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“Slowly, gradually, but inexorably, our country is accepting the unacceptable. We thought we had a consensus about basic norms that protect freedom and self-government. That consensus has been swept away by Republican partisans who value political power over the constitutional liberties they have always claimed to revere above everything else.”
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In the call, “Giuliani can be heard discussing overseas dealings and lamenting the need for cash, though it’s difficult to discern the full context of the conversation,” NBC’s Rich Schapiro reports.
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This is one of the most striking photos of the Trump error.
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“Trump’s old techniques are failing — and not just due to the volume of the bad news,” Shafer says.
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While many in the Trump White House are battle-tested from the Mueller investigation, this is starting to feel different, aides and advisers told NBC News.
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WATCH: Georgia Democratic Representative John Lewis takes to the House floor to call for the beginning of impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
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Another rat flees the sinking ship.
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Donald Trump may think he doesn’t need Fox Noise Channel. But he does. He needs Fox even more than they need him. After all, they’re a media outlet, and they can always turn on a dime and go back to having an adversarial relationship with the President.
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Archconservative Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told The Guardian that “it almost sounds like going back to the Hitler Youth concept”.
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The Baltimore Sun isn’t having any of Trump’s despicable attacks on Representative Elijah Cummings or Maryland’s 7th District.
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Via NBC News, this is quite the find: “Newly found footage from NBC News’ archives shows Donald Trump apparently talking about women with Jeffrey Epstein, now a registered sex offender, at a party at Mar-a-Lago in November 1992.”
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The Trump regime’s un-American conduct continues to reach disgusting, horrific depths.
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Robert Mueller has announced his resignation from the Department of Justice and commented publicly on the investigation he led as Special Counsel. Mueller’s complete statement can be watched here.
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“The West Coast is crushing it against Trump. Using the law to fight a bully, the Constitution to challenge an authoritarian, and facts against Fox News-driven fantasy, California, Oregon and Washington have stalled some of the most despicable of Trump’s retrograde policies.”
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Donald Trump booster and Tim Eyman pal Doug Ericksen has teamed up with disgraced former State Representative Jay Rodne to promote the interests of Cambodia’s authoritarian Hun Sen regime in the United States. The pair have a deal with the regime worth half a million dollars.
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“A federal grand jury has indicted the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and a major Republican campaign donor on conspiracy and bribery charges,” The Charlotte Observer reports.
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Mike Simpson, a long-serving member of the United States House of Representative, has publicly acknowledged the party’s “IOKIYAR” double standard.
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Trump may project confidence through social media or when he appears in public, but it’s apparent that behind the scenes, he’s not feeling confident at all.
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The Washington Post reports that Trump may want yet another member of his Cabinet to pack their bags and get lost.
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“The central issue is we’re developing into a plutocracy… We’ve got an enormous number of enormously rich people that have convinced themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart and constructive. And they don’t like government, and they don’t like to pay taxes.”
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The Pam Roach Show is back, starring the incredibly obnoxious Pam Roach, who nicely epitomizes the Washington State Republican Party.
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