Curious timing: insider trading scandal, or retaliation for Senate Intel Russia report (updated)

Several U.S. senators are currently under investigation for possible insider trading in their personal finances, including Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. This week, the Justice Department ramped up its investigation of Burr by obtaining a subpoena from the court to seize the senator’s cell phone. This is a BFD. Burr steps aside … Read more

Republican judges enabling constitutional dysfunction

There is a reason that “The Enemy of The People,” Mitch McConnell, is packing the federal courts with unvetted and unqualified right-wing reactionaries hand-picked by the right-wing Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation. He is ensuring that the courts are rigged with right-wing activist judges who will undermine any progressive legislation from a Democratic president and … Read more

GOP ratf-cker Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

Roger Stone, longtime political strategist, GOP ratfucker and personal friend to President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison. I have waited years for this day to arrive when justice finally comes for Roger Stone, who has always escaped justice for his crimes in the past because of his connections to Republican … Read more

Attorney General William ‘Coverup’ Barr must go

Last Thursday in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr said that President Donald Trump “has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case” but should stop tweeting about the Justice Department because his tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.” Barr blasts Trump’s tweets on … Read more

‘Coverup-General Barr’ is out of control, Department of Justice is a ‘4-alarm fire’ (updated)

During William “Bill” Barr’s first tenure as Attorney General Under Georg H.W. Bush, New York Times columnist William Safire referred to him as “Coverup-General Barr” because of his role in burying evidence of then-President George H.W. Bush’s involvement in “Iraqgate” and “Iron-Contra.” Barr’s history of cover-ups to help Republican presidents in legal crises explains why Donald Trump … Read more