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    Notable
    Nov13

    Notable

    Going back to my point that the career diplomats had a hard time getting their heads around the subterranean world of Trumpian conspiracy theories and crazy, notable here that the top State Department official for Russia and Ukraine had never heard of the Crowdstrike conspiracy theory before the July 25th transcript was released. Back to my...

    Trump felt ‘wronged’ by Ukraine and ‘owed’ investigation into Biden, diplomat says
    Nov13

    Trump felt ‘wronged’ by Ukraine and ‘owed’ investigation into Biden, diplomat says

    The United States’ top diplomat to Ukraine said President Donald Trump felted “wronged” by the Ukrainians and thought the country “owed” him an investigation into Joe Biden, acting Ambassador William … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    Americans Tune in as First Public Impeachment Hearing Opens
    Nov13

    Americans Tune in as First Public Impeachment Hearing Opens

    Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke was tuning in between morning chores on his South Dakota farm, ready to witness what he already believed was a waste of time and a political sham: the first public hearings into impeaching President Donald Trump.In Denver, a tech manager arranged to work from home for the moment he hoped might mark the end of the...

    Impeachment hearing: Diplomat William Taylor says Ukraine aid depended on Biden probes
    Nov13

    Impeachment hearing: Diplomat William Taylor says Ukraine aid depended on Biden probes

    The impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moved into the open realm Wednesday with public testimony from two top U.S. diplomats, William Taylor and George Kent — both of whom offered new details in the case. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Fox Cuts To Commercial When Schiff Starts Asking Questions At Open Hearing
    Nov13

    Fox Cuts To Commercial When Schiff Starts Asking Questions At Open Hearing

    Fox News interrupted its live coverage of the public hearings in House impeachment investigation on Wednesday with a commercial break the moment when House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) began to speak to the witnesses. After Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor finished his opening statement, Schiff began the first round of...

    Taylor Succinctly Shoots Down Mulvaney’s Argument At That Disastrous Presser
    Nov13

    Taylor Succinctly Shoots Down Mulvaney’s Argument At That Disastrous Presser

    Last month at a train wreck press conference, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney attempted to shrug off evidence of the Trump administration trying to leverage military aid to force Ukraine to conduct an investigation into a conspiracy theory on the 2016 election that Trump routinely disseminates. “We do that all the time with...

    State Department official George Kent testified in public impeachment hearing that Rudy Giuliani ‘undermined’ US national security with ‘politically motivated investigations’ in Ukraine
    Nov13

    State Department official George Kent testified in public impeachment hearing that Rudy Giuliani ‘undermined’ US national security with ‘politically motivated investigations’ in Ukraine

    “In my opinion, those attacks undermined US and Ukrainian national interests and damaged our critical bilateral relationship,” Kent said Wednesday. …read more Source:: Business...

    Diplomat William Taylor at impeachment hearing: President Donald Trump cared more about Bidens than Ukraine
    Nov13

    Diplomat William Taylor at impeachment hearing: President Donald Trump cared more about Bidens than Ukraine

    The impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moved into the open realm Wednesday with public testimony from two top U.S. diplomats, William Taylor and George Kent — both of whom offered new details in the case. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Diplomats: Trump Effort to Extort Ukraine ‘Undercut,’ ‘Damaged’ U.S.
    Nov13

    Diplomats: Trump Effort to Extort Ukraine ‘Undercut,’ ‘Damaged’ U.S.

    Alex Brandon-Pool/GettyLongtime U.S. diplomats outlined their discomfort and disapproval with what they described as a campaign by President Donald Trump’s allies to hijack Ukraine relations for Trump’s reelection, the central issue in Trump’s potential impeachment. George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for...

    In Impeachment Surprise, Taylor Unveils New Evidence Directly Implicating Trump
    Nov13

    In Impeachment Surprise, Taylor Unveils New Evidence Directly Implicating Trump

    The acting ambassador to Ukraine dropped a bombshell Wednesday, testifying to a previously unknown conversation that President Trump had that directly implicated him in the pressure campaign against Ukraine. The explosive new claim did not come up in Taylor’s closed-door testimony — the ambassador said he’d only heard a...