Paul Gauguin Cow on the seashore 1886 • Powell: Fed’s Job To Keep Economy In A ‘Good Place As Long As Possible’ (CNBC) • Auto Imports From Mexico Surge As US Sales Decline (WS) • The Ukraine Affair Is Damning, All Right – Just Not In The Way You Think (RT) • Trump Told Theresa May He Doubted Russia Was Behind Skripal Poisoning (G.) • US Media Now Filled With Former Intelligence Agents (Rania Khalek) • Hong Kong Democrats
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Pablo Picasso Head of a bearded man 1940 • Democrats Subpoena White House For Ukraine Documents (ZH) • 2nd Whistleblower May File Complaint About Trump/Ukraine: New York Times (RawS) • House Democrats Target Pence Over Ukraine; Peddle Fiction Over ‘Favor’ (ZH) • Newly Released Rosenstein Emails Reveal Crusade To Investigate Trump (ZH) • Do You Have a Lisance for that Minky? (Kunstler) • Boris Johnson Brexit Plan Hangs By Thread As EU Dismisses Weekend Talks (G.) • China Has
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Salvador Dali Crepuscular old man 1918 It took just 4 months after the deplorably failed Mueller probe of alleged Trump links to Russia, for the Democrats to raise the next -faded- red flag, Ukraine. And they do so in a manner that reminds me, personally, a lot of what happens in the UK. That is, the process has now moved on to what is legal or not and who decides what is or not. Nancy Pelosi apparently has been
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Paul Gauguin Breton woman 1886 • Ignore The Hype — This Is Not An Impeachment Inquiry (McCarthy) • Trump Dares Pelosi To Hold Impeachment Inquiry Vote (ZH) • Joe Biden Sprang Into Action When Ukraine Prosecutor Came After His Son (MoA) • Trump Approval Climbs To Highest Level Of 2019 Amid Impeachment Inquiry (Hill) • Weakening The Dollar Is The Last Hope For The Global Economy – Saxo (CNBC) • Fed Policymakers ‘Open’ To Rate Cut As Risks To
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Rembrandt van Rijn Self portrait 1642 • US Hits Scotch Whisky, Italian Cheese, French Wine With 25% Tariffs (R.) • NYT: ‘Whistleblower’ Spoke To ‘Shifty Schiff’ Before Filing Complaint (RT) • Trump Attacks Democrats, Whistleblower Over Impeachment (R.) • Lindsey Graham Urges Foreign Leaders To Assist Barr With Investigation (Pol.) • We’ll “Definitely” Interfere In 2020, Just “Don’t Tell Anybody” – Putin (ZH) • Putin Shames Greta Thunberg And Her Handlers Over Environmental Agenda (ZH) • Dismay In Brussels
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Pablo Picasso Self portrait 1919 • Trump-Zelensky-Ukraine: What Is Really Going On Here? (OffG) • Kiev Agrees To EU-Backed Roadmap Aimed At Peace In Eastern Ukraine (RT) • Final Proposal: UK PM Johnson To Unveil Brexit Offer To EU (R.) • US House Committees Seek To Hold Line On Pompeo In Impeachment Probe (R.) • Barr Investigating The Investigators Of Russian Meddling (R.) • Japan Raises National Sales Tax Despite Recession Worries (AP) • US Gross National Debt Up
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Paul Gauguin Sunken lane 1884 • Dear America, Civil War Is Not A Joke – Or A Picnic (RT) • Civil War On (Kunstler) • Impeachment…or CIA Coup? (Ron Paul) • Hillary Clinton’s Big Comeback Begins Tuesday (WT) • US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency Slides (WS) • No End In Sight For ECB’s Inflation Problem (MW) • Twitter Executive For Middle East Is British Army ‘Psyops’ Soldier (MEE) • Johnson Planning To Bypass Brussels In Bid For
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Pablo Picasso Self portrait 1940 Two countries, the US and UK, both seem to barrel down towards great troubles, hence the title Twisted Pair. When I set it up yesterday, I was going to write an essay combining the two, but it now looks like there’s going to have to be two separate essays. Still, I’m wondering how connected both are, and how they’re connected. And I don’t mean in the popular Boris equals Trump sense, I find the
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Rembrandt van Rijn Self-portrait 1629 • Snapback To Higher Bond Yields? At Least Five Years, Strategists Say (R.) • Why The US “Decoupling” Miracle Ends In 72 Hours (ZH) • Trump Demands To Meet Whistleblower, Warns Of ‘Big Consequences’ (Hill) • The Ukraine Boomerang (Brian Cates) • Congressional Democrats Have No Credibility On Impeachment (Fed.) • Saudi Prince Says War With Iran Would Gut World Economy (AFP) • Russia Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Huawei Over 5G (AFP)
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Paul Gauguin Portrait of Ingeborg Thaulow 1877 • Pelosi Says Public Opinion Shifting In Support Of Impeachment Inquiry (R.) • Pelosi’s House Rule Changes are Key Part of “Articles of Impeachment” (CTH) • Scott Adams Makes the Case for ‘President for Life’ Trump (Ricochet) • The Problem With Impeachment (Chris Hedges) • On The Motives Behind Whistleblower-gate (MoA) • The Latest Plot To Topple Trump: Politics According To -Groucho- Marx (SCF) • State Dept. Ramps Up Probe Into Clinton
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