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A conceited Putin confirms that there will be no peace in Ukraine until it becomes part of Russia

A conceited Putin confirms that there will be no peace in Ukraine until it becomes part of Russia

Posted by | Dec 16, 2023

Emboldened by minimal battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said there would be no peace until Russia achieved its goals, which he said remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting. It was Putin’s first formal news conference that Western media were allowed to attend since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. The highly choreographed session, which lasted over four hours and included questions from ordinary Russians about things like the price of eggs and leaky gymnasium roofs, was more about spectacle than scrutiny. But while...

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“What-if” politics: Journalists begin to examine the disaster to democracy of a second Trump presidency

“What-if” politics: Journalists begin to examine the disaster to democracy of a second Trump presidency

Posted by | Dec 13, 2023

Even before anyone has cast a vote in a 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political journalists has shifted to January 20, 2025. There has been a flurry of recent stories about the implications of a potential second presidency for Donald Trump, and his team’s planning for Inauguration Day and beyond. Polls show his continued dominance over Republican rivals and the likelihood of a close general election. The New York Times reporting team of Charlie Savage, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman has been mining that topic since the summer, and recently wrote in depth about the former president’s...

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Why the criminal cases against Trump for his 2020 election interference could hinge on the 2016 election

Why the criminal cases against Trump for his 2020 election interference could hinge on the 2016 election

Posted by | Dec 13, 2023

To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity, and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. But to federal prosecutors, 2016 is significant as the year that Trump spread misinformation about voter fraud and proved himself resistant to accepting the outcome of elections that might not go his way. Even though a trial set for next year in Washington is centered on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, lawyers on both...

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Fake Trump elector on Wisconsin election commission will not be removed by Republican leadership

Fake Trump elector on Wisconsin election commission will not be removed by Republican leadership

Posted by | Dec 12, 2023

The majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate on December 11 rejected calls to rescind his appointment to the state elections commission, who was one of the Republicans that attempted to undermine America’s democracy by serving as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump in 2020, as part of his criminal effort to overturn the legal results of voters. Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said in a statement that his appointee Bob Spindell and the other fake electors had invoked a “failed legal strategy” and “not a sinister plot to overturn an election.” For that reason, LeMahieu said...

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Playing with fire: Why MAGA Republicans insecurity and fear of everything could bring a new age of darkness

Playing with fire: Why MAGA Republicans insecurity and fear of everything could bring a new age of darkness

Posted by | Dec 12, 2023

Senate Republicans refused to even allow that body to debate whether or not America should continue funding our commitment to the Ukrainian European democracy that is now under a brutal, violent, and sustained attack by Donald Trump’s friend, Russian President Putin. The nations of the world are aligning themselves into alliances reminiscent of the 1930s. The dangers associated with this are radically compounded by the Senate Republicans’ intentional decision to play politics and suck up to Vladimir Putin’s protégé, Donald Trump, who is now demanding we throw the millions of people in Ukraine into the arms of a Russian...

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Free Market Lies: How Reaganomics expanded inequality and crushed stability for working families

Free Market Lies: How Reaganomics expanded inequality and crushed stability for working families

Posted by | Dec 12, 2023

Forty-two years ago, Ronald Reagan launched America into a great social, economic, and political experiment. It was based on the 1940s utopian thinking of a handful of conservative economists and promised to bring peace and prosperity to the entire world through a magical thing they dubbed the “free market.” Reagan and his Vice President GHW Bush, who initially called it “Voodoo Economics,” became true believers, as did Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. And, it turns out, it was based on a lie and has produced an utter disaster for America. This experiment — called neoliberalism, but...

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