Since individual 1 became our (so-called) president, 7 MILLION adults and 400 THOUSAND children have lost their health care coverage. To make matters worse, individual 1’s administration is in court, as I’m writing this, attempting to destroy, completely, the Affordable Care Act which would take coverage from an additional 20 MILLION Americans – leading to increased costs for everyone else. What makes matters worse, individual 1 through HIS Attorney General are attempting to prevent this lawsuit from making it through the Supreme Court until AFTER the 2020 election. That is, individual 1 doesn’t want “we the people” to know he’s attempting to TOTALLY destroy what’s left of the Affordable Care Act prior to the election.

In fact, the latest LIE he’s foisted on his unsuspecting and adoring supporters (that makes them part of a cult) is that he’s the one who has saved their protection for “pre-existing conditions.” Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Until the Affordable Care Act (ie “Obamacare”) came along there was no protection for pre-existing conditions unless you were one of the lucky Americans (like me) who had access to employer based health care coverage. (which is becoming more rare all the time) The amount of LIES is growing more rapidly every day – the last report I saw said there have been, coming just from individual 1, 15,000 documentable LIES since day one of his administration. Our so-called president has no credibility at home or abroad with the exception of those he’s gathered into his enormous cult.

Individual 1’s crimes go well beyond his attempt to EXTORT another sovereign nation into providing him help in his next election but that is the issue which has caused the upcoming TRIAL in the Senate because our so-called president has been impeached. I’ve come to the conclusion “we the people” came through again in 2018 by voting control of the House of Representatives to the democrats. Had that not happened I can only surmise the additional amount of DAMAGE individual 1 would be inflicting on “we the people.” Clearly, he continues attempting to operate just as he did as a wannabee “Mob Boss” when he was in New York – succeeding in bullying law enforcement to the point where they allowed him to get away with………….. well, who knows what? I believe after he leaves office “we the people” will get a better view of what he managed to routinely get away with. (Think Stormy Daniels and wonder how many politicians did he pay off over the years?)

The House democrats, today, voted to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for the trial which is likely to begin next week. Republicans in the Senate are planning to take the evidence they are provided with and use it to turn the “trial” into a “sham.” Of course, along with their “dear leader” they are claiming the IMPEACHMENT was a “sham” and that the House democrats have been out to get individual 1 since day one of his administration. Well, as I think back, learning the Russians were involved in getting him elected in the first place would cause, to me, any patriotic American to be wondering “what the hell just happened?” Individual 1 has done NOTHING to cause anyone in America who believes we are a “nation of laws” to be comfortable with what he’s doing as our so-called president. And, he certainly has NOT been acting as if he’s “innocent.”

So, one thing we can count on is the republicans in the Senate will do everything they can to soft sell these latest CRIMES coming from our so-called president. They are hoping to end this “trial” without ANY witnesses being called or without ANY of the documents individual 1 has BLOCKED from investigators and, to me, the question is will the American people allow them to get away with this? There’s more evidence coming out every day, with today’s evidence a bunch of DISTURBING evidence coming from the phones of Lev Parnos – suggesting Ambassador Yovanovitch was being surveiled by a seedy associate of Mr. Parnos who’s a seedy associate of Rudy Giuliani a seedy associate of individual 1. I’m sure, you get the idea!

Maybe the voters will just keep sending these republicans back to the Senate no matter what they do while in office. This upcoming trial is a solemn responsibility for each Senator and they SHOULD be wanting witnesses and documentation – they SHOULD want to know EXACTLY what transpired so when they vote to convict or acquit they have taken their responsibility seriously. Should they do what most people expect, based on public comments by Moscow Mitch – who, make no mistake, is in control of the Senate (come on people of Kentucky – you can fix this in November) – they will rush this “trial” as quickly as they can. Here’s the reality, ALL the evidence which is available to them, and likely much MORE, will eventually come out – I’m guessing much of it prior to the 2020 election. These republicans will have to live with whatever they do in this instance for posterity.

I keep watching the dialogue on MSNBC about whether or not the republicans will call John Bolton as a witness and with them all likely surmising what he knows will eventually come out. Those on one of the programs I like to watch which is led by Nicole Wallace, the Communications director for GW Bush back when the Iraq FIASCO occurred, refer to Bolton as a true patriot – despite the reality many disagree with his political positioning. Here’s what I believe: “If Bolton is not called to testify and still remains silent I certainly won’t consider him a patriot.” He doesn’t need to be called as a witness to tell “we the people what he knows.” If he has information which further implicates individual 1 in ILLEGAL behavior I believe he’s honor bound to bring it forward whether the republicans in the Senate call him or not.

Think about this: If individual 1 is acquitted (which EVERYONE, including me, believes will be the outcome) and, then, a bunch of information further implicating him comes out (which is what I would expect as well) the republicans who worked to cover-up the wrongdoing will look even worse. It would make Bolton look bad if he would choose to keep his knowledge to himself until his book comes out – making him, if that happens, another political figure who’s all about the MONEY. I realize individual 1’s “base” has all the “ingredients” of a (huge) cult, but I believe as time “marches on” – which it ALWAYS does – even members of the cult will come to their senses. At some point we can hope America’s Political reality returns to some kind of “I believe in the constitution” norm!

I can picture a few years from now many of those supporting individual 1 hesitating to admit that in public. My point is those republicans who are enabling this illegal behavior by the top American who took an oath (as did all of them) to defend and protect the constitution wont be happy about their place in the history books. I’ve said this many times here; I believe individual 1 will find himself right next to Benedict Arnold in that writing of American history. After all, he publicly sold out America’s intelligence community to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki just over a year ago and he continues to show disdain for our system of laws. I believe he’s been doing this his entire lifetime and believes now that he has all this power he should be able to continue doing so.

It took individual 1 a bit over 2 years to find his “Roy Cohn” (Cohn was a Mob Lawyer) in William Barr and, of course, Barr has been everything our so-called president wanted in an Attorney General. Once I realized where Barr was coming from the danger of individual 1, to me, became much more serious. Individual 1 seems to be totally incompetent in regard to our history, has sounded ignorant when talking about our legal system, comes across as an empty suit when it comes to foreign policy with a willingness to CHEAT, but when it comes to lawbreaking and the arrogance which goes with organized criminality individual 1 comes across to me as an expert! And, William Barr is willingly enabling his lawbreaking. (This all started when he undermined Robert Mueller’s report)

I’ll try to summarize my thoughts – OK, I realize I keep chasing my “tail” as I try to keep up with the lawbreaking of our so-called president – when you know a person cheats at golf it shouldn’t surprise you to discover he/she would CHEAT to get elected nor should it surprise you this person would LIE about something so important as people’s health care insurance. When it has become so apparent our “commander in chief” is a pathological LIAR it’s even more depressing knowing it’s the republicans in Congress who are defending him, not to mention a large segment of his base are the so-called “Evangelical Christians, especially when we KNOW another significant part of his “base” is Vladimir Putin. If you’re worried about something like “pre-existing conditions” you would be well advised to vote against individual 1! (Or any republican)

OMG: Individual 1 has a habit of answering reporters questions about people associated with him who get “afoul of the law” by saying “I don’t know him.” You’ll have to ask……….. (fill in the blank) to find out about……………. (fill in the blank again) Think Michael Cohen. Well, when it comes to Lev Parnos, I’m guessing individual 1 may come to regret suggesting he doesn’t (didn’t) know him. Tonight, I’m watching an interview with Parnos and Rachel Maddow – OMG, I hope the republican Senators are watching – and, maybe the members of individual 1’s cult.

I still remember hearing, shortly after Parnos was arrested along the side of his fellow thug Igor Fruman, Parnos being angry when he first heard individual 1 claim he had no idea who Parnos is; You’ll have to check with Rudy, maybe he’s one of Rudy’s clients I don’t know. (I have to admit, after listening to Parnos I’m inclined to take back the characterization “thug”) At the time people thought it was a bit odd when Parnos suggested he was part of individual 1’s legal team. Well, it appears he was an integral part of the “team” – in whatever capacity – and, it appears he’s got a lot of “stuff” which not only implicates our so-called president, but also the rest of the “team.” After watching last night I would say that “team” includes: Mike Pense, William Barr, Mike Pompeo, Rick Perry, Devin Nunes and likely others. Should be interesting – and, remember, the republicans in the Senate are soon to show their true colors – and, I’m guessing that color will be yellow!

So, you think I’ve been a bit loony in referring to our so-called president as a mob boss? Well, when Rachel Maddow asked Lev Parnos why he was sitting for this television interview prior to the Senate “trial” of individual 1 he stated he felt by getting everything he has out into the public domain he was safer. Now, think about that and let it sink in. What do you think that tells us about individual 1, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Pompeo, William Barr, Mike Pense, Rick Perry, and the rest of the “team” involved in the SHAKEDOWN of the newly elected president of Ukraine? If you didn’t see that interview, I suggest you visit the archives of MSNBC and check it out! (The interview actually lasted 2 hours! minus commercials)

Final Thought: I’m sitting here watching 100 U.S. Senators sign an oath to be fair and impartial in the IMPEACHMENT “trial” of individual 1. Of course, everyone EXPECTS most of them to be LYING. I say most, because even if somehow witnesses show up with exculpatory evidence which would suggest our so-called president didn’t EXTORT the newly elected president of Ukraine I’m not sure how many democrats would vote to acquit. (I’m actually worried about Joe Mansion and Doug Jones regardless) My point is, anyone paying attention to what has transpired over the past few years would expect every republican to vote to acquit individual 1, even in the face of OVERWHELMING evidence he’s guilty. In fact, they all KNOW he’s guilty of much more than this one “high crime or misdemeanor.” So, I’m guessing this “solemn” oath they are taking while I’m writing this is just one more LIE from each of them!

One more thing: As people were criticizing Nancy Pelosi while she was holding onto the Articles of IMPEACHMENT as having “no leverage,” well, it’s becoming clear Ms. Pelosi had her “ducks in a row.” Not only has more evidence supporting the Articles of IMPEACHMENT in the form of documents come out, but also John Bolton announced he would testify if subpoenaed – which puts republicans in a dicey spot, because Bolton has a lot of information. We’ve also now learned, as mentioned above, that Lev Parnos wants to spill his guts – and, he was right in the middle of all this lawbreaking. And, then, the “one more thing:” I pointed out several times recently I would love to see individual 1 give his “State of the Union” speech prior to the Senate trial being completed – that is, before his republican sycophants acquit him. It appears likely, to me, the Senate “trial” will still be ongoing as of February 4th – the date of the speech. (Unless republicans succeed in turning it into the sham Lindsey Graham favors. Mark one more for Ms Pelosi if it turns out this way. (Should be an interesting speech, don’t you think, under those circumstances? – Especially, if republicans have voted to call witnesses!)