Democrats have been arguing among themselves for a while now about whether to move ahead with impeachment against President Donald Trump. As the party mulls what decision to make, what it should understand is that either route will have important consequences for this presidency and for future ones: Just as […] Read more »
Why Pelosi and Democratic presidential candidates don’t agree on impeachment
Democratic leaders are split on how to handle impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for Democrats to continue investigating President Donald Trump, but has not said an impeachment inquiry should begin. Many of the Democrats running for president are going in a different direction. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Democratic support for impeachment rises, Trump approval steady
Democrats are increasingly in support of impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office but the majority of Americans remain opposed to the prospect, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS shows. Trump’s approval rating, meanwhile, holds exactly even with where it was in late April — 43% approve […] Read more »
Why Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment strategy is politically smart
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement on Wednesday seemingly left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi between a rock and a hard place. … After Mueller’s statement, Pelosi again decided to strike a center chord. She didn’t call for impeachment proceedings to begin, but indicated such action may be necessary in the […] Read more »
Worry About Facebook. Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News.
… Just about every political lie that has dominated American discourse in the past two decades — the Swift Boaters and the birthers, death panels, the idea that undocumented immigrants pose an existential threat but climate change does not — depended, for its mainstream dissemination, on the Fox News machine. […] Read more »
Is Pelosi’s Trump Strategy Working?
Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amped up criticism of President Trump, while tamping down calls for impeachment from within her own caucus. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew debates the efficacy of her reportedly intentional strategy. They also weigh the usefulness of a new poll matching Biden up against his […] Read more »