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Gohmert leaves after 17 years of lies

Gohmert was a precursor to Trump’s brand of offensive, fact-free conservative politics

Salon

Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods

Gohmert was a precursor to former President Donald Trump’s brand of populist, establishment-bucking conservatism that delights in offending progressives and makes no apologies for spreading misinformation.

The Texas Tribune

Commentary: One year after messy withdrawal, America shuns Afghanistan and its women

America’s exit from Afghanistan was going to come eventually. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both declared their intentions to extricate the U.S. from its “forever war.” The American public by and large ratified this position.

Chicago Tribune

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The far-right disinformation pipeline that now spans the globe goes straight from Trumpland to Australia

The anti-vaxxers obstructing hospital entries in Melbourne are consuming the same misinformation and subsuming the same moral values as the Americans

The Guardian - AU

Arizona GOP nominee kept ‘Treason Watch List’ and posted about stockpiling ammunition on Pinterest

Former president Barack Obama made the alleged ‘treason watch list’

The Independent UK

‘A fresh shipment of excuses’: Trevor Noah on Trump’s shifting defenses

The late-night host listed the excuses used to explain why the ex-president had classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home

The Guardian - US

Ramesh Ponnuru: Biden's no FDR. He's not even Obama

Democrats have every right to be pleased that they passed another big spending bill, but a lot of them are getting carried away. Longtime Democratic consultant Robert Shrum celebrated the momentum behind the passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act by tweeting, “Biden is the most legislatively successful President since…

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There Are No Good Options in Liz Cheney's Primary

The contest for Wyoming's House seat poses no obvious upsides for libertarians.

Reason

Why didn't the U.S. aid with Cuba fire?

A humanitarian and ecological disaster unfolded 90 miles from Florida, and the U.S. just sat back and watched

Salon

Trump, secret docs and the Espionage Act

Law professors detail crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken

Salon

When Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying

He is desperate and will do anything to avoid taking responsibility for his own actions.

Chicago Sun-Times

You don't have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken

The federal court-authorized search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate has brought renewed attention to the obscure but infamous law known as the Espionage Act of 1917. A section of the law was listed as one of three potential violations under Justice Department investigation.

The Conversation

Trump search’s revelations open new political front for midterms

Revelations that authorities seized classified material from Donald Trump are poised to shift the political ground ahead of U.S. midterm elections and a potential 2024 run by the former president.

Tribune News Service

National Archives calls BS on Trump

Obama's previous handling of documents was on the up and up, making his situation different from Trump's

Salon

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How Chris Christie created a monster

Former New Jersey governor may want distance from Trump now — but he was happy to be Trump's 2016 attack dog

Chicago Sun-Times

The facts behind Trump’s garbage claim that Obama ‘kept’ 33 million documents

The unclassified documents from the Obama administration are at the official Obama Presidential Library in Hoffman Estates; classified material is in Maryland.

The Independent UK

Trump keeps trying to divert attention to Obama over ‘nuclear’ records scandal — here’s why that doesn’t add up

National Archives refutes baseless allegations of former president

Axios

National Archives rejects Trump's claim that Obama took classified documents

The National Archives said it "assumed exclusive legal and physical custody" of Obama's presidential records after he left office.

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Miami Herald

Judge at the center of FBI’s search of Trump’s home is a target of threats, slurs

MIAMI — A week ago, the FBI submitted a search warrant seeking classified information in the Mar-a-Lago home of former president Donald Trump to a magistrate judge in West Palm Beach federal court.

The Conversation

Here's how government documents are classified to keep sensitive information safe

Documents sought by the U.S. Justice Department from former President Donald Trump may contain material related to what The New York Times described as “some of the most highly classified programs run by the United States.” The Washington Post reported that “classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the…

Chicago Tribune

Obama Foundation revenues down in 2021 amid pandemic, delays in approval for construction

CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama’s foundation set a goal last summer of raising $1.6 billion between 2021 and 2026 to pay for construction of his presidential center and an endowment to sustain it for years to come.

Chicago Sun-Times

New report reveals Obama Foundation fundraising dips; CEO Valerie Jarrett paid $592,905 in 2021

The Obama Foundation reported on its new IRS 990 that in 2021, the foundation collected $159.6 million, down from $171 million in 2020.

The Independent UK

Trump deflects with another conspiracy on Truth Social as Merrick Garland calls to unseal Mar-a-Lago warrant

Former president lashes out at one of his favourite targets as feds call his bluff

Ballotpedia

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 34

August 11, 2022

The Conversation

Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likes

Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the extraordinary step of pausing all operations for 24 hours to “address extremism in the ranks.” Pentagon officials had been shaken by service members’ prominent role in the events…

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