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Donald Rumsfeld Has Died Leaving Behind Him a Divisive Legacy Share This: Donald Rumsfeld, the only man to serve as secretary of defense two times in non-consecutive terms and whose reputation as a shaker and mover in Washington was undone by the long insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, died Tuesday. He was 88. Rumsfeld’s family said he “was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico.” The narrative over his legacy differs wildly between conservatives and liberals with little ...

While Americans across the nation mourned the loss of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday, liberals on Twitter pulled no punches in rejoicing over the news of his death.  "For those too young to know, Donald Rumsfeld was an atrocious human being whose legacy is engineering unlawful, disastrous & unnecessary wars that continue to traumatize generations. He had no remorse or contrition for his role in the bloodshed. May he kick rocks for eternity," The Daily Beast columnist Waj...

We are out of time. but, david, how do people get your -- no, no. how do people get your newsletter and should they expect it to be more of a bob dillon experience or a billry joel experience? >> oh, come on. i cant believe you asked that. the clash, actually, and bob dillon. the simplest thing is to go to my twitter feed @davidcorn dc. >> does the dc stand for washington, d.c. or david corn? >> its strategic ambiguity. >> definitely more dillon than billy joel. >> why do you sound like a politi...

Joining me now is david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and were thrilled to announce here on "the beat," he has a new newsletter coming out. and mark thompson. good to have you both here. i would be remiss if i didnt mention here in person. happy 2021. >> it is great to be here. you havent missed a beat. >> it is great to have you both here. mark, i come to you. >> theyre drawing the line in the sand and talking about the midterms, nullifying biden may do by trying to fin back th...

There is the idea of after this pandemic recession, after everything were going through, after the notion of having infrastructure, which is something they all pretended or claimed to support. it is all up in the air. then you have senator manchin who is the one. he is the one that everybody wants at the cocktail party, david. let me play for you and then get you in something that did leak. this is not the typical interview. manchin has taken a hard line against all of this stuff. now this leake...

Until he comes to terms with that big dynamic, this isnt it fathers senate where you can sit down and talk about what great guys these republicans are. it is a different thing. until he comes to that realization, he will get played for a fool. >> you raised a good question, david. thats what you do. thats how you roll. you raised a question of what is less, being an ill le legitimate non-president. our panels stays here. i want to turn to the other big story i mentioned. president biden signing ...

Alan Hostetter speaks at an event last month. Alan Hostetter was “in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas” when he hit the record button. It was late November, a few weeks after what the former police chief and more recent Orange County yoga instructor called the “stolen” 2020 election. Hostetter, who founded a group called the American Phoenix Project in the spring of 2020 to oppose government restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was on his way to D.C. for the “Million MAG...

New York Times, and the Washington Post. It was also a gift to the book business. There was, publishers found, an apparently insatiable hunger for anti-Trump screeds. One after another of these tomes hit the bestseller lists. While there were the inevitable differences among them in style and perspective, virtually all shared a single theme: Trump was not just a president whose politics the authors disliked; he was the worst person ever to hold the office, unique in his bigotry, corruption...

What is trumping investigated for? various types of frauds, it is a closely had company. it is half run with a few number of people. so it is donald trumps senior, his three kids, junior eric and ivanka, and a little while bergen a few others. he knows where everything is. he was involved in the trump foundation, remember that was shut down to four rapid growth illegality? there is nothing that goes on in the trump is news world that he is not involved with. he is the rose at a stone. >> three o...

When someone convenes the grand shot -- its criminal investigating trumps right-hand man allen weisselberg. those two officers are seeking to turn mr. weisselberg into a witness against trump in the trump organization. allen weisselberg knows trumps business as well as anyone in the world. he was hired more than 40 years ago and has been the chief financial organization for over 20 years. now prosecutors might have another key piece of leverage to get him to spill the beans on donald trump. emai...