They're struggling for a message against impeachment.
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Thursday, October 24
TRUMP TEAM PULLS OUT EVERY DEFENSE BUT INNOCENCE As it struggles for a “message” against impeachment, Donald Trump’s White House seems to be learning a lesson known to criminal defense lawyers for centuries: Things are a lot harder when the accused has already confessed and the prosecutors have loads of other evidence. [HuffPost]
GOP TRIES TO MUCK BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY Seeking to defend Trump in the unfolding scandal that threatens his presidency, some Senate Republicans are tiptoeing toward a new message that involves questioning the integrity of Ukraine Ambassador William Taylor, a highly respected American diplomat who served under former President George W. Bush. [HuffPost]
REPUBLICANS STORM IMPEACHMENT HEARING In the latest attempts to make a circus out of the House investigation into Trump’s dealings with the Ukrainian government, House Republicans stormed a secure room in the Capitol basement, disrupting a deposition and violating House rules by bringing their phones into a secure area. [HuffPost]
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARRESTED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING Four American Airlines flight attendants are facing money laundering charges after they were allegedly found carrying $22,671 in cash into the U.S. from a flight that departed from Chile. [HuffPost]
TRUMP SAYS HE'S BUILDING A WALL IN COLORADO Trump received a standing ovation in Pittsburgh on Wednesday after boasting about a nonexistent border wall he’s building ― in Colorado. “We’re building a wall in Colorado ― we’re building a beautiful wall,” Trump told the cheering crowd. Colorado's southern border is with New Mexico, not Mexico. [HuffPost]
MOM ACQUITTED OVER ABORTION PILLS A woman from Northern Ireland who was prosecuted for buying abortion pills online for her teenage daughter has been formally acquitted after a landmark reform of the region’s laws.[HuffPost] |
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RUSSIA WARNS KURDS TO PULL BACK Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey. [Reuters]
OCASIO-CORTEZ STUMPS ZUCKERBERG ON LYING Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg whether she would hypothetically be allowed to run political ads falsely saying that Republican candidates voted for the Green New Deal. 'I don’t know the answer to that off the top of my head,” Zuckerberg responded. [HuffPost]
WHY PROTESTS ARE SWEEPING THROUGH THE WORLD The demonstrations seemingly began with a single spark. In Chile it was a hike in metro fares. In Lebanon it was a tax on WhatsApp calls. In Hong Kong it was a proposed extradition bill. Now those flickers have ignited wider movements, lifting the lid on deeper inequalities. [CNN]
INSIDE ISIS PRISON, CHILDREN ASK THEIR FATE Rare visits to two prisons for former residents of Islamic State-held territory in northeastern Syria by The New York Times this week laid bare the enormity of a growing legal and humanitarian crisis that the world has largely chosen to ignore. [New York Times]
AMERICAN JEWS FEARFUL OF ANTISEMITISM About 88% of American Jews believe anti-Semitism is a problem in the U.S. today, with 38% labeling it a “very serious” problem, according to a national survey. A plurality of respondents (43%) said they believe anti-Semitism in the U.S. has “increased a lot” over the past five years. [HuffPost]
TRUMP'S LAWYER: HE COULD SHOOT SOMEONE AND SKIRT PROSECUTION Donald Trump could shoot someone in the middle of New York’s Fifth Avenue and skirt criminal charges as long as he’s president, Trump’s attorney told a federal appeals court. [HuffPost] |
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