I will reiterate what I said in an earlier post: Donald Trump is pushing the conspiracy theories of his pal Vladimir Putin. Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Parallel Putin’s. During Friday’s questioning of Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Daniel Goldman, a top Democratic aide on the House Intelligence Committee, cited a … Read more
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee would have you believe the Ukraine scandal was just one phone call on July 25, the call that prompted the whistleblower complaint, and despite the inspector general of the intelligence community finding that complaint an “urgent matter of concern,” Republicans do not find anything in the call readout to … Read more
In the Watergate scandal, White House counsel John Dean had a photographic memory and near total recall of events in delivering his devastating testimony before Congress. The Nixon tapes later confirmed John Dean’s testimony in astonishing detail. Ambassador William Taylor may not have John Dean’s photographic memory, but he does appear to have near total … Read more
Permanent musical accompaniment: When the walls come crumblin’ down. Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine who resigned abruptly, testified before lawmakers behind closed doors for more than nine hours [last] Thursday. He provided messages he had exchanged with other diplomats, the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and a high-level adviser to Ukrainian President … Read more
The news media is effin’ up again. Too many news outlets are reporting in their headlines that Turkey has agreed to a “cease fire” in Syria after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vice President Mike Pence today. This is not a “cease fire.” This is a “pause” in the Turkish offensive, the betrayal of … Read more