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Experts: Pro-Trump chaos on Capitol Hill

webfull — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:59:44 +0000

Last week pro-Trump protesters stormed the legislature as lawmakers were set to review the Electoral College votes that made Joe Biden the president. (Globe and Mail)

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Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies

Published: 6 January 2021

Experts: Trump impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress

webfull — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:56:51 +0000

Donald Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him on two counts on Wednesday, December 18. The first count charges him with abuse of power for allegedly pressuring the president of Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rivals while crucial U.S. security aid was being withheld. The second charges him with obstruction of Congress for stonewalling investigative efforts. (CBC News)

Published: 19 December 2019

Expert : Trump pulls out of Iran Nuclear Deal

webfull — Tue, 08 May 2018 20:33:32 +0000

"Trump pulls U.S. out of 'disastrous' Iran nuclear deal, will restore sanctions; President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, dealing a profound blow to U.S. allies and potentially deepening the president's isolation on the world stage." (CBC)

Published: 8 May 2018

ATLANTIC | Donald Trump's language is reshaping American politics

webfull — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:18:29 +0000

Republicans—and some liberals—downplay the significance of the president’s outbursts. But his words are quietly radicalizing both the left and right, with untold consequences for the future of policy. [...] But Trump’s words are his substance. “Politics is persuasion as well as coercion,” the political scientist Jacob Levy wrote last week, rightly arguing that Trump has “changed what being a Republican means.”
The Atlantic

Published: 20 February 2018

NEW REPUBLIC | Trump’s words will leave a lasting mark

webfull — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:20:33 +0000

Jacob T. Levy, a political theorist at �㽶��Ƶ, convincingly made the case for the real-world impact of Trump’s words in a recent essay for the Niskanen Center.

The New Republic

Published: 13 February 2018

WASHINGTON POST | The weight of the words

webfull — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:48:22 +0000

Jacob Levy offers a deeply thoughtful meditation on Trump’s use of language — on the power it has exerted over Republican voters and the GOP Congress, and on the folly of imagining that his words alone won’t do serious damage to American political life, as long as he is constrained from acting.

The Washington Post

Published: 8 February 2018