Ukraine is getting its turn in the impeachment proceedings and Democrats should be worried about it

It may have taken a few years, but the national media are finally getting around to sort of, kind of asking questions about what Ukraine did to try to help Hillary Clinton win in 2016. Both CNN and BuzzFeed reported … Read More

Cornyn: No quid pro quo in Trump’s actions, but wouldn’t be impeachable if there were

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Monday that he didn’t see an example of quid pro quo during the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, but argued that even if there was, it wouldn’t warrant removing the president from office. Cornyn, … Read More

Dems already have enough evidence to impeach Trump — and don’t care about White House defying subpoenas

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Although four White House officials have blown off congressional subpoenas to testify before the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, House Democrats reportedly aren’t sweating it. Politico reports that House investigators believe they have already compiled enough damning evidence against the president … Read More

Trump loses appeal in New York tax case, must hand over returns

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A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s tax returns must be turned over to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who had subpoenaed the documents from Trump’s accounting firm as part of an investigation into the pre-election payoffs to two women who … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 November 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, We got through the world’s Halloween observance without incident.  Maybe they’ll start removing the spider webs and flashing inflatables from the neighborhood yards, and the skeletons from the entries of every dollar store.  Not that we’re frightened … Read More

Beto O’Rourke is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race

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FILE- In this May 6, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke listens to a speaker during a roundtable discussion on climate change in Des Moines, Iowa. O’Rourke says he’s hired 37 staffers to help … Read More

Court ruling could throw impeachment timeline into disarray

Charles Kupperman. (Photo: Embassy of Poland) WASHINGTON — Even as House Democrats on Thursday ratified an impeachment resolution against President Trump, a federal judge has potentially slowed the brisk pace of the inquiry by declining to rule on whether a key … Read More

Democrats’ decision to televise Trump impeachment hearings could prove politically perilous

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress took a major step toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week when they agreed on the rules for publicly televised hearings after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. But it is also … Read More

5 million children to get face masks as New Delhi battles heavy pollution

A man jogs along a street under smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 1, 2019. New Delhi (CNN) Five million New Delhi children will be given face masks by the government as the city battles heavy smog so toxic that it threatens to … Read More

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