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Chris Matthews just announced he’s retiring.

Tonight will be his last Hardball.
After Matthews’ on-air announcement, Hardball went on commercial break.

When it came back, it was Steve Kornacki Iooking surprised. After some laudatory remarks about Matthews, Kornacki said they’ll have to fill this hour then it went on immediate commercial break.
It appears Chirs Matthews' MSNBC colleagues may have been blindsided by this announcement.
Here’s the footage of his announcement.
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Ahmed Baba
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This is horrifying.

It makes Yovanovitch’s testimony recounting how she felt threatened even more stunning.
Yovanovitch literally got the call that she was being recalled from her ambassadorship in Ukraine due to concerns for her safety while she was at an event honoring an anti-corruption activist who was killed.

Now we know she was being tracked by Parnas and his goons.

JFC.
And after going through this, Yovanovitch had to read the July 25 transcript memo where the damn POTUS told Zelensky that she would "go through some things."

Then he attacked her DURING her testimony.

This whole scheme against Yovanovitch was straight-up mob behavior.
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Ahmed Baba
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The biggest story out of Dr. Fiona Hill's testimony is that the entire Republican Party was publicly being called out as not even unwitting perpetrators of Russia’s active measures, but knowing accomplices.
🚨Trump talked to Putin about the Ukraine conspiracy theory. Buried in that NYT piece:

“That muddy brew worked its way into American information ecosystems… until parts of it reached Mr. Trump, who has also spoken with Mr. Putin about allegations of Ukrainian interference.”
So… big picture:

Russia has been pushing a yearslong disinformation campaign to frame Ukraine for interfering in the 2016 election.

Putin spoke to Trump about it directly.

Trump mobilized HIS ENTIRE PARTY to push this narrative.

They're aiding Russian interference. Again.
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Ahmed Baba
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These non-verbatim notes (not a transcript) are damning.

Trump says the US has been very good to Ukraine but it hasn’t been reciprocal, then asks for a favor and goes on to ask Ukraine to investigate the origins of the Mueller probe and work with Barr and investigate Biden.
This is blatantly corrupt, violates election law, and very well could provide evidence of an implicit quid pro quo/extortion.

Trump talked about the US being good to Ukraine amid suspended military aid and then immediately asks for a favor? This is how mob bosses talk.
The Trump-appointed Intelligence Community IG thought this conduct was so improper that he referred it for criminal investigation, but of course, Barr declined to pursue.

THEN, they blocked the release of the whistleblower complaint.

This is a coverup.
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This just happened live on-air: Chris Matthews announced his retirement and said tonight will be the last episode of @hardball.
So.... Steve Kornacki has now replaced Chris Matthews on air: “We do have to fill this next hour,” Kornacki said before cutting to a commercial break.
Gotta hand it to @SteveKornacki. He is handling this like a pro.
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