Outside the Beltway

Much like the President they obsequiously defend, Republicans have become useful idiots in Russia’s war on Western liberal democracy.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

The House Judiciary Committee is ready to begin its phase of impeachment hearings after Thanksgiving.

As Republicans and their conservative cohorts spread a discredited conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, Vladimir Putin smiles at yet another victory.

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

One of Donald Trump”s closest associates has been convicted by a Federal jury.

As the impeachment proceedings move forward, Democrats are shifting their focus to a specific, and powerful, charge.

There were few fireworks during the first day of public impeachment hearings, but the ground work for a case against the President was laid.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

Caught in the middle of the Ukraine scandal, the President”s lawyer has gotten his own lawyers.

Get the popcorn and your favorite beverage ready.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

And now we have evidence of a clear effort at a coverup by high-level White House employees. The question would be, what did the President know and when did he know it?

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

The man who sparked the investigation into the President’s illegal conduct has been outed in a futile attempt to discredit it.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.