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Newsweek: The Big Lie Exception to the Filibuster Rule

The Big Lie Exception to the Filibuster Rule | Opinion March 24, 2021 | Dick Gephardt, Timothy E. Wirth and Tom Rogers | Newsweek Protecting American's right to vote is shaping up to be the central civil rights battle of the Biden presidency, and the massive effort to suppress that right needs to be addressed…
Newsweek
March 24, 2021
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Liza Goitein: Emergency Powers Salon Video

Rule by Emergency Powers By Liza Goitein The history of tyranny is the history of emergency powers. Perhaps the most infamous example is Adolf Hitler’s invocation of emergency powers to dissolve the German legislature and destroy the German Republic. I want to thank my good friend and salon member Tim Wirth for sounding the emergency…
Liza Goitein
March 13, 2021
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The Atlantic: Investigate Him

Investigate Him A criminal investigation probing the president’s actions leading up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol is more than warranted. January 13, 2021 | Mary McCord | The Atlantic Much of the discussion right now about how to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his role in the attack on the Capitol…
The Atlantic
January 13, 2021
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Newsweek: A Path to Reform: Make McConnell a Teammate

A Path to Reform: Make McConnell a Teammate | Opinion Bipartisan fixes for congressional subpoenas, conflicts of interest and whistleblowers December 24, 2020 | Tom Rogers and Susan Del Percio | Newsweek While no one could have imagined the abuses our governing system would be forced to endure under the Trump presidency, we did learn…
Newsweek
December 24, 2020
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Wall Street Journal: Trump Campaign Wants States to Override Electoral Votes for Biden. Is That Possible?

Trump Campaign Wants States to Override Electoral Votes for Biden. Is That Possible? A look at how state legislatures can become involved in choosing electors November 21, 2020 | Deanna Paul | Wall Street Journal The Trump campaign is pursuing a strategy to have Republican-run legislatures in battleground states override results favoring President-elect Joe Biden,…
Wall Street Journal
November 21, 2020
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Gary Hart: The Cure at Troy

Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize poet laureate, and late-in-life classicist, translated a play by Sophocles entitled Philoctetes.  He called it The Cure at Troy. It is the story of a Greek warrior en route to Troy to join his countrymen in their epic siege at Troy.  Their ship stopped at a small island on the way…
Gary Hart
November 3, 2020