Impeachment managers call on Trump to testify under oath
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Impeachment managers call on Trump to testify under oath

Democratic House impeachment managers on Thursday called on former President Donald Trump to provide testimony under oath regarding his actions on January 6—the day an extremist mob backed by the then-president attacked the U.S. Capitol—and demanded an answer by 5 pm Friday. The letter to Trump, signed by lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), was sent…

Jackie Walorski thinks that her constituents are idiots
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Jackie Walorski thinks that her constituents are idiots

In the wake of a Trump-inspired insurrection in the nation’s capital, all that Jackie Walorski can muster – aside from giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists – is an empty call for unity. On January 6, 2021, Congress convened to carry out its sacred duty of counting the Electoral College votes. Previously a formality,…

Rep. Fred Upton announces support for Trump impeachment
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Rep. Fred Upton announces support for Trump impeachment

On Tuesday night, Representative Fred Upton announced his support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Upton is a Republican who represents the Sixth District in southwestern Michigan. He is the latest Republican to announce support for impeachment following last week’s insurrection at the Capitol. The Congressman issued the following statement: Today the President characterized…

Jackie Walorski gave aid and comfort to insurrectionists. She should resign or face expulsion.
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Jackie Walorski gave aid and comfort to insurrectionists. She should resign or face expulsion.

If Representative Jackie Walorski had an inkling of honor – or respect for the people of Indiana’s 2nd Congressional district – she would tender her resignation from Congress, effective immediately. The five-term Republican dishonored her office when she aided and abetted insurrectionists at the United States Capitol. Rather than stand up to the mob, Walorski…

Black Lives Matter South Bend condemns Trump-inspired insurrection
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Black Lives Matter South Bend condemns Trump-inspired insurrection

Black Lives Matter South Bend released a statement on Thursday condemning Trump supporters’ siege of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. On a day when Congress convened to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the November 2020 presidential election, the heart of American democracy descended into chaos as Trump supporters heeded the call of their…

Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls zero-tolerance border policy a ‘disaster’
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls zero-tolerance border policy a ‘disaster’

South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg gave a brief interview with Univision on Wednesday. Buttigieg took the opportunity during the interview to criticize the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, which resulted in the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the border. He has been an outspoken critic of President…

Trump retweets suggestion that two years be added to his term

Trump retweets suggestion that two years be added to his term

Amid growing fears that Democratic political leaders are not taking seriously the possibility that President Donald Trump could refuse to yield power if he loses in the 2020 election, Trump retweeted a post calling for two years to be added to his first term as “payback for time stolen” by the Mueller investigation.

400+ former federal prosecutors: Trump avoided indictment on multiple felonies because he is president
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400+ former federal prosecutors: Trump avoided indictment on multiple felonies because he is president

More than 400 former federal prosecutors asserted in a statement published on Medium Monday that President Donald Trump would face multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice if he did not hold his current office.

Impeach Donald Trump: Why Congress should remove a corrupt, unfit president
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Impeach Donald Trump: Why Congress should remove a corrupt, unfit president

The United States is a nation where presidential overreaches, outright abuses of power, and largely successful attempts to undermine our constitution’s system of checks and balances stretches back over generations – and, in fact, one can find examples dating to the earliest days of our democratic republic. Whether or not these scandals amounted to “high…