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“The worst teacher in America could never do as much damage as the worst police officer in America. But the right wing has never even been slightly curious about evaluating the job performance of police officers.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell — Download Open image

“The worst teacher in America could never do as much damage as the worst police officer in America. But the right wing has never even been slightly curious about evaluating the job performance of police officers.”

Lawrence O'Donnell

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The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use?

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Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room.

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I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that…

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The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country.

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I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.…

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National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues.

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Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve…

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