The Senate Intelligence Committee just released the fifth and final volume in its three-and-a-half year investigation into Russian election interference. Over 940 pages, it proves that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin joined forces in the 2016 US presidential election to attack our democracy. From now through Election Day, the Report’s unanimous bipartisan findings should dominate headlines throughout the country.
ALL POSTS BY Steven Harper
- August 19, 2020
The crisis isn’t over. Ten facts frame the story of how Trump is using the pandemic and the Postal Service to undermine the integrity of the presidential election.
- August 12, 2020
As the pandemic rages throughout the country, voting by mail has become a particularly appealing option. But a big turnout is Donald Trump’s electoral enemy, so his administration has launched an attack on the US Postal Service — making it a central player in the preservation of American democracy.
- August 5, 2020And it's not over yet.
- July 29, 2020
The director of the CDC has capitulated. Under the guise of “guidance,” Dr. Robert Redfield recently released a full-throated promotion of Trump’s latest pandemic talking points urging all schools to reopen in the fall.
- July 22, 2020
Donald Trump has targeted a new pandemic villain: Dr. Anthony Fauci. Among his transgressions, the nation’s leading infectious disease physician relied on facts and science to contradict Trump’s talking points and criticize his policies. Even worse, he has outperformed Trump in public opinion polls.
- July 15, 2020
Against medical advice, Donald Trump pressures schools to reopen.
- July 11, 2020Roger Stone is a convicted felon. Trump just let him off the hook.
- July 8, 2020
For months, dubious reports have circulated about “COVID-19 parties” where attendees ante into a pot and the winner is the first person to contract the virus. So far, reliable evidence of such events is scant — with one big exception. Trump is holding COVID-19 parties in plain sight. The participants are betting their health and that of innocent victims. But only Trump can win the pot.
- July 1, 2020
Friday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing was filled with wildly false claims about the administration’s supposed success in dealing with COVID-19. With only about 4% of the world’s population, America accounts for more than 25% of worldwide COVID-19 infections and deaths.