Update to Authoritarian Rethuglicans Propose The Most Blatant Voter Disenfranchisement Bill Ever (Updated) (excerpt): The chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill January 27 that would allow the Legislature to override the secretary of state’s certification of the state’s electoral votes. HB 2720 (.pdf), sponsored by Rep. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, says … Read more
If I were to ask you “who is the worst Republican senator?,” you literally could just “pick one” and I could make the case to support your choice. But if I were to ask you “who is the most pathetic Republican senator?,” I’m reasonably certain that the consensus choice would be John McCain’s former puppet boy, … Read more
For the first time in U.S. history, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate voted for impeachment of a president, and for the first time in U.S. history, to impeach a former president. (Sen. Mitt Romney previously made Donald Trump’s first impeachment bipartisan for the first time in history). The Senate voted 57-43 to impeach … Read more
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell” ― Carl Sandburg. Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers took this to heart on Friday, pounding the table and yelling like hell because … Read more
Steve Benen has a decent summary of the prosecution’s case over Wednesday and Thursday. You really must view the hours of video evidence presented with narration and timeline to get the full impact of this highly effective presentation of the evidence. The Impeachment Managers drew a straight line from Trump’s words and actions to the … Read more