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Trump on the Phone, Snowflakes in November
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Heard in Public: In newly-presented testimony, the top diplomat to Ukraine told Congressional investigators yesterday that President Trump was more concerned about Ukraine investigating Joe Biden and his son than he was for the security of Ukraine itself. Ambassador William Taylor said …
Open Hearings, Dreamers in Court
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
The Impeachment Trail: As Congress prepares to take open testimony today, Rep. Adam Schiff of the intelligence committee says bribery could be one of the charges in a bill of impeachment against President Trump. Schiff told NPR that at the time the Constitution …
Winter Blows In, Blinded by Science
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Early Winter: Snow and below normal temperatures have hit all the way from the Great Plains to the Adirondacks in upstate New York. They’re getting 8-12 inches in Traverse City, Mich.; 1 inch in Lexington, Ky; 5-8 inches in Buffalo, NY. …
Bolivian President Out, Haley Cozies Trump
Monday, November 11, 2019
Exit Left: The 10-year reign of the once-popular Bolivian President Evo Morales ended yesterday after violent street protests over a disputed election convinced him and Vice President Álvaro García Linera to resign. Garcia said, “The coup has been consummated.” Morales promised, “The poor, …
What Bolton Knows, China Syndrome
Saturday, November 9, 2019
The Impeachment Trail: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton appears to know where the political bodies are buried, according to a letter from his lawyer to House impeachment investigators. The lawyer, Charles Cooper, did not elaborate on what damning information Bolton …
The Official Smear, “A Warning”
Friday, November 8, 2019
The Smear Campaign: George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for Ukraine, said in closed-door testimony that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani engineered a smear campaign against former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was removed from …
Testimony Goes Public, Get Roger Stone
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Cancer on the Presidency: Military aid to Ukraine was definitely stalled to extract a political promise from the president of that country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, according to a transcript of testimony by the senior …
A Warning Shot, Memory Restored
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Democrats Rising: In what may be a warning shot for President Trump and Republicans next year, Democrats in elections yesterday won complete control of the Virginia government for the first time since 1992, and a Democrat edged out the incumbent governor …
No-shows for the House, Firefighter in Chief
Monday, November 4, 2019
Silence of the Lambs: A string of officials who had been called to testify before House impeachment investigators this week is refusing to show up, while the whistleblower who started the whole Trump/Ukraine/Biden thing is offering to answer written questions from …
Order of Omertà, Deadspin Dead
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Omerta: National Security aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified before Congress in the impeachment inquiry that he was told not to discuss the phone call in which President Trump pressed Ukraine’s president for investigations of American citizens, The NY Times reports. Vindman, the top Ukraine …
