About: Mary Chastain

Mary covers international news, with a special interest in Ukraine and Russia. She covered the Ukraine crisis at Breitbart News since the Euromaidan protests broke out in 2013. She wrote about sports, especially tennis and hockey, at Breitbart. Mary also contributed snark to Misfit Politics.

Mary loves her Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, tennis, cats, Diet Coke, and wine.




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Trump Announces ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreement With Guatemala to Limit Asylum Claims

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 7:00pm 7/26/2019 at 7:00pm
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President Donald Trump announced that his administration reached a “safe third country” deal with Guatemala to help relieve the pressure at the southern border.

Guatemala agreed to allow migrants from El Salvador and Honduras to apply for asylum in the country instead of the U.S. border. In return, the U.S. agreed to...

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Democrats Beginning ‘Impeachment Investigation,’ Asking for Grand Jury Information

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 3:00pm 7/26/2019 at 3:00pm
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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee announced on Friday they will begin a formal “impeachment investigation” against President Donald Trump due to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony.

Chairman Jerry Nadler said the Democrats will ask for grand jury information related to Mueller’s investigation. From Fox News:

Nadler called the grand jury materials...

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Joe Biden Holds Strong Lead, Warns Opponents He Will ‘Not be as Polite This Time’

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:00am 7/26/2019 at 11:00am
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2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden has come out swinging a week before the second debate.

Biden’s numbers suffered a bit after the first debate, especially after Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) brought up his history working with segregationalists.

That will not happen the next time around as he vows to...

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CNN Photographer Resigns After Long History of Anti-Semitic Tweets Revealed

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 7:00am 7/26/2019 at 7:00am
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GOP operative Arthur Schwartz discovered old anti-Semitic tweets from relatively new CNN photo editor Mohammed Elshamy. He celebrated the killing of “4 jewish [sic] pigs” in a terrorist attack in 2011 and cheered on Hamas.

Elshamy resigned late Thursday night.

CNN and the left cannot complain about this happening because last week the...

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DOJ Will Resume Federal Executions After 16-Year Hiatus

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Democrats Turn Against Mueller After Two Hearings on Wednesday

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Posted by    Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 3:00pm 7/25/2019 at 3:00pm
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday on his report over Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Mueller came across as dull with body language that showed he wanted to be somewhere else other than in front of Congress. He...

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Mueller: Russians Also Tried to Help Hillary

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 2:03pm 7/24/2019 at 2:03pm

Robert Mueller said to the Intelligence Committee that hackers Hillary received a lot of the same behavior from Russian hackers that Trump received:

Asked by Democratic Rep. Jim Himes which candidate Russian hacking was designed...

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Round Two: Mueller Testifies in Front of House Intelligence Committee

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 12:45pm 7/24/2019 at 12:45pm
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified for over three and half hours in front of the House Judiciary Committee this morning where we learned nothing new.

Now Mueller will testify over Volume I of his report in front of the House Intelligence Committee.

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Mueller Tells Congress He Participated in ‘Very Few’ Interviews

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 11:15am 7/24/2019 at 11:15am

Robert Mueller’s investigation performed over 500 interviews over the course of two years.

However, Mueller, who was in charge, told Congress he did not participate in many interviews.

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Ratcliffe to Mueller: ‘Prosecutors Never, Ever Need to Conclusively Determine’ Presumption of Innocence

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 9:31am 7/24/2019 at 9:31am
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Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) went after Robert Mueller over his conclusion that his team could not exonerate Trump on obstruction of justice:

Giving Mr. Mueller little chance to response, Mr. Ratcliffe said it was inappropriate for a prosecutor to try to exonerate someone. Pressing further, Mr. Ratcliffe asked Mr. Mueller if he...

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Mueller Defends Investigation to Judiciary Committee, Doesn’t Provide New Answers

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:15am 7/24/2019 at 8:15am
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee for over three hours this morning mainly over Volume II mainly on obstruction.

Mueller did not provide new answers and told the representatives over 100 to refer to his report.

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House Condemns BDS Despite Protests From Reps. Omar, Tlaib

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 9:00pm 7/23/2019 at 9:00pm

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives condemned the Global, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS) with a vote of 398-17 even though Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib campaigned against the measure.

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Boris Johnson Will Replace Theresa May as UK Prime Minister

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 7:32am 7/23/2019 at 7:32am
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Boris Johnson beat Jeremy Hunt today to win the Tory leadership in the United Kingdom, which means he will replace outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Johnson received 92,513 votes while Hunt only secured 46,656.

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Macy’s Drops ‘Mom Jeans’ Plates After One Woman With No Sense of Humor Complains

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Posted by    Monday, July 22, 2019 at 5:00pm 7/22/2019 at 5:00pm
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Department store Macy’s dropped plates with “a series of rings labeled ‘skinny jeans,’ ‘favorite jeans,’ and ‘mom jeans'” as a suggestion for serving seizes after a CBS reporter complained.

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Trump Intensifies War With the Squad: ‘Very Racist Group of Troublemakers’

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Posted by    Monday, July 22, 2019 at 3:00pm 7/22/2019 at 3:00pm
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President Donald Trump intensified the war between him and the “Squad” this afternoon in a tweet calling the four Democratic congresswomen inexperienced troublemakers ruining “the once great Democrat Party.”

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Wendy Davis Will Run for U.S. House Against Rep. Chip Roy

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Posted by    Monday, July 22, 2019 at 1:00pm 7/22/2019 at 1:00pm
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Former Texas state senator Wendy Davis has continued her campaign to remain relevant. She announced on Monday her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives and challenge Republican Rep. Chip Roy.

Davis shot into the national limelight a few years ago when she filibustered for 13 hours against a pro-life measure in...

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Video Resurfaces of Tlaib Screaming, Interrupting Trump at a 2016 Speech

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Posted by    Monday, July 22, 2019 at 11:00am 7/22/2019 at 11:00am
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A video from 2016 has resurfaced of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) screaming and interrupting then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Detroit, MI.

At the time Tlaib served as a Michigan state representative.

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