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and the GOP has shed its last vestige not only of patriotic adherence to democratic norms, but to its dignity as well. The fawn-a-thon we saw yesterday is something seen only in dictatorships. Welcome to America.

This is a make-or-break moment for American democracy. In The New York Times, Yascha Mounk writes: “Mr. Trump, Fox News and Republicans in Congress seem to be actively using falsehoods to prepare an assault on the institutions that allow American … Continue reading →

Rep. Devin Nunes presides over a lawless GOP cabal within the House Intelligence Committee, which plans sedition via an orchestrated attempt to accuse the FBI of criminality. We’re watching a slow-mo, now faster and faster mo, coup unfold by the … Continue reading →

Rep. Adam Schiff to Rachel Maddow: “There are two categories of Republicans in Congress: those who will burn down the House to protect Trump, and those who will stand mute while they do it.”

neglects to mention in this story on the shadow investigation that GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee are running on “The Dossier” that the dossier was originally commissioned by Republicans.

The GOP simply does not care about anything except doing what its sociopathic megadonors demand: At Truth Out, William Rivers Pitt encapsulates: “Let the elderly wither, let the infirm wilt, let the students stumble, let the teachers flail, let the … Continue reading →

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo describes the Vice-President’s paean to His Supreme Leadership Trump’s divine rule as “something out of 1930s Russia or perhaps North Korea.”

An enduring image of beauty, amid the horrors of Trump and the current GOP. I recently interviewed Janice Cohen Adelson, a member of New York City Ballet’s debut performance Nutcracker in February 1954. Le Clercq’s Dewdrop in the Waltz of … Continue reading →

To save his sorry hide from a country-club jail, Mini Me Trump goes once more to the totalitarian well in his remarks the other night. The Trump crime family is now openly pursuing a coup against American democracy. “An appeal to … Continue reading →

That’s what the GOP is attempting to pull off, where government agency officers are purged for the crime of being a Democrat. Just look at what Sen. Grassley and the House GOP committees are in the process of doing. And … Continue reading →