So to recap just some stuff that has happened in the last 48 hours.
- Secondary witnesses in the impeachment inquiry have firmly tied Trump to Sondland. The "rogue staffers" defense is going nowhere. Every additional witness and deposition is more and more damning, requiring Republicans to focus on nonsensical process arguments to muddy the waters.
- Purported moderate Elise Stefanak has thrown in to the Fox News shitshow and attacked Adam Schiff baselessly for enforcing the rules that the Republicans wrote, which she used to fundraise off of. Her challenger saw a massive boost in fundraising of her own.
- John Bel Edwards won re-election as governor of Louisiana. In the three critical gubernatorial races this cycle - all in the deep red states of Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi - Democrats won two out of three.
- Trump checked into Walter Reed hospital yesterday for what his flacks are saying was "part one" of his annual physical. A consequence of the farrago of bullshit from the White House makes every possible utterance a lie. His annual physical was 9 months ago, and who decides on a whim to get some standard medical tests on a Saturday? The WaPo story is entirely too credulous of the White House claims, but what else can you do when the Office of the President is staffed by a compulsive liar? He's an old, unhealthy man in the world's most stressful job in the middle of an impeachment inquiry. He knows his crimes. It would be amazing if he wasn't having at least a panic attack or two.
It's a whole year away, but the reflexive crouch of Democrats is really as tiresome as it is predictable. They are winning the debate over the future of the country.
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