Today’s Impeach-O-Meter at 85%: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

[MarathonMike]

Go ahead you idiots. Set the bar for impeachment at some weasel repeating something he heard from some other weasel. Try to think every once in awhile.

 

[depotoo]

From slate. Lol

 

[Oddball]

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Everybody knew it would end like this

Ha, true. Even the Republicans. Strange times.

 

[depotoo]

Everybody knew it would end like this

End like what?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Everybody knew it would end like this

End like what?

Trump immolating himself.

 

[depotoo]

Everybody knew it would end like this

End like what?

Trump immolating himself.

In. Your. Dreams.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Everybody knew it would end like this

End like what?

Trump immolating himself.

In. Your. Dreams.

It's metaphor, you realize.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Trump has raised 15 millions more last quarter then all democrats combined and that’s all small donors

Prove he raised 15 million dollars from small donors?

Look up the 3rd quarter

 

[theHawk]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Uhh...it’s you leftwing lunatics that grow more frantic and irrational with each passing day. You’re panicked because your Russia/Mueller witch-hunt was a bust, as is your Ukrainian phone call bit.

You leftwingers have gotten so irrational you now side with Communist China censorship being enforced by American corporations on American citizens. You’re so irrational you want us to go to war against a NATO member.

 

[MarathonMike]

Everybody knew it would end like this

Ha, true. Even the Republicans. Strange times.

Not too tough to predict that the Democrats would somehow manufacture an Impeachment when they started planning it BEFORE Trump took office.

You don't have any credibility when your going in position is "OKAY We are Impeaching, right guys? OK let's hear some ideas, how do we do it? Okay Collusion that's a good start, what else you got?"

 

[Lakhota]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Trump Is Flailing. Congress Has Only One Way To Respond.

For a president who ignores the courts, the power of the purse and even his GOP allies, the only answer is impeachment.

Yep, the tide has finally turned against Trump.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Not too tough to predict that the Democrats would somehow manufacture an Impeachment when they started planning it BEFORE Trump took office.

Right! Especially when the Republicans were, themselves, pointing out how unfit Trump was for office, in 2016. It's almost as if Trump's the problem.

 

[Denizen]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

What a load of crap!

Trump family and Trump Administration? Go to a Trump circus rally and watch the mob immersing themselves in it.

 

[Denizen]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Uhh...it’s you leftwing lunatics that grow more frantic and irrational with each passing day. You’re panicked because your Russia/Mueller witch-hunt was a bust, as is your Ukrainian phone call bit.

You leftwingers have gotten so irrational you now side with Communist China censorship being enforced by American corporations on American citizens. You’re so irrational you want us to go to war against a NATO member.

Trump's censorship of Government officials doesn't trouble you?

If Trump has nothing to hide let the administration officials speak.

 

[Meathead]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Idiot get themselves in a frenzied loop by listening to each other and invariably fail. All part of being idiots I guess.

 

[Denizen]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Idiot get themselves in a frenzied loop by listening to each other and invariably fail. All part of being idiots I guess.

You are professing expertise in idiocy?

 

[Meathead]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Idiot get themselves in a frenzied loop by listening to each other and invariably fail. All part of being idiots I guess.

You are professing expertise in idiocy?

I profess nothing. I have repeatedly observed the same idiotic loop which fools fall into, as have you.

 

[Denizen]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Idiot get themselves in a frenzied loop by listening to each other and invariably fail. All part of being idiots I guess.

You are professing expertise in idiocy?

I profess nothing. I have repeatedly observed the same idiotic loop which fools fall into, as have you.

You spend your whole life watching "idiotic loops"?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Donald Trump is becoming more frantic and irrational every day as the impeachment noose tightens.

Trump is falling out of favor with the whole public including diminishing support among Republicans and GOP lawmakers turning against him.

Mitt Romney has now been triggered into being an impeachment activist by Trump's insults.

The question is, will Donald Trump survive until November 2020, or will he bail out and demand a pardon from Pence, that is if Pence himself is not trapped in the swamp of dirt engorging Donald Trump.

Time is not on Donald Trump's side as more dirt will be exposed as the impeachment investigation proceeds. The big pile of dirt could be in the Special Counsel's Grand Jury materials currently being litigated in court. This could bring down not only Donald Trump, but Bill Barr as well who is trying to prevent Congress access to this material.

The Donald Trump dirtbag should no longer be swept under the carpet, it should be swept from office.

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Trump Grows Obstructive as Mild-Mannered Senators Tighten Noose

By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY, OCT 08, 201912:03 PM

The original Impeach-O-Meter was a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump would be removed before his term ended. Republicans have since established that there’s nothing that Trump could do to lose their support, making a conviction in the GOP-held Senate inconceivable. But as evidence of the president’s criminal unfitness for office continues to accumulate, an increasing number of Democrats are willing to say that he should be held accountable, at the least, via impeachment proceedings in the House. So we’ve relaunched the Impeach-O-Meter as a (still wildly subjective and speculative) estimate of the likelihood that the House votes to impeach Trump before the end of his first term.

The big developments on impeachment:

• Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who represents a state where Trump has relatively strong support but who is also the kind of avowed Reasonable Republican who is, privately, probably really tired of dealing with his antics, told the Columbus Dispatch that there was nothing wrong with what Joe Biden did in Ukraine and that it was “inappropriate” for Trump to ask the country to investigate a political rival. (Caveat: Portman also said Trump’s behavior did not rise to the level of being “impeachable.”)

• A “[Mitt] Romney advisor” told Vanity Fair that the Utah senator is excited about having “power” as “a senator who will decide Trump’s fate in an impeachment trial.” The magazine says Romney “has been reaching out privately to key players in the Republican resistance” in recent days.

• A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that Americans support the launch of an impeachment inquiry by a 58 percent to 38 percent margin and would support the House voting to recommend removal from office by a 49 percent to 38 percent margin. Notably, the poll found that 28 percent of Republicans supported the inquiry and 18 percent would support voting to recommend removal.

• Trump blocked Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, from making a scheduled deposition to the House Intelligence Committee. Previously released text messages show that Sondland was enthusiastic about pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden (and to investigate Trump’s vague claims that Ukraine was involved in a conspiracy against him in 2016).

Let’s not overthink things here. The public supports Trump’s impeachment, and some Republicans are going out of their way to make clear that they won’t defend the conduct he might get impeached for. At the same time, he’s acting like he has something to hide. Meter up!

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo and Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, and Peter Parks-Pool/Getty Images.

Plus, he doesn't even have "a path to the White House!"