I went to a convention for politics nerds and it filled me with dread, loathing, and existential terror

Learn more about BI Prime View online           Politics Select           I went to a convention for politics nerds and it filled me with dread, loathing, and existential terror   Politicon is like Twitter come to life, and it exposed me to the dangerous political emptiness haunting America.   READ MORE           The Democratic presidential candidates aren't talking about the policies they'll actually have power to change   Democratic candidates are focused on important issues but not ones they'll have the most power over, writes former intelligence official Paul Pillar.   READ MORE           A State Department official followed Trump's lead and created a fake Time magazine cover touting her accomplishments   Mina Chang presented the fake cover at her job interview for the State Department position, and even discussed it in a 2017 video interview.   READ MORE             A Pentagon official's newly released testimony further devastated Trump's central impeachment defense that Ukraine aid freeze wasn't linked to search for Biden dirt   Laura Cooper, a senior Pentagon official responsible for Ukraine, said the country knew aid had been frozen, contradicting President Donald Trump.   READ MORE           Turkey's president gave Trump back a wild, threatening letter warning him against being 'a fool' and 'the devil' in Syria   The letter from October warned Recep Tayyip Erdogan against military intervention in northern Syria. It was so unusual that many thought it was fake.   READ MORE           'Never say never:' Hillary Clinton says 'many, many, many, people' are pressuring her throw her hat into the 2020 ring   "But as of this moment sitting here in this studio talking to you that is absolutely not in my plans," she continued in an interview with BBC 5 Radio.   READ MORE           Longtime diplomat Bill Taylor testifies that he had never seen a US president make foreign aid conditional on their personal or political interests   In a powerful exchange with Daniel Goldman, the Democrats' staff lawyer, Taylor said that the move appeared unprecedented.   READ MORE           7 ways America has changed since the last impeachment hearing   It's been 21 years since President Bill Clinton's impeachment hearing — the Titanic was the top grossing film, and the unemployment rate was 4.6%   READ MORE           A woman who was deported from the US to Mexico is now making edgy T-shirts critical of US immigration policy — and they've become a hit   After being deported from the US, one entrepreneur started a t-shirt company to empower and employ other deportees also readjusting to life in Mexico.   READ MORE           Trump claims Ivanka has created 14 million jobs since he became president — more than double the 6 million added by the US economy in that time   President Donald Trump made the claim in a speech Tuesday. He seemed to be referring to his daughter's work on a board opening training positions.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006