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"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.
This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.
The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.
Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."
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(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday November 09 2019, @10:25PM (3 children)
Americans never got to see it. Between government censorship and self-censorship by the media, you got duped into an unnecessary war.
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday November 10 2019, @12:21AM (2 children)
Thanks. Actually, we did have some news coverage, I did watch it closely, and I was infuriated that the US military was invading Iraq. I remember that there were problems with inspectors and inspections, but it wasn't reason enough to attack. Something is terribly wrong, and I've never been quite sure what it was/is. I've heard of over-zealous and brutal police, but the US govt. doing so on that large of a scale?
And, my frustration and embarrassment of the US govt. / military / lack_of_intelligence was just that: you mean to tell me the US intelligence community is THAT inept? Just what WERE they doing?
BTW, I felt Powell was being a yes-man- telling Bush (it was Bush?) what he wanted to hear. Again, not sure why though. What a mess... And it just pissed them off and we had/have created Isis, Taliban, etc...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Sunday November 10 2019, @01:31AM (1 child)
The moral decline in the presidency goes back to Kennedy, who was a womanizer and paid for it with his life (he had thrown his back during a sexual liaison and was wearing a back brace, so couldn't duck when the shooting started.
Then there was Johnson's secret war. Followed by Nixon. Ford wasn't really president long enough to do much damage, but was finally convinced he couldn't run because of the taint from pardoning Nixon. Nobody was buying his excuse that he had to pardon Nixon. Carter was the only president who, even decades later, is regarded as having integrity. Bush de was CIA - enough said. Clinton was another adulterer who lied under oath, and passed laws favouring neocon ideology. Bush jr was an alcoholic. With a history of cocaine use. Obama was a crackhead who had a hit list of over 3,000, backed by an opinion that he could order assassinations. He also sucked up to the banks, spending more taxpayer funds to bail them out of the consequences of their illegal frauds while it would have been cheaper to just take over the bad mortgages at a discount and not force people into bankruptcy. Trump - a crook.
The contagion is spreading. Justin Trudeau illegally interferes with the prosecution of SNV-Lavalin for bribes to Libya's dictator. Alexander Boris Johnson wants to be a mini-me to Trump.
What a mess!
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday November 10 2019, @01:57AM
That was an excellent summary!! Pulitzer candidate. Thank you.
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but sometimes I cynically wonder if it's all a smokescreen for what's really going on. Keeps the press busy and off of the real crap going on.
Yes, I've always liked Carter. He inherited an impossible mess. We (US) were too invested in the Shah of Iran and when that whole mess happened, well, we know what happened.
Oh yeah, the "energy shortages" of the '70s- 2 major times OPEC cut petroleum production, caused huge gas lines (queues waiting for petrol), huge price increases, etc., all hurt Carter's image.
From what little I know, I always thought that Nixon was mostly good for the US and world. He ended the horrible Vietnam mess and did much good overall. He said he was not a crook, right? I dunno, a little clever spying- I was a kid but I thought it was all very entertaining. I mean, how else do you follow a moon landing! ;)