Rush Limbaugh is following in President Trump’s footsteps in attacking Fox News. During an episode of his namesake radio show Wednesday, conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh took aim at Fox News — where he’s been a regular guest — for featuring “Never Trumpers” in its coverage on Trump’s infamous July call with Ukraine...

Oct03

Prison Bars Haven’t Kept Manafort And Giuliani Apart

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has kept up a steady flow of communication with the imprisoned Paul Manafort through the former Trump campaign chairman’s lawyer, seeking to further the rightwing talking point that Ukrainians interfered in 2016 to help Hillary Clinton. A happy byproduct of this narrative would be muddying the charges against...

Oct03

Biden to Trump: ‘I’m not going anywhere’

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: The Hill (USA)

White House hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday hit back at President Trump at a rally in Nevada, telling his supporters he’s “not going anywhere” in a fiery rebuke of Trump’s attacks on his dealings with Ukraine.”Let m… …read more Source:: The...

Oct03

How Nickelback Found Itself Woven Into The Trump Impeachment Narrative

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

The aughts-era Canadian rock band that earned its proper place as the butt of an entire generation of internet memes found itself shrouded in newfound significance on Thursday morning. As part of his seemingly weeks-long Twitter-rage at Democrats and the media over the impeachment inquiry against him, Trump tweeted out a doctored video on...

Oct03

Trump tweeted a video to debunk something Biden said about Ukraine. Nickelback got Twitter to pull it.

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: The Blaze (USA)

The band Nickelback successfully managed to get Twitter to pull a video from one of President Donald Trump’s tweets due to copyright violation over the use of its music. The video itself claimed to disprove an assertion by former Vice President Joe Biden regarding his son’s dealings in Ukraine.What was in the video?The original video...

Oct03

Giuliani Confirms That At Least Some Docs State IG Gave Congress Came From Him

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani confirmed Wednesday night that at least some of the documents in the packet of “disinformation” that State Department Inspector General Steve Linick handed over to Congress in an “urgent” briefing came from him. According to CNN, the packet includes fodder for the fabricated Joe and Hunter Biden smears, as well as...

Oct03

Volker: 30 Years of Public, Private, Academic Service

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 16:00 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees.Volker has served as a special envoy to...

Oct03

Former US Envoy to Ukraine Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry

Thursday, October 3 , 2019 - 16:00 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Staff from three U.S. House of Representatives committees at the center of an impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump and Ukraine are scheduled to hold a closed-door deposition Thursday with Kurt Volker, the recently resigned U.S. envoy to Ukraine.Questions are likely to focus on a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian...