Six months into office, Trump arguably already qualifies as the worst president in history.
Richard Nixon
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What History Tells Us About Trump’s Odds of Surviving His First Term
It was the flight of Republicans prior to the 1974 midterms that forced Nixon to resign. Will Trump fare any better?
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Trump Isn’t the Solution to the Democrats’ Problems
The Democrats are in denial about the size of the hole they’re in.
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Years of Living Dangerously
It was just two years ago that the nightmare began. Two years ago yesterday–June 16, 2015–the man who has contaminated our democracy came down that escalator and began the process of dragging our country down with him. Some people knew immediately what was coming. Others didn’t think the worst could happen. Did anyone realize just […]
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Call it the ‘Mayflower Scandal’
To explain Trump’s inexplicable affinity for Putin, we need to know more about what happened at the Mayflower Hotel last April.
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Quick Takes: Nixon Was a Smoother Criminal Than Trump
A round-up of news that caught my eye today.
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Trump is Being Taken Apart, Step By Step
Leaks from the Intelligence Community are designed to remove the president from power.
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Why Partisans Are Slow to Turn on Their President
In the past people stuck with their presidents because of self-interest. That’s lacking now.
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Did Fox Bite the Right?
In a good example of a broken clock being right two times a day, right-wing writer/radio host/filmmaker John Ziegler argues that it is conservatives who perhaps should be the most ticked off about the power of Fox News, the Beast that Rupert and Roger Built: [I]t is my belief that Fox News has, on balance, […]
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A Lack of Courage: Why the Fourth Estate is Rather Intimidated by Trump
Remember when the right-wing noise machine wouldn’t stop celebrating its role in the departure of Dan Rather from CBS News? “Rathergate,” as the wingnuts called it, is still regarded as a moment of glory for the right. In a 2004 Boston Phoenix piece, Dan Kennedy explained the history behind the right’s lust for Rather’s scalp: […]
