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HISTORICAL FACTS: 10 - The Untold Story

Trump takes to Truth Social to give excuse for why he won’t join GOP debate: ‘Reagan didn’t’

Mr Trump skipped the Iowa debate in 2016

The Independent UK

Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

When Trade War Threatens Real War

Biden is blurring the lines between economic policy and military action.

Reason

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Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions

Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws

The Independent UK

Presidential primaries have seen dramatic comebacks. Could DeSantis '24 be next?

Using the phrase "comeback kid" helped Bill Clinton revive his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Could Ron DeSantis revive that model?

WEKU

Why the crack cocaine epidemic hit Black communities 'first and worst'

"We won't heal until we make sense of the crack epidemic," Donovan X. Ramsey says. His book, When Crack Was King, examines the drug's destructive path through the Black community.

WEKU

No Trade Is Free review: Trump’s man plots an unusually civil course

Robert Lighthizer, once US trade representative, is a rare aide of little interest to investigators. His readable book shows why

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Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans promoting RFK Jr. are playing with fire

Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which a nomination skirmish won’t change anything in the Democratic Party, but might have real impact on the Republican Party.

Tribune News Service

Roaming Polansky and the Constitutionality of Qui Tam

Three decades later, the George H.W. Bush SCOTUS strategy finally has three votes.

Reason

Decades of Decadence review: Marco Rubio joins publishing’s motley Republican crew

The Florida senator was the future once. Now, he struggles to muster the shamelessness or swagger of a Hawley or a Cotton

The Guardian - US

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward.

The Conversation

The latest Trump charges cast a new light on a growing Republican presidential field

Seeing Trump in the dock in a criminal case enrages his core supporters and the GOP officeholders who depend on them. But it could also breathe new life into candidacies that offer alternatives.

WEKU

How Pat Robertson Shepherded His Flock Into Politics

Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman

Reason

Pat Robertson united evangelical Christians and pushed them into conservative politics

Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians through the power of television

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Pat Robertson obituary

US TV evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politics

Al Jazeera

Pat Robertson, who brought religion into US politics, dies at 93

Roberston, a conservative Christian, hosted The 700 Club on TV and supported a number of Republican presidents.

The Independent UK

Christian media mogul, ‘700 Club’ host and presidential candidate Pat Robertson dies at 93

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

Chicago Sun-Times

Pat Robertson, religious broadcaster, dies at 93

Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms because of his “700 Club” television show.

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The Independent UK

Pat Robertson dies at 93; founded Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

Reason

John Sununu on Boyden Gray's Legal Legacy

C. Boyden Gray was a pivotal figure within the Republican Party on environmental law.

Reason

Ambassador C. Boyden Gray (1943-2023)

I am deeply saddened to share that C. Boyden Gray has passed away. It is very hard to put into words all the Gray accomplished throughout his remarkable life. The Washington Post immediately published a pre-written obituary--a sign of his profound reputation in D.C. and nationwide. Adam White and Jenn…

The Guardian - US

‘Trump’s not a good sport’: Chris Cillizza on presidents at play

George HW Bush was the most sportsmanlike modern president but Gerald Ford was the best athlete, author says

The Guardian - US

The Last Honest Man: Frank Church and the fight to restrain US power

Pulitzer-winner James Risen calls the late Democratic senator an ‘American Cicero’ – and makes a strong case

The Guardian - US

‘Excessive loyalty’: how Republican giant George Shultz fell for Nixon, Reagan … and Elizabeth Holmes

The great secretary of state’s biographer, Philip Taubman, balances cold war achievements with costly political failures

Foreign Policy

How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War

The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.

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