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Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial - Day 6: Opening Arguments Continue | 01/25/2020 - Live, 10am EST

Posted: 25 Jan 2020 06:10 AM PST

Today the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues with Session 1 of President Trump's defense counsel's opening arguments. The Senate session is scheduled to begin at 10am EST.

Prosecuting the House's case will be a team of seven Democratic House Managers, named last week by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff of California. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump's personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, are expected to take the lead in arguing the President's case. Kenneth Star and Alan Dershowitz are expected to fill supporting roles.

The Senate Impeachment Trial is following the Rules Resolution that was voted on, and passed, on Monday. It provides the guideline for how the trial is handled. All proposed amendments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were voted down.

The adopted Resolution will:

Give the House Impeachment Managers 24 hours, over a 3 day period, to present opening arguments.
Give President Trump's legal team 24 hours, over a 3 day period, to present opening arguments.
Allow a period of 16 hours for Senator questions, to be addressed through Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Allow for a vote on a motion to consider the subpoena of witnesses or documents once opening arguments and questions are complete.

The Articles of Impeachment brought against President Donald Trump are:

Article 1: Abuse of Power
Article 2: Obstruction of Congress

You can watch or listen to the proceedings live, via the links below:

You can also listen online via:

C-Span or
Download the C-Span Radio App

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 25 Jan 2020 08:01 AM PST

It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons in this thread. Besides our usual civility policy, there are three rules to follow:

Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
It must be an original cartoon. This means no photographs, no edited cartoons, no memes and no image macros. OC is allowed, as is animation.
Each top-level comment should only have a maximum of 3 cartoons.

That's all. Enjoy your weekend!

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Democrats Close Their Case With A Warning: Trump Will Continue To Endanger American Democracy If He Is Not Removed

Posted: 25 Jan 2020 03:55 AM PST