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The calls for civility within the GOP are being wiped away after Donald Trump attacked Mitch McConnell as a “dour, sullen, unsmiling political hack.”
More on that in a minute. But first.
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The House Democratic campaign arm’s plan to label the GOP as the GQP the party of QAnon is getting some pushback. Not all Democrats agree with this broad attack, with multiple Democrats telling your Huddle host a few Republicans are being unfairly targeted.
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Hey. It s Rund here. And this week, we wanted to revisit a conversation we had a few months ago that feels pretty timely. It s with the historian Brenda Wineapple.
BRENDA WINEAPPLE: The author of the forthcoming book The Impeachers: The Trial Of Andrew Johnson And The Dream Of A Just Nation.
ABDELFATAH: The Impeachers is now out, and it details the very first test of what the founders decided would be the ultimate consequence for presidential misbehavior.
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There is nothing harder to regain, once lost, than trust
Profiles in Courage, for which then Senator John F. Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize, was required reading in my high school. And in the ’60s, after Kennedy’s assassination, it was turned into a weekly TV program, around which the Rosenblum family regularly gathered on Sunday evenings to learn the story of another profile in courage, usually a political figure, as in the original book.
I enjoyed imagining myself in the place of the heroes, like Edmund Ross, the Kansas senator who cast the decisive vote to acquit President Andrew Johnson on articles of impeachment, and said of the experience, “I literally almost looked down into my open grave.” That description has stuck in my mind for over 50 years (and not just for the familiar substitution of “literally” for “figuratively,” its opposite).
BERNARDS TWP. â While the pandemic has caused problems for organizers of some holiday events, itâs also created opportunities for others still hoping to stage fun but safe community activities.
Among the local innovations this year are events where families can experience the sights and sounds of the season without leaving their vehicles.
One such event will be held in Basking Ridge, where volunteers are creating a drive-through âFestival of Lightsââ at the historic Ross Farm at 135 North Maple Ave.
Scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on two weekends, Saturday and Sunday Dec. 19-20 and 26-27, the event will be free to the community, with donations accepted for local veterans in need.