Trump's assault on democracy: Is it too late to save America?

Donald Trump’s war against democracy: Is it already too late to save America?

Chauncey DeVega

Democrats are finally fighting back. But Trump's assault on reality and the rule of law can't be easily undone

10/31/2019 06:00 EDT

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili/Alex Wong/Getty Images/Salon)

NSC official Alexander Vindman’s testimony appears to contradict Rick Perry’s claims about Ukraine

Igor Derysh

Vindman claimed that Perry was at a meeting where the Biden probe was discussed, which Perry has repeatedly denied

10/30/2019 16:52 EDT

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing to be the new U.S. ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. President Donald Trump's nominee faced questions about Russian election interference and the ouster of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine at his Senate confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s Russia ambassador pick breaks with president on Ukraine call

Shira Tarlo

Soliciting probes into a domestic political rival is "not in accord with our values," John Sullivan said

10/30/2019 16:26 EDT

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Twitter)

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney learned about ISIS raid from Trump’s tweet: report

Igor Derysh

Obama's chief of staff was front and center during the Osama bin Laden raid, but Mulvaney was sitting at home

10/30/2019 13:46 EDT

Is Trump just too dumb to do crimes? Here’s why that defense won’t fly

Amanda Marcotte

Trump doesn't need to be a stable genius to get away with this stuff. He has the whole Republican Party behind him

10/30/2019 13:29 EDT

Former National security adviser John Bolton walks up to the podium to begin speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

State Department official to testify Bolton warned about Giuliani’s influence on Ukraine: reports

Shira Tarlo

Bolton warned that Giuliani's influence over Trump's views on Ukraine "could be an obstacle," the official will say

10/30/2019 12:45 EDT

U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks as Chairman of House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. Pelosi said she is holding off on a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump slams “impeachment hoax” as Democrats prepare to formalize inquiry procedures

Shira Tarlo

House Democrats are expected to vote Thursday on a resolution establishing the procedures of the impeachment probe

10/30/2019 12:31 EDT

National Security Council Director for European Affairs Alexander Vindman arrives for a closed-door deposition at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on October 29, 2019. - A White House official plans to tell Congress Tuesday that he witnessed efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate President Donald Trump's rival Joe Biden, and that he reported it as a national security risk. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman will be the first White House official to testify to the House impeachment inquiry that Trump and allied diplomats improperly pressured the Ukraine government to open investigations designed to help Trump politically. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans admit that Vindman’s testimony was “damaging” in private: report

Bob Brigham

“The GOP reaction to Vindman comes as the party faces frontal attacks on two of its major talking points"

10/30/2019 10:00 EDT

Donald Trump with transcripts of his phone call with the President of Ukraine (AP Photo/The White House/Salon)

Vindman says partial transcript of Trump’s Ukraine call “omitted crucial words and phrases”: report

Cody Fenwick

The incomplete transcript itself is damning evidence of President Donald Trump’s misconduct

10/30/2019 08:00 EDT

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (Alex Wong/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they’re implicated in Trump’s misdeeds?

Sophia Tesfaye

Ron Johnson and Marsha Blackburn are tied to Russian money and Trump's conspiracy theories. They're not alone

10/30/2019 07:00 EDT

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former Trump aide who now works for Devin Nunes reportedly leaked Ukraine whistleblower’s name

Igor Derysh

Derek Harvey, a former Trump adviser who now works for Nunes, outed the whistleblower who reported Trump's call

10/29/2019 19:15 EDT

Fox News smears Iraq War hero Alexander Vindman as possible spy for testifying about Trump call

Igor Derysh

Trump defenders lobbed dual loyalty accusations at Vindman, who earned a Purple Heart after an IED attack in Iraq

10/29/2019 18:57 EDT

Fox News host Laura Ingraham suggests Vindman is a double agent ahead of impeachment testimony

Matthew Rozsa

"Some people might call that espionage," law professor John Yoo said added on Ingrahm's show

10/29/2019 17:49 EDT

Joe Scarborough blasts Fox News for “disgusting” attacks on Trump impeachment witness

Travis Gettys

"You actually had a panel on Fox News and a Fox News host attacking an American hero,” the "Morning Joe" host said

10/29/2019 17:11 EDT

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, US President Donald Trump, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (AP Photo/Seth Wenig/Evan Vucci/Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Press Watch: New evidence that Trump’s extortion attempts damaged national security

Dan Froomkin

Media scrambles to cover Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's testimony on Ukraine call, but misses some crucial context

10/29/2019 15:00 EDT

Devin Nunes on Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News)

Devin Nunes compares journalists to assassins as he spreads conspiracy theories on Fox News

Matthew Rozsa

Nunes brags to Tucker Carlson that he refuses to talk to reporters about "conspiracy theories” as he spouts his own

10/29/2019 12:01 EDT

Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough (Getty Images/Salon)

So we’re supposed to treat Donald Trump with respect, after all this? Oh, hell no

Bob Cesca

Cable-news talking heads still treat Trump's utterances seriously, and behave as if he merits respect. Oh, please!

10/29/2019 10:55 EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

White House staffer twice raised concerns after listening to Trump’s Ukraine call, testimony reveals

Shira Tarlo

Alexander Vindman will tell lawmakers he was concerned that Trump's actions could "undermine" national security

10/29/2019 10:41 EDT

President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Psychiatrist Lance Dodes on the “panicked” state of the “most dangerous person on the planet”

Chauncey DeVega

Former Harvard professor on Donald Trump's downward spiral, and how his paranoia may persuade him to leave office

10/29/2019 06:00 EDT

Bannon reveals anti-impeachment strategy to “Fox & Friends”: We’re going to probe the witnesses

Matthew Rozsa

Elsewhere on the president's favorite morning show, a student complains about losing friends over anti-LGBTQ views

10/28/2019 17:30 EDT

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on the October 28, 2019 airing of 'Morning Joe' (MSNBC)

Nationals fans were “un-American” for chanting “lock him up” at Trump, Joe Scarborough says

Igor Derysh

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons agrees that the "office of the president deserves respect even when the actions" don't

10/28/2019 12:50 EDT

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives at a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees October 17, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Sondland testified on Capitol Hill to testify to the committees for the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. (Photo by (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sondland told lawmakers that efforts by Trump to pressure Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo: lawyer

Shira Tarlo

Trump has repeatedly denied the existence of a quid pro quo related to his administration's dealings with Ukraine

10/28/2019 12:36 EDT

Sen. John Kennedy, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Devin Nunes (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Republicans aren’t flailing or desperate: Their attack on impeachment is strategic — and might work

Heather Digby Parton

Republican attacks on impeachment "process" have a clear goal in mind: Senate acquittal, followed by re-election

10/28/2019 09:12 EDT

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as US President Donald Trump speaks about Syria in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, October 23, 2019. - President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the United States would be lifting sanctions on Turkey, hailing the success of a ceasefire along its border with Syria."Earlier this morning, the government of Turkey informed my administration that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in Syria and making the ceasefire permanent," he said in a televised address from the White House. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s Mike Pompeo?

Terry H. Schwadron

The Secretary of State is at the center of the Ukraine affair, but he's nowhere to be seen or heard

10/28/2019 04:00 EDT