political history

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  12/8/19
  

  Cruel primary history lessons Joe Biden won't want to hear

  What happens in the early states, where the former VP is trailing, offers clues about how the nomination might turn out.

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• 12/8/19
  

  An Extinct Species: The Liberal Republican

  by Donne Levy

  As both parties have unified, those whose views are not considered mainstream enough have been sidelined or eliminated. This shift has meant the extinction of the liberal or moderate Republican.

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• 12/8/19
  

  The Power of the 2017 Congressional Recess

  by Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin

  Leaders got involved because the country had fallen into the hands of a vile, dangerous bully. They were not going to put up with harassment in their own communities.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  12/5/19
  

  Pelosi did what no one else could

  by Julian Zelizer

  From the perspective of presidential history, this will become a major part of how we remember the term.

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• 12/1/2019
  

  Impeachment Has Always Been a Purely Political Process

  by Waller R. Newell

  One of the Constitution’s fundamental aims, according to Alexander Hamilton, was to forestall the emergence an American tyrant — a “Catiline or Caesar.”

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  11/26/19
  

  Après Moi, le Déluge...

  by Tom Engelhardt

  The Age of Trump, the End of What? 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/19/19
  

  The GOP Appointees Who Defied the President

  by Michael Koncewicz

  Before Watergate became a story that dominated the national media in the spring of 1973, there were individuals within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the IRS that took dramatic steps to block Nixon’s attempts to politicize their work.  

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• 11/21/19
  

  Going blue in the Bluegrass State? History echoes in Kentucky’s gubernatorial results

  by Billy J. Stratton

  Not all that long ago, Eastern Kentucky was a Democratic stronghold. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/13/19
  

  The five ways Republicans will crack down on voting rights in 2020

  by Carol Anderson

  Given what’s at stake next year, the effort to prevent people voting will be fierce. We’ve been here before – and we can stop it.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/10/19
  

  Don’t Expect Polls to Change Republican Minds

  by Nicole Hemmer

  When it comes to impeachment (and pretty much everything else), the G.O.P. is no longer driven by public opinion.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  Accessed 11/14/19
  

  How America Ends

  by Yoni Appelbaum

  A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  Accessed 11/13/19
  

  The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.

  by Adam Serwer

  "The idea that we’re currently experiencing something like the nadir of American civility ignores the turmoil that has traditionally characterized the nation’s politics, and the comparatively low level of political violence today despite the animosity of the moment." Serwer cites historian Manisha Sinha.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11/7/19
  

  One Big Thing the Dems Get Wrong About Warren

  by John F. Harris

  The political establishment loves the center. But it’s the radicals who end up writing history.

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• 10/27/19
  

  These American Political Bachelors Were Known as ‘Siamese Twins’ During the Antebellum Era

  by Erik Moshe

  Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were—and continue to be—an important part of success in American politics by exploring the relationship of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/22/19
  

  The Enduring Power of Anticapitalism in American Politics

  by Jamelle Bouie

  From Debs to Sanders to Ocasio-Cortez, an ideal persists.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/20/19
  

  Pelosi Has History and the Constitution at Her Back

  by Caroline Fredrickson

  When the president runs amok, the House has a congressional duty to step in and provide oversight.

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• SOURCE: Time
  10/7/2019
  

  Inside America's Political History of Problematic Relatives

  Since America’s early days, leading politicians have had to contend with awkward problems posed by their family members. 

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• 9/22/19
  

  What To Know About the History of Emoluments and Impeachment

  by Harlow Giles Unger

  If, as charged by some in Congress, President Trump did in fact receive emoluments, he would only have adhered to an all-but-hallowed American tradition that dates back to the nation’s origins—and even earlier.

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• 9/22/19
  

  The Two Internationalisms

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The right has long criticized internationalism, but why is the left doing so today? 

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• 9/22/19
  

  Thomas Paine’s Common Sense for Our Time

  by Jerome Braun

  We have forgotten the true nature of democracy; a state where government reflects the will of the people, before, during, and after elections.