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    We Need A Truth-In-Advertising Commission — For Voters
    Oct17

    We Need A Truth-In-Advertising Commission — For Voters

    This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was published here and on the website for the Brennan Center for Justice. It was a pretty good troll. On Friday, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign ran an ad on Facebook saying that the social media giant had endorsed President Trump. It hasn’t, of course —...

    EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland arrives on Capitol Hill for testimony in impeachment inquiry
    Oct17

    EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland arrives on Capitol Hill for testimony in impeachment inquiry

    The U.S. ambassador to the European Union arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to testify on the administration’s controversial dealings with Ukraine, becoming the latest witness in the Democrats’ quickly evolving… …read more Source:: The...

    The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions
    Oct17

    The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions

    The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is distancing himself from President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden …read more Source:: The Boston...

    The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions
    Oct17

    The Latest: Sondland distances himself from Trump actions

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on expected testimony by U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland (all times local): 9:30 a.m. The U.S. ambassador to the European Union is distancing himself from President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden. Gordon Sondland plans to tell lawmakers on...

    House Lawyers: Trump ‘Obstructing Own Impeachment,’ Acting ‘Above The Law’
    Oct17

    House Lawyers: Trump ‘Obstructing Own Impeachment,’ Acting ‘Above The Law’

    House lawyers said in a filing Wednesday that President Donald Trump is currently acting “above the law” in his attempts to “obstruct his own impeachment” by barring witnesses from testifying before various committees. According to Politico, the filing pertains to the lawyers’ months-long attempt to compel former White House lawyer Don...

    New Podcast Episode
    Oct17

    New Podcast Episode

    New episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is out. We discuss the latest Trump/Ukraine investigation developments and try to make sense of the Dems’ marathon twelve-person on one stage debate. Listen here or it should be on your device if you signed up. …read more Source::...

    Perry says Trump directed him to discuss Ukraine with Giuliani: report
    Oct17

    Perry says Trump directed him to discuss Ukraine with Giuliani: report

    Energy Secretary Rick Perry said President Trump directed him to discuss Ukraine corruption concerns with Rudy Giuliani in the spring, according to an interview with … …read more Source:: The...

    Trump Directed Perry To Call Giuliani To Learn More About His Ukraine Concerns
    Oct17

    Trump Directed Perry To Call Giuliani To Learn More About His Ukraine Concerns

    Upon his return to the United States after attending the new Ukrainian president’s inauguration, Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged President Trump to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky. But Trump responded by ordering Perry to call his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to better understand why Trump didn’t trust the Ukrainian...

    Trump’s a Paper Tiger, and Everyone Knows It
    Oct17

    Trump’s a Paper Tiger, and Everyone Knows It

    The United States is, yet again, facing an unnecessary crisis of its own making. On October 6, Donald Trump decided, during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria. And not for the first time. Erdoğan persuaded Trump to withdraw U.S. forces during a phone call back in...

    Bomb Threat Disrupts Kyiv Court Hearing Into Kolomoyskiy’s Appeal Of PrivatBank’s Nationalization
    Oct17

    Bomb Threat Disrupts Kyiv Court Hearing Into Kolomoyskiy’s Appeal Of PrivatBank’s Nationalization

    The Kyiv Economic Court had to suspend a hearing into the appeal filed by one of Ukraine’s most powerful tycoons, Ihor Kolomoyskiy, and Triantal Investments against the nationalization of PrivatBank after the court received a bomb threat. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...