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    Facebook rejects Biden request to remove Trump Ukraine ad
    Oct09

    Facebook rejects Biden request to remove Trump Ukraine ad

    Facebook has denied a request from former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign to remove an ad being run by President Trump’s reelection campaign that questions Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukran… …read more Source:: The...

    Trump Ordered Perry, State Dept To Primarily Huddle With Giuliani On Ukraine
    Oct09

    Trump Ordered Perry, State Dept To Primarily Huddle With Giuliani On Ukraine

    President Trump directed his energy secretary and two of his top State Department officials to work with his private attorney Rudy Giuliani to coordinate official business with the president of Ukraine as early as May, CNN reported. According to two sources familiar with the conversation who spoke to CNN, Trump was reportedly convinced that the...

    Trump highlights reported whistleblower tie to 2020 Democrat
    Oct09

    Trump highlights reported whistleblower tie to 2020 Democrat

    President Trump in a series of tweets highlighted recent reporting that alleges the whistleblower who filed a complaint regarding his call with Ukraine’s leader had a “professional” tie to a Democratic presiden… …read more Source:: The...

    Some Republicans Favor Investigation Into Trump Whistleblower Complaint
    Oct09

    Some Republicans Favor Investigation Into Trump Whistleblower Complaint

    Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio is one of the few Republicans lawmakers to openly rebuke President Donald Trump for asking the new Ukrainian president in late July to investigate one of Trump’s major Democratic rivals, former vice president Joe Biden.“The President should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period,” Portman told The...

    Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own
    Oct09

    Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own

    Lev Golinkin Ukraine is often portrayed as a hopeless cauldron of corruption teeming with seedy characters. But America often forgets that it takes two to tango. The post Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...

    Attacks on the Whistle-Blower Miss the Point
    Oct09

    Attacks on the Whistle-Blower Miss the Point

    In August, an intelligence analyst filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging President Donald Trump pressured President Vlodomyr Zelensky to open an investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.That allegation has since been substantiated by independent reporting, a summary of the call released by the White House,...

    Joe Biden’s Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
    Oct09

    Joe Biden’s Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing

    Joe Biden is in trouble. It’s not his actual campaign that’s in truly dire straits. Although Elizabeth Warren has risen steadily, troubling donors already troubled by Biden’s age, he’s still first or second in most polls and shows few signs of tumbling too far from the top of the field. He could do without the attention...

    Trump Goes All In On Obstruction
    Oct09

    Trump Goes All In On Obstruction

    Over the last few days, Democrats have been warning with more and more urgency that the Trump administration’s response to an impeachment inquiry might represent obstruction of justice.White House Counsel Pat Cipollone explained the administration’s view in a letter Tuesday to House Democratic leaders. The missive sprawls over eight...

    Mick Mulvaney’s Uncertain Fate
    Oct09

    Mick Mulvaney’s Uncertain Fate

    A few weeks back, a Trump-administration official told me that the White House’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, would soon be “acting” no more. Mulvaney had won the job for good, and Donald Trump was about to make him permanent chief, this person said. One week ago, another person close to the president came to me with a different...

    Putin seems to be enjoying the Trump impeachment show
    Oct09

    Putin seems to be enjoying the Trump impeachment show

    Russia has been a pariah since annexing Crimea. Now attention is on Ukraine, whose leader’s call with President Trump is the focus of an impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...