AUDIO: Robert Scheer and John Dean on Richard Nixon, Ted Cruz and the Abuse of Power

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 31, 2015 In the premiere episode of KCRW's "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig's editor-in-chief sits down with John Dean, the former Nixon legal adviser who blew the lid off the Watergate scandal In this podcast, Dean offers his take on the misuse of power under the guise of national security—both during the Nixon era and today (Above, Robert Scheer interviewing President Nixon for the Los Angeles Times in 1985). Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Clinton Emails: Is This Watergate? Or Just Another Whitewater?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Aug 23, 2015 Hillary Hysteria is raging everywhere, from the most disreputable websites to the most respected newspapers. But why is the political press so agitated? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’

By Tim Weiner, TomDispatch Jul 15, 2015 Addicted to the gutter politics that ruined him, Richard Nixon was -- as an English earl once said of the warlord Oliver Cromwell -- “a great, bad man.” Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Obamacare Lawsuit? It’s the Money, Stupid

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 23, 2015 To see the big picture behind the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money.To see the big picture behind the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Myth of the Free Press

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 27, 2014 The mass media set the parameters of acceptable debate. Cross those parameters, as the investigative journalist Gary Webb did, and you are turned into a pariah. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ben Bradlee

BLANK Oct 26, 2014 David Remnick recalled that the man who directed The Washington Post's reporting on Watergate and the Pentagon Papers "wasn’t Noam Chomsky He was not an outsider or a leftist" But "he built an institution He gave it its ambition". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Gary Hart, Harbinger of a New Political Age

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 22, 2014 Had Bill Clinton heeded the glaring signs of the sea change ushered in by that now-infamous scene from a boat in Bimini called the Monkey Business in the spring of 1987, he could have spared himself, not to mention the rest of the country, a big hassle during his presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Republicans Slam Obama Over Benghazi Attack Account

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2014 Republican lawmakers compared Barack Obama's White House to the secretive Nixon administration Thursday, denouncing its response to the 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watergate Amnesia, the Nixonian Slur and Other Big Lies

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 31, 2013 Let's state this very simply, so everybody will understand. The notion that Barack Obama is "Nixonian" -- or that his administration's recent troubles bear any resemblance to "Watergate" -- is the biggest media lie since the phony "Whitewater scandal" crested during the Clinton presidency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

DOJ Allegedly Spied on Fox News Correspondent, the FBI Investigates Bachmann, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 21, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a GOP candidate once trying to criminalize not reporting a miscarriage to police and Bob Woodward delivers some bad news for Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Watergate Revenge: Republicans Yearning to Impeach Obama Over Benghazi ‘Cover-Up’

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 11, 2013 Less than four months after Barack Obama's inauguration, the right-wing propaganda machine is already promoting the only imaginable conclusion to a Democratic administration that dares to achieve a second term: impeachment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Richard Nixon at 100: The Man Who Matters

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Jan 9, 2013 Richard Nixon, who would have turned 100 on Wednesday, endures as the commanding figure of American political life since the end of World War II His style, achievements and failures persist nearly two decades after his death. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )