Last week the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was still working to secure witness depositions for current and former advisers to Joe Biden as part of an investigation into the former vice president’s son, an escalation of GOP scrutiny of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his family. … Read more
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past” ― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun. I long ago made my position clear on the war crimes of the Bush-Cheney regime. The architects of illegal torture deserve to be prosecuted under the Nuremberg Principles for their war crimes, at least at a minimum, prosecuted under … Read more
Update to Donald Trump’s ‘GOPstapo’ agents in Portland a preview of things to come? It appears the answer is “yes.” The Washington Post reports Federal officials dismiss Portland leaders’ calls to leave city as clashes with protesters continue: A top Homeland Security official on Sunday said the agency will maintain a heavy presence in Portland … Read more
In June, heavily armed federal agents wearing no badges or identifying markings were patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of Donald Trump’s bid to “dominate” protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Heavily armed men who refuse to identify themselves are patrolling the streets of Washington, DC. They were sent … Read more
“One of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s top lieutenants in the investigation into Russian election interference doubled down on his call for Attorney General William Barr to substantiate his public support for Roger Stone’s “righteous” prosecution by putting Stone before a grand jury.” Law & Crime reports, Former Mueller Prosecutor Doubles Down: This Doesn’t Have … Read more