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Five Reasons Why the Comey Affair Is Worse than Watergate
A journalist who covered Nixon’s fall explains why the current scandal may be more of a national emergency.
by
James Fallows
via
The Atlantic
on
May 12, 2017
Why This Is Not Trump’s Watergate
Mueller and his team are facing a president who seems willing to take down the entire democratic apparatus to save his own skin.
by
Andrew Cohen
via
New York Review of Books
on
October 31, 2017
Trump’s Loyalty Fixation Recalls One of the US’s Most Disastrous Presidencies
What we can learn about the current moment from Congress' efforts to impeach Andrew Johnson.
by
Erik Mathisen
via
The Conversation
on
June 28, 2017
5 Reasons This Still Isn’t Watergate
Read this before you start printing tickets for an impeachment trial.
by
John A. Farrell
via
Politico Magazine
on
May 30, 2017
The Search for Donald Trump’s Own Watergate
Some call it "Russiagate," others "Comeygate." What are we really saying when we apply the Nixonian suffix?
by
Zachary Jonathan Jacobson
via
The New Republic
on
May 16, 2017
The 40-Year War
William Barr’s long struggle against congressional oversight.
by
Brad Miller
via
The American Prospect
on
September 9, 2019
Why did James Comey Name His Secret Twitter Account ‘Reinhold Niebuhr’?
Niebuhr is a theological hero to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
by
Michelle Boorstein
via
Washington Post
on
October 24, 2017