The Supreme Court docket is ready to listen to oral arguments Thursday over whether or not or not Donald Trump ought to be faraway from the poll, as each the plain language and wealthy historical past of the 14th Modification undeniably present is legally required. If the Supreme Court docket guidelines for Trump, it will … Read more
Excessive wealth and earnings inequality will finally destroy an actual democracy. Why? As a result of that disparity of energy and sources permits a comparatively small variety of individuals and teams to subvert the favored will, undermine checks and balances, the legislation, and different democratic establishments, and to control the general public by a wide … Read more
Bully-worship, underneath numerous disguises, has develop into a common faith.— George Orwell, 1939, reviewing Bertrand Russell’s “Energy: A New Social Evaluation” It was mentioned that Prussia, the nucleus of the German state, was not a rustic with a military however a military with a rustic. The military achieved an exalted standing because the engine of German … Read more
Not that she’ll ever deliver herself to make use of phrases like “rapist” or “sexual predator,” however former Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., is able to admit out loud that Donald Trump sexually assaulted journalist E. Jean Carroll. Whereas on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Haley was requested about Friday’s civil court docket resolution to … Read more
Judges overseeing the varied prison trials of Donald John Trump, our solely ex-president with a mug shot, have repeatedly warned him that they will have him faraway from the courtroom if he can’t comprise himself. Most not too long ago the decide within the second defamation case introduced by E. Jean Carroll — which simply ended … Read more
Donald Trump’s utmost assault on American democracy and the rule of legislation has been his means to take advantage of these foundational establishments to weaken every as he continuously makes a mockery of each. It’s half and parcel of his efforts to maintain private energy. The final word purpose is to allow oligarchic domination and … Read more
Tuesday evening’s main outcomes from New Hampshire are going to be a shock to lots of people’s programs. For weeks, the Beltway press closely hyped the notion that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had an actual likelihood of successful the primary Republican main of 2024. As a substitute, as in Iowa final week, Donald Trump … Read more
Former President Donald Trump is going through trial once more in New York this week to find out further damages for defaming former Elle journal columnist E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her sexual assault allegations. A federal jury will start deciding how a lot the previous president owes the author. It’s the … Read more
I labored as a congressional employees member in the course of the protracted, nerve-wracking run-up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. Readers will recall a time of peak nationwide hubris, with the White Home, congressional Republicans and many of the press pretty bawling for struggle. It was then that I started to grasp that Democrats … Read more
Talking from the pulpit of Mom Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, President Joe Biden didn’t maintain again from utilizing the phrase “white supremacy” or emphasizing its influence on American historical past. “It’s a poison,” Biden declared of white supremacy. “All through our historical past, it’s ripped this nation aside. This has no … Read more