Millionaire migrant expats love to blame
other migrants for the UK's problems
never the £billions in tax avoidance & evasion
by millionaires like themselves

Congress is supposed to police its own ethics. Here’s why it falls short. A spate of recent ethics cases illustrates the limits of a process that is slow and prone to political calculation.

Congress is supposed to police its own ethics. Here’s why it falls short.

Howard Zinn

This administration has quite literally started a war and is now actively covering up the deaths of the soldiers it so enthusiastically loves to use overseas and then throw away once they get back home. This time they were caught doing it but how many times have they possibly already done this?

Tucker Carlson Issues Somber Apology For 'Misleading People' Into Supporting Trump: 'We're Implicated In This'

A little late for that, Tucker.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

Exxon Mobil Is Said to Consider Sale of Hong Kong Gas Stations Exxon Mobil Corp. is exploring a sale of its gasoline station network in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter, as the US oil and gas giant continues to trim its retail footprint glo...

Watch what they do, not what they say!

Exxon getting out of the retail gasoline business in Hong Kong.

"Hong Kong gasoline prices are among the highest in the world, averaging over $15 a gallon....The local government, meanwhile, has been encouraging a switch to electric vehicles"

It begins.

The CrowdStrike Conspiracy: Here’s Why Trump Keeps Referencing The Cybersecurity Firm It all goes back to the 2016 election.

‘The CrowdStrike Conspiracy: Here’s Why Trump Keeps Referencing the Cybersecurity Firm,’ by Rachel Sandler for Forbes Online
www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...

Other Resource available to read: 'Timeline of Events Between Trump’s Two Ukraine Phone Calls,' by Zachary B. Wolf for CNN Online

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Read Trump’s phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky | CNN Politics President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed for Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter, during a July 25 phone call, according to a tran...

Additional SOURCEs: ‘Read Trump’s Phone Conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky,’ published by CNN Online September 26, 2019
edition.cnn.com/2019/09/25/p...

12/13

“David Holmes told congressional investigators he overheard a phone conversation in which Trump personally pressed Sondland about whether the Ukrainian gov would help him go after Biden.” SOURCE: Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past, by S. Benen

11/13

...the full plot; Gordon Sondland, told “House impeachment investigators he told a Ukrainian official [that] US military aid had been locked – & to unlock it, Trump expected Kyiv to move forward w/ the anti-Biden investigation, which Trump could then use for domestic political purposes.”

10/13

There was no prosecution, and the Ukrainian investigation ended when no crime was discovered.
Trump told Zelensky he wanted Giuliani and AG Bar to work w/ Zelensky’s prosecutor. What they were meant to collaborate on was not clear from the transcript, however journalists would later uncover...

9/13

"...private citizen w/ no connection to CrowdStrike – & claimed Joe Biden “stopped [a] prosecution” & “whatever [Zelenskyy] can do w/ the AG would be great.” Presumably, the investigation Trump was referring to involved Hunter’s business dealings as a board member of a Ukrainian gas company."

8/13

"...from AG Barr to confirm the DNC’s Russian-hacked-server was now in the Ukraine. Further along in the conversation, Zelenskyy agreed to conduct the CrowdStrike investigation. Trump again invoked Giuliani and in another long, largely incoherent diatribe where he brought up Hunter - a ..."

7/13

After asking for the “favor,” with $400 million in aid on the line, Trump replied w/ an almost incoherent ramble, referencing CrowdStrike & a “wealthy” Ukrainian that made up just the 1st part of the scam. Trump wanted Zelensky to support that conspiracy theory & asked him to accept a call..."

6/13

...“I would like you to do us a favor though…” The ‘favor’ was “a multifaceted request." Trump wanted Zelensky to ‘look into’ Biden, coordinate w/ Giuliana as [he] sought dirt on his likely 2020 opponent, talk to AG Barr about the findings, & explore conspiracy theories related to Clinton.”

5/13

President Zelenskyy said, “I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps [sic] specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes,” to which Trump replied...

4/13

"...a quid pro quo; Trump, who’d blocked congressionally approved aid from reaching Ukraine, wanted Zelensky to cooperate with his [illegal] election plot.” SOURCE: Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

3/13

Facts: Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ostensibly to congratulate him on his party’s wins in Ukraine’s 2019 parliamentary election. However, when Zelensky tried to pivot to defense, he unwittingly opened the door to Trump’s next big scandal. He “presented Zelensky w/..."

2/13

Ministry of Truth Instant New York Times Bestseller A searing, vital investigation of the Republican Party’s dangerous campaign to rewrite recent history in real time, from t...

#OTD in #History 2019

Apr 21: Trump Tried to Blackmail Ukrainian President Zelensky
Context: “The phone meeting came a week after Trump told the State & Defense Depts to w/hold $400 million in aid to Ukraine.” SOURCE: Ministry of Truth by Steve Benen

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I mute trolls and their alternate accounts. If anyone can provide viable sources that prove my posts or conclusions were wrong, I invite you to do so. I will not engage with bullies or trolls. Anyone interested in harassing a neurodivergent student of ACTUAL history can just fuck all the way off.

The Country Is Tormented Behind You, Faux Spews, Tech Bros and Broligarchs Supporting That Demented Lying, Felonious, Criminal Assault, Child Rapist Pedophile tЯump You Hoisted As Some Melon diety.

YOU LIED To Get That Disastrous Sociopath Elected. We Warned You. You're NOT To Be Trusted.

A criminal sentence for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma clears the way for finalizing its settlement Some people who lost loved ones to overdose are still pushing for criminal charges against the company's owners.

A judge is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the Justice Department on Tuesday, clearing the way for the company to finalize a settlement of thousands of lawsuits it faces over its role in the opioid crisis. https://to.pbs.org/4sQWHvA

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct probe Chavez-DeRemer is the third Cabinet member to depart during President Donald Trump's second term.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct probe www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

As a matter of principle, you can either have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or you can have a dinner that features Donald Trump. You can’t have both because the president holds the freedom of the press in contempt. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

PATTY MURRAY: What happened to childcare in this budget?

RFK Jr: Ok, let's talk about childcare then instead of the war

MURRAY: Just so it's clear, the president is requesting $1.5t in defense which cuts our non-defense incredibly

RFK Jr: It's not my department

'Reckoning' as Catholic voters 'twist the knife' in Trump’s new holy war against Pope Leo President Donald Trump's escalating spat with Pope Leo XIV risks alienating Catholic voters without delivering any meaningful political gains for Republicans of faith. At the same time, the Pope's progressive stances on climate, inequality and immigrants are already dividing the faithful along parti...

'Reckoning' as Catholic voters 'twist the knife' in Trump’s new holy war against Pope Leo President Donald Trump's escalating spat with Pope Leo XIV risks alienating Catholic voters without delivering any meaningful political gains for Republicans of faith. At the same time, the Pope's progressive s

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