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The Business of Rudy, No Understanding
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Rudy Toot Toot: Even while President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was digging political dirt in Ukraine and urging the country to investigate Vice President Joe Biden, he was privately pursuing hundreds of thousands of dollars in business for himself from …
Travel Trouble, Climate Warning
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
To Grandmother’s House: It’s Thanksgiving eve and if you’re not there by now, good luck. As many as 55 million people are expected to travel this week and many are going to have trouble. Snow as deep as 30 inches has …
Aides Must Testify, Rudy Too
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
The Trumpster Fire: Despite President Trump’s claims of executive privilege, presidential aides must comply with congressional subpoenas to testify and hand over information, according to the ruling by a federal judge in the case of former White House Counsel Don McGahn. …
Navy Secy. Fired, Pompeo Involved
Monday, November 25, 2019
Under Water: Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was fired yesterday in a conflict with the defense secretary over a Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a corpse and pardoned by President Trump. This mess is a direct result of Trump meddling with military …
Document Dump, The Ukraine Conspiracy
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Document Dump: A cache of documents released last night by the State Department reveals repeated contact last March between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The documents were released under court order. Although Pompeo has dodged and remained …
This for That, Andrew Benched
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Following Directions: Ambassador Gordon Sondland did some dodging, weaving, and covering, but confirmed to impeachment questioners that there was a so-called “quid pro quo” in President Trump’s effort to wrest a commitment from Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden and his …
Critical Day, Black and White
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Element of Shock: The impeachment inquiry reaches a critical phase today with the scheduled appearance of Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who might confirm that President Trump withheld military aide to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation of Vice …
Offer to Testify, Impeachment Lineup
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Liar, Liar: Even as word comes that House investigators are asking whether President Trump lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller during the Russia investigation, the President said he will “strongly consider” testifying in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry. He tweeted, …
Threat of Force, Convincing the President
Monday, November 18, 2019
Hong Kong: Threatening to use lethal force, police in Hong Kong have cornered pro-Democracy protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University after a fiery night in which demonstrators used Molotov cocktails and shot a cop with an arrow. Police used teargas and rubber bullets on …
Overheard the President, They Got Roger Stone
Saturday, November 16, 2019
By Presidential Order: An aide to Ukraine Ambassador William Taylor testified in closed testimony before the House yesterday that he heard President Trump on speakerphone asking whether the president of Ukraine would proceed with investigations of his political rivals. It’s the …