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6 Key Revelations of Taylor’s Opening Statement to Impeachment Investigators
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6 Key Revelations of Taylor’s Opening Statement to Impeachment Investigators nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/politics/william-taylor-testimony.html By Sharon LaFraniereOctober 22, 2019 WASHINGTON —...
Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and abroad
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The Trump administration has sought repeatedly to cut foreign aid programs tasked with combating corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere overseas, White House budget documents show, despite recent...
Eric Trump Complains That 'Every Family in Politics Enriches Themselves,' Saying 'It Is Sickening'
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President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump complained about families involved with politics enriching themselves, saying "it is sickening." "It can't happen in politics on any side of the aisle,"...
Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest
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The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning across nine countries, the Amazon is home to millions of...
Takeaways from Bill Taylor’s crucial opening statement
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Taylor provides perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that this quid pro quo didn’t just exist, but that it was explicitly communicated to Ukraine. He says he was told by National Security...
If your Seattle home uses heating oil, you’re going to be paying more
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The tax of 24 cents per gallon will be collected starting Sept. 1, 2020, and the city expects it to raise $1.6 million in 2021. ------------------------------------------------- The mayor proposed...
California is pushing back school start times. The move could sweep the nation — or backfire.
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By Erin Einhorn After gaining speed slowly over the last two decades, a movement to start the school day later for middle and high school students just got a massive boost from California....
County Official Rants About A 'Queer' Running For President, Loss Of White Men's Rights
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U.S. County Official Rants About A 'Queer' Running For President, Loss Of White Men's Rights Amanda Terkel, HuffPost 1 hour 21 minutes ago A county commissioner in...
Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’
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I guess one only needs to listen to David Axelrod to understand the abysmal reality that is facing the radical progressives of the left. “With Trump looming, there is genuine concern that the...
Trump Continues to Promote False and Debunked Ukraine DNC Server Conspiracy Theory
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Good lord. There is no server. The DNC email was cloud-based spread out over 140 network servers. The idea there was this lone box, which is now hidden somewhere in Ukraine containing all the...
Trump says his Doral resort will no longer host G-7 after backlash
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President Trump on Saturday said the United States would no longer host next year's Group of Seven (G-7) summit at his Doral resort after intense backlash from Democrats, ethics watchdogs and some...
Rich Chinese outnumber wealthy Americans for first time: Credit Suisse
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Rich Chinese outnumber wealthy Americans for first time: Credit Suisse Reuters, reported by TheEdgeMarkets, October 21, 2019 Image of Beijing (no photo credit provided)...
Iraq: American troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq
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BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq's military said Tuesday. The statement appears to contradict U.S....
Facebook's Instagram poised to be 2020 disinformation battleground, experts say
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By Allan Smith Memes and videos are set to become the dominant forms of election misinformation around the 2020 elections , according to experts who spoke with NBC News. That means...
Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey addressing legislators from his party this month in Ankara, Turkey. Credit Credit Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Turkey’s...
Breaking: Schiff’s Office Met With The Whistleblower Before He Even Filed A Complaint
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Here’s the New York Times trying its best to spin the story that shows coordination against Trump between Schiff and the whistleblower. But even for them, you can’t sugarcoat how bad this is for...
‘Final straw’: Republican John Kasich says he supports impeachment
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John Kasich. JOHN MINCHILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Former Ohio governor John Kasich, who ran against President Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, said Friday that he supports...
'Are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey?!'
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A composite image of President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitt Romney from Utah. Associated Press, George Frey/Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent actions signal he...
Trump Actually Thought This Photo Made Him Look Good
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Trump released this photo to the media. Nancy Pelosi took it and immediately posted as her main photo on Twitter. Note the atmosphere of gloom that envelops this group as they realize their...
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