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If Trump Testifies, He Could Settle The Impeachment Mess Once And For All

by John Yoovia The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Constitution vests the Senate with the “sole power” to hold President Trump’s impeachment trial. Current Senate rules call for minimal proceedings: No witnesses required and senators sitting silently as jurors. Meanwhile, the cause of the impeachment mess, the president, will be tweeting happily, even ferociously, from a distance. But Trump could radically change the course of the proceedings by appearing in person in the Senate, which would be his right.

Analysis and Commentary

The Steele Dossier Bacillus

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Those who trafficked in the dossier’s concocted mess were infected, and their reputations are now declining.

Interviews

Kiron Skinner On Fallout From US Drone Strike That Killed Iranian Gen. Soleimani

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia Fox News
Monday, January 6, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses where we stand after the US drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Soleimani as well as how to use dilpomacy to get our allies more involved.

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The Soleimani Strike: The President Has The Constitution And Precedent On His Side

by John Yoovia National Review
Monday, January 6, 2020

It’s legal to kill an enemy in combat, and Soleimani was clearly escalating his attacks on U.S. forces.

Analysis and Commentary

Impeachment Fallouts

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Impeachment is shaping up as unpredictably explosive, but not in the way imagined. There are lots of things that we do know about the present impeachment of Donald Trump — and we know that there are even more areas that remain unknown.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Why Trump Will Win Again In 2020

by Victor Davis Hansonvia The Spectator
Thursday, January 2, 2020

There is a growing wrath in the country, either ignored, suppressed or undetected by the partisan media.

In the News

Sullivan Declares President Trump Has 'A Lot Of Accomplishments'

quoting Victor Davis Hansonvia Patch
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Fifth District Republican congressional candidate says national economy is booming and he supports an additional tax cut for middle class.

Interviews

Victor Davis Hanson: Media Feels 'Justified By The Noble End Of Removing' Trump

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Fox News
Friday, December 27, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses Rachel Maddow's hope that the Steel dossier was true and Hanson notes that the mainstream media has not learned anything from the 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump, saying they feel "justified" in trying to remove him from office.

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The Democrats’ House Of Paine

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The week comes to an end – and what a week it’s been for America’s Democratic Party: the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment along partisan lines; yet another debate among the presidential challengers that has the party embroiled in questions of process fairness and whether the end product will be a nominee capable of ousting Donald Trump next fall.

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Victor Davis Hanson Talks Impeachment

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The All New Dennis Miller Option
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses impeachment, from the perspective of the headlines of today as well as the historical context, how impeachmentwill be perceived throughout the country, and whether people are tired of the left.

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