3247

I mean it was total horseshit, but it also totally failed to deny the actual allegations.

3248

I watched a minute or two of Cowboy’s opening statement. He was just reading from the transcript of yesterday’s Hannity radio show. The camera pulled back to include Schiff, who’s face was saying “is this really the best you’ve got???”

3249

Man, they just pointed out that the average age of Ukraine’s parliament is 41.

3250

Something I have already learned today: Kyiv (or “Kiev” if you like) has one syllable, not two. My entire adult life I’ve said “Kee-yev”, and apparently it’s “Keev”.

I’m so embarrassed.

3251

Seriously, why is this so fucking hard? How many other countries does the U.S. give aid to? How many other calls were there where Trump personally conditioned releasing such aid upon corruption investigations?

Oh, just Ukraine? I wonder why that is.

3252

NOT JUST ME!

3253

Also:

I would totally listen to an audiobook narrated by Ambassador Bill Taylor.

3254

Apparently two syllable “Kee-yev” is the Russian pronunciation, which lots of us all learned when Ukraine was an SSR.

“Keeve” is the Ukrainian pronunciation.

3255

One of the first things I noticed as well. I assumed Kee-ev was the correct pronunciation. I blame chicken.

That makes a ton of sense. Keev it is.

3256

I mean the only witness you really need is Taylor. He is laying the whole scheme out very clearly.

Hard to imagine how this guy gets painted as a Never Trumper, but I’m sure they’ll try.

3257

I work with someone from Ukraine. Eleven minutes after we met she’d beaten the “The” out of me (The Ukraine) and then we moved on to how to pronounce “Київ rhymes with Steve.” Kinda.

3258

I imagine Ukrainians having to hear people call their country “The Ukraine” must grate on them like it does me hearing players get introduced on Monday Night Football and insisting on calling their school “THE Ohio State University” or some such.

3259
3260

This is new.

It’s implicating everything back to the President.

3261

It seems certain that Sondland didn’t report this conversation in his earlier testimony to the committee, so more trouble for him I guess.

3262

Sondland likely knew it would implicate Trump to disclose it. Now…he’s got problems too.

3263

In tangent regarding the Myanmar genocide, I learned it’s “the Gambia.”

3264

According to a UN list it is “The Republic of the Gambia”

3265

Who knew? I didn’t. Carry on.

3266