More than 280 former senior U.S. diplomats and military leaders rebuked President Donald Trump over his plans to use U.S. military units to control protests across the country in a letter shared with Foreign Policy on Friday. Hundreds of Former National Security Officials Condemn Trump’s Response to Protests: The participants joined a chorus of high-ranking … Read more
Update to Trump and Barr borrow Putin’s playbook for occupation: “Washington residents have also been confronted with a number of other heavily armed law enforcement officers who share an unexpected characteristic: Neither their affiliation nor their personal identities are discernible,” The Washington Post reports. * * * The added danger, “It’s not uncommon for civilians to … Read more
So this actually happened today during the “Daily Trump Show,” which the cable networks inexplicably continue to air live. The Washington Post reports, Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules: President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill … Read more
Our wannabe tyrannical king, Donald Trump Compares Himself To A King, is bringing his Nuremberg-style MAGA personality cult rally to Phoenix (again) on Wednesday, at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix. The rally is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. The venue will open at 3 p.m., according to the campaign. There is … Read more
The House managers have been treating the Senate impeachment trial as a solemn judicial proceeding, just as the Founding Fathers intended. To paraphrase Mark Sumner at Daily Kos, the House managers have been presenting a master class of an impeachment prosecution: For anyone tuning in from outside the Senate, Schiff’s opening was a master class … Read more