US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

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2 Oct 2019

Trump impeachment: lots of scandalous news — and one clear scandal

President Trump has turned American foreign policy into an extortion racket, abusing his powers to goad foreign leaders into persecuting his domestic rivals and improve his political standing. The proof for this in the case of Ukraine is irrefutable.
President Trump has turned American foreign policy into an extortion racket, abusing his powers to goad foreign leaders...
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donald trump, foreign policy, impeachment, ukraine
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22 Sep 2018

Brett Kavanaugh: Trump nominee facing new scandal after Ed Whelan tweets

On Thursday night, conservative legal operative Ed Whelan sent a series of tweets suggesting that the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were likely a case of mistaken identity. His evidence was that a high school classmate of Kavanaugh’s kind of looked like him, and lived in a childhood home that sounded similar to the home where Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, described the assault taking place.
On Thursday night, conservative legal operative Ed Whelan sent a series of tweets suggesting that the sexual assault...
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conservatives, kavanaugh, scotus, smear campaign, ultra right
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18 Jun 2018

Family separation at the border: 2,000 kids taken in just 6 weeks

The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border — taking children from their parents, arresting the parents, and taking the kids into custody — sounds almost too cruel to be real. But the separations are, in fact, real, and new data reported by the Associated Press shows just how many children have been separated from their parents.
The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border — taking children from their parents,...
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extreme measures, human rights, immigration, trump agenda
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13 Jun 2018

Trump-Kim summit: Trump is killing America’s alliances

Trump’s betrayal of South Korea and eruption at Trudeau are not one-offs, or events you can write off as simple quirks of the president’s personality. It is part of a broader slate of Trump policies and diplomatic efforts that have, put together, fundamentally weakened America’s ties with its traditional allies — in ways that could have potentially disastrous consequences for the world.
Trump’s betrayal of South Korea and eruption at Trudeau are not one-offs, or events you can write off as simple...
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foreign leaders, foreign policy, governance, north korea, trade policy, trump agenda
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4 Jun 2018

Ric Grenell: Trump ambassador to Germany’s Breitbart interview created a mess

Prior to becoming Trump’s ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell was a  Republican operative with a history of making bombastic — one might even  say “undiplomatic” — statements. Over the weekend, this habit got Ambassador Grenell in trouble when he gave an unguarded interview to Breitbart in which he seemed to imply that he would actively work to topple the current centrist German government.
Prior to becoming Trump’s ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell was a  Republican operative with...
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competence, foreign policy, trump agenda, trump cabinet, ultra right
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26 Feb 2018

The Democrats’ rebuttal to the Nunes FISA memo is utterly devastating

Having now read both memos, I can say with confidence: Schiff makes his case. Schiff quotes key FBI documents that explicitly contradict the Nunes memo’s core arguments. Any fair-minded observer who reads these two documents side-by-side can only conclude one thing: Nunes is either deeply misinformed or straight-up lying.
Having now read both memos, I can say with confidence: Schiff makes his case. Schiff quotes key FBI documents...
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democrats, investigation, republicans, smear campaign
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21 Nov 2017

H.R. McMaster reportedly thinks Trump is an “idiot” with the brain of a “kindergartner”

The White House denied the report, as did the tech CEO with whom McMaster was dining. Such denials would be credible if McMaster’s  comments sounded out of character for senior members of Trump’s national  security team. They don’t. Instead, they sound exactly likewhat those officials have tended to say about their boss.
The White House denied the report, as did the tech CEO with whom McMaster was dining. Such denials would...
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competence, donald trump, trump cabinet
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17 Mar 2017

Trump’s budget has a radical plan for remaking US foreign policy

The budget won’t pass. But what it says about the president is really, really important. Using the Pentagon’s massive budget as a baseline, 55 billion is a relatively small increase. But it’s paid for, in part, by a relatively huge cut to the State Department. State’s $55 billion budget, $19 billion of which is spent on operations related to American wars, is slashed by 29 percent (leaving it with a total of $39 billion). The operative words for State are fewer and less: fewer diplomats, less development aid, and less support for international organizations like the United Nations.
The budget won’t pass. But what it says about the president is really, really important. Using the Pentagon’s...
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donald trump, military complex, military spending, trumps america
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16 Aug 2016

The controversy over Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, explained

Trump’s proposed foreign policy would, intentionally or no, aid Vladimir Putin in ways the Russian dictator could only dream about before Trump. Trump has repeatedly expressed wild admiration for Putin personally; his campaign staff and businesses have extensive ties to Russian interests. (Just yesterday, the New York Times reported the existence of a handwritten ledger documenting $12.7 million in payments to Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, from Ukraine's pro-Russian deposed president, Viktor Yanukovych).
Trump’s proposed foreign policy would, intentionally or no, aid Vladimir Putin in ways the Russian dictator could only...
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5 Aug 2016

The US did not pay a $400 million “ransom” to Iran. Here’s what actually happened.

WSJ and right wing media are miss-characterizing the payments to Iran insinuating that the money was in exchange for hostages, were in fact the money was owed to Iran based on a military purchase in 1979 that was never delivered.
WSJ and right wing media are miss-characterizing the payments to Iran insinuating that the money was in exchange for...
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