The Watergate investigation took much longer and was much less complicated. Read Seth Abramson’s new book, Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America.

Their plan is to follow the traits of toxic leaders. On mobile so I can't link properly. The book "The Allure of Toxic Leaders" lays out how toxic leaders behave in these situations. Pretty much a roadmap to what's happened and will happen.

https://www.amazon.com/Allure-Toxic-Leaders-Destructive-Politicians/dp/0195312007

For fuck sake, how hard is it to put your damn money where your mouth is?

<em>STOP BUYING KOCH PRODUCTS!!</em>

The only reason they're rich is people keep buying their shit. It's as bad a those that vote against their own interests. Take the time to know what to avoid, and get everyone around you to do the same. Band together and pressure stores to stop carrying their products. Boycott the fuck out of them.

[Edit] There's an app for that!

IMO with very few exceptions, journalists have done a good job of reporting every blip but a piss-poor job of helping people understand what those blips add up to. They have made the public savant-idiots: we have heard so much about everything -- blip! blip! blip! blip! -- that we end up knowing nothing at all.

That is exactly why I came to this sub-reddit in the first place, and why I've ended up participating: to try to sort out what is indisputable fact, what is interesting speculation, what is interesting but non-essential, etc.

I have found Seth Abramson's work in my personal sorting-out process to be extremely useful -- and far more useful than the confusing "battle of the talking heads" that goes on at CNN, for example. The coverage at The Atlantic has been stellar, but it tends to be siloed where Seth finds interesting and revealing bridges across silos.

I thoroughly agree that we are at a moment when truth is under daily, cynical assault. But I think Abramson generally does a better job of separating "this is true" from "this might be true" than most of what passes for journalism these days.

P.S. Used carefully, digital as a medium is far superior to TV for purposes of sorting out truth from speculation. CNN, MSNNC, Fox et al are mostly useful for Amusing Ourselves to Death.

Abramson isn't perfect, but he's light years away from spreading Pizzagate-like nonsense. I think most of us can read what he has to say without getting carried away.

This interview with Harding aired on NPR's Fresh Air last week. Moyers and Harper discuss it under the "follow the money" portion.

This interview really goes more in depth on the money angle.

> We need a complete list of products containing Koch products and companies that do business with the Koch companies.

There's an app for that!

You should read Craig Unger's "House of Putin/House of Trump."

Here's a short interview with the author.

This is because Buzzfeed characterized it as Subornation of Perjury.

That would be impeachable.

Mueller's office didnt charge Cohen with perjury. They cited the Federal False Statements statute when charging Cohen.

This specific detail is important, and Mueller is just clarifying the record.

https://lifehacker.com/what-is-subornation-of-perjury-anyway-1831873457

This is because Buzzfeed characterized it as Subornation of Perjury.

That would be impeachable.

Mueller's office didnt charge Cohen with perjury. They cited the Federal False Statements statute when charging Cohen.

This specific detail is important, and Mueller is just clarifying the record.

https://lifehacker.com/what-is-subornation-of-perjury-anyway-1831873457

In the link below, you can see amalgamation occur as far back as the Achaemenid Empire in 500 BC. Probably further as I’m no expert, just a hobbyist.

50 Centuries in 10 Minutes

It’s just important to realize the length of human civilization before the world we know now. There are tons of places that were ‘melting pots’ of culture to some extent, well before America was ever even inhabited. :)

Here's one of them, Paying to protect the president

Here is a great site for tracking Covid-19 info you might need.

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE

There are already a lot of good suggestions, but you might also like The Weekly List. Just like the name says, it's a summary of the political news each week. It's not a deep dive into the investigations, but it will keep you caught up on current events. There is a podcast and a corresponding article with links in case you want to learn more.

How does it compare to The List? Have you read it?

There is a great Watergate book called Washington Journal which I read last summer when I was reading up more on Watergate. You are doing something like that for the Internet/Reddit age.