Politics - Part 21

Capitol Attack: Impeachment Managers Build Case vs. Trump with Chilling New Video of Mob’s Violence
On the second day of former President Trump's second impeachment trial, House impeachment managers presented detailed documentation of the events leading up to the January 6 insurrection and shared dramatic new footage of the violence as it unfolded. We ...[Read more]
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‘Looks Like Trump Wasn’t Playing Around’: President Was Told Pence in Danger Just Minutes Before Twitter Attack on VP
Revelations that Donald Trump was told that Mike Pence had been whisked from the Senate floor just minutes before the former president decided to tweet an attack on his own vice president has added to the already staggering body of evidence that any state ...[Read more]
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So Far, the Biden Administration Is Shaping Up to Be Obama’s Third Term
Progressives are swooning and right-wingers are hyperventilating. But a closer look at Joe Biden's first month in office shows a presidency that — for better and for worse — looks a lot like Barack Obama's so far. ...[Read more]
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Mike Pompeo spent over $10,000 in taxpayer funds on engraved pens for the costly Madison Dinners: watchdog
Now that a Democratic president, Joe Biden, is in the White House, Republicans have suddenly rediscovered fiscal conservatism and concern for the national deficit. But when Donald Trump was still president, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — accor ...[Read more]
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Georgia officially launches investigation into Trump’s demand for election official to ‘find’ votes for him
Georgia is among the battleground states where Donald Trump and his allies vigorously fought the Electoral College victory of Now-President Joe Biden. But despite tremendous pressure from Trump and his supporters, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspe ...[Read more]
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Report reveals how Trump’s team conspired to protect his interests as COVID-19 ransacked the US
Former President Donald Trump's administration is under fire for hindering the government's pandemic response and rolling back Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coronavirus mitigation guidelines in an effort to protect his interests. Accor ...[Read more]
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AOC Is Right to Get Personal About the Capitol Riot
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been criticized for her Instagram video last week recounting the Capitol riot. But AOC showed exactly how a left-wing politician should act: courageous, genuine, and refusing to back down in the face of right-wing threats. ...[Read more]
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‘Downright Scary’: In 2021 Alone, GOP Introduces 100+ Voter Suppression Bills in 28 States
"Democrats have a clear choice. They can get rid of the filibuster to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act to stop GOP voter suppression, or they can allow the GOP to undermine democracy for the next decade." ...[Read more]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019: Protesters should ‘flood the Capitol’
In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called on supporters to "flood the Capitol Building" in a protest against "tyrannical" leaders, telling them that Democratic ...[Read more]
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Capitol riot suspect asks court’s permission to vacation in Mexico
A woman accused of participating in the riot Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol asked a federal judge for permission to leave the country on vacation this month. In a court filing Monday, lawyers for Jenny Louise Cudd requested the court's blessing to travel to M ...[Read more]
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Trump was a symptom of US societal breakdown – not the disease
The death spiral of the American Empire will not be halted with civility. It will not be halted with the 42 executive orders signed by Joe Biden, however welcome many are, especially since they can, with a new chief executive, be immediately revoked. It w ...[Read more]
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