US Politics
Trump Pressures Pence to Reject Electoral Votes
The vice president plays a crucial but largely ceremonial role in certifying the election results in Congress. Here’s how Congress’s election tally actually works.
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Trump taking control of NSA
A Trump loyalist is installed at the National Security Agency.
By Julian E. Barnes
Nov. 10, 2020
A Trump loyalist has been appointed as the top lawyer...
Trump’s Self-Coup
by Ted Rall
December 30, 2020
Late last month I wrote that there was a strong chance–I called it 50-50—that Donald Trump would engineer a “self...
More ‘Dictatorship Than a Democracy’: Trump Purge at Pentagon Increases Fears...
"The purge happening at the Department of Defense, in the middle of a messy transition, should worry us all."
by Kenny Stancil
Nov. 11, 2020
Fears that a...
Carl Bernstein Says Latest Trump Tapes Are ‘Far Worse’ Than Watergate
Audio of the president trying to persuade a Georgia official to change election results is “the ultimate smoking gun tape,” the Watergate journalist said.
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Tape reveals Trump gangster methods in pursuing election coup
By Patrick Martin
4 January 2021
In an hour-long telephone conversation Saturday, leaked to the media and first made public Sunday by the Washington Post, President...
Pompeo Touts Trump Administration’s Achievements in Being Tough on Russia
by Tim Korso
Jan. 3, 2020
Throughout his first term, Trump has fought off accusations of purportedly pursuing a foreign policy favourable to Russia and allegedly...
Trump and His Followers To Hold ‘Wild Rally’ in Washington
Residents and authorities fear a wave of violence promoted by the "Proud Boys" and other far-right groups.
4 January 2021
photo: Twitter/ @photowkb
U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters are...
‘Far Worse’: Watergate Journalist Dubs Leaked Trump Tape ‘Smoking Gun’
by Daria Bedenko
Jan. 4, 2021
Earlier on Sunday, The Washington Post posted a leaked recording of a phone call between the outgoing US president, Donald...
Roaming Charges: It is What It is, But is That All...
by Jeffrey St. Clair
January 1, 2021
photo: Mount Hood from the Marquam Prairie, western Oregon, December 2020. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.
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