John Eastman would like you to know that, despite giving President Donald Trump a roadmap for overturning the election — which Trump attempted to follow — he’s actually the hero of this story.
Category: Politics
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Accountability works, where it exists
Those who worked on Trump’s behalf on Jan. 6 are facing consequences. Trump isn’t.
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Biden sows confusion about defending Taiwan from China
It’s something President Biden once derided when George W. Bush did it. The big question is whether it’s deliberate.
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Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion law but grants expedited review for Nov. 1
The Texas law is the nation’s most restrictive. In a divisive 5-to-4 decision last month, the court had allowed it to go into effect, although dissenters said it violated the precedent in Roe v. Wade.
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Why Democrats are in such a rush to get their social safety net bill passed
Washington often can’t agree on anything until the last minute. So what deadline is suddenly moving Democrats to find a way forward?
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Biden said he’s been to the southern border before. It was a drive-by.
The president said he had visited the southern border before. It’s not quite what his critics have been demanding.
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House Ethics Committee issues detailed reports on allegations against four congressmen
The Office of Congressional Ethics accused three Republicans and one Democrat of improper financial conduct, including the misuse of campaign funds and undisclosed stock trading.
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Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted in campaign finance fraud case
Lev Parnas was on trial in federal court in Manhattan, charged with campaign finance violations and lying to the Federal Election Commission.
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House Republicans are now aligning on a pro- and anti-insurrection axis
Mapping the new polarity.
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The voter-fraud allegation that perfectly captures the post-2020 Republican Party
Trump allies implied rampant fraud based on a vote cast by a dead woman. Her Republican husband faces charges.
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Moving three counties from Maryland to West Virginia may not have the effect you think
A proposed secession effort would make both states less White and more Democratic.
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Would-be speaker Kevin McCarthy walks the Trump tightrope, pursuing a GOP House
The Californian, currently the House minority leader, has worked to keep a fractious party in line, sometimes contorting his own positions as he strives to stay in the former president’s good graces.