AvatarDonna CostanzoIt's not just Trump: A sobering new report chronicles the extensive GOP war on democracyverified_publisherSalon - Amanda MarcotteIn the days after the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, there was widespread hope across Beltway media that the violence of that day would cool the Donald Trump-fueled Republican hostility towards democracy. Not only had the insurrection itself failed but so had all the other efforts Trump had made …
AvatarDonna CostanzoTomasky: "No one has damaged the Supreme Court’s reputation more than the Thomases"verified_publisherSalon - Alex HendersonDuring the 1990s, Justice Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia represented the lunatic fringe of the U.S. Supreme Court. Thomas' far-right social conservatism stood in contrast to the liberalism of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the right-wing libertarianism of Justice Anthony Kennedy …
AvatarDonna CostanzoMark Meadows' leaked texts destroy the Trump lone actor narrativeMSNBC - Zeeshan AleemTrump was something closer to a nerve center of anti-democratic activity. The conventional narrative of former President Donald Trump’s effort to …
AvatarDonna CostanzoBowman: Greene Must Be Expelled From Congress “Immediately” for Jan. 6 Remarktruthout.org - Sharon ZhangRep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) called for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) to be removed from Congress on Monday after the far right lawmaker …
AvatarDonna CostanzoDem Lawmaker Wants Justice Clarence Thomas To Resign, But, Like, For Real This TimeAbove the Law - Kathryn RubinoDo you think Thomas is finally getting the hint? The drum beat for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s resignation intensified over the last nine …
AvatarDonna CostanzoWhat the Jan. 6 select committee’s final report will look likeverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Kyle Cheney and Nicholas WuA large executive summary describes former President Donald Trump’s culpability for his extensive and baseless effort to subvert the 2020 election, according to people briefed on its contents. The Jan. 6 select committee’s final report will begin with a voluminous executive summary describing former …