These are the notes that go with the S3E10 episode of the Two Old Guys Drinking Beer podcast politics/news segment This particular episode was dominated by impeachment news and talk as is our current news cycle. Despite this major news story, a lot of other news transpired between podcasts. Much of it very important. In this world of the Trump News Cycle, many normally front-page items are barely covered. These rough notes are of items from the past month. Many have links to the underlying news story and some have brief commentary/thoughts by me. Remember, these are notes for a podcast, not an edited blog post. Variations in fonts, spacing, and format may also occur due to changing apps of text. Still, you'll get the jist.
Since 09/07/19
- Trump lies - 12,019 in 928 days. As of 08/05/19
- Trump golf - 220 visits to properties, 102 confirmed rounds in 140 weeks.
- Trump polls - 41.2% approve, 53.9% disapprove
- September is International Podcast month
- 09/30 is International Podcast Day
- The House must start impeachment proceedings
- Emoluments violations
- Transferring money from FEMA & military to the wall
- Covering up mistress problems with campaign money
- Refusal to release tax returns
- Stonewalling Congressional subpoenas
- Pardons for those who violate laws
- Ukraine - Biden pressure and withholding approved aid
- Failure to provide whistleblower report to Congress
- During impeachment inquiry, Dems must refrain from saying stupid shit and make sure they get the facts right.
- 09/08 - Mattis said he would not have been as critical in his book about Obama administration if he knew Biden would run for president. (Face the Nation)
- If southern border crossings are falling, why is it still an emergency?
- Every time Rasmussen goes to 50%, Trump tweets. Really, he is proud of 50% in a biased poll?
- 09/16 - Sander Vanocur dies @ 91
- 09/17 - Cokie Roberts dies @ 75
- Asshole Trump has to get in a dig.
- US bird population down by 30%
- Greta Thunberg at the UN
- Congress needs some enforcement powers for subpoenas and contempt charges. Maybe a police force & jail.
- As of 09/23 - 18 GOP House members to resign/retire. About 40% of GOP House members (241) in 2017 have or will not return.
- Now up to 20 GOP House members. Six in TX
- Next Democratic debate 10/15, moderated by CNN & NYT in Columbus, OH.
- Trump to appear at American Airlines Center 10/17
- Many of our laws, rules, and procedures assumed honorable people would populate our government. Trump ruined that assumption.
- The State Department has reopened the probe if Clinton’s emails.
- 10/02 - Bernie Sanders has two stents inserted for blocked artery.
National
- 09/07 - Trump cancels Camp David meeting with Taliban and Afghan leaders because of a recent attack that killed 12 including a US serviceman. Why were they invited right before 9/11?
- NOAA told not to contradict Trump on the weather.
- Trump’s middle east peace negotiator, Jason D. Greenblatt, steps down. Still no deal, not even a plan, no peace.
- DOJ starts anti-trust probe of automakers who negotiated with California for lower emissions. Trump loves pollution.
- Americans are overwhelmingly for increased gun control.
- People of color outpace white new hires for first time ever.
- Wilbur Ross threatens NOAA firings for contradicting Trump.
- 09/10 - Poverty rate declines yet uninsured rises.
- 09/10 - Trump fires National Security Adviser John Bolton.
- 09/11 - Mulvaney implicated in weathergate.
- 09/11 - Trump delays China tariff increases by 2 weeks.
- 09/12 - Trump to repeal 2015 Clean Water Act.
- 09/15 - Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy.
- 09/16 - UAW workers strike GM.
- 09/17 - Trump administration to revoke California’s emission standards.
- 09/18 - Trump appoints Robert C. O’Brien as national security advisor.
- 09/18 - Trump to impose more sanctions on Iran
- 09/18 - Joe Kennedy to run against Edward Markey (D) for Senate.
- 09/18 - Fed cuts interest rate by ¼% to 2%
- 09/19 - The Manhatten DA subpoenas Trump tax returns.
- Trump sues to block subpoenas
- 09/19 - A whistleblower report from the intelligence community raises alarm about a Trump discussion with and promise to a foreign leader.
- The whistleblower report.
- The executive branch will not give information to Congress.
- 09/20 - Bill DeBlasio drops out of the Democratic race.
- 09/20 - Trump to send troops to Saudi Arabia. MBS’s bitch.
- 09/20 - Trump to send asylum seekers to El Salvador. Maybe.
- 09/20 - Ukraine Trump stuff.
- Trump did hold up aid to The Ukraine prior to the “Biden” phone call.
- The Trump-Ukraine phone call.
- Giuliani involvement
- White House also sends GOP talking points to Dems.
- 09/24 - Speaker Pelosi calls for formal impeachment inquiry.
- 09/25 - 17 state attorneys general will sue the Trump administration over weakened Endangered Species Act.
- 09/26 - Eugene Scalia confirmed as Labor Secretary. An anti-labor attorney.
- 09/26 - Trump slashes the number of refugees to 18K. It was 110K in 2016. More Stephen Miller shit.
- 09/27 - Kurt Volker, Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, resigns.
- 09/27 - Rudy Giuliani cancels his appearance at a Kremlin-backed conference.
- Trump told Russia it was OK to interfere in our elections.
- It now appears that many of Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders have been over classified and kept secret.
- 09/29 - Cris Wallace & others at Fox News seem to be breaking ranks with Trump to at least take a wait and see stance.
- Wallace gives asshole Stephen Miller a deservedly hard time. His interview with Miller.
- Gillian Turner thinks the phone call is problematic.
- 09/29 - Jake Trapper shreds Jim Jordan on “State of the Union”
- 09/29 - Guiliani goes berserk on This Week & Face the Nation
- 09/29 - Lindsey Graham on Face the Nation argues process, not facts. Tries to discredit the whistleblower.
- 09/30 - Rudy Giuliani and three associates subpoenaed by three House committees.
- 09/30 - Trump asks Australian PM to help discredit the Mueller Report.
- 10/01 - A federal court of appeals upholds FCC’s canceling of net neutrality.
- 10/02 - Pompeo confirms he was on Ukraine phone call.
- 10/02 - Ukraine “transcript” looks edited and short.
- 10/03 - Trump urges China to investigate Bidens.
- 10.03 - Trump removes ambassador to Ukraine
- 10/03 - Volker says Giuliani is full of shit.
- 10/03 - IRS whistleblower report?
- 10/03 - Trump began pressuring Ukraine president in August.
- Rick Perry to step down as Energy Secretary. We now get to have another acting cabinet member.
- 10/04 - US adds 136K job in September, expected 147K. 3.5% unemployment
- 09/09 - Boris Johnson suffers another defeat. Parliament rejects snap election.
- House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow, to step down 10/31.
- North Korea continues to test missiles. 8 since July
- 09/10 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Tuesday that he would move to annex much of the occupied West Bank if voters return him to power.
- 09/14 - Yeman Houthi rebels strike Saudi oil fields with drones.
- 09/18 - Benny Gantz, Blue & White party get largest % in Israeli elections.
- No majority to form a government
- 09/25 - Netanyahu was chosen to try to form a government
- Justin Trudeau blackface scandal
- 09/24 - UK Supreme Court rules Johnson illegally suspended Parliament.
- 09/24 - Latest UN climate report is dire.
- 10/01 - Hong Kong erupts in protests again. Police now using live bullets.
- 10/01 - US manufacturing contracts in August. So much for Trump’s booming economy.
- Ft. Worth Panther Island project.
- Dan Patrick comes out for “stranger to stranger” expanded gun background checks.
- 09/09 - John Cornyn may draw Tea Party opponent in GOP primary. State Senator Pat Fallon - Prosper.
- Northeast Tarrant Tea Party rebranding to True Texas Project.
- 09/09 - Texas AG Ken Paxton leading coalition of state AGs investigating Google.
- 09/14 - Shooting at a pee-wee football game
- 09/16 - Why is this not child neglect? The 5-year-old not only found a gun but found a loaded gun with no trigger lock. Now a 4-year-old is dead. Gun laws need to be strengthened.
- Two shot in Arlington.
- One in Arlington dies
- Hunt County sheriff proposes making it a gun sanctuary county.
- There are now six small East Texas towns that are “sanctuary cities for the unborn.” Mostly meaningless.
- Amber Guyger-Bothan Jean trial. Lots of Christianity at end. Disturbing to me. Judge gives Guyger a bible
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