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Elections, Presidential race 2020, Trump, Wisconsin
Battleground Wisconsin 2020
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Although Trump carried Wisconsin in ‘16, and although 2020 is likely to see a hard fight against him in Wisconsin, Trump has significant obstacles he did not have in the last election. On Twitter, Joe Handrick (@joeminocqua) offers a sound analysis of Trump’s electoral position in the Badger State. Embedded below is the first of…
Impeachment, Law, Trump
Demand A Fair Trial
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
?? Donald Trump has become only the third president in the history of the Unites States to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He stands charged with Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. The U.S. Senate must now conduct a fair trial of this case, upholding their sworn oaths to “support and defend…
Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Mendacity, Misconduct, Trump
Trump Operative Lev Parnas on the Rachel Maddow Show
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Last night (1.15.20), Rachel Maddow aired an interview with Trump & Giuliani operative (and federal criminal defendant) Lev Parnas. (Parnas sat with his lawyer while speaking to Maddow.) Parnas played a key role in Trump’s pressure campaign in Ukraine, a campaign designed to compel Ukraine to help Trump smear an American political opponent. If you’ve…
Trump
Self-Described ‘Very Stable Genius’
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Trump
What Is Trump’s Problem With Dogs?
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America, City, Never Trump, Politics, Trump
One Year
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For all the discussion of politics over these last three years, America now comes to a critical year ahead. In these next twelve months, we’ll see primaries, conventions, a general election, and thereafter possible challenges to, and necessary defenses of, the constitutional order. When was there another year so important to America as 2020 looks…
Politics, Television, Trump
Jay Rosen Considers the Inconsiderable Chuck Todd
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Jay Rosen of NYU writes about Chuck Todd’s three-years-too-late grasp of contemporary politics: ‘Round midnight on Christmas eve, Rolling Stone posted a short interview with Chuck Todd, host of “the longest running show on television,” NBC’s Meet the Press. Its contents were explosive, embarrassing, enraging, and just plain weird. Three years after Kellyanne Conway introduced the doctrine of “alternative…
America, Congress, Impeachment, Law, Politics, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
Rep. Adam Schiff’s Closing During Wednesday’s Impeachment Debate
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Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Trump
Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’
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Politifact’s Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’: ?? No matter the motivations or the political outcome, testimony from the whistleblower would not change the underlying facts of what Trump said. The whistleblower’s account is verified by the same set of facts supplied by Vindman, Williams and Morrison,…
Cruelty, Immigration, Migrants, Trump
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care
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Robert Moore, Susan Schmidt, and Maryam Jameel report Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care: Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t…
Congress, Elections, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
In questioning of DOJ’s inspector general, Sen. Klobuchar debunks GOP lies about FBI Russia probe report
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America, Authoritarianism, Education, Law, Trump
More Dangerous Than More Dangerous
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At the Washington Post’s Plum Line, Greg Sargent writes that William Barr’s deceptions are more dangerous than you think. It’s an excellent post about Barr’s attempt to validate Trump’s lies (about Russia, Ukraine, election interference). Sargent’s assessment is even less favorable for the future – and so more ominous – than he writes. Sargent is right…