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We just recorded today’s episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast with David and Kate and I joined by TPM Reporter Josh Kovensky. I highly recommend your listening when it comes out this afternoon. Josh has a unique handle not only on this story but the different personages involved, many of whom he’s interviewed because of his work as a...
Sources say Pelosi preparing House action amid growing calls to start the impeachment process
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to put a resolution on the House floor Wednesday to address the Ukraine scandal, amid growing calls to start the impeachment process against President Donald Trump, according to sources. What that resolution will specifically say is still being worked out. A Democratic leadership aide told CNN that key...
Biden to speak out on Trump for urging Ukraine probe
Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to deliver an on-camera statement on “the DNI whistleblower report and President Trump’s ongoing abuse of power,” according to a campaign press release. Biden has decried reports that President Donald Trump urged the president of Ukraine to look into his son’s business dealings there. Biden said...
WaPo: Biden To Call For Trump’s Impeachment If He Refuses To Comply With Info Requests
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday will call for the House to impeach President Donald Trump if the President continues to stonewall the congressional investigation into his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Washington Post. Biden is expected to deliver a statement at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday...
Several Senate Democrats Push For Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump
Several Senate Democrats are now calling on the House to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as the Ukraine scandal heats up, including a member of Democratic leadership. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, posted a Twitter thread on Tuesday urging “the initiation of a formal...
OBSESSED: Nets Bang Impeachment Drum 73 Times in A Day
Over the span of just 26 hours on Monday and Tuesday, the network morning and evening newscasts featured mentions of impeachment a stunning 73 times while hyping the controversy over President Trump’s July phone call with the president of Ukraine. …read more Source:: CNS...
Iran Has Spent More Than $16 Billion on Terrorism in Recent Years
Iran has spent more than $16 billion during the past several years to fund militant terrorists across the Middle East, cash that was repatriated to the Islamic Republic under the terms of the landmark nuclear deal, according to new disclosures from the Trump administration. As Iran’s economy teeters on the brink of collapse under the tough...
NBC Appalled By ‘Wrong in Tone,’ ‘19th Century’ UN Speech
[See NewsBusters for more.] The journalists at NBC on Tuesday pounced on Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations, immediately branding it a “19th century,” “wrong in tone” address that caters only to the interests of America. Additionally, six of the ten minutes devoted to the live, post-speech reaction were actually focused on Ukraine...
Dems To WH Counsel: Stop Ukraine Stonewalling Or Face ‘Escalated Measures’
Three Democratic committee leaders wrote to the White House Tuesday demanding that it stop stonewalling attempts to investigate the President’s Ukraine-related actions — or else. In a letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone, the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight Committees said that Trump “must...
Chernobyl Tourism Boom Brings Illegal Traffic To The Zone
Inspired by the popular TV series and a tourism initiative proposed by Ukraine’s president, more tourists are visiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone than ever. Alongside the official guided tours, the abandoned area has also seen a rising number of illegal visitors entering at their own risk. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
