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
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is doubling down on her calls for a 9/11-style commission on the January 6 insurrectionist attack on the Capitol, following the impeachment and acquittal GQP jury nullification of former President Donald Trump in the Senate over the weekend. Pelosi had first suggested the creation of such a commission two weeks ago. … 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
The Party of Trump fka the Republican Party has completed its dark descent into authoritarian fascism in Arizona. True American patriots must resist these fascist Vichy Republicans. Laurie Roberts of The Republic reports, Senate Republicans figure a new way to get their hands on Maricopa County’s ballots: Republican senators, having been thwarted in their efforts … Read more
Could it be? Is it finally happening? (albeit 5 years too late, IMHO). Reuters reports, Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party: Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are … Read more