- Conspiracy theory demolished! AG Barr’s handpicked prosecutor tells watchdog he sees no evidence Russia probe was a setup (rss.cnn.com)Trump and Barr’s Russia Investigation Has Totally Backfired (politicususa.com)
- Scholars testify there’s enough evidence to impeach Trump (cbsnews.com)
- Caught on Video: World Leaders Saying Uncharitable Things About Donald Trump (nytimes.com)Angry, Embarrased Trump Hits Out at ‘Two-Faced’ Trudeau After Candid Video Showed Him Mocking President (thedailybeast.com)
- Democrats’ impeachment report concludes Trump abused office of the presidency for own gain (theguardian.com)Adam Schiff: Trump’s Ukraine actions constitute bribery. ‘That’s exactly what’s gone on here.’ (washingtonpost.com)Impeachment report accuses Trump of compromising national security (cbsnews.com)Impeachment Report Makes It Clear: Devin Nunes Was A Key Player In Trump’s Ukraine Scheme (politicususa.com)White House Throws A Tantrum Over Devastating Impeachment Report (politicususa.com)Impeachment Opens A Trap Door Under Trump Even If He Isn’t Removed (rdtdaily.com)Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy's Phone Records–And They're Quite Revealing (thedailybeast.com)A Mysterious ‘-1’ and Other Call Records Show How Giuliani Pressured Ukraine (nytimes.com)
- Kamala Harris bails out of Prez race; Senator, former CA AG is first high profiler to throw in the towelKamala Harris Owns Trump After He Mocks Her 2020 Drop Out (politicususa.com)
- Trump’s big mouth embarrasses nation to the world as he rips French leader for “nasty” remark as NATO summit starts (cbsnews.com)Trump calls Democrats ‘unpatriotic’ for pursuing case against him while he’s overseas (washingtonpost.com)
- How the Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to undercut the Mueller investigation (washingtonpost.com)
- Adam Schiff Unloads On Republican Impeachment Rebuttal (politicususa.com)
- Michael Cohen: Trump Attorney Told Me to Keep Quiet About Additional Russia Contacts in Moscow Tower Deal (thedailybeast.com)
- Legal storm clouds gather over Rudy Giuliani, America’s tarnished mayor (theguardian.com)
- Supreme Ambition review: Trump, Kavanaugh and the right’s big coup (theguardian.com)
- Trump and War Crimes: When violence is directed at those Trump’s supporters hate and fear, they see such excesses not as crimes but as virtues (theatlantic.com)
- Report: Ukraine’s AG Fires Prosecutor Who Met With Nunes Staff For Biden Dirt (mavenroundtable.io)
- Seth Abramson unrolls a Republican scam to position Donald Trump Jr. for higher office. (threadreaderapp.com)
- Hometown Editorial Slams Devin Nunes And His Grim Political Situation (politicususa.com)
- Trump Pledges to Restart Taliban Peace Talks in Surprise Visit to Afghanistan (thedailybeast.com)
- Trump Invents A War On Thanksgiving As His Mental Implosion Over Impeachment Continues (politicususa.com)
- Trump Denies Giuliani Acted on His Behalf in Ukraine: ‘Rudy Has Other Clients’ (thedailybeast.com)All Hell To Break Loose As Trump Throws Giuliani Under The Bus (politicususa.com)
- Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine (nytimes.com)Corruption Defense Shattered As Trump Withheld Ukraine Aid The Same Day As Zelensky Call (politicususa.com)
- Islamic & Christian Fundies: Two Coins of the Same Side (rdtdaily.com)
- Democrats release 2 more impeachment inquiry transcripts (cbsnews.com)Adam Schiff Just Dropped An Impeachment Evidence Bomb On Trump (politicususa.com)
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- One embattled House Democrat says he plans to vote against all articles of impeachment (rss.cnn.com)
- Biden accurately calls voter a “liar” in heated exchange (cbsnews.com)
- House Ethics Committee warns Rep. Hunter to refrain from voting on House floor after guilty plea (washingtonpost.com)
- Michael Bloomberg says Trump should be impeached (cbsnews.com)
- Powerful Senate chairman moves toward sanctions crackdown on Turkey as talks over weapons purchase falter (rss.cnn.com)
- Exclusive: Pompeo had off-the-books meeting with Republican donors in London this week (rss.cnn.com)
- The murder story involving the ‘Ukrainian Putin,’ who just met with Rudy Giuliani (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump Directed GOP Senator To Block Armenian Genocide Bill To Please Dictator (politicususa.com)
- New satellite image shows activity at previously dismantled North Korean test site (rss.cnn.com)
- Schiff: No, We Didn’t Subpoena John Solomon’s Phone Records (thedailybeast.com)
- Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoena for financial documents and take up case (rss.cnn.com)
- John Kerry endorses Joe Biden, will tour with him in Iowa (cbsnews.com)
- Republican Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia won’t seek reelection in 2020 (rss.cnn.com)
- Hillary Clinton absolutely destroyed Bernie Sanders in her Howard Stern interview (rss.cnn.com)
- Israel: Netanyahu relative and associates to be charged with corruption (theguardian.com)
- New Hampshire Republicans win in effort to limit student vote ahead of key 2020 races (theguardian.com)
- Brett Kavanaugh Wrote That Hiding Evidence From Congress Is an Impeachable Offense (thedailybeast.com)
- Bloody Mannequin Vaginas and Evil Babies: Inside the Most Gorgeously-Grotesque Movie of the Year (thedailybeast.com)
- Nestlé cannot claim bottled water is ‘essential public service’, court rules (theguardian.com)
- Joe Biden targets Trump’s NATO sore spot with hilarious video mash-up of mockery (theguardian.com)
- Intelligence agencies have tracked Iranian short-range ballistic missiles into Iraq, US official says (rss.cnn.com)
- Trump court nominee who is anti-IVF and surrogacy was deemed unqualified. She just got confirmed. (washingtonpost.com)
- Bill Barr under fire for comments about policing (cbsnews.com)
- Angry, Embarrased Trump Hits Out at ‘Two-Faced’ Trudeau After Candid Video Showed Him Mocking President (thedailybeast.com)
- Germany expels two Russians over killing of Georgian in Berlin (theguardian.com)