Despite Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reiterating their opposition to reforming the Senate filibuster rule this week, even for fundamental voting rights in order to save American democracy from the enemies of democracy, Republicans appear suddenly fearful that Democrats’ voting rights bills could pass. There is a sudden flurry of interest this week from … Read more
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to return to work the first week of January, a week earlier than the House. The Hill reports, Democrats set for showdown over filibuster, voting rights: Democrats are barreling toward a showdown over voting rights and changes to the Senate rules, after months of growing frustration from within the caucus. … 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
On January 26, 2021, Forty-Five “Republican” Senators showed they were on the side of the Trumpist Domestic Terrorist Insurrectionists when they voted to dismiss the coming Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump, claiming the proceedings would be unconstitutional. There are close to 200 noted legal scholars who penned a letter saying it is. Citing the historical … Read more