Were are in the midst of a dire constitutional crisis
In the past two and a half years the President has repeatedly argued that he is not subject to legal process. That he is not required to make public information which is historically made public by presidents. That he is not constrained in any real way by either the enumerated, implied, or customary powers of […]
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The Compound in New Albany
Yesterday the Washington Post told the story of Maria Farmer, an artist who was commissioned by the disgraced and deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein to do some paintings in the mid-1990s. In reality, Farmer alleges, Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell used the opportunity to sexually assault her while she was held virtual prisoner in […]
Read moreThe Whistleblower Complaint is Damning
Here it is in black and white: the Whistleblower Complaint is out and not only does it claim, as I noted yesterday, that President Trump abused his power for personal gain, but, in a nod the master, Richard Nixon, he attempted to cover it up is well. The whistleblower says that Trump pressured a foreign country […]
Read more“I would like you to do us a favor though . . . “
Earlier today President Trump released a summary memorandum of his July 2019 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Its contents are damning. They justify Trump’s impeachment, without question. The summary — which it should be remembered, was crafted by Trump and his aides in order to put Trump’s words and conduct in the best possible light […]
Read moreTrump Must Be Impeached
It’s about as straightforward as a thing can be: the President of the United States has used his powers as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and head of state to coerce another country — one which relies on us for protection against a stronger, threatening neighbor — to dig up dirt on his domestic political opponents. […]
Read moreWhat Cost Vengeance?
The Columbus Dispatch reports today that between 2016-17 the State of Ohio took drugs purchased by and intended for the state’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and gave them to the prison system to be used in executions. This despite warnings from drug manufacturers not to do so under threat of having drugs […]
Read moreKavanaugh was unfit even before the latest allegations
Over the weekend a report emerged detailing how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process was aided by a fast-tracked FBI investigation which failed to follow up with dozens of witnesses with potentially damaging information on the nominee. It also includes new allegations from a witness who says he saw Kavanaugh push his penis into […]
Read more“People Love Their Private Insurance”
I’m often told by opponents of Medicare for All that we can’t have a single payer health care system because people love their private insurance. In other news: Whole Foods is eliminating health insurance benefits for 2,000 workers. Because it can. Wouldn’t life be way better if your health insurance was not controlled by your […]
Read moreIt’s not about Biden’s age
Joe Biden leads the polls primarily, I assume, because of name recognition and the fact that Democratic voters liked Obama and associate Biden with him. That’s fine. There are a lot of reasons people like candidates, especially if they’re not hyper-connected with the day-to-day of the campaign like obsessives can be. Biden, on the whole, […]
Read more“Theft of Democracy”
When Joe Biden or whoever talks about “reaching across the aisle” to work with Republicans, someone needs to smack them in the head with a printed-out copy of this editorial, reminding them that Republicans have zero interest in such things because they are ideologically at war with democracy.
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