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Candidates Corruption Ground Game Ohio Ops Watch

How the GOP is Planting Disinformation in Ohio to Undermine Democrats

Ohio Republicans just showed that the Trump activity in Ukraine—demanding an investigation into an opponent—is a key part of their disinformation playbook. All of us need to learn from this, including the media, who are too easily duped into the tactic. Let’s start with the Democratic candidate for Congress in Ohio’s 14th. Hillary O’Connor Mueri […]

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Iowa Democratic Party chair resigns after caucus fiasco

The Iowa Democratic Party chairman is stepping down, he announced Wednesday, eight days after the Iowa caucuses became a national fiasco for the Democrats. “The fact is that Democrats deserved better than what happened on caucus night. As chair of this party, I am deeply sorry for what happened and bear the responsibility for any […]

Opinion

Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We? | The Nation

Freed from all accountability by the Senate, the realtor’s inner autocrat is on full display. Senator Susan Collins, here applauding Trump during his State of the Union address on February 4, absurdly claimed after the Senate’s acquittal of him that Trump had “learned” from his impeachment and that he “will be much more cautious in […]

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More than 1,100 former prosecutors, DOJ officials call on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign

“Mr. Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words. Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign. But because we have little expectation he will do so, it falls to the […]