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Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power

Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart, in vastly different eras, and they were about different things

The Independent UK

A half a century after Nixon's Watergate shook democracy, Trump has trumped him

Fifty years ago Friday, burglars broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington, the first chapter of a story that would transform American politics. The anniversary comes as Congress investigates the greatest constitutional crisis since then. Just as Watergate-era leaders instituted important reforms to address the weaknesses of the system that…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals

One of the more curious legacies of the Watergate scandal is so obvious that we barely notice it.

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Why Trump was more dangerous than Nixon

Fifty years on from the Watergate scandal, the threat of impeachment that made Nixon resign has not fazed twice-impeached Trump — who could run for president again.

ABC News

Jackie Calmes: During Watergate, Republicans made 'the system' work. Today's GOP is failing the nation

Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary that would end Richard M. Nixon's presidency two years later. By then, his vice president and successor, Gerald R. Ford Jr., would tell Americans, "Our long national nightmare is over."

Los Angeles Times

Watergate's Cuban American history

Three Cuban exiles on an anti-communist crusade helped Nixon's team carry out the infamous break-in

Axios

‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’ gives voice to one of Watergate’s great characters - Roll Call

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal: Martha Mitchell.

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Michael Phillips: Why do the Jan. 6 hearings make me miss Nixon and Watergate?

I miss Watergate.

Chicago Tribune

50 Years Later, the Motive Behind Watergate Remains Clouded

Despite the abundance of transcripts, FBI reports, and memoirs from those involved, we still know more about the cover-up than we do about the infamous political scandal.

Reason

Editorial: Jan. 6 committee is just getting started

Like prosecutors priming a jury, the House Select Committee made a powerful case to the nation Thursday night and Monday that Donald Trump ginned up the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. He meant it to consummate a coup that he had been plotting even before the presidential election that he…

Orlando Sentinel

Jonathan Bernstein: Why Trump’s own appointees are setting the record straight

How do presidents get in trouble? Monday’s Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election didn’t focus on that general question, but it did demonstrate something familiar to students of the presidency.

Tribune News Service

Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on

In their dogged reporting of the Watergate scandal, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the crimes that forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency in August 1974.

The Conversation

Can the January 6 Committee Hearings Break Through the Barriers of Political Ignorance and Bias Underpinning the Big Lie?

Most of those open to evidence already know that Trump tried to reverse the outcome of an election he legitimately lost. Reaching the rest is likely to be extremely difficult, at best.

Reason

Mary McNamara: The Jan. 6 committee report feels like a '70s rerun. Here's why it's definitely not

Can someone grab me a Tab and some Sea & Ski? We've time-traveled back to the 1970s, and I need to prep for summer.

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The Independent UK

Barry Sussman: Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting

Although he never received as much fame as Woodward and Bernstein, Sussman played in a key role in the greatest scoop of all time

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 hearings remind some voters of Watergate, Iran-Contra

Bucks County, a suburb near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has an ample supply of swing voters — they've sent Republicans and Democrats to Congress

The Guardian - UK

God’s Favourite Idiot to The Martha Mitchell Effect: the seven best shows to stream this week

Melissa McCarthy’s quirky new comedy about the impending apocalypse, and the Watergate whistleblower gets her long overdue recognition. Plus: J-Lo!

The Conversation

Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic evidence – the question is, to what end?

A violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, intent on disrupting a joint session of Congress that was meeting to count electoral votes and declare Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

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Salon

GOP "tough on crime? Give me a break

Going back to Watergate, "law and order" Republicans often turn out to be criminals who think they're above the law

The Guardian - US

Why the televised hearings on the January 6 insurrection will be historic

They will mark a milestone in the battle between democracy and autocracy. Everyone should tune in and watch them

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 committee gets a prime-time spotlight. Will people watch?

It's showtime for the Jan. 6 House select committee.

Salon

Can the Jan. 6 hearings save America?

History will judge these hearings by the result: Will Trump and his minions finally face some kind of justice?

Tribune News Service

VIEWPOINT 2: It’s time to disclose federal contractors’ political contributions

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Tribune News Service

VIEWPOINT 1: 50 years later, the imprint of Watergate isn’t all negative

The 50th anniversary of the June 17, 1972, Watergate break-in — in which burglars inspired and funded by President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign attempted to bug the Democratic National Committee offices — stirs memories of a sorry chapter in American history.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Echoes of Watergate in Trump probe

This week’s January 6 committee hearings concern the most serious allegations of presidential wrongdoing since Watergate. They come almost exactly 50 years after the break-in that spawned the scandal leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. And they carry some striking similarities.

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