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Tag: Watergate

Howard Baker

It’s harder to be a Howard Baker now than then

May 19, 2017 Arthur Lieber Corruption, Democracy, History, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans 3 comments

Political observers such as David Gergen and Jeffrey Toobin have said that what we need now is another Howard Baker. For those who may

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Smoking gun

Arrests: What’s missing from Trumpgate

March 21, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Justice, Trump, Uncategorized 2 comments

It unfolded so differently. The first that we heard about it was the announcement of the arrests, not rumors. Watergate began with the weird

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Frank Wills: Watergate watchman

June 19, 2014 Steve Sorkin History, People Leave a comment

Please take a moment to remember that 42 years ago today [June 17], a security guard named Frank Wills called the police when he

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Frank Wills [Watergate,1972 ] vs. George Zimmerman [Florida, 2012]

June 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, History, Police, Politics, Violence, Voting/Elections One comment

June 17 will mark the 39th anniversary of the infamous Watergate break-in by robbers and schemers sympathetic to President Richard Nixon. A security guard

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Progressive Republican’s key role in Watergate probe

June 17, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, History, Politics 5 comments

NOTE: Today, June 17, 2010, is the thirty-eighth anniversary of the Watergate break-in. We have to give Richard Nixon some credit; his disregard for

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