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Massive reckoning awaits Trump's allies as former officials warn henchmen

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President Donald Trump's attorney general, Todd Blanche, has frequently indicated that he plans on meddling in the midterm elections per his boss' desires. Now a conservative columnist is calling him out — not only for this, but for his other alleged abuses of power. After reviewing Trump's and Blanche's ongoing and/or unsuccessful attempts to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey, his daughter Maurene Comey and former Trump official Cassidy Hutchinson, conservative columnist David French wrote for The New York Times on Sunday that "I’m going to stop there, but even as I do, I feel as if I’m misleading you. I’m stopping because of space, not because that’s the end of the outrages. In case after case after case, the Department of Justice is targeting Trump opponents, making frivolous arguments and engaging in vindictive, meritless prosecutions." He added, "I blame Trump, but I also blame Blanche. He doesn’t understand his own job. We all know that T...

Robert Reich issues scorching reality check on Trump's 'incessant lies'

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Donald (“pretend-I’m-on-the-ballot”) Trump has made this election into a referendum on him. Good. He is a historic anomaly whose election to the highest office in the land — twice! — will forever be a stain on the judgment of the American people. A president who lies incessantly; who generates fear and fuels hatefulness; who viciously attacks the free press, political opponents, and all who disagree with him; who uses his office for personal gain; and who cozies up to dictators such as Vladimir Putin while turning against our historic friends, such as Canada. For the sake of our democracy and our future, we must send a clear signal on Tuesday that we find Trump repugnant. A rejection beyond mere repudiation. A clear vote of no confidence. While Trump and his Republican enablers have manufactured false threats to America — Americans who are Muslim, Mexican Americans, Latino Americans, transgender Americans, fraudulent voters, “globalists” — they dismiss the real threats to America that...