Watergate

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  7/2/2020
  

  Democrats May Beat Trump in November and Still not Learn the Most Important Lesson from his Presidency

  by Daniel Bessner

  Democrats must not just defeat Trump; they must commit to fighting a culture of elite impunity that has enabled the rise of Trump and an unaccountable Republican Party. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Decoded
  4/18/2020
  

  Feldstein's Deplorable Review

  by John O'Connor

  John O'Connor offers a rebuttal to Mark Feldstein's criticism of his new book Postgate.

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• SOURCE: Washington Decoded
  4/11/2020
  

  John O’Connor Jumps the Shark

  by Mark Feldstein

  Mark Feldstein is unconvinced by a new book on Watergate.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/10/2020
  

  Joe Biden’s Big Vision for America: He Wants to Restore Faith in Government

  by Gabriel Glickman

  Read this historian's take on how Joe Biden's political past compares to his political present.

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• SOURCE: Just Security
  1/29/20
  

  The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon’s Impeachment

  by Ryan Goodman

  Regardless of whether the congressmen voted for or against the articles of impeachment, their legacies were largely defined by this one moment.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  1/22/20
  

  Why No GOP Senator Will Stand Up to Trump

  by Garrett M. Graff

  Barry Goldwater had the power to tell Nixon it was all over. But don’t expect a repeat this time.

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• 12/22/19
  

  Does truth matter less than it did in 1974?

  by Roy E. Finkenbine

  At the moment of the impeachment and pending trial of another president, there are still lessons to be learned from Watergate.  One of these is the sad story of Earl Landgrebe.

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• 12/22/19
  

  Jimmy Carter: Watergate’s Final Victim

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Today, at 95, Carter is the longest-lived president in history, as well as the nation’s longest-retired president. Facing several health-related challenges, perhaps it is time to reflect on the rise, fall, and rise of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter.

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• 12/17/19
  

  The Secret Plan to Force Out Nixon

  by Tim Naftali

  A newly released diary shows House Republican leaders pledging to oust the president months before he resigned. Why did they back down?

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/13/19
  

  In 1974, one congressman lay awake at night, agonizing over impeachment

  The name Walter Flowers has vanished from historical memory but on the eve of impeachment, Americans should remember him. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  12/2/19
  

  Republicans Defending Trump on Impeachment Should Fear the Judgment of History

  by Michael Luo

  This week, as the current Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump, these obituaries might serve as a reminder to the committee’s Republican members that the consequences of their decisions in the coming days will likely extend far beyond the next election.

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• SOURCE: Vanity Fair
  11/27/19
  

  Trump's Toadies Should Take Note: Watergate Says Everyone Goes Down

  by Kevin M. Kruse

  The lesson Nixon imparts to today’s POTUS loyalists is that courts of law and of public opinion will judge them harshly.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/19/19
  

  The GOP Appointees Who Defied the President

  by Michael Koncewicz

  Before Watergate became a story that dominated the national media in the spring of 1973, there were individuals within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the IRS that took dramatic steps to block Nixon’s attempts to politicize their work.  

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  11/9/19
  

  Presidential cooperation: History's perspective on scandal and controversy

  by Stephen W. Stathis

  The American experience is littered with scandals. When presidents have been unwilling to cooperate with an investigation, the resulting confrontation is often ugly and long-remembered, as the escalating Ukraine scandal undoubtedly will be.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  11/9/19
  

  From Nixon to Trump, the historical arc of presidential misconduct is deeply troubling

  by James M. Banner Jr.

  Since the early 1970s, the behavior of American presidents has worsened in alarming ways.

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• 11/12/19
  

  Why Televised Hearings Mattered During Watergate But May Not Today

  by James Robenalt

  The whistleblower today has been backed up by others who had direct knowledge, making his or her account now superfluous. John Dean had no such back-up from others; he had to wait a year for his testimony to be fully corroborated by the tapes themselves.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  10/7/19
  

  The difference between Nixon and Trump is Fox News

  by Nicole Hemmer

  Fox News shields President Trump. But his love for their conspiracies might bring him down.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/3/19
  

  Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes

  The historic judgment that U.S. presidents do not hold unchecked power to declare executive privilege set a precedent that courts would consider in evaluating whether President Trump could shield his own communications from external scrutiny amid an impeachment inquiry.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/27/19
  

  Spies in the White House Have a History of Running Wild Without Congressional Oversight

  A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.

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• 9/29/19
  

  Is The Ukraine Scandal the Smoking Gun?

  by James D. Robenalt

  Could this be the moment of clarity that will finally bring down President Trump?