oh, yeah. oh, happy monday, everybody. so there s a new marvel movie and apparently it. i wisharently . i haven t seen it yet because as you know, i have better things to do. the new flick is courtesy of disney, who owns the marvel cinematic universe.. but the real marvel is how each movie they put out is getting worse and worseal marve. the next superhero should be the incredible shrinking box officegettin, because their latt offering, the marvels, was the opening for a marvel movie ever. ofn worse than iron man versus little women. e oh, they got destroyed in that. now, in this universe, wome m are as physically strong as men. i m talking actual women now, i m actual w with 5:00 shadowss who can their name in the snow . but today, entertainment is now secondary to diversits wy in every cast must be as colorful as a bag of peanutpe anutm&ms and twice as nutty. nut it s the universe, according to disney. unfortunatelty y, that siverse the only universe where this is
What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as you stated in your testimony, prosecutors like the kgb were
i believe it makes it more difficult for our diplomatic representatives overseas to carry out those policy goals, yes. how is that, sir? thos well, there s an issue o credibility. they hear diplomats on the ground saying one thing and they hear other u.s. leaders saying something else. ambassador taylor, would you agree with that, sir? i would. sir, anything you d like to add about how it might make it more difficult forht you to do your job, sir?re our credibility is based on a respectse for the united states and if we damage that respect, then itda hurts our credibility and makes it more difficult for us to do our jobs. anyone looking at the facts can see t what happened was an abuse of power. anyone looking at the facts can see that what happened was unethical. anyone looking at the facts can see, anyone looking at the facts