
Why Trump and the GOP Are Burning the Entire System Down
The difference between Republican and Democratic visions for America is as clear as the difference between Russia and Norway (or California and Mississippi).
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The difference between Republican and Democratic visions for America is as clear as the difference between Russia and Norway (or California and Mississippi).
While Donald Trump poses by far the greatest threat, there are many other problems. President Joe Biden wants to convince Americans that democracy is once again at stake in the 2024 presidential election.
In their impeachment inquiry, one Republican after another trotted out the same unproven allegations that “the Bidens” committed crimes, without specifying what those crimes were, providing evidence, or even showing that Joe Biden was involved in any way at all.
The motion is riddled with the kind of rhetoric and false claims that you usually hear at Trump’s campaign rallies or when the former president is up late to fire off rants on his social media platform.
Dr. Robert J. Lifton on our collective traumas: The psychic impacts of COVID-19, climate change, gun violence, and divisive politics. A look at resilience in our time.
In a nine-page letter, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sharply rebuked Rep. Jim Jordan’s efforts to interject himself in Donald Trump’s case.
Fulton County prosecutors said they will need more than four months to prosecute Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators in the case involving the former president’s attempt to overturn the election results in Georgia… And all of it will be live-streamed.
Apparently, Trump is in no hurry to prove that he is totally innocent and merely the victim of political persecution.
Honolulu has sued Big Oil over the costs of adapting to weather extremes — including bigger fire risks.
Have your credit card handy. These folks are always selling something.
Following Donald Trump’s various indictments, Republicans like to say that prosecuting a former president is the kind of stuff you see only in banana republics. But, upon closer inspection and comparison with peer nations, it turns out that they (and Trump) are the outliers.
It can’t be easy to represent a man who is facing 91 criminal counts in four jurisdictions, keeps going on TV to admit his guilt to various crimes, and tries to intimidate judges and witnesses.