The case for impeachment: Why ...

Feb 2, 2020 by

An odd narrative is beginning to emerge from disparate sources in both leftist and mainstream journalistic corners that impeachment was a mistake, because Trump’s imminent acquittal by the Senate in a sham trial supposedly frees him from all Constitutional restraint.

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Trump’s ‘shocking and deeply d...

Jan 20, 2020 by

[Translate] Even though President Donald Trump has been impeached for his efforts to shake down the Ukrainian government to...

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Constitutional lawyer Laurence...

Jan 16, 2020 by

In recent days, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has floated the idea that the Senate might vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Trump without ever holding a trial.

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Here are 10 fake facts that Tr...

Dec 19, 2019 by

As President Donald Trump’s impeachment seems to be all but a forgone conclusion in the House of Representatives, the Republican Party is still desperately spinning the damning facts of the case.

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I’ve Given Up All Hope in Sena...

Nov 20, 2019 by

I believed the combination — shame and the well-honed D.C. survival instinct — could be enough to collect 20 Republican votes to remove this demonstrable menace of a president. I believed it was possible.

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‘Blather and hysteria’: Conser...

Nov 14, 2019 by

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Rep. Devin Nunes of California and other House Republicans were clearly trying to rally the Trumpian base on Wednesday, when the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered its first public testimony.

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No other president would have ...

Nov 11, 2019 by

[Translate] < President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday evening, Aug. 21, 2019,...

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Noam Chomsky weighs in on impe...

Nov 2, 2019 by

Noam Chomsky was railing against far-right Republicans and neoliberal corporate Democrats long before Donald Trump became president, but the Trump era has certainly given the veteran journalist/author plenty to talk about.

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There really is a witch hunt —...

Oct 23, 2019 by

Last May, Attorney General William Barr assigned U.S. Attorney John Durham the task of investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.

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Our mad dog president and his ...

Oct 17, 2019 by

“I have done nothing to harm these people but they are angered with me, so what do they do, doctor up some income tax, for which they have no case… to harass a peaceful man.”

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‘Abuse of the public trust’: R...

Oct 13, 2019 by

It is time for the House of Representatives to announce comprehensive articles of impeachment against the chronic outlaw and violator of the public trust—President Donald J. Trump who won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote.

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Putting Donald Trump’s impeach...

Oct 9, 2019 by

There is blood in the water and frenzied sharks are closing in for the kill. Or so they think.

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Trump to Ukraine: Such a Shame...

Sep 26, 2019 by

No, Trump didn’t make an explicit threat. He didn’t have to.

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How Tom Steyer Built the Bigge...

Oct 19, 2018 by

Having spent $120 million and signed up 6 million people, Tom Steyer has assembled, in a year, an organization with more reach than the NRA.

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Why the 25th Amendment Route f...

Jan 13, 2018 by

[Translate] Trump Trauma As Trump’s presidency begins its second year, talk of the 25th Amendment is back on the table—but...

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Impeachment: A Citizen’s...

Nov 17, 2017 by

[Translate] Harvard University Press “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” Purchase in the Truthdig Bazaar “Impeachment: A Citizen’s...

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Brazil Plunges Back Into Polit...

May 18, 2017 by

[Translate] By Samy Adghirni, Mario Sergio Lima, Rachel Gamarski / Bloomberg     Brazilian President Michel Temer. (Romério Cunha /...

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BEYOND THE MADNESS OF KING DON...

May 16, 2017 by

President Frankenstein, Donald Trump, has been pretty much the bizarre “insane clown president” (Matt Taibbi’s phrase) that I and many others expected. He’s only shocked me twice….

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HOW CAN WE GET RID OF TRUMP?

Feb 18, 2017 by

[Translate] Nicholas Kristof NYTIMES Photo Inauguration Day in downtown Washington. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images We’re just a...

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