Update to The Party Of Trump Is A Criminal Enterprise Led By A Third-Rate Mafia ‘Don’ Trump: I will reiterate what I have said many times before. The Party of Trump is a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” Trump. They are all accomplices, co-conspirators and accessories who aid and abet his criminality … Read more
“What do you call a failed insurrection? PRACTICE.” – Greg Palast. Retired conservative Judge J. Michael Luttig issued a dire warning in an op-ed at CNN, “The last presidential election was a dry run for the next.” The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election: Nearly a year and a half later, surprisingly few understand … Read more
The New York Times previews a new book being released May 3 from Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden Ad The Battle For America’s Future.” After this reporting was first published, Republicans, in particular “Traitor” Kevin McCarthy, were quick to issue flat denials of statements attributed to them, playing Trump’s … Read more
Above: h/t Vox.com, Call it authoritarianism. Paul Waldman of the Washington Post writes, Republicans have a reimagined view of state power — one without constraint: If you thought the antiabortion vigilante law Texas Republicans passed last year was the most appalling abuse of legislative power you’d ever seen, I have some bad news for you. … Read more
We need more good lawyering like this. “A group of lawyers is working to disqualify from the ballot a right-wing House Republican who cheered on the Jan. 6 rioters unless he can prove he is not an “insurrectionist,” disqualified by the Constitution from holding office, in a case with implications for other officeholders and potentially … Read more