US Politics, November 2019: These people are truly sick.

what is he talking about

Cows

He'll self-destruct in five minutes, his programming is confused

good lord he had all week to prepare for this

Sondland will be played by a younger Wallace Shawn in the movie. Dem counsel will be played by that skinny dude from the Office and Silicon Valley, or Ken Cosgrove from Mad Men.

Sondland was very clearly struggling to follow where Nunes was going with all of that. It's pretty striking how jovial and talkative he was with Schiff and Goldman by contrast.

yea its been pointed several times that unless you watch Hannity every night you will have no clue what Nunes is talking about

the Chalupa defense: The 21st Century "Twinkie Defense" invoked when Trump finally shoots someone on 5th Avenue.

I finally figured out who Sondland looks like, its Jeff Ross

― frogbs, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:27 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Someone else made that observation to me.

sorry but I can only see Jeffrey Ross pic.twitter.com/80YKX6clKZ

— Jonathan Baude (@jbaude) November 20, 2019

lmao this guy spent one million dollars to end up here

always a great investment that DJT

Is the GOP counsel any better than Nunes. Blooming hope this is as obviously wrong to everyone.
Or is this just Sondland being made the fall guy

Sondland probably also stuck with a garage full of Trump steaks

Castor is trying to show there was no explicit quid pro quo, but Sondland is clear that common sense says otherwise.

Castor: President said go talk to Rudy, but he didn't mean go talk to Rudy, right? He just meant, like, I'm busy, go away

castor's line of questioning is awfully weak. he's pushing the idea that you can't draw a conclusion from obvious evidence.

Sondland probably also stuck with a garage full of Trump steaks

And an attic full of Trump U. diplomas.

yessss

President Trump - wait for it - hardly knows the guy (Sondland): “I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though.”

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 20, 2019

Backtracking a touch but I will cherish these ten seconds.

YOU GUYS HIS FACE AFTER THEY ADJOURN FOR A BREAK. *chef kiss* pic.twitter.com/lemUGKvJOv

— Ann (@neverfindapen) November 20, 2019

the michael scott comparisons are too easy, but also too good

Maggie HabermanWhite House Correspondent
He is, Michael. He’s been told, after his attack on Yovanovitch, to be quieter.

When the president spoke to reporters just now, without taking questions, he read from hand-written notes.

Treating the metaphorical Drug Deal like an actual DRUG DEAL.

the democratic WITCH DEAL has become a total DRUG HUNT

brb registering WITCH DEAL DRUG HUNT as my next band name

# pic.twitter.com/0dVAb3Lb8w

— Mama Bear 5 (@MamaBea60049450) November 20, 2019

Song lyrics

Napolitano can sit back and relax knowing he's not the most hated legal go-to guy on Fox now.

Ken Starr: "There will be articles of impeachment, I think we've known that ... It's over ... This is his position, we now know that the president, in fact, committed the crime of bribery ... Articles of impeachment are being drawn up if they haven't already been drawn up." pic.twitter.com/82NOwczpej

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 20, 2019

yeah but due process!

"everyone's hair was on fire"!

this is otm:

Michael D. ShearCongressional Correspondent

One thing that has struck me during each of the sessions by the Republican lawyer – it’s just unclear what the strategy is to the questioning. What is the goal? What narrative are they trying to tell? The Democrats are much more focused, and you can see the story they want to assemble.

12:01 PM ET

"everyone's hair was on fire"!=December Title

I was just thinking that they have given him nothing to work with so he's just trying to stay afloat. (the GOP lawyer).

Castor was very desperately begging him to say this was all speculation and Sondland didn't bite.

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign https://t.co/UJ6W7buKwD

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 20, 2019

i think the GOP strat at this point is tread water while everyone in the back room determines wtf is going to happen now. no direction at the moment.
xp welp there's a strat

the take i've seen (from renato mariotti i think) is that the kitchen-sink GOP line of questioning reflects a lack of a case for them to make. as a fallback they're just throwing stuff at the wall in hopes of creating a general cloud of confusion and suspicion so that those not paying close enough attention will get, vaguely, the sense that the impeachment case is shaky or fishy in some nonspecific way.

ya that's pretty obv to me a non lawyer

i wish i was watching this at the bar and not peeking at twitter at my office.

I was just reading what the deal is with Steve Castor and based upon his past he seems like he would've been a better questioner than what has been shown here. Cuz he kind of sucks.

i’m just like gop need to step their game up, but who’s left
https://youtu.be/JNMQqh1ovlM

the GOP doesn't have a case, and the best lemonade they can make out of this lemon is shoring up their primary voters' sense that their representatives are tough on the Democrats. making soundbites for Fox and for people who are already immersed in obscure conspiracy theories and GOP talking point gibberish is a good way to do this.

xxp he's working with what he's got

you can tell he's kind of hating this

RE: Pompeo resigning (and Seth Abramson), that's not breaking news from this morning. that's a story by Time, published yesterday, saying that Pompeo is planning to resign sometime this year in order to run for congress again.

If it were announced right now, in the middle of the Sondland's testimony, that would be more pants shitting news.

Abramson bad

jesus anyone hear trump screaming under the helicopter? what the fuck is wrong with his voice?

planning to resign sometime this year

sorry, i mean planning to resign some time in the next year, before the 2020 election

a five year old trying to be pretend president

Via @jcartillier pic.twitter.com/UoDEq9Jylj

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) November 20, 2019

that article on pompeo says he was planning on leaving in spring but it sounds like they think it will be faster.

yeah something tells me he might want to speed it along now

I WANT NOTHING
I WANT NOTHING
I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO

^^and that's yr december thread title imo^^

Is that a Ramones song?

Mission of Burma iirc