After yesterday's legitimate bombshell from Gordon Sondland, Democrats gathered for a debate. As usual, there was a cacophony of voices on the stage, a dynamic that mostly works for those already ahead. It's also clear that the so-called gaping divide between candidates is an exaggeration borne of small differences and the incessant combat of social media. Pete Buttigieg would likely be the most progressive president this country has known, yet he is derided as being a "Republican-lite." All of the serious candidates are embracing more movement towards single payer; they agree on the goal, they just differ on the way to get there.
Meanwhile, every single day is a day that would sink any other presidency. The testimony is damning, whether it's by Gordon Sondland, Fiona Hill or David Holmes. Republicans have been trying to dump as much crap into the proceedings as possible, but the fact is they aren't very capable. More over, the main pillar of support for Trump in the hearings might very well be implicated himself. Parnas remains the dagger at the heart of the Trump Crime Syndicate. He was inside the room with Giuliani and the conduit to various unsavory figures in Ukraine. If he met with Trump and they conspired together...I mean, I don't want to credit Republicans with principles, but that would have to leave a mark wouldn't it?
Plus, you have easily the most dysfunctional administration in history. They can't even get someone to lead NOAA. He is currently without a Secretary of Homeland Security or Director of National Intelligence. He is about to be without a Secretary of Energy and possibly Secretary of State. The number of sub-Cabinet positions that are filled with temporary and "acting" heads are legion. They can't plan a one-car parade.
Meanwhile a single poll out of Wisconsin with a weird sample size has Democrats freaking out. The psychic scars of 2016 are real. Trump absolutely CAN win, because he will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. He will almost certainly benefit from foreign interference to keep this ambulatory shitshow in the Oval Office.
The Republicans are bleeding out in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Atlanta, Charlotte, Phoenix and Houston. GOP members are resigning in droves.
Keep working, stopping committing to circular firing squads, keep your eye on the orange, lumpy ball.
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