(All proceedings begin at noon ET unless otherwise stated) TUESDAY, FEB. 9: WHETHER TRIAL CAN BE HELD 4 hours of debate and vote (which will pass) WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, FEB. 10-12: PROSECUTION’S OPENING ARGUMENTS 16 hours over 2 days FRIDAY & SUNDAY, FEB. 12 & 14: DEFENSE’S OPENING[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
February 8th, 2021 - 10:32 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s trial will “echo through the ages”
“The simple question posed by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial,” CNN says, “is whether a president who loses reelection can get away with a violent coup attempt in a desperate bid to stay in power.” The answer is yes. He will get away with it, at least in his p[...]
February 8th, 2021 - 1:58 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Constitutionality has nothing to do with it
“Leading Republican lawyer Charles Cooper penned an op-ed in the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page arguing that the second impeachment of President Trump is constitutional, despite an overwhelming vote by Senate Republicans,” the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail reported on [...]
Can politics return to normalcy?
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke out against ‘loony lies and conspiracy theories’ this week, calling them a ‘cancer for the Republican Party,’ while praising Rep. Liz Cheney, a GOP leader who voted to impeach Trump. … “McConnell [...]
February 7th, 2021 - 12:55 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Impeachment arguments in a picture
“Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.” — Sen. Mitt Romney Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
A newspaper shouldn’t editorialize on the front page.
But I can’t say I disagree with their opinion. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Voting machine company sues conspiracy peddlers
“A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election filed a monster $2.7 billion lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News, some of the network’s star hosts, and pro-Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, alleging the parties worked in c[...]
When Capitol rioters didn’t vote, what does that tell us?
“They were there to ‘Stop the Steal’ and to keep the President they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting,” a CNN article published on Monday, February 1, 2021, says. Read[...]
Why Capitol rioters must be held accountable
Afer the January 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol by insurrectionists intent upon preventing the counting of electoral votes and overthrowing the 2020 presidential election, the news media pointed out the Capitol Building hadn’t been attacked since the War of 1812. But this isn’t a [...]
Capitol rioters get unfriendly reception in court
“The chief judge of the federal court in Washington scorched Capitol riot suspects during a hearing on Thursday, calling their actions an assault on American democracy and ruling that a man who had bragged about putting his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office shoul[...]