Good Thursday evening. This is Daniel Allott with The Hill's Top Opinions. Leaked texts between Mark Meadows, President Trump's former chief of staff, and dozens of Republican lawmakers highlights how far many in the GOP were willing to go to keep Trump in power following his 2020 election loss, write Amherst College political science professor AUSTIN SARAT and former federal prosecutor DENNIS AFTERGUT. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), to take one example, "was one of those who reportedly texted Meadows the day before the congressional certification vote, urging him to pursue the unlawful plan to have former Vice President Pence steal the election for Trump," the authors tell us. Overall, "Meadows had 'coup' communications with 34 Republican members of the House." "The Meadows texts tell us about the breadth of the post-2020 election conspiracy and the disloyalty of so many Republican House members. Not since the Civil War have members of Congress betrayed our constitutional republic and subverted the union that it makes possible." What can Americans do in the face of the betrayal revealed in the Meadows texts? It all comes down to voting, write Sarat and Aftergut. "Americans need to remember that democracy helps those who help themselves by staying aware and engaged." Read Sarat and Aftergut's piece here. Not subscribed to The Hill's Top Opinions? Sign up here. |
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ByJOHN KENNETH WHITE, professor of politics at The Catholic University of America |
In many ways, the Republican Party's history with Donald Trump harkens back to its experience with another demagogue, Joseph R. McCarthy. In 1950, the Wisconsin senator claimed to have in hand a list of 205 communists working in the State Department, a charge that catapulted the heretofore little-known McCarthy onto the national stage. |
By YULIA LATYNINA, recipient of the U.S. State Department's Defender of Freedom award |
It's possible – theoretically – for Russia to destroy the Ukrainian power grid, were the air defense non-existent or the missile swarms big enough to saturate it. But neither is not going to happen if the West continues to supply Ukraine. And because of several bottlenecks, that speak volumes about the Russian army. |
By Jonathan Sweet, retired Army colonel, and Mark Toth, retired economist and historian |
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine is looking more like a losing effort from the 1980s British board game Jenga. Remove one wrong piece and the tower collapses, or subsequently place it in the wrong place atop the tower and it's "game over." |
By STEPHEN WEISSMAN, former associate director for policy at the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute |
Jurors voted to acquit Edwards of several felony violations of federal campaign finance law. The core issue in that trial could be central to the most talked about potential cases against Trump: allegedly interfering with the post-2020 transfer of presidential power and allegedly obstructing the FBI's investigation of missing classified and other federal government records. |
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