The election equipment companies aren’t taking any more shit from the propagandists in the conservative media entertainment complex and the Trump/QAnon cult. CNN reports, Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over ‘disinformation campaign’: A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the … Read more
Jonathan Rauch explains at Persuasion how the right-wing uses “conspiracy bootstrapping” propaganda in a Russian-style disinformation campaign against the American people. The Made-Up Conspiracy: When Republican senators attempt to block congressional confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential victory this week, they will not succeed in reversing the outcome of the election. What they will achieve, however, … Read more
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Fox News that House Republicans held a rare Saturday night conference call to address their goal of overturning certain state’s Electoral College results on Jan. 6. Brooks said 50 lawmakers including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), President Trump and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows were on the call. The Washington Post is reporting that … Read more
Donald Trump is publicly and privately musing about running for president again in 2024 (a grifter always wants to keep the money flowing in from the rubes who will continue to send him campaign contributions). I’m not sure how Trump intends to run for president from a prison cell as a convicted felon in 2024, but … Read more
I have argued for years that the Republican Party has ceased to function as a normal political party in any traditional sense. The Republican Party no longer engages in public policy – other than more tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals – nor does it demonstrate any interest in responsible and effective management of the … Read more