The world watched with dismay as a surreal scene at the U.S. Capitol, like little else seen in its history, unfolded on Wednesday. Protesters loyal to President Trump burst through police barricades and mobbed the building, disrupting at the 11th hour a vote to formalize Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. Shortly before the breach, Vice… Read more.
Archives for January 2021
Aping Notorious Cult Leader Jim Jones, Trump Invites His MAGA Followers to One Last Rally…?
It is truly a testament to America’s enduring greatness that it has survived four years of this president-cum-dictator wannabe trying his damndest to destroy every one of its foundational institutions. All that’s left is for him to booby-trap the White House and mine its gardens as he leaves for the last time on January 20.… Read more.
Never-Trumper Republicans Vying for Their Own Party…?
The national convention Republicans held last summer seemed designed more to hail Donald Trump as dictator for life than to nominate him as president for a second term. As it happened, though, I knew from the summer of 2016, when Republicans elected Trump their presidential nominee, that he would destroy their party. But nothing demonstrated… Read more.
Trump Caught on Tape Again. Three Strikes, You’re Out…?
He was caught on tape bragging about grabbing women by the p****y: Strike one. He was caught on tape shaking down the president of Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden: Strike two. Now he has been caught on tape variously begging, pressuring, and threatening the Georgia secretary of state for votes to overturn Biden’s election… Read more.
McConnell Reminds US That He Was Mastering Hypocrisy and Shamelessness Long Before Trump…
But this does not mean you should graffiti his house, which nincompoops did this week in Kentucky. Instead: Georgia voters should render McConnell impotent by electing the two Democrats in Tuesday’s runoff, thereby allowing Chuck Schumer to replace McConnell as the powerful Senate majority leader; and Kentucky voters should render McConnell irrelevant by defeating him… Read more.