has Trump now violated the Whistleblower Protection Act, because of blatant retaliation

Recall that however vulgar, the Trump Twitter feed has been since the Inaugural, official WH statements. Trump has perhaps crossed a line with regard to the Whistleblower Protection Act, that if anything, … Read More

On the day of the perfect call Trump thought it was all coming together

Even though the funds were being held at least a week before, on the day of the perfect call, Trump knew he had to shake down Zerensky with a specific solicitation … Read More

Rudy Plot actually thickening with Ukrainian oligarchs Dimitri Firtash and Ihor Kolomoisky

Entanglements continue as Austria reopened the extradition case for Firtash in July 2019 as well as the hiring of lawyers associated with Trump/Giuliani. Ukrainian oligarch Dimtry Firtash tells NYT one of … Read More

Trial balloon blows away as Trump threatens to fire the Intel Inspector General for “disloyalty”

So many underlings doing their jobs, so much disloyalty. Mr. Trump first expressed his dismay about Michael Atkinson around the time the whistle-blower’s complaint became public in September. In recent weeks, … Read More

Breaking: Sen. Klobuchar Releases Evidence That Barr Hid Whistle-blower Complaint from FEC

Mother Jones “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) released evidence on Tuesday that the Justice Department buried the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president by failing to … Read More

Tipping point… Speaker Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry

Pelosi quotes Paine: “The times have found us.” x Tune in as I speak live from the U.S. Capitol.  https://t.co/j6UMq4TC5u— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 24, 2019 The House will move … Read More

whistle-blower (-gate) is still about #TrumpRussia

As we wait for more whistle-blower news and an inevitable flurry of Trumpian disinformation and diversions, we need to review that Trump’s impeachable offense in Ukraine was also a move … Read More

Javelin Catcher: what's the cost of a favor if it's not a quid pro quo

Recalling the delaying action of the Bill Barr “summary” of the Mueller report, the White House released a 5-page memo to frame the eventual release of the whistle-blower complaint. In it … Read More

Trump Presser: gaslight released by 45* just as the whistle-blower's complaint arrives at Congress

It’s a fast-moving day and a press conference was scheduled for 4pm. Trump’s last such presser at the UNGA was “free-wheeling” so the cray-cray might be especially wild. Chances are … Read More

Whistle-blower: “There are other witnesses to (a pattern of) disturbing conduct”

Even if a sitting POTUS* cannot be indicted, plenty of others are coming into view after the rough memo of the Trump conversation with Ukraine president Zelensky. Now that the … Read More

Whistle-Blower worried about WH lawlessness, and IC IG agreed, now some of the GOP do

The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed … Read More

Whistle-Blower complaint available: Barr and Giuliani implicated, it's more than the 25 July call

intelligence.house.gov/… The whistle-blower complaint is now available. The allegation is deemed credible and urgent. Apparently there was a conspiracy to withhold allocated foreign aid to coerce a foreign power to pursue an … Read More

“cмерть шпионам” (death to spies) Trump threatens US diplomats as more is known about Whistle-Blower

Trump threatened by association the diplomatic corps even as the NY Times got closer to identifying the Whistle-Blower as a male CIA officer formerly assigned to the WH. “You know … Read More

Long national nightmare mind-trick: Trumpists dream about rationalizing the search for foreign dirt

We are in amazing times, especially since a handful of personalities are currently the public face of the cabal: Trump, Giuliani, Barr, Mulvaney, and Pompeo. Many have been sacrificed in their service … Read More

Pompeo signals that he'll be slow-walking the Impeachment Inquiry's demands

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) stated that Pompeo was obstructing Congress. x Pompeo blocks depositions with State Dept officials in Ukraine inquiry. The officials are Ambassador Marie “Masha” YovanovitchAmbassador Kurt VolkerDeputy … Read More

will Individual-1 get off as clean as a whistle-blower

A new article at Politico tries to isolate the justification for a presidential request from a foreign government(s). It only proves that the smoking gun is yet still a smoldering arsenal, … Read More

In Wake of Whistle Blower(s) Fiasco Trump and Mulvaney are Purging the NSC.

Q. What is an aspiring autocrat to do when concerned patriots from the nation’s premier intelligence and security forum, The National Security Council, informs Congress of his attempts to extort an … Read More

NYT: Second Ukraine-related whistleblower may soon come forward

And this one may have more info than the first. Two sources have told The New York Times that a second Ukraine-scandal whistleblower is “weighing whether to file his own … Read More

In screaming rant, Rudy tells reporter, 'These morons — when this is over, I will be the hero'

Looks like Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump are caught in a fierce competition to see who can reach peak crazy first — which I can only assume (hope?) will culminate … Read More