Update to Take Michael Cohen’s chilling warning seriously: Michael Cohen knows the darkness in the soul of Donald Trump, and in the closing statement of his testimony on Wednesday he had a chilling warning for Americans. Michael Cohen’s parting shot: I fear what happens if Trump loses in 2020: Michael Cohen closed his remarkable testimony … Read more
The carnival freak show that is otherwise known as the CPAC Convention was in Maryland this weekend, a collection of every far-right anti-government conspiracy theorist, gun rights advocate, sovereign citizen and patriot (sic) movement white nationalist, Christian nationalist and Dominionist fringe group longing for a crypto-fascist police state to “own the libs” and racial, ethnic … Read more
The House has passed H.J.RES. 46. the resolution opposing President Trump’s emergency declaration on the Mexico border, on a roll call vote of 245 to 182. Democrats voted unanimously for the resolution, but only 13 Republicans honored their oath of office by defending the Constitution over defending their sycophant support for their authoritarian cult leader … Read more
The Hill, which does very good reporting (but pairs with the right-wing propaganda site Newsmax, and redirects to Fox News) has an unfortunate but very telling headline today: Emergency declaration to test GOP loyalty to Trump. Sorry, but no. This is actually a litmus test of their oath of office “to preserve, to protect, and … Read more
On Wednesday, the New York Times published a massive compendium of all the known incidents — and new reporting adding context to earlier reporting — of Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere, to impede and to obstruct the investigations of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and the U.S. Attorneys in the Southern District of New York. Intimidation, … Read more