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…
Trump
Politics, Television, Trump
Jay Rosen Considers the Inconsiderable Chuck Todd
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Trump
Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Authoritarianism, Education, Law, Trump
More Dangerous Than More Dangerous
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Congress, Impeachment, Law, Trump
Articles of Impeachment of Donald Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
Debunking Trump’s Defenses: It Was Russia, not Ukraine, That Interfered in the 2016 Election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embedded below is a concise, three-page pdf debunking the conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in America’s 2016 election. It’s from the Moscow Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. It’s a solid starting point for combatting lies on the matter. [embeddoc url=”https://freewhitewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Debunking-Defenses-Russia-Not-Ukraine.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
Congress, Impeachment, Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Articles of Impeachment
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Trump
Biden’s Right: The World Holds Trump in Contempt
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Congress, Impeachment, Trump
The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Trump
America’s Allies Know that Trump’s a Destructive Fool
by JOHN ADAMS •
Via Trump to Leave NATO Summit Early After World Leaders Are Caught Laughing at Him: .@JustinTrudeau, @EmmanuelMacron, @BorisJohnson and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions @realDonaldTrump by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host…
America, Authoritarianism, Babbittry, Bigotry, Boosterism, City, Law, Liberty, Local Government, Mendacity, Never Trump, Politics, Resistance, Trump
Forget the Tender Feelings of a Pernicious Faction
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the Journal Sentinel, Craig Gilbert writes about the political divide in For voters in this purple part of Wisconsin [Richland Center], the impeachment fight is a symbol of broken politics. The story establishes a false equivalence between those who support impeachment and those who oppose it, as though the conflict between these views…