November 2019 Archives
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Y’all the young dudes.
Akin to a Starr Report, here is a synthesized narrative of the Ukraine affair based on what we know so far. "Effective disinformation is embedded in an account you agree...
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Headlines, Y'all
Wednesday headlines: Crypto through the tulips.
A new UN report finds the world further off course than ever from averting climate catastrophe. Mass protests in Iran leave 731 banks and 140 government sites torched. Protesters in Iraq block...
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Tuesday Headlines: Everything, everything will be just fine.
The House Intelligence Committee says it has the evidence necessary to advance the impeachment inquiry to the next phase: determining whether to draw up articles of impeachment. A federal court...
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Saturday headlines: k. OK? OK! kk.
Not surprisingly, Trump doubles-down on his debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory, and finds new ways to attack former Ambassador Yovanovitch. Btw, that conspiracy theory Trump loves? It’s a yearslong...
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Friday Headlines: Between two worlds.
At yesterday's impeachment hearings, Trump's former lead adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, testified that the GOP's theory that Ukraine—and not Russia—meddled in US...
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Headlines Edition, Y'all
Thursday headlines: No it did not.
Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union, says there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine and “everyone was in the loop.” Fiona Hill, Trump's former...
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday Headlines: Jane says.
In his testimony to Congress today, Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed Trump ordered US support to Ukraine be withheld in exchange for investigating Biden and the 2016 election. "Everyone was in the...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday headlines: There goes the Hollywood.
Leaked documents show how China is carrying out the mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. Iranian intelligence cables find Tehran deeply embedded in Baghdad's affairs, but...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Our knocker-up was off today.
In her testimony at yesterday's impeachment hearings, former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described the smear campaign against her by Trump and his allies. Trump attacked Yovanovitch on...
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Headlines edition
Friday headlines: A quest called bribe.
The latest in impeachment news: Giuliani has “insurance,” Pelosi sees “bribery,” and Marie Yovanovitch returns. Giuliani may soon be indicted on campaign finance violations and/or...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: Nothing to see here.
Key takeaways from the first day of public impeachment hearings, which included Ambassador Taylor's testimony that a member of his staff overheard Trump ask Sondland about "the investigations." The...
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Wednesday headlines: Welcome to impeachment vale.
The House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump enters its public phase. A guide to who will testify and how the questioning will work. Related: Key people, facts and documents in...
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The Rooster
The 2020 Tournament of Books Long List
The most excellent, Rooster-worthy books of 2019. Look for our shortlist of competitors next month for the 2020 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday Headlines: Not all ads.
After being removed from office in what many are describing as a coup, former Bolivian president Evo Morales has been granted asylum in Mexico. Six brief notes on how to...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday headlines: Okurrr
After a week of transcripts, a quid pro quo in Ukraine seems locked, if only from Giuliani's hand. Bolton's lawyer says the former National Security Adviser has info...
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Friday Headlines: Bloomberg dead ahead.
In his testimony to the impeachment inquiry, a senior State Dept. official said Trump "wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to a microphone and say investigations, Biden and...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday headlines: Declined
In late September, Trump wanted the Attorney General to hold a press conference clearing him of wrongdoing on Ukraine. Barr declined. A good summary: “Impeachment transcripts reveal a consistent,...
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday Headlines: Flipped.
This week, the US ambassador to the EU backtracked his impeachment inquiry testimony, acknowledging Trump and Giuliani pushed for a quid pro quo with Ukraine. In last night's elections,...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday headlines: Tweet bray shove.
It’s election day in California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, with races that may lead to major...
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Saturday Headlines: Where there’s a wall there’s a way.
Smugglers are sawing through sections of Trump's border wall using relatively inexpensive power tools. Beto O'Rourke ends his presidential campaign, telling supporters he won't run for office...
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Headlines Here, Y'all
Friday headlines: California hate.
The House of Representatives approves its first resolution related to an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump: an explainer. Another Trump aide confirms that military aid to Ukraine was linked to...