President Joe Biden met with a group of 10 Republicans at the White House on Monday to discuss COVID relief legislation, but he quickly made it clear following the meeting that he won’t settle for a watered-down GOP proposal. The full statement: The President and the Vice President had a substantive and productive discussion with … Read more
Next Monday, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will begin at the scene of the crime, the U.S. Senate. The senators are not just the jurors, but also the victims of the crime and witnesses to the crime. In some cases, they may also have been coconspirators and accessories to the crime. For 45 … 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
Warning that the deadly rampage of the Capitol this month may not have been an isolated episode, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said publicly for the first time that the United States faced a growing threat from “violent domestic extremists” emboldened by the attack. The New York Times reports, Extremists Emboldened by Capitol … Read more
When Republicans say they want “unity” what they really mean is that Democrats must appease them and let them run the government, even after they’ve lost the election. This is what Mitch McConnell’s taking the Senate hostage over the organizing resolution to maintain his weapon of mass destruction, the Senate filibuster, was really all about. … Read more