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    WH Aides Worry Trump Will Be Too Distracted To Get Anything Else Done This Year
    Sep25

    WH Aides Worry Trump Will Be Too Distracted To Get Anything Else Done This Year

    President Trump is bound to be distracted by the House’s launch of an impeachment inquiry for at least the next couple weeks. But White House aides are holding their breath hoping the latest mania won’t linger long in Trump’s mind. According to a new Politico report, White House aides are privately concerned that...

    Trump Admin Prepares Redacted Version Of Whistleblower Complaint For Congress
    Sep25

    Trump Admin Prepares Redacted Version Of Whistleblower Complaint For Congress

    The Trump administration is preparing to release a redacted version of the DNI whistleblower complaint to Congress to quash the growing calls for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, and to assuage lawmakers angry at the blatant disregard for oversight law. According to the New York Times, Trump called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)...

    Why America Needs Ukraine
    Sep25

    Why America Needs Ukraine

    Vladimir Putin considers Ukraine to be his backyard. It shares a nearly 1,500-mile border with Russia, was part of the Soviet Union, and for centuries has been referred to as “Little Russia” by domineering leaders of its northern neighbor. The ousting of Ukraine’s Kremlin-backed president after mass protest in 2014 preceded Putin’s...

    Ahead Of Meeting With Trump, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Jokes Only Son Can Pressure Him
    Sep25

    Ahead Of Meeting With Trump, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Jokes Only Son Can Pressure Him

    U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time on September 25 amid a scandal over a July phone call that has sparked a formal impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Trump held back aid to Ukraine. Why was the U.S. sending aid to begin with?
    Sep25

    Trump held back aid to Ukraine. Why was the U.S. sending aid to begin with?

    For 28 years, the United States has sent foreign assistance to Ukraine to promote democracy and security in the region. …read more Source:: The Washington...

    Democracy Versus Kleptocracy
    Sep25

    Democracy Versus Kleptocracy

    Ever since the earliest years of this century, Ukraine has been the contested frontier in a grand ideological struggle between the forces of democracy and kleptocracy.It was in Ukraine that Russia tested the misinformation tactics that it used in the American presidential election of 2016. And when Russia meddled in the U.S. campaign, one of its...

    Impeach Him For Real
    Sep25

    Impeach Him For Real

    Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Tuesday announcement regarding the House Democrats’ impeachment plans is less significant than the build-up had suggested. After months of pressure from Democratic colleagues, she declared that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. While her statement may be a...

    What Happened in Ukraine?
    Sep25

    What Happened in Ukraine?

    One of the more confusing things about the current controversy swirling over Ukraine is the superficial similarity between former Vice President Joe Biden’s actions there during the Obama administration and President Donald Trump’s more recent actions.Both Biden and Trump pressured the Ukrainian government about corruption...

    What the First Whistle-Blowers Taught America
    Sep25

    What the First Whistle-Blowers Taught America

    At the dawn of the United States, before the Constitution, and more than 240 years before a U.S. intelligence source filed a whistle-blower complaint against President Donald Trump, Americans clearly understood the damage that high-ranking government officials can do if they use their public authority for private gain.Esek Hopkins, a Rhode Island...

    Giuliani: Democrats Have ‘Stepped Into Something Way Beyond What They Realize’
    Sep25

    Giuliani: Democrats Have ‘Stepped Into Something Way Beyond What They Realize’

    President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani has been pushing the story of Ukraine corruption for months. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...