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    Trump’s Undemocratic Obsession With Sovereignty
    Sep28

    Trump’s Undemocratic Obsession With Sovereignty

    Donald Trump shows little interest in most points of political philosophy, but he’s revealed an obsession with at least one term. “If you want democracy, hold on to your sovereignty,” he said in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly this week. He fixated on the same term in his previous two speeches in that forum. Last year,...

    The White House reportedly tried to conceal transcripts of Trump’s calls with other world leaders, including Russia’s Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad bin Salman
    Sep28

    The White House reportedly tried to conceal transcripts of Trump’s calls with other world leaders, including Russia’s Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad bin Salman

    The White House is accused of trying to cover up Trump’s call with Ukraine by storing the transcript in a system housing the country’s top secrets. …read more Source:: Business...

    Leaked Memo: Colleagues Unload on John Solomon, the ‘Reporter’ Who Kicked Off Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy
    Sep28

    Leaked Memo: Colleagues Unload on John Solomon, the ‘Reporter’ Who Kicked Off Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy

    Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post/GettyBeltway-centric newspaper The Hill employs a team of dozens of journalists from a variety of backgrounds. But only one has managed to alienate many of his colleagues, fuel the paranoia of Fox News viewers, and inadvertently play a key role in the whistleblower complaint and President Donald Trump’s...

    Trump’s Big Lie About Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Ukraine Falls Apart
    Sep28

    Trump’s Big Lie About Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Ukraine Falls Apart

    Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo by Alex Wong/GettyThe big lie spouted by Donald Trump and his allies in the unfurling Ukraine affair—an unprecedented abuse of public trust, which has now led directly to an impeachment inquiry—is that former Vice President Joe Biden urged the Ukrainians to fire the Kyiv general prosecutor, Viktor...

    Giuliani, Once ‘America’s Mayor,’ Now a Central Figure in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
    Sep28

    Giuliani, Once ‘America’s Mayor,’ Now a Central Figure in Trump Impeachment Inquiry

    It’s been a long, strange road for Rudy Giuliani, the hard-nosed prosecutor who gained fame as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership in New York City after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001.Once seen as a promising Republican presidential candidate himself, Giuliani is now trying to beat back accusations that he was a key player...

    AG Barr Draws Democratic Fire for Handling of Trump Whistleblower Complaint
    Sep28

    AG Barr Draws Democratic Fire for Handling of Trump Whistleblower Complaint

    In March, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report to Attorney General William Barr without answering the most tantalizing question: Did President Donald Trump attempt to obstruct the investigation into whether Russians meddled with the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor.Barr, the savvy veteran Republican lawyer,...

    State envoy to Ukraine resigns; Pompeo subpoenaed
    Sep28

    State envoy to Ukraine resigns; Pompeo subpoenaed

    House takes first steps in impeachment probe …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...

    Trump to Russians in 2017: Not Concerned About Election Meddling, Report Says
    Sep28

    Trump to Russians in 2017: Not Concerned About Election Meddling, Report Says

    President Donald Trump told two Russian officials in a 2017 meeting that he was not concerned about Moscow’s meddling in the U.S. election, which prompted White House officials to limit access to the remarks, the Washington Post reported Friday.A summary of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Russia’s foreign minister and its...

    Trey Gowdy dismantles key liberal narrative about impeachment based on Ukraine transcript
    Sep28

    Trey Gowdy dismantles key liberal narrative about impeachment based on Ukraine transcript

    Former congressman Trey Gowdy dismantled an argument used by critics of the president to claim that he acted improperly by asking his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to seek evidence of corruption from Ukrainian officials. Gowdy was speaking to Dana Perino on her Fox News show when she asked him about the claims against Giuliani. “Rudy is...

    Requirement for whistleblowers to have ‘first-hand information’ was scrapped ahead of complaint against President Trump
    Sep28

    Requirement for whistleblowers to have ‘first-hand information’ was scrapped ahead of complaint against President Trump

    The intelligence community secretly removed the requirement that whistleblowers must have “first-hand information” of wrongdoings in order to fast-track allegations to Congress prior to a CIA officer’s complaint against President Donald Trump, reducing the threshold for informants to merely check a box stating, “I heard...