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+UPDATE+CNN reporting now that Donald Trump pressured VP Mike Pence to engineer a coup and threatened him with consequences if he didnt cooperate."Pence's family also threatened". 2/This explains why the
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From Declassified Docs: Cable from US Envoy in Islamabad to the Sec of State: Feb 17, 1977: “I have often talked informally to Bhutto on this subject, giving him my
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You should read this whole piece by @TimAlberta. One thing it makes clear: It's not just that "the fringe" no longer exists. It's that what was recently seen as the
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This is a complicated question. If you take into account Black participation in the Revolution, both enslaved and free, then the war was absolutely about slavery. And many Black people
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Another storyline that hasn't gotten enough attention yet is how big of a propaganda coup what happened at the Capitol is for our adversaries, especially Beijing and Moscow. Trump inciting
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Week 10 matchup thread! Happy to bring you some crucial FF content ahead of a big week 10. You know the drill: click the link for the in-depth look, and
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The reason some GOP are trying to sow false doubt about accounts of the Capitol attack is bc they know how powerful the testimony really is.Each story reveals more details
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One of many CIA files on Yemen, (this one is from 1982), the US-Saudi fear of a unified Yemen is older than some of us Page 6 of 12: “Saudi
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CAPITOL SETUP THREAD: Today we learned that Congressional Democrats called on law enforcement to stand down on January 6th despite the knowledge that agent provocateurs planned to use the peaceful
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With the Court announcing new circuit allotments today, I know what you're thinking - huh, what is the story behind these allotments? Well have I got you covered! Here’s a
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THREAD: Throughout this #BlackHistoryMonth we’ll be highlighting Black Americans and their contributions to the Republican Party. Often criticized as the party of “old white men,” few realize that the
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1/ I've covered the virus since May. Here's what scares me most: The vaccines are coming. They'll be shipped starting tomorrow before 7 a.m. That's fantastic news. 2/ But it's
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Crowd continues to increase in size with Trump supporters for today’s rally in Washington, DC. Pictures of the crowd listening to President Trump at the rally in DC. Trump supporters
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It's Transgender Day of Remembrance and we will be holding an online vigil today to remember the names of the transgender people whose lives have been lost to anti-transgender violence
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So one of my roles at the Examiner is editing the Washington Briefing section of the magazine. It's a lot of policy work which may not excite a lot of
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The ability of Evangelicals and Evangelical leaders to make themselves apolitical when it suits them is such an annoying trick, and watching citizens/journalists/leaders fall for it EVERY TIME, is getting
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