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How Does This White House Stop Lying? By Not Talking at All. How Does This White House Stop Lying? By Not Talking at All.
That must be why there hasn’t been a regular press briefing in 300 days.
Jan 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
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Trump’s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster Trump’s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
The president’s vanity project is sapping water from valuable animal habitats along the border and could doom countless climate migrants.
Jan 17, 2020 / William deBuys
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Mitch McConnell Is the Crooked Guardian of an Imperial Presidency Mitch McConnell Is the Crooked Guardian of an Imperial Presidency
The majority leader has admitted he’s conspiring to thwart an impartial impeachment trial. Everyone with a brain and a conscience should be calling for his recusal.
Jan 16, 2020 / John Nichols
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The Media Failed Us in the Lead-Up to the Iraq War The Media Failed Us in the Lead-Up to the Iraq War
It may be about to fail us again.
Jan 16, 2020 / Connie Schultz
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The Only Way Out of Our Latest War The Only Way Out of Our Latest War
We cannot let the president continue our misadventures in the Middle East.
Jan 16, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
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Trump’s Idea of a Conspiratorial Deep State Is… Just the Regular Government Trump’s Idea of a Conspiratorial Deep State Is… Just the Regular Government
A quick history lesson shows us that Trump’s definition of the scheming “deep state” is inaccurate.
Jan 15, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon
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Trump Reveals His Real Reason for Having Suleimani Killed Trump Reveals His Real Reason for Having Suleimani Killed
“Trump, former aides said, has burned with a desire to erase Obama’s foreign policy legacy and prove himself a superior Commander-in-Chief.” —The Washington Post I couldn’t abide o…
Jan 14, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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How the Presidency Seized Control of Drone Strikes How the Presidency Seized Control of Drone Strikes
Under Trump, the use of drone warfare—which grew dramatically under Obama—guarantees countless more will needlessly die in America’s wars.
Jan 14, 2020 / Allegra Harpootlian
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Congress Finally Begins to Assert Its War Powers Authority Congress Finally Begins to Assert Its War Powers Authority
So why do so many congressional Republicans reject their oaths of office and bow to Donald Trump’s unconscionable demands?
Jan 11, 2020 / John Nichols
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Nixon’s Precedent for Trump: How to Get Away With It Nixon’s Precedent for Trump: How to Get Away With It
Nixon’s Watergate resignation was the exception; successful partisan cover-ups have been the norm for Republicans.
Jan 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer