Kevin McCarthy thinks he is funny. He is not. He is repulsive and a scum. Over the last eight months, he has taken himself and his party firmly into the Trump Zone in a self-serving attempt and Faustian Bargain to consolidate support among the fringe cult residents in that alternative universe in order to advance … Read more
HBO’s The Wire explained the first rule of a criminal conspiracy: “no f_king notes!” This is why Donald Trump loved the disreputable and disbarred Roy Cohn as his lawyer: he reportedly never took notes, for obvious reasons. The New York Times first reported on Thursday, Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes … Read more
The January 6 MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection at the Capitol more particularly was a white Christian Nationalist seditious insurrection. Thomas Edsall of the New York Times wrote in January ‘The Capitol Insurrection Was as Christian Nationalist as It Gets.’ (excerpt): It’s impossible to understand the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol without addressing the movement that … Read more
Above: Rep Joyce Beatty, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, was arrested on July 15 at the Hart Senate Office Building while protesting in favor of voting rights legislation. Update to Senate Democrats Drafting A Revised Voting Rights Bill Under Intensifying Public Pressure. The Huffington Post reports, Texas Lawmakers Sound The Alarm: Senate Dems Lack Urgency … Read more
Senate Democrats are preparing to release a revised voting rights bill as soon as this week, hoping to keep the legislation alive a month after Republicans blocked the consideration of a previous, more sweeping proposal. The Washington Post reports, Democrats craft revised voting rights bill, seeking to keep hopes alive in the Senate: Several key … Read more