The Washington Post reports, For Republicans, fealty to Trump’s election falsehood becomes defining loyalty test. The Big Lie is now the central organizing principle of the GQP. The MAGA/QAnon personality cult of Donald Trump has checked out from reality, and is living in an alternate reality “bubble” that the right-wing propaganda media has created for … Read more
New Russian sanctions announced today by the Treasury Department reveal a direct line between Trump’s 2016 campaign chief Paul Manafort and Russian intelligence agencies. This intelligence was always in the possession of the Trump administration, but appears to have been withheld from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. New scandal: was it withheld? Today’s Russian sanctions … Read more
While the cable news jockeys are busy fomenting violence in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, maybe they should start paying more attention to potential military violence overseas. There have been several reports recently that Vladimir Putin is looking to shore up his status by invading Ukraine to bring it back within the old Soviet empire, … Read more
President Joe Biden plans to withdraw all 3,500 US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, finally bringing an end to America’s longest war 20 years to the day after the terror attacks that prompted it. Alex Ward reports at Vox, Biden wants all US troops out of Afghanistan by September 11: Biden is expected … Read more
In the run-up to the White House’s virtual climate summit on April 22-23, environmental groups and now major corporations are presenting a united front in calling for at least a 50% cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, when compared to 2005 levels. The AP reports, Business leaders urge Biden to set ambitious climate … Read more