Junk By Hank Silverberg It appears that America remains as divided as ever on Donald Trump and the effort to impeach him. And I almost didn’t write this angle because that’s really nothing new. The latest evidence of the continuing polarization came in a House vote this past week. All the Republicans voted against a resolution that set up the groundwork for public hearings and other proceedings in the impeachment process. All but two Democrats voted for the resolution. It is only the fourth time in U.S. history that an impeachment inquiry has gone this far. (Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were the other three.) At the same time, several witnesses were giving depositions behind closed doors about that infamous call between Trump and the President of Ukraine. It's testimony we have been told disputes President Trump’s description of the call, and the so-called transcript that the White House released. Two things strike ...
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