Democrats grind Senate’s work to a halt over Comey firing

[…] At this point we arguably do not have a legitimate president or administration. […]

Paul Krugman, via Twitter

Julian Castro renews call for president’s impeachment after ex-prosecutors claim Trump obstructed justice

NEWMARKET, N.H. – 2020 presidential candidate Julian Castro once again urged the House of Representatives on Monday to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

If Flynn was a Russian asset

If DT knew Flynn was a Russian asset, stick a fork in him. Special prosecutor critical to get to truth. Democracy at stake #trumprussia

Rob Reiner, via Twitter

The Case for Impeachment

Dem Rep. Maxine Waters leads ‘impeach’ Trump chant at leftist Tax March rally

Far-left Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is openly calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

‘Trump will never criticize Putin’

Trump worked so hard this week to make people believe he was fighting w/ Putin. Trump will never criticize Putin b/c he’s in bed w/ him.

Maxine Waters, via Twitter

Donald Trump’s war crimes

• His administration is killing unusually large numbers of civilians, in violation of U.S. and international law.

They stole the election

They stole the election, but they will not steal our democracy. #trumprussia

Rob Reiner, via Twitter

All of Trump’s Russia ties, in 7 charts

What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia? The answer is still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with an investigation. But there’s no doubt that a spider web of connections — some public, some private, some clear, some murky — exists between Trump, his associates and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Meet Donald Trump’s KremLINKlan

Meet @realDonaldTrump’s #KremLINKlan:

Maxine Waters, via Twitter

Pathological liar exposed again

The pathological liar exposed again. Danger to our standing in the world & democracy itself at stake. Impeachment looms. #Trumprussia

Rob Reiner, via Twitter

Sen. Blumenthal: Comey firing ‘may well produce impeachment proceedings’

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s decision to fire his FBI director could lead to possible impeachment proceedings in Congress.

DT is the most corrupt POTUS in my lifetime

DT is the most corrupt POTUS in my lifetime. Don’t let a soulless pathological liar numb you with his mountain of lies. Democracy at stake.

Rob Reiner, via Twitter

Deep State: Inside Donald Trump’s paranoid conspiracy theory

• Everything you need to know about the supposed forces within the federal government that the President believes are out to get him

Talking Points

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Timeline: Flynn was first, Sessions was next

Flynn was the first obstacle who had to be overcome. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was the next. The Trump loyalist with a strong Department of Justice background would also need to be briefed on the anti-Trump efforts unless he could be sidelined. Comey admitted that early in Sessions’ tenure, he deliberately hid Russia-related information from Sessions because, “it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations.” To secure that recusal, yet another leak was deployed to the Washington Post’s Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima, and Greg Miller. The leak was intended to tar Sessions as a secret Russian agent and was dramatically spun as “Sessions Spoke Twice To Russian Envoy: Revelation contradicts his testimony at confirmation hearing.” One meeting was in passing and the other was in his function as a United States Senator, but the hysteria was such that the Post authors could get away with suggesting Sessions was too compromised to oversee the Department of Justice’s counterintelligence operations involving Russia. It is perhaps worth noting that the Special Counsel idea was pushed in this article.

The elephant in the room

It’s time we talked openly about Donald Trump’s mental health.

Time for media to dig in hard

Time for media to dig in hard to get the truth out about Trump ties to Russia. 1st amendment and life of our democracy depends on it.

Rob Reiner, via Twitter

Ellison floats impeaching Trump

• The candidates try to move past an election being seen as a proxy war for bitter supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Avoiding questions about Trump’s mental health is a betrayal of public trust

Just about every week, the media invites a psychiatrist or psychologist to admonish other psychiatrists or psychologists for calling Donald Trump mentally ill. This has become the default recourse when it comes to the question of Trump’s mental health for a media relentlessly accused of being partisan, “fake,” and deliberately dishonest.