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On Wednesday afternoon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded appropriately to GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's transparent…
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The descent into authoritarian madness by Donald Trump remains a palpable threat to American democracy….
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Before 2016 if you told most Americans that Donald Trump would become president, they would…
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This week a DOJ report seemed to exonerate Trump from the assault on protestors in…
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A 12-year-old boy with an AK-47 and a 14-year-old girl were arrested after allegedly shooting…
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Bait and switch: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) publicly announced his opposition Wednesday to…
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A Trump indictment moves closer with McGahn agreement to testify to Congress, as with a…
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The usual handicapping for a new Fed Chair is happening, but likely it’s too early….
I’ve been more or less ignoring the Maricopa County, Arizona, election “audit” for much the…
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Yesterday was a very busy day for me so I’m playing catch up today. Received…
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Senator Tim Scott was willing to allow the Republican Party to make him a sacrificial…
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Received this e-mail from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: x We don't…
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Remember when Trump said: “I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not…
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Peak cynicism has arrived. Tucker Carlson pimps a version of the nanny-state with more police…
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Friendly reminder, there’s a big Governor’s race in Virginia this year: Virginia Republican state Sen….
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A band of brothers that needs to be broken up. On 1/6 there was a…
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Minnesota law enforcement, at its based level exhibits some intersectional issues often represented in fictional…
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Who failed: “The FedEx gunman legally purchased his two semiautomatic rifles just a few months…
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It looks like New York City just had a narrow escape: 18-year-old from Ohio arrested…
[Edit: Response to some comments below] Some of the comments have pointed out that the…
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Do we really have the will to prosecute Trump for anything? Or will he escape…
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Structural change needs to happen, because in community policing, community should precede policing. The paramilitary…
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Ending qualified immunity for police officers would certainly fill the gap in insurance company revenues…
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Black Girl Magic has become the nouveau riche way modern society describes the accomplishments of the…
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With reduced barriers surrounding the Capitol grounds, at about 100pm ET, a vehicle attempted to…
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Remember that the Trump pardon will not protect Steve Bannon from NY prosecution on his…
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Yesterday the state of Georgia defined election integrity as—black people not voting. Republicans love to…
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I wanted to make sure you all saw this: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday called on…
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Concealability had nothing to do with Monday’s massacre in Boulder, Colorado, but the details tell…
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The Atlanta spree killings are unfortunately a story with structural similarity to events elsewhere. How do…
Inside the Capitol, the Sedition Caucus cowered from the mob. Immediately after the insurrection attempt,…
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Banana Republic is not yet a bankrupt concept in America, although it is being sorely…
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Today will feature questioning of Christopher Wray about the intelligence on the Insurrection of 1/6. It’s…
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Solid discourse with Conservative oilman Greg Kozera on jobs & fossil fuels. Tell me race…
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Received this e-mail today from Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón (D. CA), in…
Texas really is full of dumb GOP fuckers: x NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton left…
Or maybe I should say “no water,” which is what too many Texans are currently…
Violence is not the only way political voice is uttered in a democracy, but the…
It is true that white supremecy reigned on Jan 6th and still does but stupid…
Texas is the coalmine canary of failures in the GQP’s industrial policy. The “clusterfuzzle” appears…
Ron Johnson didn’t see an ‘armed insurrection’ because who could have foreseen that Trump would…
If you want to catch Sen. Ron Johnson in a lie, just ask him a…
One hopes that after the farce of a Trump impeachment acquittal, that criminal proceedings begin in…
McConnell kicks the Trump prosecution elsewhere as Senate lets Trump off on a technicality. A…
Between 2pm and 230pm on 1/6/2021, apparently Trump knew Pence was in jeopardy prior to…
Apparently Trump may have had nothing to do with the insurrection, according to one of…
On Friday, three hours of Castor and Schoen defending Trump, demonstrating that there will be…
Slowly we turn…. more Trump revelations ahead as his recorded talks with Putin are now…
This is why they lie. Because they get away with it—and it works. GOP Rep….
These past Dispatches were obviously a Trump-era commentary. Maybe I need to to come up…
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