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Steve Bannon and the Culture of Impunity
Among right-wing Republicans, the impending incarceration of Stephen K. Bannon has provoked a torrent of sputtering rage.
"I stand with Steve Bannon!" was the defiant slogan barked by scores of prominent figures on the right, after a federal judge ordered the fascist media personality and adviser to former President Donald Trump to report to ...Read more
Why Trump Republicans Want to Destroy The FBI
Ever since Richard Nixon demanded "law and order" while overseeing what America later discovered to be an enormous criminal conspiracy, that Republican slogan has sounded ironic and faintly ridiculous.
Now, with their party firmly in the grip of former President Donald Trump -- a Nixon admirer, a convicted felon and soon to be the 2024 ...Read more
No, You're Not a 'Political Prisoner'
"I am a political prisoner," declared former President Donald Trump the day after his 34-count felony conviction.
If we were to take that remark seriously, it would quickly become obvious that Trump is not, in fact, a political prisoner but merely a remorseless criminal. Unlike actual political prisoners, who never hesitate to take the ...Read more
Don't Ask Alito to Recuse -- Tell Him to Resign
The conspiratorial antics of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, as exposed recently in the national media, have raised the gravest doubt about his bias in matters before the Supreme Court -- and provoked demands that he recuse himself from any case concerning former President Donald Trump, the 2020 presidential election or the Jan. 6 ...Read more
Mind-Blowing Corruption -- With More To Come
Nobody likes Big Oil, a monopolistic and heavily polluting industry with a legendary history of abusing its excessive power that can be traced back over the past hundred years.
But Donald Trump has promised to be the oil industry's best friend -- if its bosses give him a billion dollars.
In the latest instance of the former president's mind-...Read more
Donald Trump, Drenched in Tabloid Sleaze
Back in the antediluvian era of American politics, perpetrating dirty tricks was considered proof of bad character and potentially disqualifying for public office, depending on circumstances.
But as with so many other aspects of public life, the rise of former President Donald Trump heralded a steep decline in political ethics and the way ...Read more
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