You don’t need me for examples this morning of our profound political polarization proliferating prolifically.
Let’s focus instead on the least biased reporting I know of: the work of The Associated Press.
Liberal constituents of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D, in San Francisco are reading the same AP article on sfgate.com as are the residents of the Trump Country town where I was born, New Castle, Pa., in the New Castle News.
So, to summarize that article:
The impeachment inquiry Pelosi announced on Tuesday, after months of House Democrats' investigations of the Trump administration, "sets up the party's most direct and consequential confrontation with the president, injects deep uncertainty into the 2020 election campaign and tests anew the nation's constitutional system of checks and balances," says AP.
At issue, of course, are Trump's actions with Ukraine. In a July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump is said to have asked for help investigating former Vice President Biden and his son Hunter. In the days before the call, Trump ordered his advisers to freeze $400 million in military aid for Ukraine — prompting speculation that he was holding out the money as leverage for information on the Bidens. Trump has denied that charge but has acknowledged he blocked the funds, which later were released.
Trump has authorized the release of a transcript of the phone call, and that's to be made public Wednesday.
The whistleblower complaint that at least partly involves Trump’s interactions with the Ukrainian leader, is being reviewed for classified material and could go to Congress by Thursday, says AP.
On Wednesday, the House is expected to consider a "symbolic but still notable resolution" insisting that the Trump administration turn over to Congress the whistleblower's complaint. The Senate, "in a rare bipartisan moment, approved a similar resolution on Tuesday.
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