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    Nadler Uses Words Of Trump’s Allies Against Him At Impeachment Trial
    Jan23

    Nadler Uses Words Of Trump’s Allies Against Him At Impeachment Trial

    House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler’s argument Thursday against President Trump’s interpretation of what constitutes an impeachable offense used the words of Trump’s top supporters against him. At the Senate impeachment trial, Nadler played clips or showed writings of Attorney General Bill Barr, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and...

    Debunked ‘by who’? Graham pushes back on Democrats’ talking points about Biden-Ukraine allegations in impeachment trial
    Jan23

    Debunked ‘by who’? Graham pushes back on Democrats’ talking points about Biden-Ukraine allegations in impeachment trial

    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pushed back against Democrats’ claims that the concerns of corruption surrounding the Bidens and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma have somehow been debunked, despite a number of questions that still remain unanswered.”I don’t know how many times it was said by the managers that the Biden...

    Attorneys General Warn Impeaching Trump Will Have Long-Term Consequences
    Jan23

    Attorneys General Warn Impeaching Trump Will Have Long-Term Consequences

    The Constitution’s impeachment provisions are among the few that we would rather never be used. President Donald Trump is the 20th public official, and only the third president, to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Because the result of House impeachment, followed by conviction in a Senate trial, removes the president from...

    Adam Schiff and the End of Implausible Deniability
    Jan23

    Adam Schiff and the End of Implausible Deniability

    From time to time in the Trump era, Republican members of Congress have found themselves stricken with blindness, deafness, illiteracy, or some combination thereof. Their affliction tends to manifest whenever President Donald Trump and his allies do something troubling. They claimed that they didn’t watch coverage of a rally where his...

    British Police Remove Ukrainian National Emblem From Extremist Guide
    Jan23

    British Police Remove Ukrainian National Emblem From Extremist Guide

    Britain has removed Ukraine’s coat of arms from a police guide for identifying extremist symbols, after the presence of the “tryzub” (trident in Ukrainian) emblem in the document triggered a protest from Ukrainian officials. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Schiff claims that if President Trump is not removed from office by impeachment, Americans can’t trust the results of the 2020 election
    Jan23

    Schiff claims that if President Trump is not removed from office by impeachment, Americans can’t trust the results of the 2020 election

    During opening arguments of the Senate’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, lead House manager Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that, without impeachment, Americans would not be able to trust the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.”The House did not take this extraordinarily step lightly,” Schiff told the Senate of the decision...

    Prayers Answered? Ukrainian Orthodox Church Marks One Year Of Independence From Moscow
    Jan23

    Prayers Answered? Ukrainian Orthodox Church Marks One Year Of Independence From Moscow

    More than a year after gaining its independence from the Moscow Patriarchate, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has gained hundreds of parishes. But still faces challenges, not least from among its own ranks. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    I’m a Gordon Sondland Republican
    Jan23

    I’m a Gordon Sondland Republican

    Like many Republicans, I like rich guys, especially rich white guys. For me, they’re the original ballers. The egg-heads in Washington might talk about smaller government and lower taxes. But when it’s primary season, this Republican is looking for a cool rich Caucasian male, what we used to call a leader. That’s why I started...

    ‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’
    Jan23

    ‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’

    John Washington Born in Soviet Ukraine and denied status in Canada and the United States, Karina describes the plight of statelessness—living without being recognized by any country at all. The post ‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’ appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...

    After Trump’s Bold Move, Iran Is Left With Few Strategic Options
    Jan23

    After Trump’s Bold Move, Iran Is Left With Few Strategic Options

    Scoring legitimate foreign-policy wins has not been easy for U.S. President Donald Trump, Twitter proclamations notwith-standing. But he’s just notched his biggest one yet against Iran. Since Trump decided to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran has been careful to take only incremental steps away from the...