Paul Gauguin Breton woman and goose by the water 1888 • Trump Appears to Reverse Syria Decision (USNews) • Trump Vows To OBLITERATE Turkish Economy If It Does ‘Anything Off Limits’ (RT) • Joe, Hunter Biden Could Be Forced To Testify In Senate Impeachment Trial (WT) • A Hard Rain (Jim Kunstler) • US Federal Deficit Estimated At $984 Billion, Highest In Seven Years (Hill) • US Blacklists China Organisations Over Xinjiang ‘Uighur Abuse’ (BBC) • Court Rejects Latest
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Print your own Assange mask • The ‘Whistleblower’ Probably Isn’t (Taibbi) • DNC Colluded With Ukraine To Boost Hillary By Harming Trump – Report (DWire) • Bob Woodward: GOP Senators ‘Choking’ On Trump-Ukraine Scandal (WE) • In Last Minute Call, Erdogan Agrees To Meet Trump Over Syria ‘Safe Zone’ (ZH) • Arise, Commissioner Farage! (Pol.eu) • Brexit Border Talk Stirs Up Bad Memories In Northern Ireland (G.) • An Actual Conspiracy Kept Jeffrey Epstein’s Accomplices out of Prison •
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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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Salvador Dali Bather 1924 The US and UK are both at risk of severe legal challenges and hence “barrelling down towards great troubles” as I wrote yesterday in Twisted Pair 1 – US. The reasons are not exactly the same in both cases, but they’re close. It’s about who holds the ultimate power. Before moving on to the UK’s specific issues, I want to share this from the BBC, one of many pieces yesterday that discuss President Trump talking
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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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