Peter Murmann

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Small majority for Impeachment

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Impeachment

I have two sentiments about impeachment. One the one hand, I am sad that Trump whose actions are clearly worse than what Nixon did and that he will not get removed from office and I pitty Republicans who have to defend actions that are indefensible. But I also acknowledge that congressmen and senators reflect accurately what their masters the voters want. 48 percent want Trump removed and 48 want him to be left in office and face voters judgments next November. Here is a very interesting graphic courtesy of the Walll Street Journal that shows that congressman vote largely reflecting what their constituency wants.

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Impeachment Was on the Family Table This Thanksgiving

This opinion piece by a Harvard history professor in the WSJ is very clever and very fun to read.

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Tumultuous scenes as Parliament inflicts 6th loss on PM and is sent home for 5 weeks

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Will King Boris lead the the UK to fall apart

PM: My own sense is that the likelihood of the UK breaking apart has increased substantially with Boris Johnson becoming the prime minister of the UK. Here is a good summary of we know about King Boris.

Boris Johnson can’t be found out: we all know he’s bluffing
by Fintan O’Toole in The Guardian

The new PM’s rise to No 10 is the carefully managed product of three decades of a show stage-managed by and about himself.