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Book Review: Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly MORE
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Post failed presidency, Trump wants to start a digital media company to ‘wreck’ Fox ‘News’
According to Axios, Trump wants to start a digital media company not only to compete with Fox ‘News’ but to ‘wreck’ the ‘news’ network The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News made a MORE
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As an ex-president, Trump could disclose the secrets he learned while in office, current and former officials fear
As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. But no new president has ever MORE
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Money to support Trump court fight could flow to president
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s chances of reelection dwindled last week, his campaign began blasting out a nonstop stream of emails and text messages that led to a website raising money for an MORE
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Trump removes head of climate science report
The White House has removed the head of the program that produces the federal government’s most definitive scientific report on climate change, according to three sources with knowledge of the move. Michael Kuperberg had worked MORE
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FOX News is at war with itself over 2020 election results
While Maria Bartiromo and Jason Chaffetz spout conspiracy theories about election theft and insist Donald Trump is ahead, others on the network have attempted to tamp down on the crazy—much to the president’s displeasure. In MORE
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Utah Senator Mike Lee claims fact-checking is a form of censorship
During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee said fact-checking is a form of censorship. The hearing was held with the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google to discuss Section 230 and Republicans’ MORE
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The GOP has a bigly math problem
The state of play: They’re relying almost exclusively on a shrinking demographic (white men), living in shrinking areas (small, rural towns), creating a reliance on people with shrinking incomes (white workers without college degrees) to survive. Why it MORE
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Ballrooms, candles and luxury cottages: Millions of taxpayer dollars spent at Trump’s properties
President Trump welcomed the Japanese prime minister at Mar-a-Lago, in front of a towering arrangement of roses. The two could have met in Washington, but Trump said his private club was a more comfortable alternative. MORE
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Study concludes Republicans are closer to the autocratic politics of countries like Hungary, India and Turkey than the conservative parties of western Europe.
In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonising and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary, India, Poland and Turkey. The Republican MORE
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At least 5 people in Pence’s orbit test positive for Corvid.
At least five people in Vice President Mike Pence’s orbit have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, including chief of staff Marc Short and outside adviser Marty Obst, a source familiar with the situation MORE
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An interview with the director of “White Noise”, a new documentary on the alt-right
One among a sea of unfortunate consequences of the last four years is that ordinary people have heard of many political figures who once would have been relegated to the fringe. There’s Mike Cernovich, a MORE
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McConnell Denies Health Problems Despite Bruises and Bandages on Hands
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is denying any health concerns despite several photos depicting bruising and bandages on his hands. Photos of his darkened hand and bandaged thumb went viral on Wednesday and he was MORE
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Ted Cruz and a few other wing nuts introduce a constitutional amendment to block Supreme Court packing
“Make no mistake, if Democrats win the election, they will end the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court, expanding the number of justices to advance their radical political agenda, entrenching their power for generations, and MORE
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A Federal Judge Orders DoJ To Find Out If Trump Means What He Tweets
In response to a lawsuit by BuzzFeed News, the government said that just because Trump demanded that the Russia investigation be declassified, it doesn’t mean he wanted the Russia investigation to be declassified. A federal MORE
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‘What a RINO’ Ben Sasse speaks out against Dear Leader
“The way he kisses dictators’ butts. I mean, the way he ignores that the Uyghurs are in literal concentration camps in Xinjiang right now. He hasn’t lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong Kongers,” MORE
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Collins may not be on board for the Barrett vote, Donnie flips out
President Donald Trump on Friday attacked Maine Sen. Susan Collins over her stated opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, lashing out at one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans less MORE
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Hunter Biden E-Mails Mysteriously Discovered by New York Post
With less than three weeks left until election day, is it any wonder that a laptop of Hunter Biden’s has been discovered and damaging private e-mails have been leaked to the New York Post? Trump MORE
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Mitt Romney “Troubled” By U.S. Politics, Mostly Blaming Trump
Utah Senator Mitt Romney released a statement that decried the state of American politics ahead of the 2020 election, saying he’s fed up with how vile and vituperative (bitter and abusive) things have become. Much MORE
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World Food Programme Is Winner of 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The World Food Programme was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize as the fight against hunger takes on greater urgency in a world shaped by conflict and the coronavirus pandemic. The organization is being honored MORE
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Michigan worker requires 13 stitches after slicing fingers on booby-trapped Trump-Pence sign
An employee with Commerce Township had been instructed to remove the campaign sign because it violated a city ordinance, according to a press release from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office obtained by CNN. The sign MORE
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Biden will answer court-packing question ‘when the election is over’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden again ducked questions Thursday about whether he would seek to add seats to the Supreme Court, telling reporters he would not address the issue until after the November 3 election. MORE
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Pelosi Says Trump Made “Terrible Mistake” to End Relief Talks
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday is saying Trump made a “terrible mistake” to prematurely end coronavirus aid talks. “It’s hard to see any clear sane path on what he’s doing, but the fact is he MORE
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Judges have told Trump three of his monkeys are serving illegally. He just ignores them.
William Perry Pendley is the third high-ranking administration official that the courts have found likely to be working in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, a 1998 law governing how a president may appoint MORE
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Comey at Congressional Hearing: Debt can make officials ‘vulnerable to coercion by an adversary’
Former FBI Director Jim Comey told a virtual Senate Judiciary Committee, “A person’s financial situation could make them vulnerable to coercion by an adversary and allow an adversary to do what we try to do MORE