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50 Years Later, the Motive Behind Watergate Remains Clouded

Despite the abundance of transcripts, FBI reports, and memoirs from those involved, we still know more about the cover-up than we do about the infamous political scandal.

Reason

Jonathan Bernstein: Why Trump’s own appointees are setting the record straight

How do presidents get in trouble? Monday’s Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election didn’t focus on that general question, but it did demonstrate something familiar to students of the presidency.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Liz Cheney's lonely fight against the extremist wing of the GOP

It shouldn't make headlines when a member of Congress upholds their sworn oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." But Rep. Liz Cheney, R.-Wyo., stands out as one of the few elected Republicans in Washington willing to put country before…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Editorial: Jan. 6 committee is just getting started

Like prosecutors priming a jury, the House Select Committee made a powerful case to the nation Thursday night and Monday that Donald Trump ginned up the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. He meant it to consummate a coup that he had been plotting even before the presidential election that he…

Orlando Sentinel

Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on

In their dogged reporting of the Watergate scandal, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the crimes that forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency in August 1974.

The Conversation

Prolific character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90

Hall's many roles included parts in Midnight Run, Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and he was known for one of the most powerfully funny guest appearances on Seinfeld.

WEKU

Can the January 6 Committee Hearings Break Through the Barriers of Political Ignorance and Bias Underpinning the Big Lie?

Most of those open to evidence already know that Trump tried to reverse the outcome of an election he legitimately lost. Reaching the rest is likely to be extremely difficult, at best.

Reason

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Philip Baker Hall: a character actor of strength, gravitas and lugubrious good humour

The death of the 90-year-old actor leaves behind a career filled with indelible moments, from Seinfeld to Magnolia to Boogie Nights

The Guardian - US

Mary McNamara: The Jan. 6 committee report feels like a '70s rerun. Here's why it's definitely not

Can someone grab me a Tab and some Sea & Ski? We've time-traveled back to the 1970s, and I need to prep for summer.

Los Angeles Times

Barry Sussman: Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting

Although he never received as much fame as Woodward and Bernstein, Sussman played in a key role in the greatest scoop of all time

The Independent UK

Who asked Trump for a Jan 6 pardon? Speculation spreads as Cheney accuses own colleagues

Select committee vice-chair Liz Cheney is raising allegations that multiple Republican House members sought pardons after the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Andrew Feinberg reports on the fallout

The Independent UK

Deep Throat at 50: the controversial film that pushed porn into the mainstream

Reviled by many and celebrated by others, the surviving children of those involved speak about a complicated legacy

The Guardian - US

God’s Favourite Idiot to The Martha Mitchell Effect: the seven best shows to stream this week

Melissa McCarthy’s quirky new comedy about the impending apocalypse, and the Watergate whistleblower gets her long overdue recognition. Plus: J-Lo!

The Guardian - UK

Why the televised hearings on the January 6 insurrection will be historic

They will mark a milestone in the battle between democracy and autocracy. Everyone should tune in and watch them

The Guardian - US

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Record feats, lawsuit grief and naming retired popes – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

Tribune News Service

VIEWPOINT 2: It’s time to disclose federal contractors’ political contributions

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Tribune News Service

VIEWPOINT 1: 50 years later, the imprint of Watergate isn’t all negative

The 50th anniversary of the June 17, 1972, Watergate break-in — in which burglars inspired and funded by President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign attempted to bug the Democratic National Committee offices — stirs memories of a sorry chapter in American history.

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: Lincoln vs. the party of Lincoln

Last month, America celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial, a temple to democracy that sits in silent repose on the western edge of the National Mall.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Echoes of Watergate in Trump probe

This week’s January 6 committee hearings concern the most serious allegations of presidential wrongdoing since Watergate. They come almost exactly 50 years after the break-in that spawned the scandal leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. And they carry some striking similarities.

Chicago Sun-Times

A place in history for congressional hearings on Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection will be televised starting this week, the latest in a long line of public investigations by Congress.

The Guardian - US

‘He has been forgotten’: why humorist Art Buchwald should be remembered

A new biography celebrates the sharp humour and difficult life of the Pulitzer-winning newspaper humourist, once known as ‘the wit of Washington’

Salon

Ghost of Watergate: Is Jan. 6 different?

Let's hope the Jan. 6 committee can lay out the story in such stark terms

The Guardian - US

Trump’s bid to cling to power ‘beyond Nixon’s imagination’, Watergate duo say

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein write in new book foreword that bid to overturn election made Trump ‘our first seditious president’

The Independent UK

An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?

A congressional committee’s hearings on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are coming up, and the public has been told to expect revelations

WEKU

Watergate Committee hearings may be both an inspiration and a hard act to follow

Fifty years from now, when Americans look back on the riotous break-in at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will it have as much impact as memories of the Watergate scandal continue to have today?

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