"#TheLastHonestMan": #JamesRisen on How Former Senator #FrankChurch Exposed #CIA, #FBI & #NSA

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The Trump Campaign’s Ties to Russia Were No Hoax

No amount of disinformation can hide the truth about why Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to help Donald Trump win again in 2024.

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Mainstream Media Was Afraid to Compare Trump to Hitler. Now the Press Has No Excuse.

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/25/trump-hitler-john-kelly-medi/

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Mainstream Media Was Afraid to Compare Trump to Hitler. Now the Press Has No Excuse.

Statements by John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, have made it nearly impossible for the media to avoid Hitler comparisons.

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The Reason Netanyahu and Putin Both Want a Trump Victory

Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu both want Donald Trump to win so they can prolong and intensify their brutal wars.

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Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Campaign

Stoking and exploiting racist fears of immigrants is essentially all that Trump is running on.

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It's Good Trump Won't Be Sentenced Until After the Election

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/13/trump-sentencing-election/

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It’s Good Trump Won’t Be Sentenced Until After the Election

Trump always wants to cast himself as a victim. Delaying his sentencing until after the election makes that harder.

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Why the Media Won’t Report the Truth About Trump

The political press has doubled down on horse-race coverage of the election, overlooking the threat Trump poses to democracy.

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Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular

Trump’s popularity with his base isn’t the result of economic anxiety, as many claimed in 2016. It’s about race and demographics.

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On Israel, Trump Is Even Worse Than Biden

Donald Trump and his MAGA cult of Christian nationalists would never force Israel to accept a ceasefire — or a Palestinian state.

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Donald Trump and His Boomer Base

Boomers drove VW vans in a haze of drugs to Woodstock; now they scoot around The Villages in golf carts festooned with Trump flags.

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