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    WaPo: Vindman Told Eisenberg That Trump’s Behavior On Ukraine Call Was ‘Wrong’
    Oct31

    WaPo: Vindman Told Eisenberg That Trump’s Behavior On Ukraine Call Was ‘Wrong’

    White House lawyer John Einsenberg quickly placed a transcript of President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president in a secure vault after an alarmed Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told him he thought Trump’s behavior during the call was “wrong,” the Washington Post reported. According to people familiar with Vindman’s...

    Reeker: ‘Malign’ Russia Invaded, Occupied Ukraine
    Oct31

    Reeker: ‘Malign’ Russia Invaded, Occupied Ukraine

    Acting assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs Philip Reeker said the United States continued to stand by Ukraine, which had been invaded by Russia. Speaking to RFE/RL’s Balkan Service on October 31, he also said Russia was not honoring its obligations under the 2015 Minsk ceasefire deal. …read more Source:: Radio Free...

    Top Russia official arrives for testimony in Trump impeachment inquiry
    Oct31

    Top Russia official arrives for testimony in Trump impeachment inquiry

    Tim Morrison, a top White House Russia expert, arrived Thursday to testify behind closed-doors about President Trump’s contacts with Ukraine, the latest in a growing string of witnesses to buck the president and appear as… …read more Source:: The...

    Indicted Ukrainian oligarch embraces Trump’s theories as he fights extradition
    Oct31

    Indicted Ukrainian oligarch embraces Trump’s theories as he fights extradition

    Ukrainian oligarch Dmytri Firtash, who is charged in a federal bribery case in Chicago, has thrust himself into the center of the debate over President Trump’s efforts to influence Ukraine. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works
    Oct31

    Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works

    Ukrainian troops will begin a weapons pullback in a second location in war-torn eastern Ukraine next week if a cease-fire there persists, the country’s leader said Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...

    Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works
    Oct31

    Ukraine’s leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that government troops will begin the pullback in a second location in eastern Ukraine next week if a cease-fire there persists …read more Source:: ABC...

    Anonymous Is a Coward
    Oct31

    Anonymous Is a Coward

    The Ukrainian scandal has been marked by profiles in both courage and cowardice.A succession of career officials from the State Department and the Department of Defense—beginning with Bill Taylor, the chargé d’affaires at the embassy in Ukraine—have defied the Trump White House, testifying under oath to Congress about presidential abuses of...

    Former Trump adviser next in line to be asked about Ukraine
    Oct31

    Former Trump adviser next in line to be asked about Ukraine

    House investigators expect to hear from Tim Morrison, who until recently was President Donald Trump’s top adviser for Russian and European affairs …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Facing Up to the Past, German-Style
    Oct31

    Facing Up to the Past, German-Style

    A compulsion to find meaning in chaos has produced many Theories of Trumpism. Initially shocked by such an erratic candidate and a startlingly racist campaign immediately following the United States’ first black president, some observers have, with hindsight, deemed the anomaly not only explainable, but even predictable. Backlash to Obama,...

    Trump’s Empty Claims About Fighting Corruption Are a Joke
    Oct31

    Trump’s Empty Claims About Fighting Corruption Are a Joke

    In February of 2017, just a few weeks into President Donald Trump’s reign, GOP legislators employed powers granted to them under the 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA)—a legislative tactic described, charitably, as “rarely used”—to repeal a number of rules and regulations established by federal agencies, with a laser focus on those enacted...