After witnessing Rep. Devin Midnight Run Nunes, ranking Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee and unindicted co-cponspirator in Trump’s obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice, make an unhinged opening statement this morning loaded with right-wing conspiracy theories (the “Russian hoax,” the debunked Biden conspiracy theory, the “fake news” media allies of Democrats), I … Read more
We need to briefly revisit a post I wrote shortly after Donald Trump was unexpectedly elected president. The post-truth presidency of Donald Trump (excerpt): Margaret Sullivan writes at the Washington Post, The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think: You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which … Read more
On Wednesday, a new report (.pdf) by Joanne M. Chiedi, Acting Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, shed more light into how the Trump administration’s controversial “zero tolerance policy” last year affected thousands of children who were separated from their families at the Mexico border and placed in the custody of the Office … Read more
Boris Johnson’s hard-right Brexiter’s “coup” of the British government appears to be falling apart as Conservative members of his own party are standing up to oppose his reckless leadership. (Can anyone even imagine the sniveling cowards in the Republican Party in Congress standing up to the reckless leadership of Donald Trump this way?) Boris Johnson lost … Read more
The UK Parliament returns from its summer break on Tuesday, returning to a chaotic showdown today. CNN reports Britain’s crazy Brexit crisis is about to get crazier: All of this sets up an epic clash between Johnson’s critics and supporters in Parliament. The drama could play out in a number of ways. But first up, … Read more