Nixon

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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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• 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? 

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• 9/29/19
  

  “The System Worked!” Watergate’s Lesson in an Age of Trump

  by Michael A. Genovese

  A nation of laws depends upon the people to enliven the law. A dedicated citizenry is the only hope against tyranny.

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• 9/29/19
  

  How Ideologues and Partisans Seized the Court: From Nixon to Trump

  by Thom Hartmann

  When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. —Richard M. Nixon 

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  9/25/19
  

  Like Watergate all over again? In some ways, yes, but there are stark differences

  by Jon Marshall

  Echoes of Watergate could be heard in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Tuesday that the House of Representatives will begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. But how similar is this path to what the nation experienced 45 years ago?

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• 9/29/19
  

  The History Briefing on Impeachment: How Historians Covered this Week's Top Story

  by Jonathan Montano

  A recap of historical perspectives on the current impeachment inquiry. 

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg News
  9/26/19
  

  Will Impeachment Backfire? Here's What History Suggests.

  Featuring the insights of historian Brenda Wineapple. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/25/19
  

  That time Nixon released doctored transcripts during Watergate

  Trump said in a tweet Tuesday the rough transcript will prove it was “very friendly and totally appropriate call.” To students of history, though, this is more fodder for the endless comparisons between Trump and Nixon.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  9/25/19
  

  I Voted to Impeach Nixon. I’d Do the Same for Trump.

  by Elizabeth Holtzman

  The Ukraine scandal has a lot of similarities to Watergate.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/21/19
  

  If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is

  by Tom Nichols

  Until now, there was room for reasonable disagreement over impeachment as both a matter of politics and a matter of tactics. 

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• 9/26/19
  

  What Does History Tell Us About Impeachment and Presidential Scandal? Here's 7 Historians' Analysis.

  by Kyla Sommers

  Featuring historians Andrew Hartman, Jennifer Mercieca, Eladio B. Bobadilla, David Walsh, Varsha Venkat, Derek Litvak, and Rick Shenkman. 

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• 9/24/19
  

  Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry: Here's How Historians Are Responding

  What historians are saying, tweeting and retweeting.

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• 9/22/19
  

  Dan Rather Claims the Press and Faith Will Get Us Past Trump's Transgressions. Is He Right?

  by Michael McQuillan

  Dan Rather on Watergate's lessons for today. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/18/19
  

  Why Democrats can’t speak for the ‘silent majority’

  by Seth Blumenthal

  President Trump is exactly the kind of champion the voting bloc wants.

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• SOURCE: We're History
  9/12/19
  

  Gerald Ford, Impeachment, and The Difference Between Politics and Law Enforcement

  by Michael J. Socolow

  Though the pardon still haunts his memory, it’s time we viewed Ford’s act through the prism of distance and experience.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/9/19
  

  What Did Daniel Patrick Moynihan Actually Think About Race? Historians Discuss in the Atlantic

  by John Hoberman and Tim Naftali

  After Tim Naftali's article on Ronald Reagan's racism earlier this year, the Atlantic published two letters discussing Daniel Patrick Moynihan's views on race. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/21/19
  

  White evangelicals once admitted they were wrong about Nixon. Will Trump come next?

  by Anja-Maria Bassimir and Elesha J. Coffman

  White evangelicals voted 84 percent for Richard Nixon in 1972 and 80 percent for Donald Trump in 2016. And many of the leaders stood by Nixon as scandals swirled around him, just as they have with Trump.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/31/19
  

  Historian Tim Naftali Discusses Recording Of Reagan's Racist Comments Made To Nixon

  NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with historian Tim Naftali about his article in The Atlantic describing a tape President Nixon had of then-Gov. Ronald Reagan making racist remarks.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/24/19
  

  Is Capitalism or Communism Better for Women? How the Kitchen Debate Gave a New Meaning to the Cold War 'Home Front'

   In American and Soviet homes, the capitalism-communism divide was a topic of conversation at many a kitchen table — and, most famously, in one model kitchen.