2. The grounds for impeaching Trump are that he used the office of president for corrupt ends. That's amply evident in the hearings. It's worth distinguishing Trump's corruption from the more proper authority a president has over civil service.
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3. The American national security establishment is non-partisan but that doesn't mean it's non-political. It has a very strong institutional agenda. You don't get into this line of work if you aren't committed to a robust version American global hegemony.
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4. It's okay for president's to use backchannels or to over-ride the national security establishment (as JFK did with missile crisis, as Nixon did with China, as Obama did with Syria & Ukraine).What's not okay is to do this for corrupt ends, as Trump has.
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5. Some more thoughts on why we should disentangle the exact grounds for impeachment (corruption of the office) from larger debates about foreign policy. https://www.thenation.com/article/kent-taylor-impeachment-ukraine/ …
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It strikes me that this is the overwhelming theme of the drama.
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Trump doesn’t know what authority he has or doesn’t have, and no one can explain it to him.
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Don't fall for GOP unitary executive propaganda. Under the US constitution all executive power, aside from the pardon power, is delegated by Congress. The president's authority over the civil service is contingent on Congressional consent.
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I just realized how brilliant a summation this parody could be: "L'etat(s Unis), c'est moi."
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Every time that bloviating jackhole talks about "his" DOJ, or "his" generals--that's a tell.
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Far too kind to trump.
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