Above: From right, Reps. Al Green, D-Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King III, participate in the March on for Voting Rights on Saturday. The event was held on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) On Saturday, thousands … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Seven Capitol Police officers sue Trump, right-wing groups over injuries from Jan. 6 insurrection: Seven U.S. Capitol Police officers on Thursday sued former president Donald Trump and more than a dozen alleged participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendants are responsible for the officers being … Read more
I have been calling for this for months. Thank you Judge Linda Parker. The New York Times reports, Judge Orders Sanctions Against Pro-Trump Lawyers Over Election Lawsuit: A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday night ordered sanctions to be levied against nine pro-Trump lawyers, including Sidney Powell and L. Lin Wood, ruling that a lawsuit … Read more
CNN reports, House committee plans to seek phone records in probe of January 6, including from members of Congress: The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot is poised to send notices to various telecommunications companies requesting that they preserve the phone records of several people, including members of Congress, multiple sources tell … Read more
I watched the House debate on HR 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It was infuriating to watch many of the 137 Sedition Party members who aided and abetted the MAGA/QAnon insurrection on January 6 (some of whom may have been coconspirators), defend the Big Lie, deny that dozens of new voting … Read more