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The Big Lie

When the January 6 Select Committee chose this phrase to headline the second day of hearings they identified Donald J. Trump and his confederates as 21st century fascists

June 13, 2022 • by Claire Potter

The message from Republican politicians and their right-wing media flacks about the televised hearings of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, which have now completed their second day? They don’t matter. “Nothing to see here!” they are all quacking, as they have ...

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Cheney’s Last Stand

She may be exiting the GOP leadership, but she is joining a new Resistance

May 12, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ Tuesday night, in a speech that claimed every piece of the Republican landscape since 1980, Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney launched a broadside against the Republican leaders who have shackled the party to the former president. “Today we face a threat America has never seen before,” Cheney said. A former president who ...

Politics

That We Love Our Country More

In defeat, Liz Cheney seizes the high ground and declares war on the Party of Trump

May 12, 2021 • by Claire Potter

_____ Nobody—much less Cheney herself—imagined that there would be a last-minute deal that would keep her in the Republican leadership. And there wasn’t. Within 20 minutes of the Republican caucus gaveling in its regular 9:00 AM Wednesday meeting, Liz Cheney was removed from leadership by a quick voice vote. Virginia Foxx (NC-5) ...

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We Still Need to Understand the Insurrection

As disinformation continues to disrupt political life, a Congressional commission could reveal and disable the perpetrators

April 29, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ More than 140 military leaders, former national security officials, and elected officials from both parties have asked Congress to establish a commission to investigate what led to the January 6 insurrection, when rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol. The commission would also study how to prevent a similar coup attempt in ...