Doug Sandlinflipped into Politics UnboundStoryboardWatergate, 50 years later: The scandal that changed WashingtonCurated byCBS NewsIt has been 50 years since the Watergate scandal. Here's a look back at the infamous story of crime and scandal that took down Richard Nixon's presidency.
Doug Sandlinflipped into Global Warming - Climate Change3 days agoLake Mead nears dead pool status as water levels hit another historic lowNBC News - Denise ChowLake Mead's water levels this week dropped to historic lows, bringing the nation's largest reservoir less than 150 feet away from "dead pool" — when the reservoir is so low that water cannot flow downstream from the dam. Lake Mead's water level on Wednesday was measured at 1,044.03 feet, its lowest …
Doug Sandlinflipped into Politics Unbound2 days agoBiden White House has planned for Supreme Court to overturn Roe for monthsverified_publisherCNN - By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright(CNN) — President Joe Biden has been bracing for the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for months, preparing for it to potentially set off mass protests and heap pressure on the White House to act, according to officials, even as there remains little he can do through executive …
Doug Sandlinflipped into Extremism & Bigotry3 days agoThe Comment That Reveals the Depths of the Republican Party’s Moral Collapseverified_publisherThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamIf even Rusty Bowers is willing to back Trump again, the outlook for popular democracy is very bleak. Finding signs to worry about the future of American democracy is not hard, but few are quite so painful and acute as the cognitive dissonance displayed by Rusty Bowers this week. Bowers, the …
Doug Sandlinflipped into Politics Unbound3 days agoTrailer released for Trump documentary of interest to January 6 committeeverified_publisherCNN - By Zachary Cohen(CNN) — In a promotional video from a documentary that is of interest to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, former President Donald Trump is heard being asked about the day of the attack on the US Capitol. The trailer does not include additional footage of the interaction with …
Doug Sandlinflipped into Politics Unbound2 days agoAmerica is about to meet the one DOJ official willing to do Trump’s coupverified_publisherVox - Ben JacobsFor a brief moment in early January 2021, it looked like Jeffrey Clark’s moment in the sun had arrived. He was poised to become a major player in Washington. All he needed to do was successfully convince then-President Donald Trump to install him as acting attorney general, then demand that key …