-Scandals revolving around US Presidents:

• Watergate: (doc1a)
  

Link1, Link2, Link3, Link4, Watergate in one minute ------------------->

• Monicagate: (doc1b)

Link1, Link2, link3

• The controversies around former President Trump: (doc1c)
  

Trump impeachment proceedings (first and second) (ABC News) doc1c1

Trump's 2024 trials: where they stand and what to expect (PBS) doc1c2

-A few others:

"When presidents deceive"

The biggest lies in recent history (The Washington Post)

 

-Scandals (directly or indirectly) revolving around British Prime Ministers, MPs, or the monarch:

• Doc2a Boris Johnson's blunders after Partygate, Liz Truss's resignation and Rishi Sunak's problems (cf unit6) = read the Unit6 recap again and sum up the recent scandals about Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
  

• King Charles III's controversies and The Black Spider memos:

Doc2b cf -----------------------------------------> to the right, above

(+ unit1/ UK Institutions)

• The Pandora papers (+//Panama + Paradise Papers):
  

Doc2c ------------------------------------------------------------------------>

 

• Investigative journalism: The "Fourth Estate":
  

Definition, Watchdog definition

Watergate legacy (The Washington Post)

Pulitzer Prize

"Investigative journalism is crucial to fight AI and disinformation" (Politico)

• Negative campaigning and the toxicity of politics: cf units 3+6
  

Link1, Link2,

"Politics is brutal and takes a toll on the mental health of leaders" (The Guardian)

• Spin doctors:

Link1/ Link2, Steve Bannon, the most famous spin doctor

 -The rise of populism, extremism and political distrust:

Definition of populism (Britannica)

 

doc4a: Why Populism is Rising and How to combat it (Forbes) Shanel, Antoine, Salimata, Martha, Guillaume (note down all your ideas here)

 

doc4b: Stop blaming the rise of populism on economic angst (World Economic Forum) (Guillaume) (note down all your ideas here)

 

doc4c: "Too old" (cartoon) --------------------------------------------------->

Cyprien, Kilyan, Juliette, Ibrahima (note down all your ideas here)

Younger voices and emerging figures in US politics:

In the Republican Party: (Cyprien)

Rob DeSantis: link1/ link2

Virek Ramaswamy: link1/ link2

Lauren Boebert: link

 

In the Democratic Party: (Kilyan)

AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: link

Cory Booker: link

Joseph Shapiro: link

 

-US divisions and secession movements:

doc4d: "Civil War" trailer (Sohanna) --------------------------------------->

note down all your ideas here

doc4e: "Texit: Texas secession closer than anyone thinks", (Newsweek) Thibault, Romain, Afi, Sohanna

note down all your ideas here

doc4f: "Ban Donald Trump petition hits 500,000 signatures" (Newsweek) Matteo, Quentin, Nicole, Assia

 note down all your ideas here

 

-UK divisions and disillusion of voters:

doc4g: "Rishi Sunak's doom loop" (The Guardian) (Assia)

note down all your ideas here

doc4h: "Voter disillusionment in UK: eight voters dissatisfied with how government is running" (Ipsos) Axel, Tom, Romain, Noah

note down all your ideas here

 

-The Safeguard of Constitution, Checks and Balances and Impeachment in the US: (cf Unit3/US institutions)

• The US Constitution:

The US Constitution, the 2nd article, Amendments to the US Constitution

• The Checks and Balances:

Link1, Link2

• Impeachment:

Main facts

-The UK political system (cf Unit6)

-Any solutions?

In the US: Link1, Link2, Link3

In the UK: Link1, Link2

• Extra links:

American presidents' nickames

Mnemonic devices to remember the US presidents' names

British Prime Ministers since WWII

5 top political Twitter gaffes

Cameron paid for Facebook Friends! (The Guardian)

UK: Poll Shows what voters really think about politicians (The BBC)

• General knowledge:

Soft vs Hard Power: Joseph Nye

Peter Schweizer's 'Throw them all out' (tous pourris)