Donald Trump faces indictment — he, like Eugene Debs, can still run for president
Even if Trump goes to jail, he wouldn't be the first to campaign from behind bars
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Culture When Jake Tapper dated Monica Lewinsky — and wrote a gross piece about it
Will Jake Tapper be a character on “Impeachment: American Crime Story?” I don’t mean Jake Tapper the respected CNN anchor, but his former self, Jake Tapper the young Beltway reporter, who made a name for himself when he wrote a detailed dispatch from his date with Monica Lewinsky. That Tapper, whose article, published in the…
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News ‘We should have gotten 100 votes’: Jamie Raskin reflects on impeachment trial
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Thursday that he “felt a tremendous sense of history and responsibility” in leading the second impeachment case against former President Donald Trump, and still feels “we should have gotten 100 votes” to convict. But Raskin expressed no regrets about how the trial unfolded, and shifted focus to the group…
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Culture In his impeachment defense, David Schoen picked a really weird hill to die on
David Schoen’s faith, from his phantom yarmulke to his Shabbat observance, has played no small role in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. And yet, it was his take on another religion that raised eyebrows on Friday. Observers think he picked a super strange hill to die on. While Schoen eschewed his kippah in a public…
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Fast Forward Elissa Slotkin, the last Jewish Democratic holdout, joins calls to impeach Trump
(JTA) — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Jewish Democratic moderate from Michigan whose role was critical in impeaching President Donald Trump in 2019, is in favor of impeaching him a second time. Slotkin was among the last Democrats to sign on to this week’s impeachment effort, and the last of the 25 Jewish Democrats to do…
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Fast Forward Schumer joins call to oust Trump via 25th Amendment
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat poised to take over as the Senate’s first Jewish Majority Leader, on Thursday called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment in order to remove President Donald Trump from power. The quickest and most effective way—it can be done today—to remove this president from office…
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News A year like none other, in 20 unforgettable headlines
The year 2020 has truly been one for the history books. It’s with that thought in mind that we’ve chosen to try and sum up the past 12 months in 20 unforgettable headlines, presented chronologically below. We can’t lie: They make for sobering reading. But there are glimmers of joy to be found even so,…
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Culture Alexander Vindman and his twin share their story of service
In a Veterans Day message, Lt. Col Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col Yevgeny Vindman, told their story on behalf of all refugees, military and civilian. In the video for HIAS, the 139-year-old Jewish nonprofit that aids refugees from around the world, the brothers, who were smeared as disloyal by the Trump administration,…
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