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STRZOK LECTURES HOUSE GOP ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THEY’VE ABANDONED
Their railroading of Peter Strzok for the alleged offense of having political opinions gets stopped in its tracks.
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KAVANAUAUGH “DISMISSIVE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF JUDICIAL RESTRAINT”
Judge Kavanaugh is the quintessence of far-right-wing judicial activism. Read Steven Perlstein’s 2012 analysis of one of Kavanaugh’s environmental-regulation toxic judicial emissions. Cody Fenwick at Alternet links.
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TRUMP’S SIGNATURE PROJECTION
“Germany is totally controlled by Russia.” Trump has about one-and-a-half rhetorical gambits in his arsenal, and projection is the most frequently deployed.
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SUPREME COURT AS A LAWLESS AGENT OF HUMAN EXTINCTION
Hello, Bret Kavanaugh, and his fanatic opposition to environment regulation. Brad Plummer in The New York Times lets you know just how ominous is Judge Kavanugh. He loves legislating from the bench to cripple the US government’s capacity to do … Continue reading
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TOO BAD ABOUT NEW YORK CITY
In Harper’s, Kevin Baker chronicles “The Death of a Once Great City: New York and the Crisis of Affluence.”
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THE TRUMP-JUSTICE KENNEDY AXIS OF CONSPIRACY
Seth Abramson tweets a comprehensive thread about it. “It’s common for SCOTUS Justices to decide—privately and personally, in consultation with family and (sometimes) close friends—when they’ll retire on the basis of who occupies the White House. But clandestine negotiations between … Continue reading
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McCONNELL’S PAROXYSMS OF MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE
Sen. McConnell is like a Method actor using his own emotions to inform the character’s– except in this case, McConnell’s using his very anxiety about whether he can pull off his latest mau-mau against America–remember he told Trump that he … Continue reading
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HERE’S WHAT I SAID
I waited two hours to speak at today’s City Council hearing on the Tech Hub tower, but was glad to do so because it was a result of so many people showing up and speaking their minds! “Good afternoon. My … Continue reading
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SANCTIMONIOUS SLUSH FROM SEN. McCONNELL
The ethically rancid old scoundrel has the nerve to lecture the Democrats on how his latest lunatic-fringe Supreme Court nominee must be treated. A shameless old bird dog in action.
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AND THE FIX WAS ALREADY IN
Trump installing Bret Kavanaugh was a condition of Justice Kennedy’s retirement. NBC reports. In a matter of two weeks, Anthony Kennedy destroyed whatever reputation he may still have been able to command.
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