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Hands Off Gen. Milley
What Gen. Mark Milley has learned during his most recent years of service is what most Americans have now come to understand about former President Donald Trump. He was always a highly dysfunctional and dangerous leader, or as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi succinctly told the general, "crazy." Treating him as a "normal" president would ...Read more
The Ugly Truth About Afghanistan
When we last heard from the Taliban 10 months ago, they sent an urgent message addressed to the American people. In early October 2020, the same Taliban official now appearing on screens everywhere as their official spokesman took the highly unusual step of endorsing a candidate for president of the United States.
Their man was then-President...Read more
The Sedition Caucus Under Oath
It is an indisputable fact that House Republicans including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were at the very heart of former President Donald Trump's coup plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While more than hints and clues have pointed to their involvement ever since the Jan. 6 insurrection, their central role emerged this past ...Read more
The Murder Rate Rose in Republican Cities, Too
If you're worried by the rise in violent crime -- a real and troubling phenomenon -- don't ask Republicans for solutions. All they can offer is a blame game that relies on dubious cherry-picked data. To get their message, just glance at Breitbart.com, the home of hard-right hackery: "Violent Crime Surges 25 Percent in 2021 With Democrats in ...Read more
The Instructive Downfall of Ken Starr
Of all the lurid nonsense circulating among conspiracy-addled Republicans, none of their theories is viler than the libel of child sexual abuse that began under the rubric of "Pizzagate" and became the basis of the cult ideology of QAnon. So successful was the smear campaign begun by followers of Donald Trump that millions of deranged people ...Read more
Yes, There Is a Conspiracy
Conspiracy has replaced policy as the motivating force of the Republican Party and its media minions -- but only the most flimsy and imaginary conspiracies qualify for partisan attention. Actual criminal conspiracies that threaten the nation merit no concern.
That's why congressional Republicans killed the independent commission to ...Read more
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