Section: TPM (USA)
Now Toss in Treason
The Ukrainian MP who worked with former Trump business associate and felon Felix Sater and current Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen on that “peace plan” for Ukraine and Russia is now being investigated for treason back in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Lawmaker Who Met With Trump Lawyer Now Faces Treason Probe
A Ukrainian lawmaker who met with President Donald Trump’s top lawyer Michael Cohen during the transition is now the subject of a treason investigation, according to several reports. Read More → …read more Source:...
In Call With NATO Secretary, Trump Talks Ukraine, Commits To May Summit
President Donald Trump on Sunday spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, where Trump expressed “strong support” for the alliance, according to the White House. “President Donald J. Trump spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the United States’ strong support for NATO,” the White...
Worst Fighting In East Ukraine Since 2015, 33 Dead This Week
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors on Friday strongly urged the warring sides in eastern Ukraine to silence their guns as heavy artillery and rocket barrages continued to pummel residential areas. Read More → …read more Source:...
Civilians Caught In Eastern Ukraine Cross-Fire
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors on Friday strongly urged the warring sides in eastern Ukraine to silence their guns as heavy artillery and rocket barrages have continued to pummel residential areas. Read More → …read more Source:...
Heavy Fighting Flares Up In Eastern Ukraine
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Freezing and nerve-shattered residents of an eastern Ukraine town battered by an upsurge in fighting between troops and Russia-backed rebels flocked to a humanitarian aid center Wednesday to receive food and warm up. Read More → …read more Source:...
Biden: Trump Should Retain Ukraine-Related Sanctions On Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on a last foreign trip before leaving office, has met with Ukraine’s president and called on the impending Donald Trump administration to retain Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. Read More → …read more Source:...
Loss and Aggression
From TPM Reader VI …Regarding your post today about Russia – it should not at all be underestimated despite weak economy and diminished status. I wrote to you in August of 2008 during Russia’s incursion into Georgia, saying that they also have ideas for Crimea and the Baltic states. You actually published my comment during those...
Trump Tells Cheering Crowd To Thank African-Americans for Not Voting
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election. Thursday’s rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, found the president-elect calling for the mostly white crowd to cheer for African-Americans who...
Graham Signals He Won’t Vote For Tillerson If He Rejects Russia Sanctions
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested in a Thursday interview that his vote to confirm Rex Tillerson as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state will depend on the ExxonMobil CEO’s position on imposing new sanctions on Russia. Read More → …read more Source:...
