Editorials
Josh Hawley, Christofascist
In today’s Republican Party, the path to power is to build up a lie in order to overturn democracy. At least that is what Senator Josh Hawley was telling us when he offered a clenched-fist salute to MORE
Articles by Great Gazoo
Opinion
Donnie could face charges for inciting the Capitol riot, perhaps even for inciting the murder of a Capitol Police Officer.
The federal criminal code (18 USC 373) makes it a crime to solicit, command, induce or “endeavor to persuade” another person to commit a felony that includes the threat or use of physical force. Simply MORE
Editorials
How can Democrats fight the political influence of right wing talk radio?
In 2016, right-wing talk radio gave Donald Trump the boost he needed to put him in the White House. The hosts loved him and promoted him relentlessly. The same goes for George W. Bush. And MORE
2020 Elections
Trumpanzee Ron Johnson keeps on pushing fantasy and lies in the Senate
In fact, Johnson’s hearing did appear to be mostly about airing grievances. For instance, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) made a case that Republicans raising conspiratorial questions about the election results is no different from Democrats’ MORE
Europe
British Tory MP urged to make reparations for his family’s slave trade past
A wealthy Tory MP is facing demands to pay reparations for his family’s part in the Caribbean slave trade after the Observer revealed that he now controls the plantation where his ancestors created the first MORE
Politics
Gingrich and Huckabee join effort to recall California’s Governor Newsom
The California activist movement to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom just got a national shot in the arm from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, two former Republican leaders who still have large MORE
Civil Rights
The Oath Keepers are infiltrating local government in Texas
Oath Keepers has made inroads across the country with thousands of law enforcement officers, soldiers and veterans. Still, it’s still not common for elected officials to openly identify as members, said Sam Jackson, a University of MORE
Wingnut Watch
California monolith pulled down, replaced with wooden cross
In a video, which was livestreamed and posted online, a group of young men drive from southern California to tear down the structure. Under cover of darkness, they hike up to the structure and tear it down MORE
2020 Elections
Kakistocrat Kelly Loeffler’s Campaign of Hate and Fear
Loeffler’s attack ads have sought to portray Warnock as a dangerous anti-American, anti-police, anti-Israel “Marxist” tied to Black Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright and an infamous 2008 sermon in which he declared: “God damn America!” Loeffler MORE
Environment
UN Says that Without the US in the Paris Agreement, the World Faces Climate ‘Suicide’
In an extraordinary, if largely unheralded, diplomatic achievement, most of the world’s leading emitters have already joined the UN’s “net zero by 2050” coalition, including the European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom, and China (which MORE
US
Sailor Moon’s legal headaches are multiplying
Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser, was questioned under oath this week as part of a civil lawsuit alleging misuse of nonprofit funds for Donald Trump’s inauguration four years ago. District of Columbia Attorney MORE
2020 Elections
What do the Democrats need to do to win the two Georgia Senate seats?
Everyone I talked to in Georgia says there are two keys to winning those races in January. One is preventing that drop-off in votes cast in a runoff, and reassembling a version of the coalition MORE
Editorials
Trump v. New York: A look at the case and how the Supreme Court may rule
The New York case turns on a memorandum Trump issued in July, which provides that “for the purpose of the reapportionment of Representatives following the 2020 census, it is the policy of the United States to exclude from the MORE
Books
Book Review: “The United States of War”
In two presidential debates, neither candidate even mentioned the fact that the United States is at war. But it is, and it’s unsettling to reflect on just how long the country has been. Students who MORE
Editorials
With the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Israel and Pompeo look to tie Biden’s hands on Iran
If the Iranians retaliate, giving Mr. Trump a pretext to launch a return strike before he leaves office in January, Mr. Biden will be inheriting bigger problems than just the wreckage of a five-year-old diplomatic MORE
Editorials
The present legal woes of Nicholas Sarkozy may be a blueprint for what Trump can expect in the future
The parallels between Sarkozy and Trump are striking, and one of them is that their electorates found their in-their-face presidential styles tiring. They were both retired after one term. In 2012, the French opted for MORE
Civil Rights
U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of religious groups over New York virus curbs
The order marked one of the first consequential actions on the court of President Donald Trump’s new appointee, conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who cast a deciding vote in favor of the religious groups. Conservative MORE
Coronavirus
Why is Ron Johnson still pushing hydroxychloroquine as a cure for COVID-19?
Johnson is one of Trump’s more energetic defenders in the Senate, and has used his committee to promote the president’s unfounded claims that Joe Biden was up to no good in Ukraine. He has also MORE
Coronavirus
Mnuchin makes things difficult for the incoming Biden administration
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin broke sharply with the Federal Reserve this week, choosing to end a variety of programs aimed at helping markets, businesses and municipalities weather the pandemic and asking the central bank to MORE
2020 Elections
For the Democrats, the state legislature elections were pretty much a bust, what happened?
Here’s some of the better analysis I’ve come across, the conclusions are not necessarily in agreement, but speak to the divisions we are seeing in the Party on what went wrong. The number-one explanation: Donald MORE
2020 Elections
Georgia’s Sec of State says it’s Donnie’s own fault he lost the state
“Twenty-four thousand people did not vote in the fall; either they did not vote absentee because they were told by the president ‘don’t vote absentee, it’s not secure,’ ” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said in MORE
2020 Elections
In the midst of Donnie’s tantrums and legal antics, here are some important dates to keep in mind
First, the various states all have their own deadlines to certify the election results, making them official. In several key states, those deadlines are fast approaching — for instance, Georgia’s is this Friday. Trump has been trying MORE
Civil Rights
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito picks a dangerous moment to make a grievance laden, partisan speech
On Thursday night, Justice Sam Alito delivered the keynote address at this year’s all-virtual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. The Federalist Society, a well-funded network of conservative attorneys, has come under unusual scrutiny after Donald Trump elevated MORE
Books
Book Review: Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly MORE
Editorials
Impeach Bill Barr
A failure to hold Barr accountable when he is so obviously conniving with Trump to meddle in the processes of counting votes and certifying results would signal to the American people and to both parties MORE