Nick Akerman* – Newsweek President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are desperately trying to block a real trial in the Senate, not because they are fearful of the testimony of witnesses such as former National Security Adviser John Bolton, but because…
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) Several Senate Republicans believe at least one or two Democrats will vote against impeaching and removing President Trump once the House eventually hands over the two articles of impeachment which were passed last week, according to The…
By Aaron Maté – The Nation It’s hard to take the charge that Trump is a threat to national security seriously when Democrats in Congress are happy to help him shovel more money at the military. House Democrats’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump may offer immediate feelings…
By MERIDITH MCGRAW and DANIEL LIPPMAN – POLITICO Years from now, impeachment will be one of the first things students are taught about the 45th president Real estate mogul, billionaire, reality show host, late-night show punch line, populist rabble rouser, norm-busting leader —…
Editorial The backlash over Hungary’s new theatre legislation is not just political drama. It is a democratic and artistic crisis In a speech last year, the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán gave his definition of what some late 20th-century Marxists used to call hegemony…
By Naveed Jamali* – Newsweek 12/6/19 – With the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that she instructed key House chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the expected outcome of the inquiry has been formalized. But for many…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures From Hong Kong to Tehran to Buenos Aires, the world appears to be destabilizing. The question that has been raised is whether there is an underlying cause triggering this global unrest. On the surface, the answer to that ought to be no.
Linda Farthing * – The Guardian There is little faith – especially among indigenous Bolivians – in the elections called by interim president Jeanine Áñez As the dust begins to settle following weeks of upheaval in Bolivia, fresh elections are being promised in the new year by…
Naiara Galarraga Gortázar – El País, Spain The former Brazilian president talked to EL PAÍS about his future plans in one of the first interviews he has granted following his release by the Supreme Court He has been saying for years that he would never retire from politics. And…
By Enzo Pellegrin – Global Research On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State“” and of the bad example“” of Evo Morales. (1) In the same…
