Americans like to believe that we live in a democracy, but in fact the Constitution created anti-democratic constraints on what the wealthy elites of the time feared was the unruly mob. (They were not entirely wrong; there was a series of rebellions and insurrections in the early Republic). But now that we are the world’s … Read more
The Senate pushed action into Friday on a bill to create an independent commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters. Senate hits snag on vote for Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission: Republicans still plan to block the measure using the filibuster, but snags on another, unrelated bill … Read more
On Thursday, Senate Republicans are expected to filibuster the bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, which left five dead and about 140 police officers injured, CNN reports. Dana Milbank writes today, McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America: … Read more
These pathetic prima donnas simply will not concede that they are wrong about their mystical powers of persuasion with Republican senators. Pride goeth before a fall. They are now reduced to begging Republicans to preserve their self-delusion. Joe Manchin And Kyrsten Sinema Beg GOP To Support Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission: The two Democrats who oppose … Read more
kakistocracy /kakəˈstäkrəsē/ noun: (1) government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. (2) a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. This is what the MAGA/Qanon personality cult, the Party of Trump, has to offer Americans. Think of the 2006 science fiction comedy film Idiocracy, a dystopian world … Read more