For the sixth time in recent months, I will post an update on the Democratic presidential field which has expanded as well as contracted since the last update of this nature. As of this writing, it is at 11 candidates.{1} Here is a brief list of those who have dropped in and dropped out so far:


In the Race -Listed By Declaration Date:

Andrew Yang (November 6, 2017)
Tulsi Gabbard (January 11, 2019)
Elizabeth Warren (February 9, 2019)
Amy Klobuchar (February 10, 2019)
Bernie Sanders (February 19, 2019)
Pete Buttigieg (April 14, 2019)
Joe Biden (April 25, 2019)
Michael Bennett (May 2, 2019)
Tom Steyer (July 19, 2019)
Deval Patrick (November 14, 2019)
Michael Bloomberg (November 24, 2019)


Out of the Race -Listed By Suspension Date:

Richard Ojeda (January 25, 2019)
Eric Swalwell (July 8, 2019)
Mike Gravel (August 6, 2019)
John Hinckenlooper (August 15, 2019)
Jay Inslee (August 21, 2019)
Seth Moulton (August 23, 2019)
Kirsten Gillibrand (August 28, 2019)
Bill de Blasio (September 20, 2019)
Tim Ryan (October 24, 2019)
Beto O'Rourke (November 1, 2019)
Wayne Messam (November 19, 2019)
Joe Sestak (December 1, 2019)
Steve Bullock (December 2, 2019)
Kamala Harris (December 3, 2019)
Julian Castro (January 2, 2020)
Marianne Williamson (January 9, 2020)
Corey Booker (January 13, 2020)
John Delaney (January 31, 2020)

Note:

{1} Well technically there are others but the above listed ones are the only ones with a snowballs chance in hell of being nominated.

Briefly...

The whole question of witnesses or not is really not that hard. If the House had called witnesses during their inquiry, the Senate would have to hear from them. Why? They would be part of the House's case. But skipping witnesses during impeachment means the Senate is not required to call any. The Senate's job is to try the case sent from the House, not do the House's homework for them.

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Abbas: Trump is a Dog and the Son of a Dog; I Won't Become a Traitor

As longtime followers of this site would be aware, I am not a huge fan of the secular state of Israel.{1} Nor have I been a fan of President Trump for that matter.{2} Nonetheless, the Palestinians can get bent. They are as useless as tits on a bull, front gears on a French tank, a grave robber at a crematorium, a glass hammer, a concrete parachute, etc. I am done giving a rip about two state solutions.

Enjoy dying Abbas.


Notes:

{1} "I am no huge booster of Israel but I have long said I do not accept the validity of dialogue on their part with Palestinians because you cannot dialogue legitimately with those who operate from the presupposition that you should not exist and they would exterminate you if given the opportunity." [Excerpt from Rerum Novarum (circa May 9, 2018)]
{2} The problem here is an overton window of sorts on various things Trump related has moved so dramatically the past few years.

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