James McHenry (1753-1816) was a Maryland delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He kept a journal of the Constitutional convention. On the page where McHenry records the events of the last day of the convention, September 18, 1787, he wrote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin, ‘Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy?’ … Read more
Update to MAGA/QAnon Thugs Sued For Voter Intimidation At Early Voting Sites In Arizona (Updates). The GQP culture of corruption in Arizona runs wide and deep. Federal District Judge Michael Liburdi was one of the Republican Party’s redistricting lawyers along with David Cantelme in 2011. A judgeship was his reward. He was appointed to the … Read more
The “debate about debates” that only the self-important media villagers give a damn about flared anew last night. The media is supposed to be the “watchdog of democracy,” but the GQP-friendly media in Arizona is doing its damnedest to normalize Republican anti-democracy extremism, insurrection, and election denialism (Just read The Arizona Republic fka The Arizona Republican … Read more
Supreme Court reporter Ian Millhiser reports, The Supreme Court is likely to weaken, but not destroy, the ban on racial gerrymandering: Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday with a raft of ambitious arguments — many of which would dismantle one of the key remaining prongs of the Voting Rights … Read more
Benito Mussolini and his black shirt thugs in the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy with the March on Rome: The March on Rome was an organized mass demonstration and a coup d’état in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini’s National Fascist Party (PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. … Read more