The Loyal Opposition

[bodysong]

The Loyal Opposition

"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy."
- Anakin Skywalker (aka Darth Vader)

GEORGE KENT:

“Mr. Giuliani, at that point, had been carrying on a campaign for
several months full of lies and incorrect information about
Ambassador Yovanovitch … His assertions and allegations
against former Ambassador Yovanovitch were without basis,
untrue, period.”

—@kylegriffin1

Kyle Griffin ✓
Twitter › kylegriffin1

NEW:

The House Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs Committees
have just released the testimony of: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman: (pic)
and Dr. Fiona Hill: (pic)

12 minutes ago

@NBCNews reports that the impeachment committees will be releasing
the transcripts of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Dr. Fiona Hill shortly.

 

[bodysong]

November 8, 2019

Exactly one month to the day after Donald Trump described Gordon Sondland
as "a really good man and great American," he’s changed his mind,
telling reporters at the White House that he
"hardly knew the gentleman."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ims-he-hardly-knew-Ambassador-Gordon-Sondland

 

[bodysong]

November 8, 2019

TRUMP:

They shouldn't be having public hearings.

This is a hoax.

This is just like the Russian witch hunt. This is just a continuation.
When you look at the lawyer for the whistle-blower, I thought it ended
when they found out that the lawyer was so compromised. The lawyer
is a bad guy. So you look at that. I thought that was the end of it.
This is just a continuation of the hoax. It's a disgraceful thing.

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/trump-backtracks-wanting-public

11/8/19

Republicans' plans not to watch is in direct contradiction to their gripes
in recent weeks about the secretiveness in which the House's inquiry
has been conducted via a secure room of the Capitol away from the
public eye.

https://www.newsweek.com/senators-tune-out-next-week-public-impeachment-hearings-1470477

(Republicans Storm Closed Meeting, Demanding Transparency-

Oct. 23, 2019 Illegitimate Sham Pizza Party for Republicans

13 Republican committee members qualified to attend the closed-door
impeachment inquiry meetings, did not bother. That did not stop the
theatrics of Trump loyalists. They begged security to arrest them.)

"Haven't all the Trump bootlickers been asking, nay, demanding the
hearings be public for the entire process, with his blessing? And now
he says there SHOULDN'T be public hearings?"

- Aliza Worthington

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/trump-backtracks-wanting-public

The GOP asked for a floor vote on impeachment

Oct. 30, 2019

Republicans asked for a floor vote and procedures to guarantee the fairness
of the impeachment process. Now they seem to be refusing to take yes
for an answer or to recognize that the allegations against Trump are
serious and deserve bipartisan scrutiny.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/sto...mpeachment-now-it-wont-take-yes-for-an-answer

 

[bodysong]

Jim Acosta ✓
Twitter › Acosta


Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is still at National Security Council,
we are told. Earlier Sunday questions arose about whether Vindman,
the NSC's top Ukrainian expert, was still in his role after Nat Sec Adv
O'Brien talked to CBS about a natural rotation of people to and from it.

20 hours ago


In previous statements, Trump has referred to Vindman as a “Never Trumper,”
part of a group he described as “human scum.” Now Trump’s Veteran’s Day
gift for Vindman is removing him from his position, for doing his job.

https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/lt...to-be-removed-from-national-security-council/


“On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony
in the House impeachment investigation last month on (Presiderp)
Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme, will be removed from his post
at the White House National Security Council…

...The national security adviser said Vindman, who currently serves
as the council’s Director for European Affairs, will be removed as
a part of the White House’s “streamlining” efforts.


"What bugs me even more than the firing of Vindman for just
doing his job, protecting the national security of the U.S., is
the continued gaslighting, saying that the firing was not retaliation,
but just a routine personnel move."

"This is so patently a lie, that one would think O’Brien would be
ashamed to let it out of his mouth."

"But you check your integrity at the door to stay in the employ
of the Orange Mousseolini."

CORRECTED: Lt. Colonel Vindman's Status at the NSC Remains Unclear
- durrati

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/10/1898489/-Lt-Colonel-Vindman-Fired

 

[KeithD]

I think that Vindman should be promoted to colonel and, yes, given another assignment. Even if left at the NSC, he'd be totally sidelined. The White House isn't his home office.