The far right has for decades engaged in civil war cosplay with Neo-Confederate “lost cause” and white supremacist organizations, and so-called “patriot” private militias and “sagebrush rebellions.” They call themselves patriots while fantasizing about waging a civil war against the U.S. government. The far right right crossed over from cosplay to actually acting on their … Read more
After delivering a floor speech in the Senate, Senator Maggie Hassan talks with Rachel Maddow about the looming partisan threat to U.S. democracy and her change of heart about the Senate filibuster rule that Republicans are hiding behind to allow state Republicans to compromise the integrity of the election process. Paul Waldman of the Washington … Read more
Politifact is out with its annual lie of the year. It’s really all part of the same Big Lie from too many sources to choose just one, but all of them come from anti-democracy seditious insurrectionist Republicans. The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance: Shortly after … Read more
Update to Mark Meadows Was The Point Man For Trump’s Coup D’Etat Ahead Of January 6 (Updated). The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously to hold former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress, but the panel discussion before the vote revealed where the … Read more
Department of Justice Press Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting … Read more