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Author: Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnist

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Impeachment trial: The Senate is unlikely to convict Trump. Can we count on the courts?

February 7, 2021Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on Impeachment trial: The Senate is unlikely to convict Trump. Can we count on the courts?

The Justice Department may decide to prosecute Trump, but it’s a tough call. Whatever the evidence, one Trump fan on a jury could prevent a conviction.

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Trump’s huge vote total breaks my heart. I recognize this America and I wish I did not.

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on Trump’s huge vote total breaks my heart. I recognize this America and I wish I did not.

The most dangerous implication of this election is that millions accept a fictitious world created by an autocrat and marketed by Fox News.

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To save Black lives, stop BLM protests. They could backfire by giving Trump a second term.

September 8, 2020Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on To save Black lives, stop BLM protests. They could backfire by giving Trump a second term.

The battle for racial equality stands a much better chance under Biden than Trump. Legitimate BLM protesters should leave the streets to the extremists.

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Former prosecutor: Here’s how I’d cross-examine Donald Trump about the coronavirus

April 16, 2020Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on Former prosecutor: Here’s how I’d cross-examine Donald Trump about the coronavirus

Trump ignores, exaggerates, lies and answers questions he hasn’t been asked. Pressure is the only way to capture a shape shifter in his true form.

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I wanted Trump impeached on Day One and I’m not sorry. He was unfit from the start.

December 19, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on I wanted Trump impeached on Day One and I’m not sorry. He was unfit from the start.

Trump has never lived the life he deserved. But after evading accountability for the immoral, unethicalĀ and illegal, he was finally hit by an asteroid.

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What swimming in my underwear taught me about Donald Trump and getting away with it

December 1, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on What swimming in my underwear taught me about Donald Trump and getting away with it

Impeachment is the atomic bomb of rebukes, a judgment that ‘You are not fit to serve.’ And it will distinguish Democrats from Republicans in history.

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Why Trump is increasingly desperate to avoid an impeachment conviction and win in 2020

September 30, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on Why Trump is increasingly desperate to avoid an impeachment conviction and win in 2020

Trump needs the protection that comes with staying president. ButĀ Ukraine has accomplished what Robert Mueller could not: America is paying attention.

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The Trump Justice Department has turned ‘religious liberty’ into a license to discriminate

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on The Trump Justice Department has turned ‘religious liberty’ into a license to discriminate

Trump’s DOJ is destroying civil rights for gay, Mexican, Muslim and transgender people in the name of religious freedom for conservative Christians.

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Barr’s Mueller report rollout was disgraceful. I can’t believe it but I miss Jeff Sessions.

April 22, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on Barr’s Mueller report rollout was disgraceful. I can’t believe it but I miss Jeff Sessions.

Barr’s reputation is as battered as Trump’s. Sessions at least had one redeeming feature: He tried to maintain the Justice Department’s independence.

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No more indictments from Robert Mueller, but Russia is a habit Trump won’t break in 2020

March 25, 2019Michael J. Stern, Opinion columnistComments Off on No more indictments from Robert Mueller, but Russia is a habit Trump won’t break in 2020

Trump knew he and Russia were aiming for the same goal. So he fawned over Putin, undercut US foreign policy and sold out his own intelligence agencies.

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At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

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