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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago

Imagine not knowing what your own witness is going to say

[–] Nails@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They know they can’t have Biden removed, it doesn’t matter. They’ve already succeeded in convincing their base and any who would swing their way that Biden is a criminal. Better vote Trump just to be safe…

[–] vanontom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But their base already believed that, with no evidence. This is all just because they need to act like they're doing "something", and it's much easier than actually governing and helping people (while simultaneously pleasing their corpo masters). The distilled base of angry, miserable, irrational, moron cultists enables it.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's barely enough to get Hunter in a court room. And they've probably created more legally actionable offenses trying to pursue it than actionable offenses exist against the president (actually almost certainly add the second number is almost certainly 0), but nobody will pursue those crimes because it might look like it's politically motivated, just ignore the accusations from the right when you read the previous statement.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, per the latest gun ruling they don't even have that. Shall not be infringed is the only part of gun law that matters anymore.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are 9 headlines at the hill and they are all about Republicans.

[–] Tumnus@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because Republicans can't stop fucking up?

[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well I guess it'll be the hill they'll die on.

[–] _Sc00ter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you claiming this article, about the democratic president impeachment, is a gop article? Yeah the GOP are involved, but it's pretty disingenuous to say this is about the gop

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

The article about a gop witness at a gop hearing accusing biden of nothing substantial?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't the hill a right wing rag?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not according to mediabiasfactcheck.com

Overall, we rate The Hill Least Biased based on balanced editorial positions and news reporting that is low-biased. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting, rather than High, due to previous opinion columns promoting unproven claims.

I never claimed they were breitbart, just that they have a slant. Play a little jazz. Music isn't just the notes you play, it's also the notes you're not playing. News bias is the same.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love how they are so desperate for narrative, then they are willing to admit that they don't have one they just want him punished

[–] _Sc00ter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's smoke and mirrors. They want attention off trump and the House right now

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Jonathan Turley, a go-to witness for conservatives in Congress, at one point told lawmakers some of the details they’d gathered “really do gravitate in favor of the president.”

“But I also believe that the House has passed the threshold for an impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Biden.”

“The key here that the committee has to drill down on is whether they can establish a linkage with the influence peddling, which is a form of corruption, and the President whether he had knowledge, whether he participated, whether he encouraged it.

“But without that type of nexus, then no, I don’t,” he added in response to whether he would back a vote to impeach President Biden.

Later in the hearing, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) repeated portions of Turley’s testimony, saying, “Boy, that’s awkward.”

There’s no reason why we should be talking about actual articles of impeachment until this investigation moves forward,” he added.


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[–] dudinax@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

This is good for the GOP. The length of the inquiry will be in proportion to how aimless it is.