Month: July 2017

Trump Bans Transgender Troops in a Tweet

This is admittedly, not a subject that I have had my eye on or researched, but the president’s announcement seems impetuous. In tweets Wednesday morning the president wrote: “After consultation with my Generals and...

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Ukraine-Russia Proxy War and the U.S. Election

For decades a strong Ukrainian-American diaspora has been exploited by NGOs and U.S. government agencies (USAID) to intervene in the Ukraine. The Orange Revolution of 2004 has been well covered. Due to established corruption,...

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GOP Senators Vote to Proceed on Obamacare Repeal

The Senate hasn’t posted the roll call yet, but the Republicans managed to clear a major hurdle in their quest to deny tens of millions of Americans access to health care. With Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa...

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HCR Motion to proceed passes

HCR has now reached the Senate floor. The Motion to proceed passed 51-50 – the GOP lost Collins and Lisa Murkowski. The talk now is of a skinny bill that passes the Senate, and then HCR goes to conference. Once again the...

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