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Shakedown Street

By Paul Campos

On September 30, 2019

At 4:48 pm

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I’m a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah:

News from the past 30 mins:

– Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed.
– WSJ: Mike Pompeo was on Trump’s Ukraine call.
– NYT: Trump pushed Australian prime minister to help with probe he wants to undermine the Russia investigation.

Happy Monday!— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 30, 2019

Seems relevant:

As you watch Trump’s defenders lie, deflect, and distract today and in the coming weeks, remember that they don’t care about being caught in obvious lies. Calling bullshit still means you’re talking about the bullshit, not the facts.— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 29, 2019

This is part of the “flood not dam” model. They want doubt. They can make up a dozen new lies and new distractions every day while there’s only one truth. Stop chasing them and keep repeating the facts.— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 29, 2019

Many thought it strange when Putin’s propaganda released many different “refutations” after Russian forces shot down MH17, some even on the same day. But they want to distract, not refute. To make it seem like the truth isn’t knowable.— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 29, 2019

. . . We don’t need a criminal lawyer, we need a *criminal* lawyer, part whatever:

Attorney General Barr personally asked foreign officials to aid inquiry into CIA, FBI activities in 2016 https://t.co/CHYAYgibqF— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 30, 2019

. . . McConnell announcing that if the House impeaches the Senate will hold a trial seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle today.

People who predicted McConnell wouldn’t even hold a trial were ignoring that the current Senate rules require a trial, and that changing those rules requires a majority vote. The idea that McConnell could just force the entire GOP caucus to go along with simply ignoring articles of impeachment was always unrealistic, politically speaking.

Now what that trial looks like remains to be seen, but once you’re committed to holding one things get a lot trickier if you want to maintain a completely sham process.