I think giving the lesser charge instruction is right in this case, but the jury should still convict for murder. The definition of murder under the Texas Penal Code does not require premeditation or plan. It only requires that the person intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual. We clearly have…

No, because this person didn’t actually listen to the conversation but had it relayed to them by those who knew of it.  At the very least, it shows there are some people in the White House who are also leaking information out to channels where they know it can have some juice.  Not sure if they are cowardly for not…

The ace up the sleeve is that they can just talk about Biden’s son and how the DNC is corrupt and this is all just a way to distract from that.  The “real” corruption is on the left, they are saying.  

Well, they aren’t going to just impeach Trump based on hearsay from the whistleblower, which makes that gripe really stupid.  All of what he lays out can be investigated.  I mean, sure, Trump’s not going to be impeached just on the basis of the report, but that’s just deflection and missing the point.  

The main thing that needs to be taught about all this is the treason and unpatriotic nature of Fox News. Because they know they have lied and deluded a major portion of the population, and Republicans know they can lie however they want and their base will back them up on it.

Well, I generally agree with you that some people who say they are struggling in the grand scheme of things probably aren’t. But the major goals of the plan are admirable (which I think you agree). Debating around the margins of it and all is obviously going to incur before something like these plans are implemented.

This is filmed way too far in advance for Gillis to be on the show.  And the Leopard spotted with the President has got to be Omarosa.  

It is celebrities dressed up and singing. Some of them are musicians, but mostly not. T-Pain, Gladys Knight, and Donny Osmond were the only three last year who are musicians, though Rumer Willis has done some Broadway stuff and killed it. No coincidentally those were the final 4 as well. The worst singer is eliminated…

Yeah, at this point I’m not sure Trump survives to November 2020. He’s in serious decline. What I don’t get is why Republicans are so wedded to him. Sure, his base supporters love him, but they can spin all of Trump’s “wins” as wins of the GOP. Tax cuts? That was Congress. Supreme Court appointees? Well, Trump only…

That’s not true. I mean, if they had enough evidence of collusion with Russia in the election interference, that would have been worse. But what you have here is President using congressionally-approved aid as an attempt to bribe a foreign country into investigating a political rival for political gain. Aid that would…

Exactly.  They’d still be talking about unfair investigations and all that.  At some point you need to put your cards on the table and fight it out.  And why the concern over mobilizing the right’s base?  You should be worried about mobilizing your base, who wants that p.o.s. in office impeached for his numerous…

I don’t think that’s the case at all. The legal definitions of murder under the Texas Code are pretty clear: “A person commits an offense if he: (1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual; [or] (2) intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits an act clearly dangerous to human life that…

There’s way more to it than that, though. Yes, they had set up Dany’s tendency for violence in past seasons, and overall the main story beats were great. There was just about 4 episodes worth of material that they just decided to skip over because they wanted to end the show quickly (given how difficult it was to…

I don’t why they are critical of schools excusing kids’s absences to allow them to participate in climate change protests.  Giving kids a day off from potentially being shot at school is an admirable thing.  

Yeah, I understand a lot of the hate for the Patriots in general, but bringing up Hernandez seems wrong.  It wasn’t like it was known he was a murderer.  Seems like teams like the Ravens should get way more grief than the Patriots when it comes to employing killers.  

Sending someone who has accused you of sexually inappropriate behavior pictures of her children is merely an insult? How is that an implicit threat?

Or, in a probably more far-fetched route, he promised MBS that he would back Saudi’s claims of an Iranian strike in the event something happened to Saudi oil facilities?   That’s some high-level conspiracy theorizing, but who knows until the complaint is made public (it’s not actually going to be made public of…

All he has said is that he didn’t do anything inappropriate.  Not sure that is enough of a comment to really mean much.  I do wish we could get the executive privilege issue to a court though and have some definitive precedent on it.  Even if it doesn’t go in favor of openness and oversight of the executive committee,…

Also, perhaps it was a “secret” call and Trump thought no one was listening in? 

Yeah I could definitely see it being MBS, Netanyahu, or Bolsonaro.  They aren’t among the 5 that White House Records show Trump spoke with in the month before the complaint, but then again this administration wouldn’t be beyond not logging this communication, making it even more fishy.