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Trump Bequeaths Biden an Upended World

This global cultural battle will continue because the conditions of its eruption — insecurity, disappearing jobs, resentment in societies made still more unequal by the impact of Covid-19 — persist from France to Latin America. The Trump phenomenon also persists. His tens of millions of supporters are not about to vanish. “Were the events at […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 6:34 pm
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman Stays Loyal to Trump

To Mr. Schwarzman, the notion appeared absurd. “This has been a tough time,” he said, according to a participant who shared details from a transcript of the call. Both the media coverage and the polls had misled people, Mr. Schwarzman said, and as a result, “people generally are skeptical about what anyone’s telling them.” He […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 6:25 pm
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Why Trump couldn’t steal the election — and how a future demagogue could

The United States has just lived through historic events, with no real precedent in its modern history. The president, having lost his reelection, tried feverishly for two months to overturn the result and retain power — an effort that culminated in a mob of his supporters storming the Capitol building. In the end, he failed. […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 6:10 pm
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Trump Is Not the First President to Snub an Inauguration

The inauguration of an American president typically takes place at a public ceremony marked by pomp, circumstance and the presence of a predecessor. This has been the custom for about two centuries: a show of participation from the departing head of state that symbolizes the peaceful transfer of power. When President Trump promised to put […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 6:00 pm
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GOP Sen. Ernst Comes Out Against Convicting Trump, Argues Conviction Is Unconstitutional

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said on Tuesday that she would not vote to convict President Donald Trump when he eventually faces a Senate impeachment trial. Ernst told reporters that she believes convicting Trump, who is leaving the White House in 24 hours, would be unconstitutional given that he will no longer be president by then, according […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 5:41 pm
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Support for convicting Trump grows among Republicans

Last week, FiveThirtyEight.com also found that overall support for Trump’s impeachment in an average of polls was up a handful of points from where it stood during the Ukraine scandal, 52% now versus about 47%-48% then. No matter what, Trump is leaving office with a wildly diminished profile because, well, he sucks and he actually launched […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 4:50 pm
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Trumpists’ last minute efforts to stop Biden’s inauguration are going nowhere … unlike Donald Trump

As The Washington Post reports, with the nation’s capital crowded with National Guard forces in anticipation of attempted violence, the Trumpist white supremacist militias may take the route of entering the city by infiltrating those Guard troops. After all, when you have over 20,000 people wearing camo tactical gear and face masks, what are a few […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 3:20 pm
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With Just One Day To Go Until The End of the Trump Administration, Majority of Americans Are Worried About the Future

A poll released a day ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration finds that the majority of Americans are worried and pessimistic about the future, a further indication of the general malaise that has dogged American politics. The poll, from NBC News, found that 53% of Americans are pessimistic about what the future holds compared to […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 2:19 pm
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Inauguration Live Updates: The Latest on Joe Biden and President Trump

Here’s what you need to know: President Trump could issue a raft of pardons on his final day in office. Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times It is the final full day of the Trump administration. Among the final actions for the outgoing administration: a wave of pardons. As the Trump era draws to a close, lawmakers […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 2:14 pm
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How Joe Biden Will Take Over the Trump Administration’s Twitter Accounts

On Wednesday, as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. completes his transition into the White House, several social media companies will be completing their own transitions of highly followed official accounts. But the handoff won’t be as seamless as it was four years ago, when President Barack Obama turned over the keys of much of his […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 1:01 pm
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The Trump presidency winds down

Jacob Lambert at The Week has 12 unforgettable photos of Trump’s presidency. Also at The Week, Damon Linker reflects on Trump’s legacy: A large faction of Republican voters now appears to delight in being lied to — just as a bloc of their representatives in Congress seems eager to continue practicing a politics of lies and […] More

by Tonya Frazier January 19, 2021, 12:38 pm
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Late Night Celebrates the Final 36 Hours of Trump in Charge

“Sources say that tomorrow, on his last full day in office, the president is prepared to issue around 100 pardons and commutations. Why so many? Well, there’s reportedly a lucrative market for pardons. Finally, POTUS is running a business that makes money.” — STEPHEN COLBERT “He’s calling it ‘The Olive Pardon.’ When you’re here, you’re […] More

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With Just One Day To Go Until The End of the Trump Administration, Majority of Americans Are Worried About the Future

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