In addition to the number of not normal items  surging since the start of the impeachment inquiry, Trump’s Twitter  activity has proliferated — in one 25 minute span on Friday alone, he sent 33 tweets!  In past weekly lists, we have covered that the potency of his tweets  have had decreased, both in impact and visibility, as his time in office  wears on. Also, notably, the media coverage of Trump’s frenzied  tweeting has dropped off, making it harder each week to find sources  that put what amounts to official pronouncements from the leader of our  country into some context (and for me to link to for historical  purposes).

In the past two weeks, there has been a striking  shift in the country’s sentiment towards impeachment — approval of not  only an inquiry, but also removing Trump, has shifted in favor. Thus  far, breaking news coming from our media has done most of the fact  finding and informing. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is keeping the focus  of the inquiry narrow, but with reporting gushing out the scope of the  July 25 Trump-Ukraine call has broadened in several different subplots  which are commensurately unfolding.

This week Trump abruptly pulled U.S. troops from  Syria, enabling possible genocide by Turkey against the Kurds who  fought alongside us, and allowing ISIS fighters to escape and regroup.  It’s a calamity of our times — and yet few voices in the Republican  Party, let alone the decorated military officials who served in the  Trump regime, are willing to speak out. If anyone had doubts of how  close we are to becoming an authoritarian state, this week’s list will  remind you.

Read the full list here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-152/