Section: TPM (USA)
Josh’s Epic List of Books
Over recent months I’ve had a number of readers write in to ask if I’d put all my book reviews and recommendations in one place. So I’ve done that. After the jump are recommendations for just over 60 books – all what I’d call serious popular history, with a few examples stretching over into more academic books. The topics...
CNN: Feds Reviewing ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Trump Inauguration Docs
Manhattan federal prosecutors are examining tens of thousands of documents handed over by Trump’s Inaugural Committee, CNN reported Monday. The committee finished sending documents this past month, according to the report, suggesting that the investigation has moved into a new phase. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York sent...
Collateral Damage
Important read. It appears that Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon got the US Ambassador to Ukraine canned (membership required) as part of their efforts to get the government of Ukraine to target Joe Biden. …read more Source:...
After Ukraine-Biden Scandal Fizzles, Trump Demands Probe Into China Ties
The Ukraine-Biden scandal ran out of steam this week. So what’s the next big thing for Trump and the right-wing media machine? The answer seems to be a China-Biden scandal. In a preview of a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton, Trump demanded an investigation into the former Vice President’s apparent ties to China....
Perfect Storm, Part II
One of the particular characteristics of the Trump presidency is the way Trump consistently creates drama – some by design, some not – that makes it hard to see the broader outline of events. Nowhere is this more clear than in considering the 2020 election. We’re inundated by reports about the President’s turbo-powered campaign, his...
Key Development
The out-going top prosecutor in Ukraine – who Rudy Giuliani had been courting/pressuring to open investigations into Joe Biden has announced he’s not playing ball. He says there’s no probe, no reason to open a probe, etc. Yuriy Lutsenko said he didn’t want “Ukraine to again be the subject of US presidential elections.” This is...
Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Probe Into Biden, Despite Giuliani’s Efforts
Ukraine’s attorney general equivalent says that his country is not investigating Joe Biden or his son Hunter over their activities in the Eastern European nation, despite coaxing from Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani for them to do so, Bloomberg reports. “I do not want Ukraine to again be the subject of U.S. presidential elections,” Ukraine...
Biden Swipes At Rudy’s ‘Inappropriate’ Ukraine Trip: ‘It’s Sort Of Giuliani’s Style’
2020 Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden took a swipe at Rudy Giuliani in an interview published on Tuesday after the President’s lawyer almost traveled to Ukraine to push the government to open an investigation into his son, Hunter Biden. “It’s sort of Giuliani’s style and this administration,” Biden told...
5 Points On Giuliani’s Bizarre Attempts To Dig Up Dirt For Trump In Ukraine
Facing intensive public scrutiny, Rudy Giuliani this weekend cancelled a planned mission to Ukraine to dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents and try to coax Kiev prosecutors into doing the same. But the web of outrageous allegations and conspiracy theories that undergird Giuliani’s aborted trip raise a question: what exactly is...
Prosecutors Not Ready To Schedule Rick Gates’ Sentencing Yet
Rick Gates and the prosecutors handling his case are not ready to schedule a sentencing date, they said in a court filing Monday, noting both his continuing cooperation and the trials later this year for former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig and for ex-Trump advisor Roger Stone. It is not clear whether the reference to the trials was an...
