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    Bribery Is Right There in the Constitution
    Nov21

    Bribery Is Right There in the Constitution

    The word bribery is suddenly at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of bribery when he offered “to grant or withhold military assistance” in exchange for a public statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about pursuing investigations related to...

    Making Impeachment Matter
    Nov21

    Making Impeachment Matter

    A national poll in September, one of the first taken after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives would initiate a formal impeachment inquiry regarding the president’s dealings with Ukraine, turned up a plurality of respondents already backing Trump’s impeachment. The spread of opinion was as follows: 42...

    Trump’s War on Expertise Is Only Intensifying
    Nov21

    Trump’s War on Expertise Is Only Intensifying

    In the fierce struggle over impeachment, Donald Trump and his Republican defenders are escalating their war on expertise.As an array of career diplomatic and military officials offer damning testimony against Trump—a procession that will continue today with the appearance of former National Security Council adviser Fiona Hill—the GOP is reprising...

    Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘a Trial in Search of a Crime,’ Rep. Jody Hice Says
    Nov21

    Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘a Trial in Search of a Crime,’ Rep. Jody Hice Says

    “They are searching for every haystack they can possibly find in hopes that there’s a needle somewhere that they can bring forward and say, ‘A-ha, we have something to impeach him,’” says Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. “And the American people are seeing it for what it is.” Read the lightly edited transcript of the interview, posted below, or...

    ‘Coup’ Concerns Suddenly Don’t Seem So Far-Fetched
    Nov21

    ‘Coup’ Concerns Suddenly Don’t Seem So Far-Fetched

    For most of the last three years, Donald Trump’s critics have scoffed at supposed “conspiracy theories” that claimed a “deep state” of bureaucrats were aborting the Trump presidency. We have been told the word “coup” is hyperbole that reveals the paranoid minds of Trump supporters. Yet oddly, many people brag that they are proud members of...

    On Ukraine’s bleak front line, US aid saves lives and morale
    Nov21

    On Ukraine’s bleak front line, US aid saves lives and morale

    U.S.-made medical equipment, night-vision devices and countermortar radar make a difference for Ukrainian troops fighting Kremlin-backed separatists on the front line of the standoff between Russia and the West. Sometimes, … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...

    On Ukraine’s Bleak Front Line, US Aid Saves Lives and Morale
    Nov21

    On Ukraine’s Bleak Front Line, US Aid Saves Lives and Morale

    U.S.-made medical and military assistance makes a difference for Ukrainian troops fighting Kremlin-backed separatists. …read more Source:: U.S....

    Ex-Adviser, Diplomat to Testify in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
    Nov21

    Ex-Adviser, Diplomat to Testify in Trump Impeachment Inquiry

    Two additional advisers will testify Thursday as the U.S. House of Representatives holds a marathon week of public hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.Former White House adviser Fiona Hill and career foreign service officer David Holmes are to testify Thursday.On Tuesday Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President...

    Fiona Hill, adviser with sharp eye for detail, is next up
    Nov21

    Fiona Hill, adviser with sharp eye for detail, is next up

    WASHINGTON (AP) – They have heard the measured testimony of career diplomats and the mind-boggling account of a first-time ambassador who declared he was in charge of President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy. Now House impeachment investigators will hear from Fiona Hill, a no-nonsense former White House adviser who was alarmed …...

    ‘On whose authority?’: What to watch in impeachment hearings
    Nov21

    ‘On whose authority?’: What to watch in impeachment hearings

    WASHINGTON (AP) – They owned the White House’s policy on Ukraine. Or so they thought. Gradually, administration officials on both sides of the Atlantic understood that President Donald Trump was using a back channel headed by Rudy Giuliani to push Ukraine for investigations of Democrats. Former National Security Council adviser...