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Richard Brooks directing then-wife Jean Simmons in 1969’s The Happy Ending.What would then have been called a “mature” film about mature people. Somewhat takes off from Stanley Donen’s 1967 Two for the Road, which I also love, but much more … Continue reading →

“The incumbents refused to retire, and the courts were in the hands of the Oligarchy.” Jack London The Iron Heel 1908

They risk blowing another election. Even against Trump, the base may decide not to come out and vote for wimpy Democrats. The learned helplessness evinced by the Democrats must be reprogrammed.

The Trumps have had so much surgical intervention that they may be paying some doctor a retainer. True to form, Trump’s accusation is once again a confession.

Sen. Feinstein claims that the filibuster is used less frequently now than in 1992!!! Adam Jentleson corrects her by tweet: “She was elected in 1992. In her first two-year session of Congress from 1993-94 there were 80 filibusters. From 2013-14 … Continue reading →

The reason for the Republicans’ obscene haste in replacing Justice Ginsburg is that the new Supreme Court appointee will be counted on to decide in Trump”s favor when the upcoming election is contested.

This ghastly man hardly waited until Justice Ginsburg was cold to announce that his 2016 assault on the Constitution was just that and nothing more. Election year, election month be damned –he will turn on a dime and repudiate his … Continue reading →

You cannot bring down a democracy without the systemic corruption of the justice system Barr is so flagrantly enacting.

witness his attempt to turn Biden’s observance of prevention protocol into a mark of psychological disturbance.

Newt Gingrich is proud. Mitch couldn’t give a fig about COVID relief, but he’s beavering away confirming more unfit, extremist judges for lifetime appointments. Jake Johnson at Common Dreams delivers the verdict. Will the Democrats please, finally make the jdiciary … Continue reading →