Akin to a Starr Report, here is a synthesized narrative of the Ukraine affair based on what we know so far. 1/23 "Effective disinformation is embedded in an account you agree with." How Russian trolls are breaching America's political divide in 2019. 2/23 Ohio&
Please note TMN will be offline tomorrow and Friday. This newsletter will resume Saturday morning. A new UN report finds the world further off course than ever from averting climate catastrophe. 1/22 Mass protests in Iran leave 731 banks and 140 government sites torched. Protesters in Iraq block roads
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. 1/23 A federal court rules former Trump White House attorney Don McGahn must comply with a House subpoena: "The primary takeaway
Not surprisingly, Donald Trump doubles-down on his debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory, and finds new ways to attack former Ambassador Yovanovitch. 1/20 That conspiracy theory Trump loves? It’s a yearslong operation run by the Kremlin. 2/20 A forthcoming Justice Dept. report is expected to find that political
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 elections "is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."
Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union, says there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine and “everyone was in the loop.” 1/22 Fiona Hill, Trump's former Russia aide, plans to warn Republican lawmakers to not push politically driven falsehoods “that so clearly advance Russian interests.
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 loop." 1/17 See also: Takeaways from yesterday's impeachment hearings. 2/17 With Evo'
Leaked documents show how China is carrying out the mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. 1/17 Iranian intelligence cables find Tehran deeply embedded in Baghdad's affairs, but struggling to maintain its hegemony. 2/17 Stories from three journalists travelling through every mainland country in
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. 1/22 Trump attacked Yovanovitch on Twitter during her testimony, amounting to what Schiff called "witness intimidation in real time" and
The latest in impeachment news: Giuliani has “insurance,” Pelosi sees “bribery,” and Marie Yovanovitch returns. 1/19 Giuliani may soon be indicted on campaign finance violations and/or a failure to register as a foreign agent. 2/19 Can Republicans afford to be pro-immigrant? Only if they make peace
