The House Just Voted to Impeach Donald Trump
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For the third time in United States history, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach the president. In a vote that fell largely along party lines, 229 Democrats and one independent voted to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power, while 195 House Republicans and two Democrats voted against…
The Inevitability of Donald Trump’s Impeachment
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP; Michael A. McCoy/ZUMA; Getty On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted, on a largely partisan basis, to impeach Donald Trump—only the third time a US president been indicted in this fashion. And as significant and historic as this action was, there was nothing shocking about it. That is different from…
Has Mississippi Performed a Reading Miracle?
While we all wait for the inevitable conclusion to the House impeachment debate, Bob Somerby has me pondering yet another education mystery. A couple of weeks ago Emily Hanford wrote in the New York Times that Mississippi had substantially increased its fourth graders’ reading ability recently: What’s up in Mississippi? There’s no way to know…
Trump Praises Pelosi and Calls For Bush’s Impeachment in This Must-Watch Clip From 2008
Dennis Van Tine/ZUMA This vintage clip of Donald Trump in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is a doozy: In it, Trump calls Nancy Pelosi “impressive,” defends former President Bill Clinton, and says the impeachment of former President George W. Bush “would have been a wonderful thing.” Blitzer resurfaced the clip on his Twitter account…
Adam Schiff Lays Out the Case for Impeachment in Under 15 Minutes
In less than 15 minutes, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), laid out the case for impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Trump “tried to cheat,” said Schiff during today’s floor debate on impeachment. And if it weren’t for “the courage” of a whistleblower, “he would have gotten away with it.” Schiff, the chair of the House…
A Federal Court Just Found a Key Part of Obamacare Unconstitutional
Sachelle Babbar/Zuma A federal appeals court just dealt a major blow to Obamacare. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the individual mandate—a key part of the Affordable Care Act requiring uninsured Americans to pay a yearly penalty—was unconstitutional since it could no longer be considered a tax after the GOP tax bill from…