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Monday, June 23, 2025

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Stopping Trump’s Qatar Airliner Scam

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Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans on Capitol Hill. Usually eager to behave like the servile puppies that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, once described with scorn [before becoming one himself], at least a handful of GOP elected officials seem worried that this “gift” is too obviously an unconstitutional bribe and a threat to national security. So far none of those Republicans […]

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Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.