Today's Bad News for Donald Trump
The other day, we noted that when the Quinnipiac Poll asked voters if Congress should impeach Trump and remove him from office, the numbers had gone from 37% "Yes" and 57% "No" a month ago to 48% "Yes" and 46% "No." Trump probably dismissed that because it was Quinnipiac. He always cites the Rasmussen Poll which is widely considered a pro-Republican poll and which has been better for him than any other major poll. Well, his approval rating with Rasmussen a month ago was 53% Approve and 45% Disapprove…and now those numbers have just about reversed to 43% Approve and 56% Disapprove. That's gotta have been the cause of some yelling.
Today's Runner-Up Bad News for Donald Trump
Then there's this: "The House is legally engaged in an impeachment inquiry, a federal judge ruled on Friday, delivering a major victory to House Democrats and undercutting arguments by President Trump and Republicans that the investigation is a sham." Also: "The House Judiciary Committee is entitled to view secret grand jury evidence gathered by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, Judge Howell ruled in a 75-page opinion. Attorney General William P. Barr had withheld the material from lawmakers." So not a great day on that front.
Today's Outrage by Donald Trump
Remember when Republicans used to scream about budget deficits and Trump said it would be a piece o'cake for someone with his financial genius to eradicate the deficit? Well, here's a headline from U.S.A. Today: "2019 US federal budget deficit surges to nearly $1 trillion, the highest in 7 years." That's pretty expensive cake.
Bonus Trump Dump Link
Having trouble understanding what Trump did in "UkraineGate" (we could have done without that name) that's impeachable? Kevin Drum lays it out in a simple timeline.