In 1974, Republican leadership notified President Richard Nixon that he had lost his party’s support after the release of the Watergate tapes, and he faced certain impeachment in the House and Senate: On Aug. 7, 1974, U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., U.S. House Minority Leader John Rhodes, R-Ariz., and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, … Read more
The Washington Examiner, Breitbart News, The Gateway Pundit and The Washington Times (i.e., The Moonie Times) and other conservative media (ahem, Fox News) amplify false claims of rampant voter fraud in what a new Harvard study calls a “propaganda feedback loop.” I have been warning you about Epistemic closure and the ‘conservative misinformation feedback loop’ media bubble … Read more
The Associated Press reports, Countering Trump, US officials defend integrity of election: Senior national security officials provided fresh assurances about the integrity of the elections in a video message Tuesday, putting them at odds with President Donald Trump’s efforts to discredit the vote. “I’m here to tell you that my confidence in the security of … Read more
Last Friday, President Trump would not say if he plans to keep or remove FBI Director Christopher Wray, expressing displeasure with his testimony to Congress about foreign election interference and domestic terror threats for a second straight day. Trump doesn’t offer vote of confidence for FBI director: “We’re looking at a lot of different things,” … Read more
Putin’s puppet in Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is facing mass protests in the streets after he rigged an election earlier this month. Under Siege in Belarus, Lukashenko Turns to Putin for help. Putin’s puppet in the U.S., Donald J. Trump, is facing mass protests in the streets after he got caught trying to rig our election … Read more