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Fascism scholar: If Trump wins again, America will be ‘ready for full-on authoritarian rule’

AlterNet logoLast week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will soon send its articles of impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate, where Republicans are determined to acquit him on all charges, including abuse of power, obstruction of Congress, and encouraging foreign powers to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

No evidence or witnesses will persuade the Senate majority to reach a conclusion consistent with the obvious facts that Donald Trump should be impeached, convicted and removed from office. The Constitution’s mandate that a impeachment should involve an impartial trial and a fair hearing of evidence and witnesses has no meaning in TrumpWorld.

The Republican Party is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump’s regime and an expression of his personal will and power. To that end, Trump has promised financial support to the Republican senators who will soon be voting at his trial. It has also been reported that Trump ordered the execution of Iranian Maj. Gen.  Qassem Soleimani in order to ensure that Republican senators would support his acquittal. Continue reading.

2020 Candidates

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President and Vice President

Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris

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Rep. Dean Phillips, CD3

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Senate District 33 Candidates
Gretchen Piper, Senate District 33

 

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Caitlin Cahill, House District 33A

 

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Representative Kelly Morrison, House District 33B

 

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Senate District 34 Candidates
Bonnie Westlin, Senate District 34

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Brian Raines, House District 34A

 

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Representative Kristin Bahner, House District 34B

 

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Senate District 35 Candidates
Michael Erickson, House District 35A

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Jason Ruffalo, House District 35B

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Senator John Hoffman, Senate District 36
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Representative Zack Stephenson, House District 36A

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Representative Melissa Hortman, House District 36B

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Senate District 37 Candidates

Senator Jerry Newton, Senate District 37

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Representative Erin Koegel, House District 37A

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Senate District 40 Candidates 
Senator Chris Eaton, Senate District 40

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Representative Michael V. Nelson, House District 40A

 

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Ann Johnson Stewart, Senate District 44

 

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Representative Ginny Klevorn, House District 44A

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Senator Ann Rest, Senate District 45

 

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Cedrick Frazier, House District 45A

 

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Senator Ron Latz, Senate District 46

 

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Addie Miller, Senate District 47

 

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Arlan Brinkmeyer, House District 47A

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Dan Kessler, House District 47B

 

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Senator Steve Cwodzinski, Senate District 48

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Representative Laurie Pryor, House District 48A

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Senator Melisa Franzen, Senate District 49

 

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Senator Melissa Wiklund, Senate District 50

 

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Hennepin County Commissioner Candidates
De’Vonna Pitmann, District 1

 

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Commissioner Debbie Goettel, District 5

 

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Chris LaTondresse, District 6

 

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Kevin Anderson, District 7

 

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Susan Pha, Brooklyn Park City Council — West

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Christian Eriksen, Brooklyn Park City Council — Center

 

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Kristy Janigo, Maple Grove City Council

 

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Tamara Grady, Osseo School Board

 

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Drug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP

The Hill logoThe GOP’s reluctance to challenge rising prescription drug costs could be a political liability for the party in 2020.

Outrage over increasing prices has propelled the issue to the top of voters’ minds heading into the November elections, when Republicans hope to keep control of the Senate and retake the House.

But proposals that would limit what drug companies can charge for their products face opposition from Republicans, presenting an obstacle to congressional passage.  Continue reading.

Conservative writer lays out 4 bald-faced lies Trump repeatedly tells his evangelical base

AlterNet logoAlthough President Donald Trump is not universally loved in Christianity, his popularity among far-right white evangelicals hasn’t wavered — and if he is reelected in November, it will be in part because of a heavy turnout among that demographic. But conservative writer Steven Waldman, in a January 6 listicle for The Bulwark, outlines four ways in which Trump has been deceiving evangelicals.

“To be clear,” Waldman writes, “conservative Christians have some real reasons to like Trump — the most important being the appointment of many conservative judges and the promotion of some pro-life policies. But on other issues, Trump has been less helpful than Christians seem to think.”

The first of the four lies, according to Waldman, is that “Trump repealed the Johnson Amendment.” Introduced in 1954 by Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (who was sworn in as president after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963), the Johnson Amendment is a provision of the federal U.S. tax code that forbids nonprofits from endorsing political candidates. Of course, Christian Right nonprofits have violated the Johnson Amendment repeatedly over the years by promoting Republican politicians — usually without having their nonprofit status revoked. Continue reading.

Five questions for Trump’s 2020 hopes

The Hill logoVoters will decide whether to give President Trump a second term in just 11 months. 

The most divisive president of modern times has endured historically low approval numbers, but he cannot be counted out for reelection — in part because polling in the key battleground states indicates he is competitive with his would-be Democratic challengers.

What are the big questions that will affect Trump’s chances? Continue reading

Michael Moore explains why Trump could win in 2020 — even though the Republican Party is ‘dying’

AlterNet logoAs the Senate attempts to set rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial, at least one Republican is expressing concern about the proceedings. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in an interview Tuesday that she was disturbed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s promise of “total coordination” with the White House. Murkowski’s comments mark a rare instance of dissent for the Republican Party, which has been unified behind President Trump until now. McConnell needs 51 votes to set the rules for the hearing. Republicans have a thin majority of 53 seats in the Senate. Last week, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore witnessed the historic vote to impeach the president from the front row of the House gallery. He joins us for the hour to discuss the impeachment process, the 2020 election and why he thinks Trump would win re-election today.

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AMY GOODMAN: Republicans and Democrats are continuing to battle over the terms of President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. The House has impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has withheld sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate over concerns of an unfair trial. Democrats are demanding the Senate hear witnesses in the trial, which centers on how President Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate Trump’s political rival Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election. On Tuesday, Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said, in an interview in Alaska station KTUU in Anchorage, that she was “disturbed” by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s promise of “total coordination” with the White House. Continue reading

3 factors that could make or break Trump in 2020

The president’s big economic achievements were wrapped up in 2019. Now Trump needs momentum in the economy and markets to stretch out for more than 10 months through Election Day.

Most of the economic gifts President Donald Trump is going to get for 2020 are already unwrapped and out from under the tree.

The Federal Reserve slashed rates and went dark. The “phase one” China deal is pretty much done. So is the new NAFTA.

That leaves one big question for a recently impeached president as he heads for a dicey reelection bid: What’s left to goose markets and the economy beyond what most expect will be a pretty blah 2020?

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Two years in, Trump tax cuts face big test with reelection bid

The Hill logoTwo years after President Trump signed his tax cut legislation into law, the measure has not become a runaway hit with the public, posing a potential challenge for his reelection bid as workers say they haven’t seen much of a benefit. 

Democrats believe that their calls to roll back the 2017 law and raise taxes on the wealthy will resonate with voters and help them win back the White House next year.

“We have to eliminate [a] significant number of these god-awful tax cuts that were given to the very wealthy,” former Vice President Joe Biden said during Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate.

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Trump seeks to make impeachment a campaign asset

The Hill logoPresident Trump is hoping to turn the dubious distinction of impeachment into a rallying cry in his reelection bid.

Trump has long cast himself as a Washington outsider unwelcome by establishment politicians, and allies say he is likely to use the partisan impeachment votes to entrench that image and energize supporters on the campaign trail.

“I think it plays into an overriding message that I know the president and his team have been pushing for a while now,” one former White House official said.

Democrats fear Trump could win despite impeachment

The Hill logoDemocrats say it’s entirely possible that President Trump could be reelected in November, despite the shadow of impeachment cast over his presidency.

While Trump on Wednesday became just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, the Democrats say he is boosted by a robust economy and a strong base of support from voters in swing states such as Wisconsin and Michigan.

He’ll be the first president to be impeached and then run for reelection, assuming a likely acquittal in the Senate, and Democrats don’t see him as an easy opponent to defeat. Continue reading