Senate votes 55-45 to allow witnesses and more evidence for Trump impeachment case

Senate votes 55-45 to allow witnesses and more evidence for Trump impeachment case

In a surprise move on Saturday, the Senate voted to call witnesses in former President Trump’s impeachment trial. “Finally something unscripted,” Senator Mark Warner said after the 55-45 vote.

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Trump defense team: Trump’s rhetoric on Jan. 6 was ‘protected constitutional speech’

Trump’s defense has up to 16 hours to present their case. On Friday, the defense team argued that Democrats have incited violence. The defense played video clips of Democrats’ speeches about fighting in the Trump era. After showing harsh rhetoric from Democrats, Trump’s defense queued up footage of the violent protests that happened last year after the death of George Floyd.

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Male interns at the Lincoln Project reveal ‘explicit messages sent to them by married co-founder’

The Lincoln Project has pledged to appoint an outside investigator to probe claims that they knew about sexual misconduct allegations against co-founder John Weaver before he left the organization.

Weaver, 61, parted ways with the anti-Trump super-PAC last month following a report in The New York Times that he offered young men professional support in exchange for sex.

But on Thursday, the Associated Press reported that members of the organization’s leadership were informed in writing and in subsequent phone calls of at least 10 specific allegations of sexual harassment against Weaver as early as last June.

 

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We’ve had the Reichstag fire – what’s next?

Let’s see. Let’s not forget that we currently also have the purge of the armed forces to root out those defined as extremists on the right. It’s not the same as a personal loyalty oath to the leader that was required of the German military under Hitler, but it’s a way to make sure our military is composed of people unlikely to turn on the left no matter what.

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Impeachment blunder: Author of tweet introduced at trial says it was falsified, misinterpreted

The author of a tweet introduced by Democrats at the Senate impeachment trial said Thursday her statement “we are bringing the Calvary” was a clear reference to a prayer vigil organized by churchgoers supporting Trump and not a call for military-like violence at the Capitol riot as portrayed by Rep. Eric Swalwell.

Jennifer Lynn Lawrence also said she believes the California Democrat and House impeachment manager falsified her tweet, adding a blue check mark to the version he introduced at the trial suggesting she was a verified Twitter user with more clout when in fact her Twitter account never had a blue check and has never been verified.

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Trump’s Impeachment and Stalin’s Show Trials

As the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump continues, Stream readers are likely puzzled. As sane people and patriots, they had certain expectations from America. Even its Democrats, even those in Congress. But the old rules no longer apply. We’re out in uncharted waters now, and it feels as if anything could happen.

There’s no Supreme Court Chief Justice in charge. Instead, the presiding “judge” is a partisan Democrat senator who has already decided that the defendant is guilty. By fair means or foul, Trump is no longer president, so he can’t be removed from office. The hope is to make him ineligible to run again for office — which would amount to a “bill of attainder,” one of the few things specifically forbidden in the words of our Constitution.

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Parler Vindicated: Study Finds Facebook ‘Far and Away’ Most Used Social Media By Capitol Hill Rioters

The coordinated Big Tech deplatforming of Parler is looking more and more suspect. Last month, I reviewed every arrest report the DOJ had made available at that time, and the overwhelming number of social media posts cited in these reports were those posted on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. There was barely any mention of Parler.

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‘A Personalized Power Like We Haven’t Seen’: ABC Reporter Says Trump Is A ‘Caesar’ And ‘Fuhrer’ To The Republican Party

“Whatever you think of this case, they’ve risen to the moment. This is an atrocity in our history, an atrocity against our democracy, and the care with which the Democratic House managers of this impeachment trial have come prepared, their argument is organized,” Moran said. “They’re ringing the notes of patriotism and the emotion of the attack itself, and surrounding that with what they hope is an evidentiary trail from Donald Trump to that attack. That is their challenge here.”

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How Silicon Valley’s virtual monopolies helped Trump

How Silicon Valley’s virtual monopolies helped Trump

Immediately after the Jan. 6 demonstrations at the Capitol, the cabal of “woke” Silicon Valley communications platforms — led by Twitter — banned President Donald J. Trump from ever posting again.  This was meant to be punitive.  After all, Amazon did roughly the same thing by banning Parler, a civil liberties alternative to Twitter, from the giant firm’s pervasive server farms.  That was clearly punitive.

But was the move against Trump really hurtful?

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For your amusement… 14-minute video of the MAGA riot Democrats say proves that Donald Trump should be convicted

For your amusement… 14-minute video of the MAGA riot Democrats say proves that Donald Trump should be convicted

Democrats began their impeachment case against Trump Tuesday afternoon with a video of profanity and violence during the January 6 MAGA attack on the Capitol.

The more than 14-minute video presented at the top of the Democrats’ case for conviction included snappy cuts between the violence of the pro-Trump mob and the former president’s speech just beforehand.

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Trump-hating celebrities led by George Takei, Barbra Streisand and Alyssa Milano line up to crow about his impeachment and call for the Senate to convict him

Celebrity detractors of Donald Trump are taking to Twitter to cheer the start of the former president’s Senate impeachment trial on a charge of inciting insurrection, with many calling for a swift conviction.

Actress Alyssa Milano was among those who ridiculed Trump’s lead defense attorney Bruce Castor, who argued on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional to hold a trial after Trump left office.

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