Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), age 86, confirmed that he will retire when his term ends in 2022, the Washington Post reports. Good call. Shelby should have retired years ago. Here’s where things go off the rails. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), one of the three congressional conspirators who planned the January 6 insurrection in Washington D.C., along … Read more
S.V. Date, senior White House correspondent at HuffPost, writes Trump Trial Also A Referendum On GQP Authoritarianism In America (my edits): As the Senate readies for yet another Donald Trump impeachment trial and prepares to judge the former president’s conduct, senators also may be voting on a much bigger question: American democracy versus GQP authoritarianism. … Read more
Roger Stone, a former campaign adviser to Trump, who’s often described as a political “ratfucker,” was charged and convicted on a seven-count indictment of obstructing justice, witness tampering and multiple counts of lying to Congress in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election in November of 2019. On December 23, … Read more
The New York Times has an 8,000+ word investigative report into how Donald Trump directed, financed and coordinated the seditious violent insurrection against the U.S. government to overthrow America democracy in a failed coup attempt on January 6. 77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election (excerpts): By Thursday the 12th of November, President Donald … Read more
The New York Times investigated how members of the Republican Party are engaged hand-in-glove with far-right domestic terrorist organizations. It will come as no surprise to Arizona residents that Arizona Republicans are featured prominently. Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny (excerpts): They called [the video] “The Coming Civil War?” and in its opening … Read more