A View from the Beach: Russiagate . . .

. . . has gotten out of hand, and I'm starting each morning smothered with links. Gonna try something a little different this morning. A short introductory rumination on the set of links for each of a few subheadings.

We're still fighting about the whistle blower, who he/she is, how she ended up writing such lawyerly complaint (was it actually written by, oh say, Adam Schiff and his staff), and just how the rules got changed at the last minute to allow hearsay, of second hand evidence, into the whistler blower complaint. Finally, the democrats and media (I apologize for the redundancy), have tried to make an issue out of the administration putting the record of the conversation between Trump and ZZ Top in a secure location, where it might have been harder to leak.

Stephen McIntyre on Twitter: "Here is something seriously strange. The Disclosure of Urgent Concern Form located earlier today at DNI is only two days old according to its pdf properties. https://t.co/l8foAAj2sC https://t.co/0iwXTxcgIv" / Twitter. And yes, it's the Climategate Steven MacIntyre

PJ Media – Whistleblower Requirements Recently Amended to Allow Only Hearsay

The New Neo – Conveniently changing the rules: blowing that second-hand whistle, hard
Stu Cvrk at Red State – Who is the Ukraine Leaker/Whistleblower, Part II
The Washington Post – Amateur pro-Trump ‘sleuths’ scramble to unmask whistleblower: ‘Your president has asked for your help’
Karen Twownsend at Hot Air – Was the whistleblower's complaint revenge for Ukraine ambassador's dismissal?
The Rush Limbaugh Show – There Is No Whistleblower, Just a Leaker! We're in the Midst of a Cold Civil War
Althouse – What did Schumer mean when he threatened Trump about the CIA’s ways to get back at him?
Mark Levin – CIA whistleblower complaint looks like new 'leak and coup campaign' against Trump
CNNPolitics –White House restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi crown prince

The Federalist – Susan Rice: Obama Put Call Transcripts On Top Secret Server, Too

Biden and the Ukraine saga. Sadly, whatever Hunter and Joe Biden did in Ukraine is almost certainly legal, under modest assumptions about what is legal (there are so many laws, it's really rather hard to be sure), which does not mean that it was a good idea, and didn't have some corrupt intent behind it.

Hot Air – Trump's actions shouldn't dissuade media from pressing Joe Biden about Hunter's shady dealings

The State Press – McCain Institute head Kurt Volker steps down as US diplomat

Axios – Ukraine controversy spotlights Joe Biden's family problem as 2020 heats up
National Review – How about a Bipartisan Treaty against the Criminalization of Elections?

Bill Maher – Rachel Maddow would be freaking out if Trump's son sat on the board of a Ukrainian company
Gateway Pundit – Obama, the Bidens, the Clintons, the IMF and Others Pillaged Ukraine Then Forced Its Citizens to Pay Excessive Natural Gas Prices at 50% Above Market

EBL – NPR Lies About Biden and Trump
IBD – Scandals At State: How Clinton, Kerry Used Office To Enrich Their Families

WSJ – What the Press Doesn’t Know About Ukraine cited at

Hot Air – What the press doesn’t know about Ukraine

Flopping Aces – When Hillary Clinton Colluded With Ukraine Against Trump

The Atlantic – Hunter Biden's Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption

Karl Rove – Pelosi’s Circular Firing Squad

Impeachment. What can I say? It's apparent the ~~Red Queens~~ Democrats in the house fully intend to impeach Trump, regardless of the facts.