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Why the Impeachment Fight Is Even Scarier Than You Think
Political scientists have studied what our democracy is going through. It usually doesn’t end well.
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Experts on Trump's conduct: 'Plainly an abuse of power, plainly impeachable'
Republicans may argue Trump’s actions were not impeachable – but scholars say it’s a solid example of a high crime.
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Here's The First Batch of Memos From Robert Mueller's Russia Inquiry
BuzzFeed News sued the US government to see all the work that Mueller’s team kept secret. We have published the first installment, with revelations about the Ukraine conspiracy theory, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, and more.
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The Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery
It was designed to grant slave states more influence.
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The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower on how American voters are "primed to be exploited"
Christopher Wylie says his former firm easily manipulated democracy with Facebook data. Could it happen again?
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It’s official: Trump begins process to exit Paris climate agreement
US decision kicks off yearlong process that will end one day after the next presidential election.
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State Elections Aren’t All about Trump | National Review
The GOP fared poorly in some contests last night, but that doesn’t mean that the president is doomed in 2020 — or that red states are shifting blue.
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Amazon Spent $1.5 Million Trying to Buy a City Council Seat
Amazon spent $1.5 million to beat Kshama Sawant and back its approved candidates. It may have ended up unifying its opposition.
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It is still incredibly easy to share (and see) known fake news about politics on Facebook
Plus: "Like the experts predicted back in 2016, we did end up heading down the dystopian path."
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Whistleblower's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to White House over Trump's attacks
“Let me be clear: Should any harm befall any suspected named whistleblower or their family, the blame will rest squarely with your client,” Andrew Bakaj wrote.
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Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote
As Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second time in a few months, she is leaving behind a simple message for those who care about the climate crisis: you must vote.
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Donald Trump Jr.'s new book may be a No. 1 New York Times best seller only because of bulk orders linked to the Republican Party
Donald Trump Jr.'s new book, "Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us," is No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, but it may be due to bulk buying linked to the Republican Party. The book came out last week and is marketed in the book's Amazon listing as partially a memoir and partially an exposé on the "tricks that the left uses to smear conservatives and push them out of the public square."
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Clive Owen To Play Bill Clinton In ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ On FX
Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen will star as Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story, the third season of FX’s award-winning limited series franchise, which centers on the sex scandal that rocked the Clinton presidency.
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Trump ally Roger Stone guilty of lying to Congress
The former adviser to President Donald Trump is convicted on charges stemming from Russia inquiry.
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California to stop buying GM, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler vehicles over emissions fight
California said on Monday it will halt all purchases of new vehicles for state government fleets from GM, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and other automakers backing U.S. President Donald Trump in a battle to strip the state of authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.
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Justice Dept. to Abolish Movie Distribution Rules Dating to 1949
The agency says the rules are effectively obsolete because of technological advancements like streaming.
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Government is a technology, so fix it like one
The Roman Empire, the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States of America are human inventions as surely as airplanes, computers, and contraception. Technology is how we do things, and political institutions are how we collaborate at scale.
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The 58 most bananas lines from Donald Trump's Friday 'Fox & Friends' interview
Looking for a shelter in the storm amid one of the most damaging weeks of his presidency, President Donald Trump phoned in for a nearly hour-long monologue -- er, interview with "Fox & Friends."
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How Rudy Lost his Mind and (Probably) His Freedom
There’s some backstory to the current Rudy Giuliani drama I’d like to share. After he left the mayoralty at the end of 2001 Giuliani made tens of millions of dollars on his reputation as “America’s Mayor” and a 9/11-based terrorism and security expert under the shingle Giuliani Partners. In the nature of things that rep was more valuable abroad than at home. He cashed in big time. That went on for about 15 years with a brief timeout for his failed 2008 presidential bid. He also had his own law firm Bracewell Giuliani, before leaving the firm to join Greenberg Traurig in 2016.
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‘Anonymous’ vows to unveil identity as 2020 heats up
“Trump will hear from me, in my own name,” said the mysterious author of the famous op-ed and new book in a Reddit AMA.
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