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    A leaked recording exposed Belarus plotting assassinations in Europe
    Jan05

    A leaked recording exposed Belarus plotting assassinations in Europe

    Tuesday, January 5 , 2021 - 17:02 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Associated Press On Monday, the EUobserver news site published an audio file of a 2012 conversation in which the then-leader of the Belarus KGB could be heard planning dissidents’ assassinations in Germany. Vadim Zaitsev could be heard planning the murders while citing pressure from Alexander...

    From profiles in courage to profiles in sore losing: The GOP’s open sedition and clumsy coup is a crime
    Jan05

    From profiles in courage to profiles in sore losing: The GOP’s open sedition and clumsy coup is a crime

    Tuesday, January 5 , 2021 - 17:02 (EET) Section: AlterNet (USA)

    Ever since it first was published in 1956, there has been a joke about John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles in Courage (largely ghosted by speechwriter and advisor Ted Sorensen), historical portraits of eight US senators who demonstrated bravery in the face of enormous political opposition.Kennedy himself and others kidded that the volume would...

    Stephen Colbert Goes Off on Trump for ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Georgia Call
    Jan05

    Stephen Colbert Goes Off on Trump for ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Georgia Call

    Tuesday, January 5 , 2021 - 9:01 (EET) Section: The Daily Beast (USA)

    CBSIn his first Late Show monologue of the new year, Stephen Colbert went all-in on President Donald Trump’s at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Susan Collins refuted: Trump never learned his lesson
    Jan05

    Susan Collins refuted: Trump never learned his lesson

    Tuesday, January 5 , 2021 - 5:02 (EET) Section: AlterNet (USA)

    One of the most soul-taxing aspects of the Donald Trump era is how much it’s like living in a political version of “Groundhog Day.” We endure variations of the same handful of scandals over and over again until we’re numb and unable to tell what happened one day from the next. The result is a weird time dilation, where the...

    The Atlantic Daily: Mitch McConnell’s Slippery Grip on the GOP
    Jan05

    The Atlantic Daily: Mitch McConnell’s Slippery Grip on the GOP

    Tuesday, January 5 , 2021 - 5:02 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.LAMBERT / GETTYIn his latest attempt to undermine the results of the 2020 election, President Donald Trump turned to a familiar medium: the...

    This Is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment
    Jan04

    This Is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment

    Monday, January 4 , 2021 - 23:02 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    If your memory can reach back to the time before COVID-19—no shame if it can’t—you may recall the last big story before the pandemic struck: the impeachment of President Donald Trump.In December 2019, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, all stemming from a ploy in which he attempted...

    It’s Time to Impeach Trump Again for His Georgia Shakedown Call
    Jan04

    It’s Time to Impeach Trump Again for His Georgia Shakedown Call

    Monday, January 4 , 2021 - 21:02 (EET) Section: The Daily Beast (USA)

    REUTERSIf there’s one thing we have learned about Donald Trump over the last four years, it’s that he’s not very creative and entirely predictable. So it’s not surprising that at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Republicans Must Now Break With Trump
    Jan04

    Republicans Must Now Break With Trump

    Monday, January 4 , 2021 - 20:02 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, ” Donald Trump told Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, during an astonishing hour-long conversation on Saturday. It was the latest gambit in the president’s effort to overturn the free and fair election in that state, which President-elect...

    87-year-old Holocaust survivor goes viral for heartbreaking NYT op-ed: ‘Holocaust stole my youth. Covid-19 is stealing my last years.’
    Jan04

    87-year-old Holocaust survivor goes viral for heartbreaking NYT op-ed: ‘Holocaust stole my youth. Covid-19 is stealing my last years.’

    Monday, January 4 , 2021 - 19:02 (EET) Section: The Blaze (USA)

    Toby Levy, a retired accountant, has gone viral for her story of surviving both the Holocaust and the COVID-19 pandemic. Levy, an 87-year-old New York resident who is also a volunteer docent for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, explained that the Holocaust stole her youth — and now the coronavirus pandemic is stealing her final years. What are the...

    Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump now have competing visions for the GOP’s future: political journalist
    Jan04

    Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump now have competing visions for the GOP’s future: political journalist

    Monday, January 4 , 2021 - 18:02 (EET) Section: AlterNet (USA)

    Throughout most of Donald Trump’s presidency, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was a Trump enabler — siding with the president on everything from the Ukraine scandal to Supreme Court nominees to corporate tax cuts for the ultra-rich. But with Trump having been voted out of office, McConnell is now acknowledging Joe Biden as...