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    Bill Taylor Asked To Testify, Request Likely To Be Met With WH Opposition
    Oct11

    Bill Taylor Asked To Testify, Request Likely To Be Met With WH Opposition

    Bill Taylor, the veteran State Department official who called freezing Ukrainian aid “crazy,” has been asked to give a deposition before House committees. According to CNN, an interview has not yet been scheduled and will likely draw opposition from the White House and State Department, who have tried to block testimony from other players in the...

    In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone
    Oct11

    In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone

    Joan Walsh Administration stalwarts Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, William Barr, and Mike Pompeo are all implicated, too. The post In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...

    Eye Opener: Wildfires rage across Southern California
    Oct11

    Eye Opener: Wildfires rage across Southern California

    New fires erupt overnight in Southern California, burning a trailer park and forcing homeowners to flee. Also, two men linked to the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are arrested while the ex-ambassador who tried to block Giuliani’s lobbying in Ukraine is due to testify today. All that and all that matters in today’s...

    Ukraine’s President: ‘I Wanted to Be World Famous,’ but Not This Way
    Oct11

    Ukraine’s President: ‘I Wanted to Be World Famous,’ but Not This Way

    Volodymyr Zelensky came to office vowing to fight corruption and forge peace. Then came the Trump phone call. Today, in a marathon news conference, he tried to start over. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Indictments signal new path in Ukraine probe — live updates
    Oct11

    Indictments signal new path in Ukraine probe — live updates

    Two businessmen tied to the president’s personal lawyer are accused of funneling foreign money to candidates and committees …read more Source::...

    The Latest: Incident outside Turkish Embassy in Ukraine
    Oct11

    The Latest: Incident outside Turkish Embassy in Ukraine

    The Latest on Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria in a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters there (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Several unidentified people have attacked protesters outside the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    The Impeachable Tweets
    Oct11

    The Impeachable Tweets

    Forget creating more committees. Forget trying to get at the secret server in the White House. Forget issuing more subpoenas that will never be obeyed. The House already has everything it needs for impeachment, right now, and all of it was provided by President Donald J. Trump. His public statements—and especially his tweets—are a record of...

    We Are All Ukrainians
    Oct11

    We Are All Ukrainians

    Ironies pile up. Both participants in the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky are outsiders whose fame catapulted them to high office. Foreign policy experts assumed their similar profile would promote goodwill and understanding. That was incorrect. This star-crossed encounter has damaged the careers of...

    Democrats want to focus on health care in 2020. Is that possible after impeachment?
    Oct11

    Democrats want to focus on health care in 2020. Is that possible after impeachment?

    Soren Norris wasn’t talking about impeachment, Ukraine, or even President Donald Trump himself when he finally sensed an opportunity to win over a GOP voter. The field director for a … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    Where Do Democrats Go From Here?
    Oct11

    Where Do Democrats Go From Here?

    The White House has long embraced a strategy of stonewalling House Democrats’ various investigations into Donald Trump, from refusing to hand over the president’s tax returns to directing former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to testify before Congress. Now, three weeks after reports of Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian...