This is how ancient Rome’s republic Died: A Classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial

4 minute read "Many higher-ups in the Trump administration, from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have spoken publicly of Trump as a divinely chosen figure. And Trump himself declared earlier this year, 'I do really believe we have God on our side,'" writes Timothy Joseph, College of the Holy Cross (Feb. 12th, 2020)

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If Bloomberg Wants To Buy an Election, He Should Run as a Republican Against Trump, and Not Attack Democrats

4 minute read "Bloomberg could spend $100 million every single day on his presidential campaign between now and election day in November...and he would still have a net worth greater than $30 billion," writes Robert McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Feb. 12th, 2020)

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I was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton: The Economy is Rigged, and only two Democrats have the agenda that’ll beat Trump

"The only way Democrats win is with an agenda of fundamental democratic and economic reform, such as provided by," writes Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor (under Bill Clinton), University of California (Nov 6th, 2019)

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