I will get to the judicial temperament and record of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court nominee imposed on Donald Trump by the Federalist Society and Judicial Action Network, in another post. Right now I want to focus on process. Let’s be clear: no president, and no political party, has ever sought to nominate … Read more
Let’s vow to make this the very last election under our anti-democratic Electoral College. After what we are going to witness in the coming months, there is going to be renewed demands to rid ourselves of this anti-democratic anomaly in order to save American democracy. Barton Gellman in a lengthy analysis explains at The Atlantic how … Read more
Last week, in-person early voting began in several states, including Virginia (above). Long lines of voters motivated to vote early formed, even before the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. Already, Donald Trump’s MAGA red caps, his version of Italian “black shirts” and German “brown shirts” fascist militias, whom he has encouraged to … Read more
Last week in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr spewed all kinds of bullshit about how mail-in voting was not secure and susceptible to fraud, offering only hypotheticals and not providing any evidence. And then he went completely off the rails. When asked about all the recent reports on whether … Read more
President Donald Trump and his Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr were engaged in a crime spree of election law violations on Wednesday. The headline: Trump Encourages People in North Carolina to Vote Twice, Which Is Illegal: President Trump on Wednesday suggested that people in North Carolina stress-test the security of their elections systems by voting twice … Read more