Colbert King writes at the Washington Post, Trump killed the old GOP — and he’s getting away with the murder (excerpt): [Liz Cheney] holds membership in a party that has devolved into a self-segregating, ideologically rigid cult that views outsiders as a threat to Trump and, by extension, themselves. Trump is — in their hearts … Read more
The damn fools actually did it. House Republicans oust a defiant Liz Cheney for her repudiation of Trump’s election lies. House Republicans purged Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming from their leadership ranks on Wednesday, voting to oust their No. 3 for her refusal to stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies, in a remarkable … Read more
On one side is the pro-democracy party that wants to expand voter participation and voter access, and to make our democracy work again. On the other side are “Republicans who now represent one of the largest, in terms of numbers, anti-democratic movements in the world.” – Nicolle Wallace. She is correct. As I have posted … Read more
Supreme Court reporter Ian Milhiser makes an important point: The Supreme Court made the GOP’s new voting restrictions possible: Thursday morning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation that restricts absentee voting, discourages voters from registering through voter registration campaigns, and potentially prohibits volunteers from giving food and water to voters waiting in line to … Read more
Donald Trump’s MAGA red caps, his version of Italian “black shirts” and German “brown shirts” fascist militias, stormed the nation’s Capitol on January 6 in a violent seditious insurrection, a coup d’etat that failed to overthrow American democracy and replace it with GQP authoritarianism under the most corrupt and criminal president in American history, Donald … Read more