The beltway media villagers really love the alliteration of their favorite catch phrase “Dems divided.” This ignores the fact that the Democratic Party is a “big tent” party with factions who negotiate with one another over policy. Negotiation is a normal function of governing, not “dysfunction.” The beltway media villagers’ coverage of process ignores the … Read more
The damn fools actually did it. House Republicans oust a defiant Liz Cheney for her repudiation of Trump’s election lies. House Republicans purged Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming from their leadership ranks on Wednesday, voting to oust their No. 3 for her refusal to stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies, in a remarkable … Read more
The headline in the New York Times today reads Why Democratic Departures From the House Have Republicans Salivating. Nowhere in this analysis do the reporters even mention that 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results even after the Capitol attack. Every one of these seditious insurrectionists should have been expelled from Congress. The … Read more
Peter Wehner writes at The Atlantic, The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy: The hope of many conservative critics of Donald Trump was that soon after his defeat, and especially in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, the Republican Party would snap back into its former shape. The Trump presidency would end up … Read more
The racist and xenophobic white nationalist Republican Sedition Party is a post-truth, post-policy disinformation and propaganda machine that engages in performative politics to provide content to the conservative media entertainment complex. They’ve got nothing but race-baiting and fear mongering over immigrants coming to America in the “browning” of America. White grievances over the loss of … Read more