If you need any further evidence that the Republican Party is now a personality cult in thrall to a dangerous demagogue, Donald Trump, today’s House vote to formalize the rules for the next public phase of the impeachment inquiry should erase any remaining doubt. During the Watergate scandal the House did not approve the rules … Read more
Over the years, I have repeatedly warned you that “This is not your father’s GOP.” This is more true today than ever as the Party of Lincoln has been dramatically transformed into the Party of Trump, a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” bent on destroying democratic institutions and constitutional democracy in pursuit … Read more
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post recently made an astute observation about impeachment, Democratic equivocation over impeachment is a moral and political disaster: Democrats have also suggested that an impeachment inquiry should be avoided until Republicans grow convinced that removal is merited, because without that an inquiry would divide the country or isn’t worth doing … Read more