Too Many Lead Stories

NYT, Wednesday, April 11, 2018

You know your country is in trouble when the New York Times places an imminent US bombing of Syria lower on the front page than:

• "Target of Raids Was Money Paid To Hush Women"
• "A Legal Attack Dog's Seized Files Could Bite His Client"
• "Trump Said to Weigh Removal of Attorney General" and 
• Senators question Facebook founder about FB's role with Russians in electing dt.

I'm following the first two stories closely, hoping the money trail in Michael Cohen's records will expose enough campaign violations to get Republicans on board with impeachment.

I'm amazed at the third story, that dt persists in following Bill Clinton's recipe for "How To Get Impeached."

As for Facebook, I've stopped looking at it or posting on it.  I'm so angry at FB for allowing Russians and Cambridge Analytica to post lies about Hillary Clinton on the feeds of voters vulnerable to those lies.

The biggest story here is that tonight or tomorrow night, my nation may be bombing big enough targets in Syria to force Russia to bomb US targets, such as our aircraft carriers.  Nuclear war, anyone?

The latest chemical attacks on civilians, including children, in the village of Khan Shaykuhn are horrific enough to justify joint action by the United Nations against Bashar al-Assad--but Russia holds a veto.  So Prez #45 boasts that he will take unilateral action with his "nice and new and smart" missiles.  

Chemical attack on April 4 near Khan Shaykuhn (in 2nd province from sea on north)

A pause in the fast movement of escalation followed that threat, so we don't know what to expect: a peaceful and lush springtime here in the US or a hot branding iron of war clamping down on all our lives.

#PRAYINGFORPEACE

Anyway, thank you to Common Cause for complaining to the Justice Department and to the Federal Election Commission about the $150,000 that Cohen solicited from a Ukrainian billionaire.  I'm hoping we can get dt impeached on the basis of illegal campaign donations.

The Jeopardy music is playing.  When will Mueller's report come out?  When will the impeachment begin?  

Meanwhile, our illegally and barely elected president teeters on the brink of US-Russia conflict in Syria.


The NY Times editorial on April 11 "The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump," lists the several incredible things happening this week under dt and asks this question:

Why don’t we take a step back and contemplate what Americans, and the world, are witnessing?

Counting the Days until Impeachment

The impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1999

During most of 2017 I was enraged by the dt presidency.  It shouldn't be happening.

I was angry that the 2016 election had been stolen by: 

• James Comey playing up the Clinton emails
• voter intimidation and disenrollment in certain states
• Russian bots posing as Americans and posting lies about Hillary Rodham Clinton on Facebook and Twitter
• Other lies targeting right-wing voters
• Bill Clinton's mistake of talking to Attorney General Loretta Lynch

All of the above is still true, but now there are other deceptive measures to add to the list:

• Facebook selling data to Cambridge Analytica
• Facebook sending employees to CA to help this Steve-Bannon-based group target voters 
• Michael Cohen paying Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to keep her from telling her story on "Good Morning America."

The president and his campaign have broken so many laws and told so many lies that it's just a matter of time until the House impeaches him.

Here are some others who agree with me:
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-just-matter-time-after-more-4-million-sign-petition-tom-807814

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-midterms-could-set-trump-on-a-path-toward-impeachment/


I'm not worried any more.  The need to attend a demonstration calling for his impeachment is over. Yes, this administration continues to damage the nation in many ways every day, but the end is in sight. 

Mid-term elections are coming up in seven months, and all indications are that afterward there will be enough votes in the House to impeach dt.

The investigation into Russian collusion in the election continues apace, and eventually Mueller will calmly state, "Checkmate."

A falling stock market will trigger Trump's fall even if the Congress doesn't act.

Trump and his White House have shrunk in my eyes to a source of entertainment.  Shocking new words or actions emerge every day. It's almost fun to see the latest ludicrous developments.

"Honey, I shrank the president," someone tweeted after Karen McDougal told her story to 60 Minutes about her ten-month affair with dt.

He's shrinking more every day.  

I'm no longer angry at him or obsessed by him--just saddened by the whole sordid mess.