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2016 Presidential election The president's intense resistance to the assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia systematically interfered in the 2016 campaign – and the blame he cast instead on a rival country – led many of his advisers to think that Putin himself helped spur the idea of Ukraine's culp- ability, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. One former senior White House official said Trump even stated so explicitly at one point, saying he knew Ukraine was the real culprit because “Putin told me.” Washington Post, December 19, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Accountability What the fuck are you doing? Are you fucking taking notes? Donald Trump's reaction to anyone caught trying to keep a record of meetings © 2019 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say Every time I talk with a foreign leader, I put American interests first, just as I did with President Zelensky. Donald Trump, letter to Nancy Pelosi, Dec. 17, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials. Donald Trump, kvetching about his impeachment, letter to Nancy Pelosi, Dec. 17, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say Before you take this historic vote today, one week before Christmas, I want you to keep this in mind. When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats afforded this president in this process. Barry Loudermilk, Georgia Republican, during the House floor debate ahead of voting on articles impeaching Trump, December 18, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say No, I don't take any. Zero, to put it mildly. They took a perfect phone call that I had with the president of Ukraine, an absolutely perfect call, you know it, they know it, nothing was said wrong in that call – to impeach the President of the United States for that is a disgrace and it's a mark against our country. Donald Trump, responding to a reporter who asked, “Do you take an responsibility for the fact that you are about to be impeached?” © 2019 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say This country's end is now in sight. I hope I don't live to see it. Louie Gohmert, during House floor debate about Trump impeachment articles © 2019 Kwiple.com
Hypocrites say But we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise and the common good. Donald Trump, 2019 State of the Union Address © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment The adjective is the key. A “crime” occurred when one citizen or subject harmed another. “High crimes” were conversely those committed against the crown in a monarchy, or the people in a democracy. The term says nothing about the severity of the crime, or its consequent penalty, merely its type as one that surpassed mere criminal law, being a more funda- mental assault against the body politic. “Such public wrongs,” William Blackstone … argued in 1792, “are a breach and violation of the public rights and duties, due to the whole community.” Jeffrey A Engel © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment Consider the old tale of the Sword of Damocles, about which it was said, “The value of the sword is not that it falls, but rather that it hangs.” The importance of the sword of impeachment is that it sometimes falls. But for We the People, it is also important that it hangs. Cass R.Sunstein, Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment Determination of right and wrong require evaluation of circumstance, motive and result. Given that we live in a tribal political environment unable to agree on basic facts, we are unlikely to generate the widespread moral outrage necessary to prompt senators to risk eviction by voting against their constituents or against their party. Jeffrey A. Engel, in Impeachment: An American History © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment Impeachments are confined to political characters, to political crimes and misdemeanors, and to political punishments. James WIlson, 1801 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment It's like pornography. You know it when you see it, but you have trouble defining it. Henry Hyde, during Clinton's impeachment © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment The law case will be decided by the PR case. Richard Nixon © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment There may indeed be proof enough for prosecutors of a future president's treason, bribery, or commission of a high crime or misdemeanor, but so long as a third of voters — or rather voters from a third of the states — tell their senators they remain unconvinced, conviction is hard to imagine. Jeffrey A. Engel, in Impeachment: An American History © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment When considering what the Constitution's authors thought about which acts or defects might warrant a president's impeachment, therefore, one shorthand explanation can be found in asking what would George Washington not  have done? Jeffrey A. Engel, in Impeachment: An American History © 2019 Kwiple.com
Income inequality In 2009 the richest twenty-five hedge-fund investors earned more that $25 billion, rougly six times as much as all the chief executives of companies in the S&P 500 stock index combined. Ann Pettifor, The Case for the Green New Deal  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Jews A lot you are in the real estate business, because I know you very well. You're brutal killers, not nice people at all, but you have to vote for me. You have no choice. You're not gonna vote for Pocahontas [Elizabeth Warren], I can tell you that. You're not gonna vote for the wealth tax. Some of you don't like me. Some of you I don't like at all, actually. And you're going to be my biggest supporters because you're going to be out of business in about 15 minutes if they get it. So I don't have to spend a lot of time on that. Donald Trump, speaking to the Israeli American Council, December 8, 2019, about the 2020 elections © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Calculate the minimum wage as follows: MW = CMHI / CMHS × WPY × HPW where: MW = Minimum Wage CMHI = Current Median Household Income, e.g., $65,000 CMHS = Current Median Household Size, e.g., 2.1 people WPY = Workdays Per Year, e.g., 240 HPW = Hours Per Workday, e.g., 8 [MW would be $16.12 using data above] © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Count votes in Congress by: 1. Calculating a Member's Proportional Vote (MPV) for each member, as follows: MPV = SPNP / NLRS where: SPNP = State's Percentage of the National Population NLRS = Number of Legislators Representing the State (in that legislature) 2. Totaling “yes” MPVs and “no” MPVs 3. Passing if total MPV is more than 50 OTHERWISE Abolish the Senate © 2019 Kwiple.com
Local news Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the third president to be impeached in United States history – and the first from Queens. Queens Daily Eagle, Dec. 19, 2019, p. 16 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Politics It's perfectly possible to conduct yourself with ethics, integrity, and no hint of scandal, even in politics, even in D.C., even in Ukraine. Politics don't corrupt people, people corrupt politics. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, during sentencing of Rick Gates © 2019 Kwiple.com
Post-2018 Senate shituation 15 states (Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) 2018 population: 40,056,961 Senators: 30 Republicans 1 Senator per 1,335,232 people — 1 state (California) 2018 population: 39,776,830 Senators: 2 Democrats 1 Senator per 19,888,415 people 19,888,415 / 1,335,232 = 16, therefore: average 15er's vote is worth 16 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 6% of an average 15er's — 1 state (Wyoming) 2018 population = 573,720, therefore: 1 Senator per 286,860 Wyomians, a Wyomian's vote is worth 69 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 1.4% of a Wyomian's © 2016 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say Really? You're going to compare Donald Trump to Jesus Christ? May I remind you, Jesus never had to cut a check to keep Mary Magdalene quiet. Stephen Colbert, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 12/18/2019, responding to Barry Loudermilk, Republican who made the comparison during the House floor debate about Trump impeachment articles © 2019 Kwiple.com
State of the union For the first time in history, we are living through a time period where we're learning about the presidency at the same time as the president. Trevor Noah, 2017 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. [Senate Republicans will be] in total coordination with the White House counsel's office and the people representing the president in the well of the Senate. Mitch McConnell, on letting Trump set the rules for his impeachment trial in the Senate © 2019 Kwiple.com
 
Trumpists say We'll just wake up Thursday after this absurd impeachment vote and say, “Well, that was quite a Season 3 finale. What's going to happen in Season 4? He's the most resilient politician the country has ever seen.” Cliff Sims, former Trump White House aide, pooh-poohing Trump's impeachment © 2019 Kwiple.com