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Trump’s impeachment so far: the Democrats are well prepared and realistic, but have little time


Despite the Republican majority in the Senate, the Democrats appear organised to make the most of this opportunity.

In the final scene of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, the protagonist is strapped to a chair with his eyes held open, unable to avoid the horrifying images that his torturers show him in order to reprogram his brain. Watching Republicans in the Senate during the opening hours of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump put me in mind of that moment, as the House of Representatives’ impeachment managers showed clip after clip of the president incriminating himself – clips …read more

Source:: New Statesman

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