Republican strategists think they can win over the Black vote by trashing Justice Jackson.
Tag: Bill Clinton
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Bad memories
As one of the few people I know who has watched Impeachment, I’m still struggling to figure out why I’m so relatively alone in watching it. Obsessively watching it, I might add. As in having eagerly awaited every new episode, and then rewatching key scenes. Impeachment: American Crime Story being Ryan Murphy’s ten-part series on […]
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Liberals and lefties
Something weird is going on when Joe Biden acts like Bernie Sanders.
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Democrats and ruling by fear
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
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Get me rewrite!
Aaron Sorkin rewrites Chicago history to help beat Trump.
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The false hope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest
If history is any guide, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime partner is unlikely to pay the price for their crimes.
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Dr. Ehrman told us so
The coronavirus pandemic was made worse by years of public health cuts.
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Panic peddlers
Centrist Dems are using the 1972 election to scare voters away from Bernie.
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Why I can’t get excited about impeaching Trump
This doomed effort won’t even make for good TV.
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The Rahm advice
Hey, Dems: If you want to beat Trump, don’t listen to Rahm.
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The mysterious case of Jeffrey Epstein
Given his high-profile connections, don’t expect clarity—or justice—anytime soon.
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Bill Clinton conventional wisdom
Nervous Nelly Dems and trash-talking Republicans try to scare voters away from single-payer health care.
Posted inNews & Politics
Slow Burn re-creates the daily barrage of information during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
And it asks the question, which details from the current administration will still matter 20 years from now?
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The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill is at war with American exceptionalism and imperialism
A Q&A with the Chicago-born investigative reporter, who returns to town October 9 for a live taping of his political podcast Intercepted.