One day late last month, longtime activist George Lakey was yet again training people on how to peacefully resist a coup. But this time, he was not in Moscow or Bangkok or one of the many other far-off places where he has traveled over his 70-year…

This Is How Thousands Of Americans Are Preparing To Take On Trump If He Refuses To Leave Office

President Donald Trump, behind in the polls and running out of time and opportunities to directly hit his challenger Joe Biden, resorted to a convoluted tale of misinformation and baseless conspiracy theories at Thursday night’s debate involving the…

Trump's Final Campaign Strategy Is To Spread A Bunch Of Misinformation About Joe Biden, His Son, And Ukraine

As the US was bracing for a major wave of seriously ill coronavirus patients in March, President Donald Trump asked President Vladimir Putin in a phone call for help. In response, Moscow sent 45 ventilators and other medical supplies in crates…

FEMA Threw Out The Faulty Ventilators Russia Gave The US Without Ever Using Them

Facebook has suspended the account of Ukrainian politician Andriy Derkach, an ally of President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, for election interference.
Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, has been working with Giuliani and a shadowy…

Facebook Banned An Alleged Russian Agent Spreading Disinformation About Joe Biden

Facebook said on Wednesday it would reduce the distribution of a New York Post story that published unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, pending a review by the site's fact-checking partners.
But for more than…

Facebook Gave A Platform To The Shady Ukrainians Pushing The New York Post Biden Story

As more details about the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer came out in court this week, a shadowy meeting in Ohio this summer where members of extremist groups met to discuss targeting elected officials has emerged as…

An Ohio Meeting Was Pivotal For Violent Extremists Who Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Governor

Ukraine has deported two men from a notoriously violent American neo-Nazi group who tried to set up a local branch and join a far-right military unit to gain combat experience in the war-torn country, according to two Ukrainian security service…

Ukraine Deported Two American Members Of A Neo-Nazi Group Who Tried To Join A Far-Right Military Unit For “Combat Experience”

After President Donald Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of encouragement to the First Couple, wishing them a speedy recovery.
As the coronavirus…

Putin, Who Has Spent Almost Six Months In Isolation To Avoid The Coronavirus, Sent Trump A Get Well Note

The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, has received a flood of new members in the hours since President Donald Trump refused to condemn the group on television during the first presidential debate Tuesday evening.
Moderator Chris Wallace, a Fox…

The Proud Boys Got A Bunch Of New Followers After Trump Said To “Stand By”

Ukrainian police are investigating the suspicious death of an American woman who was employed at the US Embassy in Kyiv, a police spokesperson told BuzzFeed News Wednesday.
The woman, who had suffered a large head injury, was found by a passerby on a…

Ukraine Is Investigating The Suspicious Death Of A US Embassy Employee In Kyiv

The White House read Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appeal on Friday for Russia and the US to agree on banning meddling in each other’s elections and made one of its own: Stop your meddling first.
“A good starting point for discussion would be…

Putin Asked Trump For A Mutual Ban On Election Interference. The White House Said Russia Should Stop Its Ongoing Meddling First.

Eight months ago, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in a historic visit to Minsk that their meeting was “a solid first step towards improved relationships and closer ties.”
On Wednesday, the US State…

The US Says Alexander Lukashenko Is Not The Legitimate President Of Belarus

A Republican-led Senate investigation of the work of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine finally landed Wednesday — not with a bang, as its authors had long promised, but with a whimper.
Led by Sens. Ron Johnson,…

Republicans’ Hunter Biden Report Is Filled With Old, Unsubstantiated Allegations And Debunked Theories

Sophie Weiner, a writer and communications professional who moved to Melbourne from New York with her Australian partner a little over two years ago, said voting from abroad has always been complicated and confusing. The 30-year-old has missed local…

Americans Overseas Say Trying To Vote In This Year’s Election Is A “Massive Shitshow”

A dual American Belarusian citizen and political strategist who has worked for presidential candidates in the United States has been languishing in a jail in Minsk, Belarus, for nearly two months. Vitali Shkliarov has been abused and denied medical…

A US Diplomat Is Pleading With Belarus To Release Her Spouse From Jail

Gabriel Trumbly, a Portland videographer who has spent roughly 90 of the past 100 days capturing the protests, wanted to take footage of the forest fires raging in Oregon. So on Wednesday night, the 29-year-old Army veteran, set out with his partner,…

When They Came To An Oregon Town To Take Pictures Of The Fires, Armed Locals Thought They Were Antifa Arsonists

The Trump administration on Thursday blacklisted four Russia-linked individuals for attempting to influence the US election, including a Ukrainian lawmaker it called “an active Russian agent” who has helped Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on Joe Biden.
The…

The US Sanctioned One Of Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian Allies For Election Interference

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya does not like being called an opposition leader. First of all, she says, the movement she has inspired in Belarus is no longer the opposition: “we are the majority.” And secondly, she says, she was the winner of Belarus’s Aug.…

She Challenged Europe’s Last Dictator In Belarus And Was Forced Into Exile. She Says She’s The Country’s “Chosen President.”

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, the German government said Wednesday. The toxicology results will further raise suspicion of the Kremlin’s involvement in the attack.
Navalny,…

A German Test Revealed Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned

KYIV — As the political crisis roiling Belarus deepened this week with the arrest of two prominent protest leaders and a call for a Nobel laureate to come in for questioning, a top US diplomat met with the self-exiled Belarusian opposition leader in…