June 22, 2022 – The bipartisan congressional commission investigating the January 6 coup attempt has found strong evidence that Donald Trump is a criminal. As the hearings reveal, the former president illegally plotted to stay in office after the American people voted to boot him out. Now he must be indicted. Trump’s criminality is proven […]
Mitchell Zimmerman
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Mitchell Zimmerman: We Need More Partisanship, Not Less
February 3, 2021 – Unity and bipartisanship sound wonderful. But can anyone explain how “building bridges” to today’s GOP will get anything done? Republicans now demand “unity” even as many embrace the big lie that President Biden stole the election from Trump — and even after some cheered on the attack on the U.S. Capitol […]
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Mitchell Zimmerman: The Senate's make-believe trial of Donald Trump
January 30, 2020 – President Trump is on trial. As in a real trial, charges have been asserted: the House alleges high crimes and misdemeanors. A judge presides: Chief Justice John Roberts sits in his fine black robe at the head of the chamber. There are prosecutors (the House impeachment managers) and defense counsel (Trump’s […]
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Mitchell Zimmerman: Lessons on North Korea from the Cuban Missile Crisis
Aug. 23, 2017 – Nearly 55 years ago, in October 1962, I was a college student who’d just turned 20. The Cuban Missile Crisis began the day after my birthday, and it seemed entirely possible that I (along with tens of millions of other people) might die in nuclear fire and fury before I got […]