As Jim Geraghty wrote yesterday, get ready for the 1918 trench warfare of impeachment, where there’s lots of noise and damage but the lines barely move. The transcript of the call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky turned out to be mostly a letdown for the media and Democrats, but the whistleblower complaint will take

This is either (a) evidence that Ukraine’s not the only country worried about precedent, (b) the usual Russian trollery at US expense, or (c) a little bit of both. I’m putting my money on … (c): Russia has voiced hope that the U.S. administration wouldn’t publish private conversations between the two nations’ presidents, like it

It’s open season for leaks of presidential conversations in Washington. Last night, the Washington Post reported on one that has long held fascination for the media — just what did Donald Trump tell Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in their 2017 Oval Office meeting the day after Trump fired FBI director James Comey? It had

Score at least a half-point for the whistleblower complaint at the heart of Ukraine-Gate. The complaint alleged that “White House lawyers” transferred the transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call to a system used for only the most sensitive material, alleging that the decision was part of a cover-up of Donald Trump’s crimes. This morning the White

The answer is, of course, yes — but mainly because every day over the last three years has been lived in F***nutsville. Politico founder John Harris laments the loss of seriousness in American politics, driven mainly by click-hungry media and grandstanding politicians. Thanks to a rush to impeachment talk even before establishing initial facts on Ukraine-Gate,

Isn’t that what Hassan Rouhani claimed he wanted? European diplomats have tried to get Iran and the US in the same room ever since Donald Trump canceled the JCPOA or “Iran deal” and adopted his “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign over Iran’s nuclear weapons development. Tehran has refused to negotiate unless the US lifts sanctions, a

Can we keep up with Biden Family Inc without a scorecard? While the nation grapples with Hunter Biden’s surprising $50K/month success in the Ukrainian energy business without any previous experience, Politico digs up another influence-peddling allegation involving Joe Biden’s brother James. A lawsuit accuses James of promising his brother’s endorsement if he could get favorable

Who should get the appointment to replace retiring Senator Johnny Isakson, who has to leave for health reasons in December? A familiar face has tossed his hat into the ring for Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s consideration — Tom Price. The former Republican Study Group chair turned HHS secretary has confirmed his interest in the interim

Of course he will. Anyone remember Corey Lewandowski’s audition for this role? As Allahpundit wrote a little over a week ago, it was “a freak show all the way through,” backfiring on Democrats who thought they could intimidate Lewandowski into coloring within their lines. Instead, Lewandowski flummoxed House Judiciary Democrats so badly that their own caucus ripped

Not even with Ukraine-Gate? According to a Morning Consult poll conducted for Politico, the events of the past week didn’t have any impact at all on Americans’ perception of impeachment. After support peaked a year ago in the low 40s for impeaching Donald Trump, it has steadily declined ever since — and hasn’t changed in

No biggie, just the last link in a fence that might end up mooting much of the asylum debate in Congress. While most of the attention today has focused on Ukraine, the White House announced a new agreement with Honduras to take any refugees seeking asylum first rather than the US. That makes three nations

Or something in between? As promised, the White House has released the transcript of the conversation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy from late July that formed the core of the House Democrats’ latest impeachment push. Other than that, however, the transcript largely fails to live up to the promises of either side. As apparently

It’s not just Nancy Pelosi who is rolling the dice on impeachment in Ukraine-Gate. According to The Hill and Politico, Joe Biden will offer a conditional endorsement of impeachment at campaign event in Delaware within the hour. If Donald Trump refuses to cooperate with Congress on his July conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the front-runner will

It’s of a piece with Donald Trump’s rejection of the “globalists” in this UN General Assembly address, but his lengthy focus on illegal immigration is worth highlighting. Trump declared his opposition to “a growing cottage industry of radical activists and non-governmental organizations” attempting to erase national borders. He accused them of promoting human trafficking and

Yesterday, everyone on Twitter seemed to be talking about Greta Thunberg and her speech at the United Nations. That led to some back and forth between people who adore Greta and those who find her a bit overwrought. There was even a hashtag trending among the Greta defenders: #HowDareYou. What’s interesting is that most of the