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The impeachment dynamics illustrate how far the disease has spread. Only Dems supported the two House articles, but instead of acknowledging the break with historical precedent, Pelosi and Schumer demonized Republicans as partisan hacks for not supporting them.

This was also the first time impeachment articles did not allege actual crimes, yet it was Republicans who supposedly violated the Constitution. Similarly, Trumps refusal to comply with subpoenas his lawyers said were invalid proved he sees himself as a monarch.

Those and other juvenile accusations made watching the trial like watching a production of the college cancel culture, where the left, believing itself morally and intellectually superior, aims to silence dissent and invalidate the opposition. The smug and often false assertions of Rep. Adam Schiff suggest he mistook his participation trophies for signs of actual achievement, giving him an inflated sense of entitlement.

The truth for him is anything that makes Trump look bad. Everything else is a lie.

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Saturday evening was a grand gala for filmmakers and television directors, as the 72nd annual Directors Guild of America Awards were held at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles. Hosted by writer/director Judd Apatow, the event honored nominated film and television directors for their artistic contributions in 2019. The DGA Awards is often seen as a clear prediction for who will win the Best Director prize at the Academy Awards. In its previous 71 years of existence, the gala has only been wrong on seven occasions. Last year, Alfonso Cuarn won Best Director at both the DGA and the Oscars forRoma.

Here are the winners of last nights DGA Awards:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

Sam Mendes,1917.(Universal Pictures)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Callum McDougall, Hannah Godwin First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman Second Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A DRAMATIC SERIES

Nicole Kassell,Watchmen Its Summer and Were Running Out of Ice(HBO)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Karen Wacker, Ron Schmidt, Joseph E. Iberti First Assistant Director: Keri Bruno Second Assistant Directors: Lisa Zugschwerdt, Ben White Second Second Assistant Director: Jessie Sasser White

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES

Johan Renck,Chernobyl.(HBO)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert,American Factory(Netflix)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR

Alma Harel,Honey Boy(Amazon Studios)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: David Grace First Assistant Director: Sean Vawter Second Assistant Director: Colin Flaherty Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Balboa

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIALS

Spike Jonze (MJZ)Dream It, Squarespace Squarespace First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith

The New Normal, Medmen Mekanism First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith Second Assistant Directors: David Marnell, Jeff Tavani

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES

Bill Hader,Barry ronny/lily(HBO)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Aida Rodgers First Assistant Director: Gavin Kleintop Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman Second Second Assistant Director: Heather Kehayas Additional Second Assistant Director: Mikaela Mathern

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS

Jason Cohen,Encore! Annie(Disney+)

Directorial Team: Associate Director: Daniel Shultz

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS SPECIAL

James Burrows(All in the Familyand The Jeffersons Directed by)Andy Fisher(Live in Front of a Studio Audience Directed by)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience Norman Lears All in the Family and The Jeffersons(ABC)

Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Martin Pasetta Jr., Sara Niimi Stage Managers: John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Harvey Levine, Doug Tobin, Richard Silva, Jenny Nolan Bailey

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS REGULAR

Don Roy King,Saturday Night Live Eddie Murphy; Lizzo(NBC)

Kings Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Mike Poole, Laura Ouziel-Mack Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDRENS PROGRAMS

Amy Schatz,Song of Parkland(HBO Documentary Films)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Franklin Schaffner AwardArthur E. Lewis

Frank Capra Achievement AwardDuncan S. Henderson

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The Catholic Conference, as is the case seemingly every season, has been defined by parity.

But with the regular season winding down, the fifth-ranked BC High boys hockey team may have just positioned itself in the drivers seat with a 4-2 win over No. 6 Xaverian on Wednesday night in Dorchester.

The Eagles (9-3-2) controlled the pace throughout as they moved to 4-2-2 atop the league standings, dominating 5-on-5 play against the Hawks (8-3-4), who fell to 2-3-2 in conference action.

Colin Norton had two goals and an assist for the Eagles, including an empty-netter from mid-ice after stripping Matt Ryan on the backcheck during a 6-on-4 penalty kill to ice the game.

BC High took a 1-0 lead after Matt Keohane banked in a shot from behind the net that bounced off goalie Kyle Harvey and into the net at 2:44. Xaverian answered at 6:30 with a fluky goal of its own while playing 4-on-4. Ty Marchi chased a rebound behind goal and fed a pass in front that hit off the back of BC goalie Tom Kiesewetters leg and onto the blade of Stefano Lanci for the goal.

Norton pushed the Eagles back in front just 21 seconds into the second after digging a puck out of a crowd of skates in the slot to beat Harvey blocker side. But the Eagles couldnt put things away with Xaverian on their heels, taking a pair of penalties in the second that kept the pressure on.

Kiesewetter made six stops on the penalty kill in the second. The freshman finished with 15 saves. Harvey pushed away 21 for the Hawks.

Honestly, in a Catholic Conference game, I dont know if anyone is ever on the ropes, said BC High coach John Flaherty. They have weapons; theyve got kids that can move and kids that can shoot. For us, it was all about sticking with it and not getting too far ahead of ourselves and making sure we were taking care of pucks and moving things north.

BC High made it 3-1 at 5:53 in the third when a turnover at their defensive blue line allowed Aidan Carey to walk in for a breakaway goal. Xaverian clawed back with a power play goal from Ryan at 10:32.

BC High was then whistled for too many men with 1:45 remaining. Norton finished things before the Hawks could get a shot on net with the two-man advantage.

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LONDON (AP) A timeline of key events related to Britains decision to leave the European Union:

Jan. 23, 2013: British Prime Minister David Cameron promises a referendum on Britains membership in the EU if the Conservative Party wins the next general election. He does so to try to garner support among euroskeptics within his own party.

May. 7, 2015: British voters elect a majority Conservative government. Cameron confirms in his victory speech that there will be an in/out referendum on European Union membership.

Feb. 20, 2016: Cameron announces that he has negotiated a deal with EU leaders that gives Britain special status. He confirms that he will campaign for Britain to remain in the 28-nation bloc. The referendum date is set for June.

Feb. 21: Cameron is struck with a severe blow when one of his closest Conservative allies, the media-savvy Boris Johnson, joins the leave campaign.

June 16: One week before the referendum, Labour Party lawmaker and remain campaigner Jo Cox is killed by extremist Thomas Mair, who shouted Britain First before shooting and stabbing her.

June 23: Britain votes 52% to 48% to leave the European Union.

June 24: Cameron says he will resign in light of the results because Britain needs fresh leadership to take the country in a new direction.

July 13: Following a Conservative Party leadership contest, Home Secretary Theresa May becomes prime minister.

Oct. 2: May says Britain will begin the formal process of leaving the EU by the end of March 2017. To do this, the British government needs to invoke Article 50 of the EUs Lisbon Treaty.

March 29, 2017: The British government formally triggers Article 50, setting in motion a plan for Britain to leave the EU on March 29, 2019.

June 8: A general election called by May to bolster her partys representation in Parliament to help with the Brexit negotiations backfires. Her Conservative Party loses its majority and continues in a weakened state as a minority government.

July 7, 2018: May and her Cabinet endorse the so-called Chequers Plan worked out at a fractious session at the prime ministers country retreat. The plan leads to the resignations of Brexit Secretary David Davis, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and others who favor a more complete break with EU.

Nov. 25: EU leaders approve a withdrawal deal reached with Britain after months of difficult negotiations. May urges the British Parliament to do the same.

Dec. 10: May delays the planned Brexit vote in Parliament one day before it is set to be held because it faces certain defeat. She seeks further concessions from the EU.

Dec. 12: Conservative lawmakers who back a clean break from the EU trigger a no-confidence vote in May over her handling of Brexit. She wins by 200 votes to 117, making her safe from another such challenge for a year.

Jan. 15, 2019: The Brexit deal comes back to Parliament, where it is overwhelmingly defeated on a 432-202 vote. The House of Commons will end up rejecting Mays agreement three times.

April 11: Britain and the EU agree for a second time to extend the withdrawal deadline, originally scheduled for March 29, to keep Brexit from happening without a deal in place. The new deadline is Oct. 31.

June 7: May steps down as Conservative Party leader over the stalled Brexit agreement, clearing the way for Johnson to take over as Tory leader and Britains prime minister.

July 23: Johnson wins Conservative Party leadership contest.

July 24: Johnson takes office and almost immediately makes clear the U.K. with leave the EU on Oct. 31, with or without a deal.

Aug. 28: Johnson says he will temporarily shut down Parliament by scheduling the Queens Speech for Oct. 14. The speech normally is a formality that outlines the legislative agenda but since Parliament is ordinarily suspended beforehand, the move means the opposition will have less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit.

Sept. 3: Rebel Conservative Party lawmakers vote against the government in protest of Johnsons strategy. They are expelled from the party.

Sept. 5: Johnson asserts he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for another Brexit extension.

Sept. 9: A parliamentary measure that prevents the U.K. from leaving the EU without a deal becomes law.

Sept. 24: U.K. Supreme Court rules governments suspension of Parliament was unlawful.

Oct. 10: Johnson and Irish leader Leo Varadkar announce pathway to a possible deal.

Oct. 17: U.K. and EU announce theyve struck a deal after U.K. makes concessions over Northern Ireland.

Oct. 19: Parliament sits on a Saturday and demands to see legislation before approving the deal.

Oct. 22: Johnson puts Brexit legislation on pause.

Oct. 28: EU gives UK flextension until Jan. 31.

Dec. 12: Johnson wins election decisively.

Jan. 23, 2020: Withdrawal Bill becomes law.

Jan. 29: European Parliament approves divorce deal.

Jan. 31: U.K. to officially leave the EU at 11 p.m.

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Even when I was excited about the European Union, I was bored by it. It came into my life as an issue after the Cold War ended. Until then, I had rudely brushed aside a friend of mine who insisted, with the desperate passion of the ignored prophet, that it was important. When the U.S.S.R.s Third Shock Army still sat in East Germany and lovely Prague was still frozen in despotism, it just didnt seem to matter. Somebody recently unearthed a recording of me saying so as late as 1994, so I cannot claim, even if I wanted to, to be an ancient combatant in this controversy. You could see the Cold War as a material force, wrought in rough concrete and rusty steel, and I had done so. You could even smell it in the East Berlin perfume of brown coal and two-stroke exhaust. And you would have to be very slow to miss the U.S.S.R.s morally simple challenge to the conscience, its abuse of psychiatry to torture and crush dissent being perhaps the most repulsive of its many crimes.

You couldnt really see the European project. If you went to Brussels, it gave you a nice lunch and told you not to worry. You caught it at the end of a document, in a peevish speech by a German politician, in the fine print of life. It expressed itself quite often in absences, the abolished frontier posts that followed the Schengen Agreement, the disappearance of the national currencies of the continent.Only once did I really see it spitting, oppressive, and harshly demandingand that was over an issue that I was almost alone in caring about. I watched a British shopkeeper called Steve Thoburn be spitefully, relentlessly prosecuted for the crime of selling bananas to his customers in English pounds rather than continental kilograms. This is the kind of thing that makes me uncontainably furious; I glimpsed for the first time what each of the multiple humiliations of subjugation and occupation by foreigners must feel like. And at that point I became what my old friend had been: an Ancient Mariner, eyes glittering, gnarled fingers clutching the wrists of passersby, gripped with a seething passion I could not communicate. Who cares about your silly old ounces and inches and furlongs? And yet I did, involuntarily. I have the same problem with Common Law versus the Civil Code and Roman Law. These are priceless, unique possessions, facts as well as symbols of an ancient liberty.

I read the historiesthe liberal This Blessed Plot by Hugo Young and the conservative The Great Deception by Christopher Booker and Richard North. I was struck by how similar their descriptions were: Both books depicted the European project as a stealthy, relentless effort to create something never previously seen, an empire without an emperor, a supranational state that never quite admitted its statehood. As I am utterly fascinated by the twentieth-century history of Europe and the repeated attempts of Germany to dominate that continent, it seemed to me that the European Union was the Continuation of Germany by Other Means, the peaceful and civilized establishment of a dominance over Western Europe that has been inevitable since the final defeat of Bonaparte in 1815. Actually, I like Germany so much that I go there on vacation and would enjoy living there. I admire its creation of a free, law-governed society on the ruins of a homicidal tyranny. I can easily see why the original members of the Common Market might want such a merger. I understand why later entrants saw it as a sort of convalescent home where they could recover from dictatorship or Soviet domination. But I could see no need for Britain to be part of this political project.

What I hoped was that we might leave the European Union as part of a counter-revolution against all the errors of the past fifty years. I thought this would involve, above all, the destruction of the British Conservative Party, which occupied the space that should have been filled by a genuinely patriotic, Christian, and conservative formation. Then it all turned upside down.

By some strange process, the Conservative Party realized that it was in genuine danger. It wasnt coherent or rational, more like some sort of fat white weed groping for the light solely to survive. After all, its support for the E.U. made it blazingly obvious that it was not what it said it was. As the E.U. issue became entangled with unpopular levels of mass immigration, and with a general malaise about the way the country was run, it sought to defuse the issue with a referendum. It assumed that the referendum would vote to remain. But it didnt, and so we have had the past three years, which have resembled a cricket match played without a ball, by men in blindfolds. And out of this has come the weird conclusion that what we all really wanted was more free trade with Indonesia, which as far as I can see is what we have got.

Heaven knows what will happen to Britain. The government certainly doesnt.But I have a worrying feeling that instead of sacrificing the Tory Party to save the country, we may have sacrificed the country to save the Tory Party.

Peter Hitchens is a columnist for the LondonMail on Sunday.

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