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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, May 1, 2020

Why Impeachment Mattered

Catherine Rampell makes the connection between what Trump did with Zelenskyy and what he is now doing to governors and the Postal Service. Trump is not a "transactional politician;" he's a shakedown artist. He's the guy you knew in college who memorized the dialogue to The Godfather, Scarface and Goodfellas. He wants to be seen as the flashy mobsters who roll into a nightclub and everyone snaps to attention. This is a guy who thinks Roy Cohn is a good lawyer.

I'm sure Susan Collins thinks this time, Trump will really, truly change.  Or maybe Sara Gideon can reminds people that Collins thinks Trump's behavior was OK.

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