Новости за 01.02.2020

In a long New York Times piece on what to expect from Donald Trump should he survive his Senate impeachment trial and subsequently be re-elected, a former White House oi official in his administration said Americans can expect the president to feel unrestrained by the law as he goes about abusing his powers. According to […]

In an interview to be broadcast on Sunday on CNN, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner tells CNN’s Fareed Fareed Zakaria that former national security adviser John Bolton — as well as other now-departed White House officials — didn’t “have what it took” to serve under the president. CNN reports, “Kushner went on to suggest that […]

In a deep dive into how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was able to keep his caucus in line before they voted to block any witnesses or additional evidence to be introduced into the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, one Democratic lawmaker said they — and their party — will live to regret it […]

In a column for the Daily Beast, former House Republican Congressional Committee Investigative Counsel Sophia Nelson declared she is done with her now-former party and put the reason for her departure squarely on the shoulders of the Republican leadership that has thrown its full support behind Donald Trump no matter what he does. Nelson, who […]

A four minute video that aired on CBS Friday morning was praised for using slices of real pie to show the huge wealth gap in the U.S.—surprising passers-by who joined anchor Tony Dokoupil at a table set up at a mall in West Nyack, New York. “Give this video four minutes and let’s start the revolution,” tweeted actor […]

According to a report from CNN, following the Senate vote to block witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, lawyers for the White House admitted that they have been withholding emails related to the Ukraine quid pro quo scandal at the heart of the trial. The reports states, “The Department of Justice revealed in […]

Arthur Miller warned that “millions of Americans are aching for Ayatollah.” Not even a man of the late playwright’s brilliance could have predicted that the leader who commands cultlike devotion from the increasingly rabid and dangerous mass of citizens who reject rationality — to say nothing of democracy — would turn out to be a […]

A study by British and American scientists revealed that a massive sheet of ice known as the “doomsday glacier” is melting faster than experts previously believed—edging the world closer to a possible sea-level rise of more than 10 feet. Researchers at New York University and the British Antarctic Survey drilled through nearly 2,000 feet of […]

According to a report from the New York Times, Republican lawmakers who once disparaged Donald Trump in blunt terms have given up now that it appears they may be saddled with him if he survives impeachment and the 2020 election. It was not so long ago that Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and […]

Trump’s supporters are addicted to the chaos and lies. They too want to “burn it all down”. Trump and his supporters are the political beast with two backs, linked forever by insatiable lust. The recent examples are too numerous to fully detail and list. Trump has encouraged and aided ethnic cleansing, and possible genocide, against the […]

No one will come for us. Our nation is in a free-fall toward authoritarianism, and Americans who love democracy are clinging to it with one hand, barely able to hold our grasp.It is obvious from Donal… Read More

As he cursed out an NPR reporter on Jan. 24, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo uttered seven words that sum up the sham impeachment trial of President Donald Trump:“Do you think Americans care about Ukra… Read More

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Since the night Donald Trump won in 2016, Democrats have wondered: How can we beat him?Would they need an exciting liberal agenda? A more moderate approach? A fresh face? A fami… Read More

President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan aimed at solving the conflict between the Palestinian Arabs and Israel appears to be doomed to failure, based on historical precedents. History has taught us that every attempt by the United States to settle the Arab Israeli conflict by advancing its own peace plan has failed. From the Alpha Plan […]

What can 24 hours in Iowa tell you about the political circus that is the 2020 election? A lot. You can start by hearing Iowans describe their values: that civic identity that they take great pride in. And you can contrast it to what the president’s re-election campaign has put forth as its values, as […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast’s David Lurie, Republican Senators who have embraced the rationale of Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) that Donald Trump’s fate should be left up to the voters in the 2020 election could see their own careers go down in flames instead. As Alexander explained his vote to block witnesses […]

By Dr. Ali HaiderAs a cardiologist, most of my patients come to me for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the nation and the cause of over 18,000 deaths … Read More

Jean-Luc Picardis getting up there, y’know.In the premiere of Picard, “Remembrance,” a frantic dashing up several flights of stairs leaves the once-spry Starfleet officer winded. He ducks for cover ne… Read More

In a column for the Daily Beast, longtime political analyst Michael Tomasky speculated that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his Republican colleagues in the Senate will rue the day they refused to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and seriously consider the fact that he is abusing his power. By […]

According to a report at the Daily Beast, officials in the State Department and the U.S. intelligence community are fearful that Donald Trump will use the fact that the GOP-controlled Senate will likely acquit him in his impeachment trial and wu ill then ramp up more secret diplomacy with America’s enemies and foes alike. According […]

The Senate is investigating claims made by an IRS whistleblower who has accused at least one political appointee in the Treasury Department of interfering with an audit of the tax returns of either President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence. This article first appeared in Salon. Senate investigators conducted an extensive interview with a […]

Donald Trump never faced even the tiniest chance that two-thirds of the United States Senate would vote to find him guilty in the impeachment trial we’re now being told will come to its ignominious end in the middle of next week. You don’t need to put on a defense when you already know the outcome […]

Appearing on the HBO “Real Time” Overtime segment, Republican consultant Rick Wilson promised his anti-Donald Trump group, the Lincoln Project, is set to do everything thing they can to oust Donald Trump and his Congressional enablers out of office in 2020 with, in his words, a “pretty frigging nasty” blitz of ads. Asked by host […]

Appearing on the HBO “Real Time” Overtime segment, Republican consultant Rick Wilson promised his anti-Donald Trump group, the Lincoln Project, is set to do everything thing they can to oust Donald Trump and his Congressional enablers out of office in 2020 with, in his words, a “pretty frigging nasty” blitz of ads. Asked by host […]

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced the suspension of relations, including security cooperation, with both Israel and the United States on Saturday, days after the unveiling of a US peace plan that Palestinians say heavily favors Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to cut security ties with both Israel and the U.S. on Saturday, in […]