Editor’s Note: This piece by LR net’s founder Matt Blanchfield originally ran in 2017, shortly after Trump entered the White House. It seems wise to repost it today, as we move closer to Trump’s eviction from America’s government. Let us continue to work towards a new, progressive America.   Martin Luther King Jr started out…

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From Chris Hedges via Truthdig: “The Democratic Party and its liberal supporters are perplexed. They presented hours of evidence of an impeachable offense — Perhaps journalists, by giving voice to opponents of impeachment—who do indeed live in a world not based in fact—created a false equivalency between truth and lies. [It might have been useful to…

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There is so much that goes unadressed about the Trump administration – a good portion of which is down to the suspiciously Russian-invented process called “firehosing,” where a constant stream of lies and disinformation and occasional truths means that nobody has time to fact check anything before the next falsehood springs up. With that being…

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It is an interesting moment in western history. In this country, Trump is finally facing an impeachment inquiry. In Britain, Boris Johnson has suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the nation’s supreme court. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu fights for political survival. Nothing is firmly decided. The Right could still weather this particular storm.…

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