Winning - October 2019

Keeping track of the GOP and Trump Administration:

• Multiple whistleblowers now coming forward. 
• Numerous Congressional subpoenas issued to White House and administration officials regarding the Ukraine caper. 
• 10/07 - A federal judge ruled that Trump must turn over his tax returns to the Manhattan DA.
• The House subpoenas numerous White House, DOD, and OMB documents concerning Ukraine. 
• 10/07 - Republican leaders warn Trump not to withdraw troops from Syria.
• Then Trump sends mixed signals about his plans. Diplomacy by whim from the stable genius.
• 10/10 - Two Giuliani business associates are arrested for campaign finance violations. Foreign money to GOP candidates. 
• 10/11 - A federal court of appeals ruled against Trump trying to block the release of financial data.
• 10/11 -Three federal judges issue injunctions against Trump's new green card policies.
• 10/11 - Kevin McAleenan resigns. Another one bites the dust. The revolving door continues at DHS. We will now get a new acting secretary to replace the old acting secretary. 
• Does Trump not realize that the more he disparages the media, the harder they will work to find dirt on him and the administration? Even fair and objective media members do not appreciate being called fake, dishonest, and corrupt. 
• Trump's abandonment of the Kurds has turned into a cluster fuck. Armed conflict all along the Turkey-Syria border. The Syrian Kurds are now aligned with Assad, Russia, and Iran. All enemies of the US. 
• 10/15 - A federal appeals court revives the emoluments lawsuit brought by the DC and Maryland AGs. 
• 10/16 - The House votes 354-60 to condemn Trump's troop withdrawal from northern Syria.
• Energy Secretary Rick Perry resigns.
• 10/17 - After extensive research and open bidding (just kidding), Trump awards the 2020 G7 conference to Trump Doral. Emoluments-R-Us. 
• 10/17 - Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admits Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats. Then he tries to walk back what he said. There is a video Mick.
• Trump announces that the 2020 G7 meeting will be held at his Trump Doral resort. Then after criticism from almost everybody decides that is a bad idea. Flip-flop Trump.
• 10/21 - Trump's best buddy Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government in Israel despite Trump's help and endorsement. 
• 10/22 - Russia joins Turkey in removing our former allies, the Syrian Kurds, from the border area. Putin is winning, not Trump.
• 10/22 - Acting ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testifies before House impeachment investigators that there was quid pro quo attached to Ukraine military aid.
• 10/24 - A federal judge holds Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt in a student loan case. 
• A company with ties to Trump's brother Robert was awarded a $33 million government contract. I want Ukraine and the Bidens to investigate. 
• 10/25 - The federal deficit soars to $984 billion, up $205 billion (26%) in fiscal 2019. Where are the fiscally responsible Republicans? Trump promised to eliminate the deficit in eight years. It's up almost 50% in his first three years in office. 
• 10/25 - A federal judge ruled that the House Judiciary Committee can see some grand jury material from the Mueller investigation.
• 10/29 - Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testifies before House investigators about the Ukraine call. He disputes the transcript.   

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