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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. It happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. At the direction of, meaning at the direction of the president of the United States. And when a defendant is Pleading Guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to Say Something more important than the word guilty. Thats usually the most important word a defendant speaks du...

Sentence in this case and you agree to cooperate. And i think from Robert Muellers perspective it would be worth it because even if Paul Manafort doesnt have anything incriminating i think Robert Muellers quest is to get to the truth and Paul Manafort certainly knows a lot of what happened. He was present at that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. He has all the connections with the russians and the ukrainians and so it seems that hes in a position to know a lot of what was happening with regard ...

The south and images of the president embracing a celebrity at the white house and not plugged in to the federal response. this is something the president should have known open to criticism since the white house emerged with criticism for ignoring the response in puerto rico. now this is a very small and relatively in the grand scheme of things insignificant self inflicted wound. it shows how little the white house is thinking. >> im not sure he is thinking of it as a wound. >> again, thats the...

Politics of the midterm elections? does that generate enthusiasm in his wanted base? which is as we discussed a little bit of a shinny object. can they be more enthusiastic? does it gain him anything there. does it just cause the voters who really matter in the election, which is largely democrats who are already stirred up, but particularly a bunch of college-educated women in the suburbs who kind of vacillate between republican and democrat who arent necessarily committed dependents african-am...

Politics of the midterm elections? does that generate enthusiasm in his wanted base? which is as we discussed a little bit of a shinny object. can they be more enthusiastic? does it gain him anything there. does it just cause the voters who really matter in the election, which is largely democrats who are already stirred up, but particularly a bunch of college-educated women in the suburbs who kind of vacillate between republican and democrat who arent necessarily committed dependents african-am...