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09 February 20
Charles Pierce | Trump's Ousting of Alexander Vindman Proves He's Still the Petty Bag of Vengeful Rage He Was Raised to Be
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Once again, we are reminded that Susan Collins called her putt a little too soon. El Caudillo Del Mar-a-Lago is still the petty little bag of vengeful rage that he was raised to be."
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Once again, we are reminded that Susan Collins called her putt a little too soon. El Caudillo Del Mar-a-Lago is still the petty little bag of vengeful rage that he was raised to be."
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told the truth. The president* lied about him as recently as Friday morning when he said during his walk to the chopper that there would be no retaliation within the White House on the grounds of insufficient accessory after the fact. By the afternoon, Vindman was being escorted out of the joint.
Vindman is still in the Army at full rank and pay. He is not fired from that job, just reassigned. Maybe he’s relieved at this point to be out of Camp Runamuck. I certainly would be. But his immigrant’s sense of American justice has been traduced by a pack of cheap thieves, and that is something that cheats us all of something of value.
I remember in the late 1960s, when Clark Clifford turned LBJ around on the Vietnam War—sadly, much too late—simply by telling that president the truth, over and over again, especially the truth about who in his government had been lying to him. Vindman was right when he told the congressional committee that truth matters. Sometimes it takes a while, though.
P.S.—They fired his twin brother, too. Jesus, these really are the mole people.
Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, leaves the Longworth building after testifying during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on November 20, 2019. (photo: Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)
A Group of GOP Senators Reportedly Tried to Stop Trump From Firing Impeachment Witness
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "A small number of Republican senators tried to talk to the White House to prevent President Donald Trump from firing Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. But the president wasn't swayed by their concern that it would look bad for him to get rid of a key impeachment witness and went ahead with the ouster, reports the New York Times."
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "A small number of Republican senators tried to talk to the White House to prevent President Donald Trump from firing Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. But the president wasn't swayed by their concern that it would look bad for him to get rid of a key impeachment witness and went ahead with the ouster, reports the New York Times."
Beyond optics, the senators, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, tried to convince Trump with the argument that ousting Sondland was unnecessary because he was already in talks to leave the administration after the impeachment trial. But Trump was apparently uninterested in trying to get Sondland to leave quietly. When Sondland refused to resign Friday, Trump ordered he be recalled from his post immediately. Other senators who tried to prevent the firing included Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Martha McSally of Arizona, and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
The announcement of Sondland’s ouster came shortly after Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council staff who was also an impeachment witness, was fired and escorted out of the White House. Vindman’s twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, who worked as a lawyer on the National Security Council staff, was also fired even though he did not take part in the impeachment hearings. The senators were not as eager to try to stop Alexander Vindman’s ouster, in part because the president’s allies saw it as inevitable.
Democrats have characterized the firings as a “Friday night massacre,” saying it was a way to get revenge against those who testified against the president. A Trump adviser confirmed to CNN that the firings were a way to send a message that speaking up against the president would not be tolerated. “Flushing out the pipes,” an adviser told CNN. “It was necessary.”
Trump pushed back on the characterization of Vindman as a victim, calling him “very insubordinate.” In a series of tweets Saturday, Trump said Vindman “was given a horrendous report by his superior, the man he reported to, who publicly stated that Vindman had problems with judgement, adhering to the chain of command and leaking information.” Trump did not explain why Vindman’s twin brother was also fired. Vindman’s lawyer issued a statement later Sunday, saying Trump’s allegations “conflict with the clear personnel record and the entirety of the impeachment record of which the President is well aware.”
The reality of college tuition debt was on display at the Northeastern University graduation in Boston on May 3, 2019. (photo: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)
A Progressive President Could Cancel Student Debt on Day One - by Following the Grassroots
Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Lennard writes: "On Friday,the group Debt Collective began its second mass student loan debt strike. The leftist organizers' put student debt jubilee on the map during Occupy Wall Street and their legacy shines throughout progressive politics. Even serious presidential hopefuls like Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have taken up the mantle of erasing student debt."
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Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Lennard writes: "On Friday,the group Debt Collective began its second mass student loan debt strike. The leftist organizers' put student debt jubilee on the map during Occupy Wall Street and their legacy shines throughout progressive politics. Even serious presidential hopefuls like Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have taken up the mantle of erasing student debt."
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Nida Allam, who worked on the Sanders campaign in 2016, was unknowingly pictured in a Hillary Clinton campaign tweet. (photo: Twitter)
'Hijabi Clout': The Women of Color Unknowingly Used by 2020 Campaigns
Erum Salam, Guardian UK
Salam writes: "With the 2020 election well under way in the US, political advertisements with messages of hope and inclusivity have been flooding social media feeds and inboxes all across the country."
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Erum Salam, Guardian UK
Salam writes: "With the 2020 election well under way in the US, political advertisements with messages of hope and inclusivity have been flooding social media feeds and inboxes all across the country."
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Designer Joss Sackler, whose husband's family is behind Oxycontin makers, Purdue Pharma. (photo: Daniel Zuliani/BFA.com)
Miami Shuns Sackler Family: 'We Don't Want You Here'
Paula Froelich, New York Post
Froelich writes: "She may have left Manhattan after scandal hit her family name, but life goes on for Joss Sackler as the controversial fashion designer forges a new life in Miami high society."
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Paula Froelich, New York Post
Froelich writes: "She may have left Manhattan after scandal hit her family name, but life goes on for Joss Sackler as the controversial fashion designer forges a new life in Miami high society."
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The city of Umm al-Fahm, foreground, and Wadi Ara, the valley in background, are both majority-Arab areas in northern Israel whose residents are Israeli citizens. (photo: Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Buried in Trump's Peace Plan, a Proposal That Could Strip Thousands of Israeli Arabs of Their Citizenship
Steve Hendrix and Sufian Taha, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Yousef Jabareen had heard only politicians on Israel's ideological fringe suggest that he and thousands of Arab Israelis could be stripped of their Israeli citizenship and their towns transferred to Palestinian control."
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Steve Hendrix and Sufian Taha, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Yousef Jabareen had heard only politicians on Israel's ideological fringe suggest that he and thousands of Arab Israelis could be stripped of their Israeli citizenship and their towns transferred to Palestinian control."
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The endangered female gray wolf with the identity OR-54. (photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
An Endangered Wolf Wandered 8,712 Miles to Find a Mate. Her Journey Ended in Tragedy.
Paulina Firozi, The Washington Post
Firozi writes: "That October, biologists in Oregon trapped, tranquilized and collared an 83-pound female gray wolf. They hoped to track the endangered animal's movements, marking the start of a well-chronicled saga for the lonely wolf that ended this week. The young canine, named OR-54, was found dead Wednesday in California."
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Paulina Firozi, The Washington Post
Firozi writes: "That October, biologists in Oregon trapped, tranquilized and collared an 83-pound female gray wolf. They hoped to track the endangered animal's movements, marking the start of a well-chronicled saga for the lonely wolf that ended this week. The young canine, named OR-54, was found dead Wednesday in California."
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