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    Even Rudy Is Sick of His Biden-Ukraine Conspiracies
    Aug28

    Even Rudy Is Sick of His Biden-Ukraine Conspiracies

    2020 Republican National Committee via GettyFour years ago, Rudy Giuliani took to the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver a shouty monologue about how his friend Donald Trump would usher in a new era of law and order and end the racial strife prompted by police killings of Black men. Four years later, Giuliani is back at the...

    Apocalypse Now?
    Aug27

    Apocalypse Now?

    Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us AllBy Michael ShellenbergerHarperCollins, 430 pp, $29.99“What you’re experiencing and seeing,” Jennifer Manfre, spokeswoman for Southern California Edison, told me back in 2012, “is nuclear safety in action.”At the time, engineers at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a...

    Serbia surprisingly joins EU in condemnation of Belarus vote
    Aug27

    Serbia surprisingly joins EU in condemnation of Belarus vote

    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — In a surprise move, Serbia has joined the European Union in its rejection of the election results in Belarus and criticism of a crackdown against those protesting against the country’s longtime autocratic leader. Serbia’s prime minister, Ana Brnabic, said Thursday that Belgrade signed up with the EU resolution...

    Trump Is Flaunting His Impunity
    Aug27

    Trump Is Flaunting His Impunity

    Incumbent presidents have two goals for their renomination convention: Show voters what they’ve achieved in their first four years, and tell them what they want to do with another four.Donald Trump and his Republican Party have skipped the second part—the president has repeatedly whiffed on articulating a second-term agenda, and the...

    Russia Detains Serviceman for Allegedly Passing State Secrets to Ukraine
    Aug27

    Russia Detains Serviceman for Allegedly Passing State Secrets to Ukraine

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had detained a serviceman in Siberia for having allegedly passed… …read more Source:: U.S....

    Senior Polish Diplomat Talks to VOA on Ties, Hopes for Belarus
    Aug27

    Senior Polish Diplomat Talks to VOA on Ties, Hopes for Belarus

    Piotr Wilczek assumed his post as Poland’s ambassador to the United States in 2017. Prior to this position, he taught for many years as a liberal arts professor at universities both in Poland and the U.S. Below is a transcript of a recent written interview, centered on the question of Belarus.VOA: Why does Belarus matter?Wilczek: Belarus...

    Fired White House Lawyer Alleges Retaliation by Trump, Democratic Lawmakers Say
    Aug27

    Fired White House Lawyer Alleges Retaliation by Trump, Democratic Lawmakers Say

    A former White House lawyer contends he was fired for reporting concerns about President Donald Trump’s efforts to have Ukraine investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and about alleged legal and ethical breaches by Trump’s national security adviser, Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday.Army Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Vindman filed...

    5 Points On Trump’s RNC Gambits And The Hatch Act Debate
    Aug27

    5 Points On Trump’s RNC Gambits And The Hatch Act Debate

    An 81-year-old government ethics law is back in the headlines again, as the Trump administration is accused of staging official government events for purposes of the Republican National Convention. White House officials have downplayed concerns about the law, called the Hatch Act, by suggesting that the scrutiny they’re now facing is mere...

    3 Key Points in Newly Released FBI Documents on Foreign Bid to Influence Clinton Campaign
    Aug27

    3 Key Points in Newly Released FBI Documents on Foreign Bid to Influence Clinton Campaign

    The Senate Judiciary Committee released declassified documents this week that showed a major difference in how the FBI—under the leadership of then-Director James Comey—treated investigations into foreign influence on the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The FBI provided a “defensive briefing” to the Clinton campaign...

    Trump Jr. Punches Back At Speculation He Was High At RNC: ‘You Have Me Confused With Hunter Biden’
    Aug26

    Trump Jr. Punches Back At Speculation He Was High At RNC: ‘You Have Me Confused With Hunter Biden’

    Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday morning managed to throw Hunter Biden under the bus while hitting back at allegations of cocaine use during his RNC speech. After going on a tear against the media during an appearance on “Fox and Friends,” Trump Jr. was asked about the media’s concern with his “glassy” eyes during his RNC speech on Monday...