Biden goes to NATO (Pod Save the World podcast)

Tommy and Ben cover the latest in Ukraine, including Biden’s visit to Brussels for a NATO summit and trip to Poland. They also explore how China is viewing the Russian invasion, how the war can create a global food shortage, the latest on the military effort and peace talks, the reaction to President Zelensky’s address to the Israeli Knesset, why the Russians are making prank calls, and President Trump weighs in with more strategic genius. Then Tommy interviews former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch about what Zelensky was like before the war and her time at the State Department under Trump. How to Help in Ukraine Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: donate to humanitarian efforts United Help Ukraine: donate to the life-saving medical supplies to Ukraine’s front lines Revived Soldiers Ukraine: donate to treatment of the wounded and the provision of hospitals Razom for Ukraine: donate to tactical medical training and emergency response in Ukraine Nova Ukraine: donate to humanitarian aid for Ukraine Vox: How you can help Ukrainians.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-239xa-13177b14

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says Russia's invasion represents a "battle of freedom versus tyranny" — with implications that span the globe...

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1086427993/marie-yovanovitch-ukraine-ambassador-lessons-from-the-edge

Pompeo aide: Giuliani's outreach to secretary was 'deeply disturbing' - POLITICO

Kenna told lawmakers that in hindsight, she is bothered by what she now knows Giuliani was doing. ...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/pompeo-giuliani-outreach-disturbing-380016

Marie Yovanovitch: US Pastor Also Wanted To Get Rid Of Ambassador To Ukraine — And Told Mike Pompeo

BuzzFeed News has seen a letter passed to Mike Pompeo from an evangelical US pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups demanding then-ambassador Marie Yovanovitch be fired for supporting LGBTQ rights.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/marie-yovanovitch-ukraine-mike-pompeo-dale-armstrong

Evangelical groups lobbied Pompeo to fire Yovanovitch in 2018 | TheHill

Dozens of evangelical Christian organizations lobbied the State Department to fire Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, in 2018 over her support for an LGBT pride parade in Kyiv. BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday that a letter sent by 39 organizations to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited Yovanovitch's support for an LGBT parade that year in downtown Kyiv, which the groups said undermined President Trump's "conservative policy for the USA and its foreign policy."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/481657-evangelical-groups-lobbied-pompeo-to-fire-yovanovitch-in-2018

Drip, drip, drip: Top House Democrat reveals Bolton expressed deep concern about Trump, Ukraine

As Senate Republicans attempt to recover from their tailspin in arguments over calling former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new information emerged Wednesday directly refuting Trump's assertion that Bolton never expressed concern about his Ukraine policy at the time. In a statement Wednesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel relayed that Bolton "strongly implied" in a Sept. 23 phone call with him that Trump's ouster of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was improper.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/29/1914909/-Drip-drip-drip-Top-House-Democrat-reveals-Bolton-expressed-deep-concern-about-Trump-Ukraine

The secretary of slander - The Washington Post

So much for the beacon of democracy....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/26/secretary-slander/

Emails Show Mike Pompeo's Office Agreed To Discuss Ukraine With NPR: Report | HuffPost

The secretary of state has accused reporter Mary Louise Kelly of being a liar and ignoring an agreement not to discuss Ukraine. ....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pompeo-emails-npr-ukraine-interview_n_5e2ee7e9c5b67d8874b6a575

WATCH: Trump says Ukraine ambassador should be removed

A video released on Jan. 25 captures President Donald Trump appearing to say he wants to “get rid” of the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. ....
https://youtu.be/9h0HIm53Jus

WATCH: Full video of Trump saying Ukraine ambassador should be removed

A video released on Jan. 25 captures President Donald Trump appearing to say he wants to “get rid” of the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch.....
https://youtu.be/P28atO6i--8

Recording of Trump calling for Yovanovitch’s ouster appears to corroborate Parnas’s account - The Washington Post

The audio file reviewed by ABC News matches a description by Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/recording-of-trump-calling-for-yovanovitchs-ouster-appears-to-corroborate-parnass-account/2020/01/24/77326098-3ed3-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html

Damning new audio of Trump illuminates the Ukraine scandal’s back alleys - The Washington Post

Why on earth was Trump telling his goons to 'get rid' of Ambassador Yovanovitch?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/24/damning-new-audio-trump-illuminates-scandals-back-alleys/

Here’s what the Parnas revelations mean for Trump - POLITICO

Lev Parnas, the indicted Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of the Ukraine controversy, has disrupted the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. With a slate of newly released documents from House investigators and round of TV interviews, Parnas and his attorney have offered remarkable — if true — details about just how far Trump and his allies were willing to go to dig up dirt on the president’s potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden. ....
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/16/lev-parnas-revelations-trump-100216

‘Art of the Deal, baby’: Trump deluged in mockery as Ukraine announces an investigation into his associates – Raw Story

This Thursday,Ukrainian authorities announced that they opened an investigation into whether former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was being surveilled by associates of Rudy Giuliani while she was in Kyiv last spring. The probe was launched after House Democrats released a trove of documents this Tuesday that showed communications between Lev Parnas and Trump donor Robert Hyde that discussed Yovanovitch’s movement throughout Kyiv. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/art-of-the-deal-baby-trump-deluged-in-mockery-as-ukraine-announces-an-investigation-into-his-associates/

Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador’s ouster, newly released materials show -- The Washington Post

The cache of documents includes menacing messages written by an associate of Lev Parnas suggesting he had then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch under surveillance.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ukraine-prosecutor-offered-information-related-to-biden-in-exchange-for-ambassadors-ouster-newly-released-materials-show/2020/01/14/cc45d19e-371e-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html

Lev Parnas reveals a new Ukraine quid pro quo - The Washington Post

New documents from Lev Parnas indicate this was perhaps less a matter of Yovanovitch standing in the way of Giuliani, and more of a favor to Ukraine to get the desired outcome.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/lev-parnas-reveals-new-ukraine-quid-pro-quo/

Inside Giuliani's new push to flip the script on Trump's impeachment

Even as President Donald Trump awaits a trial in the Senate, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is moving full speed ahead with new allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and the former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, the very individuals targeted by Trump in events that triggered his impeachment.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/inside-giuliani-s-new-push-flip-script-trump-s-impeachment-n1106321

Russian disinformation network said to have helped spread smear of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine - The Washington Post

Five days after false reports of a "do not prosecute list," a fake image of the list appeared online. It was spread by a campaign attributed to Russia...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/17/russian-disinformation-network-said-have-helped-spread-smear-us-ambassador-ukraine/

Rudy Giuliani flat-out confesses to more Trump corruption

In a newly posted New Yorker article, Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani just comes right out and says what we all have known: He helped get rid of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch because she was too principled to allow him to advance his corrupt Ukraine scheme unfettered. “I believed that I needed Yovanovitch out of the way,” Giuliani told journalist Adam Entous last month. “She was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody.” https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/12/16/1906059/-Rudy-Giuliani-flat-out-confesses-to-more-Trump-corruption

Giuliani drops stunning confession -- and undermines Trump's defense against impeachment again - Raw Story

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has undermined President Donald Trump's defense in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry -- again. In an interview with The New Yorker, Giuliani admitted that he got former American ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired so that he could more easily pursue his efforts to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/giuliani-drops-stunning-confession-and-undermines-trumps-defense-against-impeachment-again/