Is Trump’s Ukrainian Policy Actually Working?

Despite the lack of co-operation from Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky in ‘investigating’ Hunter and Joe Biden…the former vice-president’s polling numbers continue to slip. This is of course partly due to his last decade thinking, an over reliance on his connection to President Obama, his continued gaffs, and more recently his…

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If there had been no Cuban Missile Crisis

President Ronald Reagan would never have spoken at the Berlin Wall Vladimir Putin would be the current premier of the Soviet Union President Donald Trump couldn’t run amok in the Ukraine So apparently Nikita Khrushchev interfered with out 2016 election

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Trump demands whistleblower do the thing he refused to do in Mueller probe

I totally missed the implications on all of this…but not everybody did: President Trump is demanding the whistleblower who alerted investigators to his call with Ukraine’s president testify in person, which Trump refused to do during the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. The lawyer for the anonymous whistleblower, whose…

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It’s Not the “Quid Pro Quo” That Makes It A Crime

Everybody is running around discussing whether President Trump’s favor asked of President Zelensky contains a quid pro quo. The thinking that would make it an impeachable offense. But that’s not required. All that needs to exist is the ask. The request of something of value to the petitioner. In this…

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It was a “perfect” call!

And what the hell does that even mean? This is the phrase that President Donald Trump keeps repeating in tweets, helicopter side impromptus, and his rallies around the nation. It was a “perfect” call. Well “perfect” requires a rating standard of some sort and we don’t have one here. Was…

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WI Senator Ron Johnson Apparently Has Little To Say on Ukraine.

Despite having visited there, having spoken to a number of Ukrainian officials, and clearly being involved in the president’s kerfluffle there, when directly asked about it, he said it was too difficult to answer. Wha? That’s never prevented him from talking too much about things he knows nothing about…how could…

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Not Only Was There a Quid Pro Quo, Ukraine Was Ready to Acquiesce

Despite stating he felt no pressure at all, but given the power relationships between President of the US and President of the Ukraine, there is a power imbalance . President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration was on the verge of announcing an investigation into the Bidens: It was early September, and Ukraine’s…

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Rudy Giuliani: Lock Him Up?

This morning NPR said that Rudy Giuliani’s name appeared over 400 times in the first few depositions from the impeachment inquiry that have been made public. And everyone knows and accepts that he was running an unofficial back channel diplomatic mission in Ukraine. I have questioned whether this is even…

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And Maybe Hatch Act Violations From Ukraine Efforts?

Oh my, this gets more interesting everyday. Apparently the Hatch Act makes using government employees to further campaigns illegal. Who woulda thought? And apparently that’s part of the impetus behind Ambassador Sondland’s additions to his deposition. Let’s see what the Washington Post has to say: Legal analysis of the Ukraine…

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Senator Ron Johnson, the Ukraine, and Impeachment!

We have published a number of items about Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson in the past few weeks…and how he is up to his eye balls in trouble around the Ukraine issue and his related defense of President Donald Trump. And we’ve published a number of stories about the president…

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