Pelosi Just Announced a Full House Vote on Impeachment Proceedings
Caroline Brehman/Zuma The House of Representatives will vote this week on continuing the impeachment investigation and opening proceedings to the public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday. In a letter addressed “Dear Democratic Colleague,” Pelosi reiterated that the Constitution does not require the House to hold a vote before beginning an impeachment investigation—and noted that…
Historical Truth Is More Important Than “Believable Myths”
Here is the current cover of National Review: I’m ashamed to admit that I had to look up the word clerisy, which turns out to mean nothing more than intelligentsia. I guess that’s the price of going to a state university. Anyway, Lowry’s essay is now available to us non-subscribers, so I read it. It’s…
Trump Supporters Want John Roberts to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial
Tom Williams/Zuma Follow me, if you will, on a brief hypothetical journey. Let’s say the House of Representatives draws up and passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Per the Constitution, Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over Trump’s trial in the Senate. Now, imagine Roberts—a George W. Bush appointee—recusing himself from the trial…
Facebook Is Not a Big Player in National Politics
Brendan Nyhan has a warning for us about Facebook: cc: everyone who makes simplistic bias claims https://t.co/f2RBIu13lk — Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 28, 2019 Nyhan’s point is that there’s no particular conservative bias in this list. I’d make a second point: Most of these posts aren’t partisan or political in the first place. Those of…
Trump Keeps Eyeing Syria’s Oil—But There’s Not Much There
US soldiers at the Omar oil field in eastern Syria in March 2019.Delil Souleiman/Getty As he announced the death of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi this morning, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to keep some US troops in Syria to secure control of its oil. “The oil is so valuable,” he said. ISIS had…
ISIS Leader Is Dead, According to Trump Anyway
We killed Osama bin Laden long after al-Qaeda was no longer a threat, and now we’ve killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after ISIS has ceased to be an active threat. Perfect timing! Still, it could be worse. The Greatest Generation never did track down Hitler in his bunker, did they?¹ Anyway, the New York Times reports…