.”
Most of his staff has already resigned in protest to his reported party switch.
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Van Drew Told Colleagues Trump Was Stupid
December 17, 2019 at 4:28 pm EST
“For months, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey, has publicly trashed the impeachment process, calling it unfair, unfounded, and deeply damaging to the country—but privately, this soon-to-be Republican had a much different reasoning,” the Daily Beast reports.
“Behind closed doors, Van Drew has told colleagues that the president was stupid and mentally unstable—and that his opposition to impeachment stemmed from his belief that impeaching Trump would ensure his re-election.”
TRUMP AIN'T GONNA LIKE THAT.
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