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Remember that Assange is also being reported now again in conjunction with the anticipated indictments of Roger Stone, among others, even as much of the public information is about numerous attempts at disinformation related to the 2016 election and...
by annieli
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on Fri Nov 16, 2018 at 02:38 AM PST
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Flipping the 21 Trump-Obama districts continues to be an important sign of whether 2018’s Blue Wave has substance.
Jared Golden’s win in Maine (#ME02) is the fifteenth of the 21 flipped districts of 2016 that are now held by Democrats.
The GOP...
by annieli
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on Thu Nov 15, 2018 at 12:39 PM PST
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Let me make myself clear. I’m not talking about voter suppression or Russian hacking or telling every sort of lie they can think of. I’m talking about plain old vote fraud, like stuffing ballot boxes or losing Democratic votes. You know, the...
by Diogenes Bartleby
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on Mon Nov 05, 2018 at 06:02 AM PST
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I’m trying to look at the 2016 Election Results for TX and combine it with the the early voter turnout data in 2018 to get some idea of Beto O’Rourke’s strategy. Bear with me because I’m making some assumptions that probably will not hold up to the...
by Merlin1963
32 comments
on Wed Oct 31, 2018 at 06:41 PM PDT
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In 2016, coal miners and their union bought into the false promises offered up by Donald Trump that he would somehow turn the coal industry around. The United Mine Workers of America gave nearly 40 percent of its contributions to Republicans that year....
by Laura Clawson
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on Mon Oct 29, 2018 at 01:35 PM PDT
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Well, I will remember it every year.
This is the two year anniversary of “The Ego’s” decision to send his letter to the House GOP which was leaked about Anthony Weiner’s laptop and possibly “new” (they were not) Clinton emails.
We have since had...
by Arnold Roth
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on Sun Oct 28, 2018 at 09:44 AM PDT
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The latest observation from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo is that...
Rule Breaking Worked.
Marshall looks at the stolen Supreme Court seat, the 2016 election, where McConnell blocked action on Russian interference and tilted the election...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Oct 07, 2018 at 01:59 PM PDT
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This clip is remarkable:
This clip is important because Greg Miller makes clear that not only did McConnell refuse to sign on to a bi-partisan statement condemning Russian interference in the 2016 election, he actually went much further. He...
by subir
671 comments
on Tue Oct 02, 2018 at 09:07 AM PDT
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Steaming pile of ego and garbage, former director of the FBI James Comey intervened twice in the 2016 election is ways that hurt HRC. The last intervention with the letter about the Emails on Weiner server probably threw the election to Trump...
by Arnold Roth
11 comments
on Wed Sep 19, 2018 at 08:56 AM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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The winner of the popular vote in the last U.S. presidential election has once again invited the condemnation of the pundit class by daring to speak out, in this case about the damage being done by ...
by Laura Clawson
222 comments
on Sat Sep 22, 2018 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Trump election manager Paul Manafort pled guilty Friday – and agreed to cooperate “fully and truthfully” with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. That includes providing information and documents and testifying. It is a momentous...
by bmethven
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on Sat Sep 15, 2018 at 05:08 PM PDT
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It was another week where Trump and Republicans fought against American democracy.
Trump Attacks His Justice Department for Indicting Republicans for Wrongdoing
On Monday Trump attacked his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, because the...
by bmethven
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on Sat Sep 08, 2018 at 04:01 PM PDT
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Donna Brazile and Sarah Palin have decided to go on tour and speak of crossing the aisle. I have nothing of note to say about this, that’s what “no comment” means, and I certainly hope no pie fights break out when there is important business to attend...
by apotropaic
39 comments
on Thu Sep 06, 2018 at 07:06 PM PDT
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Trump is trying to generate support from Republican Senators to allow him to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- and replace him with someone who will stop the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election. If the...
by bmethven
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on Sat Sep 01, 2018 at 06:31 PM PDT
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This was the worst week yet for Trump regarding his legal troubles. The question is what happens now.
The Guilty Verdicts, Plea Deals and Immunity Grants
On Tuesday Paul Manafort, a Trump campaign manager, was found guilty of eight counts of...
by bmethven
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on Sat Aug 25, 2018 at 06:22 PM PDT
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Haven’t seen a diary about this, but the Washington Post is currently providing a summary of the (at least) “three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency.”
As written by Philip Bump, “… accusations that Donald Trump was...
by metro50
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on Sat Aug 25, 2018 at 10:53 AM PDT
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Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan this week. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed Brennan had made “outrageous allegations” and “wild outbursts” about the Administration. Brennan has been critical of Trump on...
by bmethven
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on Sat Aug 18, 2018 at 04:09 PM PDT
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Trump’s associations have included many mob bosses. And like a Don, Trump obtains protection from his followers and dispenses indulgences to his favorites.
Devin Nunes Admits Protecting Trump Is the Goal
On Wednesday night, Rachel Maddow of...
by bmethven
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on Sat Aug 11, 2018 at 06:32 PM PDT
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An increasingly cornered Trump, beset on many fronts, lashed out in frustration this week, often to his own detriment.
Trump Confirmed His Intent to Shut Down the Government If He Does Not Get His Wall
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury announced...
by bmethven
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on Sat Aug 04, 2018 at 05:09 PM PDT
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Beset by a drop in his poll numbers and Democrats’ increased odds of reclaiming the House, this week Trump tried to camouflage his trade war, his attacks on Obamacare and his relationship with Russia. He is, though, constitutionally unable to make...
by bmethven
1 comments
on Sun Jul 29, 2018 at 10:47 AM PDT
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