Today's News (2019/12/16)

Impeachment exposes the widening gap between Republicans and the truth
The Washington Post Editorial Board
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/impeachment-exposes-the-widening-gap-between-republicans-and-the-truth/2019/12/12/ba5fadb0-1ced-11ea-87f7-f2e91143c60d_story.html

Republicans Show No Sign of Taking Impeachment Seriously
House Democrats are leading the process, but the other side has an even more important role to play.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-13/trump-impeachment-is-approved-while-republicans-rant

McConnell’s plan for sham trial reveals depths of Trump’s corruption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/12/mcconnells-plan-sham-trial-reveals-depths-trumps-corruption/

Pam Bondi admitting they’re coordinating with Mitch McConnell to rig the Senate trial
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1206252474182463488

White House further limits officials on Trump's foreign leader calls in wake of Ukraine scandal
By Alex Marquardt, Zachary Cohen and Pamela Brown, CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/13/politics/white-house-foreign-calls-crackdown-ukraine/index.html

Britain’s Conservatives Pledge to Target Roma
As Britain votes, traveling minorities fear a racist crackdown.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/12/gypsies-travellers-boris-roma-crackdown-conservative-tory/

Thread on how conservative/reactionary "humour" is intrinsically less/not funny:
https://twitter.com/mcjulie/status/975439774545723394

Boris’s Blundering Brilliance Brexit has given the U.K’s self-seeking Prime Minister the opportunity to show he actually knows what he’s doing.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/boris-johnson-brexit.html