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    Yovanovitch Neatly Picks Apart GOP Talking Point That Ukraine Was Out To Get Trump
    Nov15

    Yovanovitch Neatly Picks Apart GOP Talking Point That Ukraine Was Out To Get Trump

    Former ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch calmly dismantled Republican staff attorney Steve Castor’s line of questioning centered on the idea that Ukrainian officials were out to get then-candidate Donald Trump during the second half of her Friday hearing. Castor started by bringing up Alexandra Chalupa, a former DNC contractor who...

    The Media Is Hopelessly Addicted to Donald Trump
    Nov15

    The Media Is Hopelessly Addicted to Donald Trump

    The impeachment hearings got their first made-for-TV moment during ousted Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony, thanks to a cameo from President Trump. Early in Yovanovitch’s testimony, the president lashed out in a tweet denigrating her service in Somalia and Ukraine. This was an opening for House Intelligence Chair...

    A Brief History of Roger Stone
    Nov15

    A Brief History of Roger Stone

    Roger Stone, the famed political consultant, seems to have played a role in every major conservative moment in the past half century. And if one quality has defined his long career in politics, it’s that he’s prone to scandal of his own making.Enter the Russia investigation. Today, Stone was found guilty of lying to the House...

    Solomon: ‘Activist’ U.S. embassy in Ukraine had a ‘do not prosecute list’
    Nov15

    Solomon: ‘Activist’ U.S. embassy in Ukraine had a ‘do not prosecute list’

    by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2019 The Democrats’ star witness at their public impeachment spectacle on Nov. 15 was former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch whose testimony was accompanied by live tweets from the President of the United States who had replaced her as commonly happens when administrations change. According...

    Schiff Mansplains Committee Rules to GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik
    Nov15

    Schiff Mansplains Committee Rules to GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik

    House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) repeatedly interrupted congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) during Friday’s impeachment hearing. Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) yielded his time to allow Stefanik to ask former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch questions, but Schiff interrupted her before...

    The Latest: Yovanovitch rejects Trump’s 2016 Ukraine theory
    Nov15

    The Latest: Yovanovitch rejects Trump’s 2016 Ukraine theory

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment hearings (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Maria Yovanovitch is rejecting the notion that Ukraine tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, as President Donald Trump has proposed. Trump has said that Ukraine …...

    How Russian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation
    Nov15

    How Russian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation

    KYIV, Ukraine—As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the frontline town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous text messages on their cellphones. “Your comrades nearby already left their positions, so you should leave yours as well,” one message read. The messages also claimed that...

    Takeaways From Day 2 of House Impeachment Public Hearings
    Nov15

    Takeaways From Day 2 of House Impeachment Public Hearings

    Takeaways from Day 2 of the House impeachment public hearings with witness Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....

    Rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call released
    Nov15

    Rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call released

    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S. politics. The new …...

    Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy
    Nov15

    Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The fired U.S. ambassador to Ukraine sounded an alarm Friday about the denigration of American diplomacy and the hollowing out of the State Department under President Donald Trump as she recounted how she became an early casualty of the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the impeachment inquiry. … …read...