The Senate Impeachment Vote Is “Truth Matters” Vs. “Nothing Matters”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during impeachment proceedings on February 3, 2020Senate Television via Getty Images The lead spokesmen advocating and opposing President Donald Trump’s removal from office wrapped up their cases Monday by asking senators to decide if truth matters or if nothing matters. We know how the Senate will answer on Wednesday. White…
Ukrainegate Is Not at all Similar to an Executive Order
Dave Hernandez/ZUMA I’m bored and tired right now, so let’s pick a fight with someone over at National Review. Let’s see . . . how about Kevin Williamson? Part of the case against Trump is that he misused executive power by ordering the government to do things that he did not have the legal power…
Republicans Are Spreading Voter Fraud Disinformation in an Election They’re Not Even Running In
Judicial Watch, a conservative group with a history of putting out false information, put out a quickly debunked report alleging voter fraud in Iowa on Monday. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Conservative groups are trying to peddle conspiracy claims of voter fraud to undermine an election that doesn’t even involve Republicans. Judicial Watch, a conservative…
Adam Schiff Makes His Final Case for Impeachment: “History Will Not Be Kind to Donald Trump”
Caroline Brehman/Zuma In his closing statement at the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Monday, top Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) issued a rousing final plea for the Republicans who comprise the majority of the Senate to vote to convict the president. “History will not be kind to Donald Trump,” Schiff said.…
Are Democrats Finally About to Harvest the Iowa Farm Vote?
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stumps at the Iowa State Fair in August 2019. John Locher/AP Photo In 2019, Iowa farmers endured catastrophic storms and their seventh straight year of low crop prices, a situation made worse by President Donald Trump’s export-killing trade wars. Will farm policy play a major role in the…
How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBT Communities
Pete Buttigieg greets the crowd Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Iowa.Andrew Harnik/AP Pete Buttigieg doesn’t often remind people that he’s running a historic presidential campaign. The 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emphasized an easy-to-like persona: a nice–guy Midwesterner with middle of the road policies and a bit of Obama-style hope and change rhetoric.…