Author: Mary Chastain

Mary Chastain

Mary is the resident libertarian. She covers stories in every vertical, but her favorite thing to do is take on the media. She saw its bias against the right when she was a socialist.

Mary loves the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, tennis, cats, Oxford comma, Diet Coke, and needlework.

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Murkowski Will Vote NO on Additional Witnesses and Documents

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 36 Comments

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) decided not to vote for additional witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial. She lashed out at the House Democrats over the articles of impeachment and even took a swipe at sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) question to Chief Justice John Roberts.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/28/cherokee-woman-blasts-elizabeth-warren-claiming-native-american-ancestry

LIVE: Trump Impeachment Closing Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 21 Comments

I'd jot down the lyrics to the song "The End" by The Doors, but we all know the Democrats will not stop investigating President Donald Trump. The Senate kicks off at 1 p.m. ET. They will vote on witnesses and additional documents. If that fails, which it likely will, the chamber will vote on the articles of impeachment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJlzrBL1Wo

Dems Likely Short On Calling New Impeachment Witnesses: Collins (YES), Alexander (NO), Romney (Wants Bolton), Murkowski (thinking about it)

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 53 Comments

The Q&A session just ended. Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins wasted no time announcing she will vote yes on calling witnesses. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander will vote no. *We will update this post as more senators announce their decisions.

Biden in 1999: ‘Senate May Dismiss Articles of Impeachment Without Holding a Full Trial or Taking New Evidence’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 2 Comments

It's so WEIRD how politicians change when the president is not a member of their party. Look at what 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden wrote in 1999 when he served as a Delaware senator.

Roberts Rejects Rand Paul’s Question Again Since it Supposedly Names the Whistleblower

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 46 Comments

Chief Justice John Roberts once again rejected a question from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) since it supposedly names the impeachment whistleblower...even though supposedly NOBODY knows the identification of the whistleblower.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1221979929082056704

LIVE: Senate Finishes Question-and-Answer Session in Trump Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 22 Comments

The Senate will conclude its Q&A session today. I encourage everyone to pay attention to it. I found it interesting, except when Adam Schiff speaks. It begins at 1 p.m. ET.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_ZlkBe8Kw

Ex-Trump Aide Carter Page Files Lawsuit Against DNC, Law Firm Perkins Coie Over Dossier

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 23 Comments

Fox News reported that for President Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page filed a lawsuit against the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the law firm Perkins Coie, and those connected to the funding of the Christopher Steele dossier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-UoqBxAMw

Trump Crushes Bolton: ‘If I Listened to Him, We Would be in World War Six by Now’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 16 Comments

President Donald Trump unloaded on former National Security Adviser John Bolton over his book's manuscript, which appeared in The New York Times. Bolton claimed Trump wanted to withhold millions to Ukraine unless its government opened an investigation into the Biden family.

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1222561156633632768

Bolton’s Manuscript Lands in NYT Three Days After NSC Warns Bolton Book has ‘Significant Amount of Classified Information’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 36 Comments

Questions have surfaced over who leaked the manuscript of John Bolton's book. How did it get out? Gee, why would it come out now? The Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York found something interesting in the timeline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_J8sfZVEE

LIVE: Question-and-Answer Session Begins in Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 18 Comments

Today begins the question-and-answer session. The Senate has 16 hours total to ask questions, which will be split into eight hours today and eight hours tomorrow. It will start at 1 p.m. ET. These next 16 hours could influence the witness vote.

Trump Impeachment Defender Doug Collins to Primary Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 31 Comments

As if 2020 isn't already exciting. Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins confirmed on Fox & Friends this morning he will challenge incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler for her seat. Loeffler took over the seat after Sen. Jonny Isakson retired. She was sworn in on January 6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVxzkK1qqIo

Trump’s Defense Team Wrap Up Opening Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 8 Comments

President Donald Trump's defense team wrapped up their opening arguments in his impeachment trial in front of the Senate.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1222210027987050496

Sen. Graham: ‘I’ll Make a Prediction: They’ll be 51 Republican Votes to Call Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, the Whistleblower, and the DNC Staffer’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 33 Comments

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threw some cold water on the Democrats just moments before day eight of the impeachment trial. The Democrats desperately want witnesses in the trial, but they seem to forget the Senate has two sides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyWovtG_YaA

LIVE: Trump Announces Middle East Peace Plan Alongside Netanyahu

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 13 Comments

President Donald Trump will announce his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It will take place at 12 p.m. ET in the White House East Room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl8hVWoXID8

Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump may have killed Soleimani “to influence Bolton not to testify to the Senate”

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 31 Comments

I'm laughing. Legit laughing because MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell thinks President Donald Trump killed Iranian terrorist Qasam Soleimani to influence former National Security Advisor John Bolton not to testify.

Dershowitz: “Nothing in the Bolton revelations … would rise to the level of … an impeachable offense”

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 17 Comments

President Donald Trump's lawyer Alan Dershowitz tore apart the allegations in former National Security Advisor John Bolton's new book that Trump told him to withhold aid to Ukraine in exchange for political favors.

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Looks Like Buttigieg Won’t Support Changing Democratic Platform on Abortion

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 27, 2020 26 Comments

A pro-life Democrat asked 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg if he would support changing the abortion language in the Democratic Party platform. Buttigieg did the politician thing where he answered, but don't answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHPfxOR0-E

Ken Starr Lashes Out Against the ‘Age of Impeachment’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 27, 2020 19 Comments

President Donald Trump attorney Ken Starr, of all people, lashed out at impeachment in his first speech today.

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