U.S. SENATOR MITT ROMNEY: A TRUE PATRIOT WHO PUT HIS OATH, AND DUTY TO COUNTRY FIRST. THE ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO IS NOT A SYCOPHANTIC FASCIST, BOWING AND SCRAPING BEFORE THEIR BUFFOONISH MASTER.

Mitt Romney voted to convict President Trump of abuse of power

Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted on Wednesday to remove President Trump on the grounds of abuse of power. In doing so, Romney became the first senator in US history to vote to convict a president of their own party in an impeachment trial.

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"Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine." I agree,

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Sen. Mitt Romney says he knows he will receive brutal criticism for his vote: "Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent to these consequences, other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?" http://abcn.ws/2SjDG5z

ESQUIRE: TWO ARTICLES THAT SHOULD BOTH SCARE, AND DISGUST, ALL AMERICANS WHO STILL CARE ABOUT TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND HONOR- DAVID.

Trump's State of the Union Was a Pantomime of Democracy. We've All Played Our Role. We are stumbling around now in the hall of mirrors. Americans began to relinquish their grip on self-government long before Donald Trump came onto the stage, but the extent to which we have accepted a pantomime democracy is truly astonishing. The president knows the power of the television, the Black Stone of American culture with which he himself is so deeply entranced. He knows that the camera lies, presents just one rectangular crop of the world in fragmented time, and that no other force in our body politic is fast or decisive enough to correct the record. Perception is reality in all the ways that matter. The truth is whatever you can get enough people to believe. The world's most powerful man threatens to triumph over observable reality itself, and too few among us have realized the peril at hand. Read More

Weaponized Sentimentality is a Powerful Tool in Authoritarian Hands Commentary, at this point, would be superfluous. On the night before the Senate was certainly going to acquit him on high crimes of which even some Republicans have admitted he’s guilty, El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago delivered his State of the Union address, one of the few constitutional responsibilities of his office that he hasn’t ignored. Which is not to say he hasn’t degraded it, too. On Tuesday night, he turned it into a cheesy spectacle that belonged in, say, a casino sinking into bankruptcy in Atlantic City. Read More

Will you endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for reelection? TEAM AOC.

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YAHOO NEWS: POLITICO- Pelosi unloads on Trump in private meeting after SOTU standoff

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Pelosi unloads on Trump in private meeting after SOTU standoff

By Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and John Bresnahan

PoliticoFebruary 5, 2020, 11:01 AM EST

Pelosi unloads on Trump in private meeting after SOTU standoff

Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped into President Donald Trump in a private meeting with Democrats Wednesday, just hours after the two jousted in a silent sparring match during his State of the Union address.

Pelosi, addressing her caucus Wednesday morning, said she felt “liberated” after defiantly ripping up Trump’s speech for the world to see, tearing up each page as she stood behind the president after he concluded his annual address.

“He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech,” Pelosi told House Democrats, according to multiple sources in the room. “What we heard last night was a disgrace.”

Democrats gave Pelosi a standing ovation after she concluded her remarks, coming just hours before the Senate will vote to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial. The California Democrat then went on to salute all seven House impeachment managers by name, according to attendees.

"She said that he disgraced the House of Representatives by using it as a backdrop for a reality show," Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said leaving the meeting.

Pelosi’s remarks follow the latest turn in the long-running feud between the two party leaders, which played out during Trump’s annual address in front of the Congress and millions of viewers.

Before Trump even started the hyper-partisan speech — which frequently resembled one of his campaign rallies — the two got off on a sour note when the president seemingly snubbed Pelosi by refusing to shake her hand.

For the next 80 minutes, Trump delivered a speech that included a highlight reel of his presidency with a few reality show twists thrown in. The move enthralled Republicans, who lavished Trump with praise and disgusted Democrats, who hissed and booed, later calling Trump’s speech a disgrace.

Pelosi's dramatic gesture — tearing up the speech on national television — was in some ways uncharacteristic for the speaker, who is known for being publicly restrained and has urged her members to respect the office of the presidency.

But it’s also an indication that Pelosi has lost patience with Trump post-impeachment, with the president unwilling to acknowledge any wrongdoing even as some Republicans condemn his behavior.

Speaking to the caucus, some Democrats said Pelosi appeared distraught and frustrated by Trump's speech.

Pelosi specifically called out Trump’s decision to award the divisive conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the middle of the speech.

“He dishonored the State of the Union as an institutional practice,” said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.). “It was kind of outright pandering to his base. It was just a disgraceful display.”

House Republican leaders were quick to condemn Pelosi — while offering no criticism of Trump's handshake snub — calling her late-night response a petty tantrum. Trump himself weighed in in his own way, rapidly retweeting more than a dozen people criticizing Pelosi's actions, many with the hashtag "Pelosi Tantrum" on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, the speaker's top lieutenants were quick to come to her defense.

"As far as I'm concerned, a shredder wasn't available, so she did what she needed to do," House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters after the caucus meeting.

"When someone won't even shake the hand of the speaker of the House, it tells you where their priorities lie," added Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark (D-Mass.).

Adam Cancryn contributed to this report.