Prior to her testimony on Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, the White House asserted that former aide Hope Hicks has “absolute immunity” from being compelled by Congress to testify about her time working in the Trump administration. White House says Hope Hicks ‘immune’ from compelled congressional testimony: White House counsel Pat Cipollone sent a … Read more
One of Donald Trump’s favorite lies is to claim that House Democrats “are getting nothing done in Congress.” What he really means to say is that House Democrats are not being servile, like lickspittle Republicans, and bowing down before “Dear Leader” to give him everything he wants without all that troublesome democracy stuff getting in … Read more
President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference to a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities. Trump vows mass immigration arrests, … Read more
Above image: The Fall of Rome. I made the point in an earlier post that The problem is we cannot impeach the Republican Party along with their ‘Dear Leader’ (excerpt): As I have argued, “What we have right now is the entire Republican Party in lock-step with the Trump crime family. It is acting as … Read more
In early April Congress, in an historic first, approved a War Powers Act resolution objecting to the U.S. involvement in the civil war in Yemen. Congress Is Finally Done With the War in Yemen: It marked the first time in history that legislation invoking the 1970s-era War Powers Resolution, aimed at reasserting Congress’s role in … Read more