Section: US & Canada
Freeland reappointment seen as critical to momentum on Canada’s priorities with China, Venezuela
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has many important decisions to make as he prepares to unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20, but none may be more important for Canada’s standing in the world than his decision about the foreign affairs minister. The incumbent is Chrystia Freeland, whose most notable file during Trudeau’s first year was the...
Report: Key WH Lawyer Told NSC Ukraine Expert Not To Discuss Trump’s Zelensky Call
A lawyer who played a crucial role in the White House’s handling of President Trump’s Ukraine call told the National Security Council’s Ukraine expert not to discuss the call with others, according to a Politico report on the expert’s congressional testimony. The claim is likely to raise more questions about whether the...
Glenn Beck dismantles media lies on Ukraine corruption: ‘The most misleading fabrication I’ve ever seen by the mainstream media’
During a BlazeTV special on Wednesday, Glenn Beck exposed how the mainstream media are blatantly lying to help cover up what left-wing politicians have been doing in Ukraine, which has directly led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.”It’s probably the most misleading fabrication I’ve ever seen by the...
A Blinkered Case for Nationalism
The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free Rich Lowry Broadside Books, 2019, 288 pp., $26.99 If we are fortunate, one way or another, through impeachment or the ballot box, the Trump era will soon draw to an end. What will fill the enormous void left by the departure of the mega-miscreant Donald Trump? Unsurprisingly, a...
How Ukraine’s President Wound Up In The Middle Of The Trump Impeachment Inquiry
The infamous July 25 call between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and President Trump made what was already a delicate diplomatic situation for the new Ukrainian president even more complicated. (Image credit: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Pelosi suggests impeachment inquiry could expand beyond Ukraine
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday it’s possible that controversies beyond Ukraine could be part of the impeachment case against President Trump.House Democrats have recently sought to narrow their impeach… …read more Source:: The...
Pelosi Anticipates Public Impeachment Hearings To Begin This Month
A day after the House voted to formally outline the impeachment inquiry process, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says she expects public hearings related to the impeachment inquiry to begin this month. Speaking to Bloomberg TV Friday, Pelosi said that although she “assume[s] there would be public hearings in November,” any impeachment case...
This Week: House Makes Impeachment Process Official
Notes from the impeachment proceedings House makes it official: In a nearly party-line vote in the House on Thursday, the process for the impeachment inquiry was formalized with a 232-196 floor vote. The move will allow Democrats to bring their evidence surrounding Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine public with open-door hearings. The move...
Fragments Of Soviet Life From The Donbas
Abandoned photographs found on the front line of the Ukraine conflict reveal intimate moments of life before the war. Now the Australian photojournalist who discovered them hopes he can return the photos to their owners. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump’s Defenders Think We’re Idiots
For the past four weeks, I’ve been monitoring the evolving defenses put forth by President Trump’s allies. They began with flat-out denials of wrongdoing that didn’t survive casual brushes with scrutiny. Some of Trump’s defenders then tried to muddy the waters by normalizing corrupt quid pro quos and claiming that Trump...
