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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, says he has terminal cancer, months to live

The man who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War posted on Facebook Thursday that he has inoperable pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest cancers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: Reflections, and regrets, 20 years after I opened the Department of Homeland Security

This was my second draft notice. The first came from Richard Nixon in 1969 and took me to Southeast Asia. More than 30 years later came notice number two, this time from George W. Bush. The president called me to leave my post as Pennsylvania’s governor to serve in the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, announces he has terminal cancer

The documents in the Pentagon Papers told how U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was built up steadily by political leaders and top military brass who were overconfident about U.S. prospects.

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Pentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg announces terminal cancer

Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has announced he has terminal cancer and months to live

The Independent UK

DeSantis is the second coming of Nixon

Nixon, like DeSantis, had great resentment toward the so-called elites and it colored his worldview in toxic ways

Salon

Trump officials complained about Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes to Disney – report

Ex-president became so incensed with late-night host’s jabs that two calls were made in 2018 to top executives at network owner

The Guardian - US

Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?'

As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back

The Independent UK

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McCarthyism, then and now

It could get much worse (and more dangerous) in Washington in the months to come

Salon

The 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts spotlight human nature, and nature itself

This year's Oscar-nominated short documentaries are remarkably varied, revisiting our recent political history, examining the roots of terrorism at home and sharing snapshots of a young person's development. Even the two nature-based entries wildly differ in approach and tone.

Los Angeles Times

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Why Biden is unlikely to replace Harris

One of Washington’s quadrennial parlor games is well under way: Will the president (Joe Biden) bolster his re-election prospects by dumping his vice president (Kamala Harris)?

Tribune News Service

'America Has Lost the War on Drugs,' The New York Times Says, but Should Keep Fighting It Anyway

The paper pushes modest reforms while endorsing continued criminalization.

Reason

Golda review – lifeless Meir biopic hides Helen Mirren’s talent in a cloud of cigarette smoke

As a drama about the Yom Kippur war, this film is bafflingly dull. As a portrait of Golda Meir, Israel’s prime minister at the time, it’s even worse

The Guardian - UK

Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts

Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time. But some presidents’ rankings have changed as the nation – and historians themselves – reassessed the country’s values and priorities.

The Conversation

Former President Jimmy Carter enters home hospice care in Georgia

After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.”

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Atlanta comic, actor Clayton English digs into history and fallacies of ‘The War on Drugs’ in new podcast

ATLANTA — The phrase “war on drugs” was invented by Richard Nixon in 1971 and has retained its power for five decades. But if this is a war, is there an actual winner or just a whole lot of losers?

WEKU

The Pence subpoena could set up a showdown over executive privilege

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked executive privilege as attempts to block testimony about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Guardian - US

Super Bowl quiz: how much do you know about America’s big game?

As the 57th edition of the Super Bowl nears, here are 20 questions on the annals and arcana of American sport’s high holy day

Reason

Biden May Dream of 6 More Years, but His Three Closest Comps Never Got There

What we can learn from the State of the Union addresses by Jimmy Carter in 1979, Richard Nixon in 1971, and JFK in 1963

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The Conversation

Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics

For nearly 60 years, conservatives have been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. As a scholar of American voting rights, I believe their long game is finally bearing fruit.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis has executive privilege, a judge ruled, setting up legal battle over secrecy

TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been eyeing a run for president, but he’s not waiting until 2024 to assert one of the most contested legal rights associated with that office.

The Guardian - US

Judge who told Pence not to overturn election predicts ‘beginning of end of Trump’

‘What Trump has done is quite arguably the worst crime against the US that a president could commit,’ says J Michael Luttig

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward over The Trump Tapes for $50m

Washington Post reporter and publisher Simon & Schuster say lawsuit ‘without merit … we will aggressively defend against it’

Salon

Ted Baxter, better than today's pundits

The fictional "Mary Tyler Moore" newsman never went as far as Tucker Carlson or Laura Ingraham

Evening Standard

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World on BBC Two sheds new light on the genre

This Chuck D led documentary is a fascinating look at how the music genre has fought for change

USA Today Sports Media Group

All the U.S. presidents who played golf, including Joe Biden, Donald Trump

Sixteen of the last 19 U.S. presidents played golf as a hobby.

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