His dark materials: Trump’s war on truth gets sicker, and more dangerous

No, the Virginia governor didn’t “execute a baby.” If Trump’s legions really believe this stuff, we’re in trouble

Given how the year started out, the Virginia Democratic Party didn’t need another bombshell news story to collapse on its head so close to the state and local elections this week. But it appears as though Gov. Ralph Northam executed a baby. Sure, Virginia is a death penalty state, and even though Northam is personally opposed to capital punishment — a baby? How barbaric, how heartless, how … completely untrue.

No, Northam didn’t really execute a baby. But that didn’t stop Donald Trump from telling his Red Hat cult in Tupelo, Mississippi, over the weekend that the governor had done exactly that. https://www.salon.com/2019/11/05/his-dark-materials-trumps-war-on-truth-gets-sicker-and-more-dangerous/

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Quid Pro Quo

Among the revelations: Sondland significantly altered his original story in an update to his testimony submitted Monday, in which he acknowledged he was involved in Trump’s attempted quid pro quo with Ukraine’s government, after previously claiming he could not recall the details. READ HUFF POST