Both Nixon and Trump came unglued when it became clear that they could not escape their own crimes.
Richard Nixon
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Will There Ever Be a Tipping Point for Trump’s Supporters?
If the president’s supporters ever abandon him, the reason will probably come as a surprise to the rest of us.
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Bush and Trump: The Inevitable Occurs
You had to know it was going to happen: Former President George W. Bush often jokes that President Trump’s administration makes his own former White House team look “pretty good,” according to a Republican source. The former Republican president regularly knocks the current administration, a source close to the Trump administration told National Journal, unable […]
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Personal Reflections on the Passing of Billy Graham
It was his close friendship with Richard Nixon that initiated the alliance between the Republican Party and white evangelicals.
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On the Moral Necessity of Impeaching Trump: Part II
Yes, it was gratifying to see House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) literally speak truth to power for eight hours on Wednesday in defense of the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Pelosi’s words were surely scorned by the soulless forces who control the GOP, but those who recognize the repugnance of […]
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Trump and the Triumph of Fake News
It’s hard to dispute one word of Brian Stelter’s February 4 condemnation of the GOP’s memo-based malevolence–and the right-wing media’s key role in fueling the foolishness of Donald Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA): Geraldo Rivera is also unquestionably correct: had Fox News and Hannity been a prominent cultural/political force in the early 1970s, Richard […]
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Deaf to the Truth, Blind to the Facts: Those Divorced from Reality Don’t Care About Michael Flynn
It’s almost as though it didn’t happen. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Michael Flynn affair is the harsh reality that a significant portion of this country simply does not care about Flynn’s acknowledged amorality and Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. They’re addicted to “news” outlets that are downplaying or denigrating the […]
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Michael Flynn’s Indictment Is Very Bad News for Trump
He has pled guilty to lying to federal investigators, and could now turn against the president.
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Bush-League Criticism
What was Henry Kissinger’s old joke about the Iran-Iraq war, again? The conflict between Donald Trump and the Bush family is perhaps the silliest of the 45th President’s many feuds, nothing more than the latest outbreak of red-on-red rhetorical violence (see Trump v. McCain, Trump v. Corker, Trump v. Flake., etc.) It’s fundamentally silly because […]
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The Case for Preemptive Impeachment
If this past week has not strengthened Tom Steyer’s case for the expedited removal of Donald Trump from the White House, nothing can. It is inevitable that the Mueller investigation will discover the smoking gun of unprecedented illegality in the Trump administration. It is inevitable that Trump will stoop to any depth to retain his […]
