Former NSC senior director Fiona Hill and State Department aide David Holmes are due to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry Thursday, both expected to provide key insights.
Democrats, including counsel, are already there:
Republicans, for some reason, are still not prepared (although their “visual aids” are impressive).
Has Fiona Hill heard directly from the mouths of Russians they meddled in the 2016 election? Has she heard directly from Ukrainians they didn’t?
I DIDN’T THINK SO!!! HEARSAY!!!
Holmes is going to be a big one here. He has company. Others also overheard the Trump- Sondland conversation in Kyiv.
Word has it that these individuals are going to aid the Ukrainian military effort against Russia by forming a brand new regiment.
I’m ready, freddie.
And to all the Republicans on the panel, just a few words:
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
Enough with the shenanigans.
Hive thread for any who care to join: https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/impeachment-hearings-day-5/162273
Better to hop on the bus than be tossed under it.
Yes, at least two others: Tara Maher and Suriya Jayanti.
Jayanti works at US Embassy Kiev and Maher at US Embassy Brussels.
Shouldn’t the lyrics be…
50 WAYS TO LEAVE VLAD PUTIN! 
You just slip out the back, Devin
Make a new plan, Castor
You don’t need to be coy, Mike
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Jim
You don’t need to molest much
Just drop off the key, Will
And get yourself free
Oh god, I’m so afraid this is going to turn out not to be satire.
I mean, it’s either that, sit there in sullen silence or dive headfirst into the woodchipper.
Rhetoric like “human scum” makes me uneasy. Trump is personally a coward, but he delights in inciting others to violence.
It would be so rich if Guccifer were to testify.
But where are their slides? Goldman has slides.
Yeah, but it doesn’t rhyme.
I just hope this thing today is like a shorter hearing like the second one yesterday. I got shit to do today…and have to do some things while listening, so maybe less OMFGs and WTFs from me today, or “Oh-Shit” if this goes on too long.
I’d love to see Hill bring up Nunes involvement with Parnas!
That’s what I wrote on another thread a few minutes ago too.
Perhaps one of the Dems can ease that into one of their questions.
Maybe bring cuffs too!!!
I heard this morning on the news that tRumpsky has been ragetweeting already this morning with reckless abandon. He’s freaking out early today.
Well they can’t ask Holmes how he knew definitely it was Trump because Sondland has confirmed Holmes testimony except for the mentioning by Trump of the Bidens.