The Mueller report’s findings and the special counsel’s deferral to Congress increase pressure on Democrats and 2020 presidential candidates from the party’s left flank. Source: Trump’s efforts to obstruct were clear, Democrats say, but question of impeachment isn’t Yes, there is an election in 18 months, but Democrats’ weakness on impeaching Trump is irresponsible. […]
MoreWelcome to the new “imperial Presidency.” Greetings, to the new Republican Party–the party of Richard M. Nixon.
MoreMasterfully crafted commentaries on our lives in the 1970s are no less insightful and true when taken in today’s context. The lyrics of “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” speak poignantly of hatred and division and the existential threat they pose.
MoreRecall the early days of Greitens’ governorship. He was hobnobbing with Trump on a regular basis. What was that about? It seems that it may have been about learning the ins and outs of scamming the public from the master “scammer-in-chief,” Donald Trump.
MoreAn Amazon-owned firm is hiring editors to push local crime news to its users. Is this journalism? I say not. Yes, there is legitimate reason to be concerned about crime. Yes, covering crime is a central theme in covering local news. It is important but this is not that. This to me is more a […]
MoreI can no longer assure my daughters that violence won’t enter our family’s spaces. — Read on http://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/poway-synagogue-shooting-makes-me-fear-my-family/588355/ #TerrorInTheAgeOfTrump
MoreA nationally renowned drug rehab program in Texas and Louisiana has sent patients struggling with addiction to work for free for some of the biggest companies in America, likely in violation of federal labor law. The Cenikor Foundation has dispatched tens of thousands of patients to work without pay at more than 300 for-profit companies […]
MoreBell, Vanderbilt, Edison, Walton, all started empires.
MoreThe networks have a choice to make tonight. The major networks made a decision NOT to carry President Obama’s 2014 speech on immigration. They said it was too political. That speech was arguably based in fact and rationality and likely some political messaging. Tonight @realDonaldTrump is addressing the nation on immigration. In this case, there […]
MoreVoting is not nearly enough. We need to become organizers. — Read on http://www.thenation.com/article/im-dying-here-is-what-i-refuse-to-accept-with-serenity/
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