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There are some things you just can’t make up. During Wednesday’s debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives over the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) referenced a quote from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who, in 2018, called for “uprisings all over the country.” Gohmert’s intention was to highlight the double standard that exists between conservatives and progressives. “Here’s a quote: ‘I just don’t even know why there aren’t more — why there aren’t uprisings all over the country, and maybe there will be,’” ...

POLITICO Get the Global Translations newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Send your tips and thoughts to �� Today’s new Global Translations podcast episode looks at the ways job training is changing thanks to technology and the pandemic. HEAD-TURNING: Americans may be facing armed protest in all 50 sta...

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Earlier today, I wrote about how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had inadvertently made a couple of big faux pas yesterday in her announcement of the House Democrats she’d chosen to be impeachment managers. Not only was there the whole issue of Rep. Eric “Honeypot” Swalwell being made a member of the team, but there was also Pelosi’s naming of Rep. Jamie Raskin as the lead impeachment manager. Presumably, Pelosi’s forgotten that Raskin was guilty of one of the same “offenses” they’re trying to impeach President Trump over: Calling for a rejection of elect...

POLITICO Get the Global Translations newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Send your tips and thoughts to INESCAPABLE IMPEACHMENT? President-elect Joe Biden was never going to get a smooth transition. The Covid-19 pandemic and 50-50 Senate already guaranteed that. Now that insurrection has landed in our laps,...

WORLD TO AMERICA — THERE’S NO MORNING AFTER PILL FOR TRUMP The rest of the world is sober about what America has become, and what it means for them. While Joe Biden had little choice but to return to an old theme — ”this is not who we are” — as he surveyed Trump’s violence and appealed to Americans to reject it, the world is making its own Hungarian progressives drew a straight line between their experiences since 2006 and the chaos at the U.S. Capitol. “ Accept It, This Is America,” screeched Canadian center-right news magazine Macleans. From Britain’s right-wing Daily ...