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Loss of faith in public institutions helped make possible the descent of Rome into empire and the rise of the Nazis. Roberts is an activist and an ideologue. He has presided over a sham impeachment proceeding.

“Their party’s last vestiges of legitimacy are gone, and they know it,” Amanda Marcotte writes in Salon. “In fact, they’re voting on it in the Senate sometime on Friday.”

After confronting VP Pence over the Republicans’s immoral assault on Medicaid, Dr. Rob Davidson tweets that Pence: “either doesn’t understand, or doesn’t care about the impact of his administration’s policies on patients everywhere. I confronted him about his damaging healthcare … Continue reading →

Chief Injustice thinks he can somehow ensure an exalted legacy that pays no attention to how he’s actually behaved. Sen. Warren reminded him on Thursday that he cannot.

And Orwellian rhetoric abounds: The only “flexibility” freed up by letting states opt out of responsive funding is the flexibility to deny health care to vulnerable Americans. Why does parasite Seema Verma, head of the now perversely named Centers for … Continue reading →

Recently I attended a joyous concert by chamber music group Frisson, performing a repertory ranging from pop to Baroque.

Demand Justice tweets that Roberts is “helping Republicans break the rules and cover for Trump.” The corporate media feeds us a lot of hogwash about how deeply Chief Injustice Roberts thinks about his legacy and preserving the institutional reputation of … Continue reading →

Jeff Bezos, who cut pension benefits for Washington Post staff when he purchased the paper for pin money, threw a real Monster Mash at his Washington, DC mansion last night. Why in the world does he need 11 bedrooms?

From Rinconete and Cortadillo After stealing the sexton’s purse, boy thief Corado approaches him to steal once more: “He began to talk such utter drivel and spin such a yarn about the theft and recovery of the purse, raising his … Continue reading →

It’s happening NOW, beginning with Trump’s attempt–masterminded by the Mulvaney monster–to cut Social Security Disability benefits.