Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) writes at the Washington Post, My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America: Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” All Americans, but especially my fellow Republicans, should remember this wisdom during the Senate’s trial of former president Donald Trump. … Read more
S.V. Date, senior White House correspondent at HuffPost, writes Trump Trial Also A Referendum On GQP Authoritarianism In America (my edits): As the Senate readies for yet another Donald Trump impeachment trial and prepares to judge the former president’s conduct, senators also may be voting on a much bigger question: American democracy versus GQP authoritarianism. … Read more
Roger Stone, a former campaign adviser to Trump, who’s often described as a political “ratfucker,” was charged and convicted on a seven-count indictment of obstructing justice, witness tampering and multiple counts of lying to Congress in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election in November of 2019. On December 23, … Read more
The election equipment companies aren’t taking any more shit from the propagandists in the conservative media entertainment complex and the Trump/QAnon cult. CNN reports, Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over ‘disinformation campaign’: A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the … Read more
With all the other crazy shit that happened on January 6, this story did not receive nearly the attention that it deserved. Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and a right-wing nut lobbyist, was a cheerleader for the seditious insurrection to overturn the election and American democracy on January 6 (that … Read more