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- February 5, 2021Trial lawyer Steven Harper offers a synopsis of the events leading up to Trump's second impeachment trial.
- February 4, 2021
Biden is moving forward quickly with a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Today, the Democratic Congress took steps to prepare the way to pass the measure without Republican votes if necessary. Continue reading
- February 3, 2021Marjorie Taylor Greene, facemasks, extreme sports and Reddit/Gamestock.
- February 3, 2021
Trump’s argument has been dismissed in more than 60 court cases, so there is plenty of evidence to conclude that it is false. But he is doubling down on what scholars of authoritarianism call a “big lie:” that he was the true winner of the 2020 election, and that the Democrats stole it. Continue reading
- February 3, 2021Biden reverses Trump-era exclusion of immigrants from US Census, striking blow to main GOP tactic for disenfranchising communities of color.
- February 2, 2021
Actor Hal Holbrook died on January 23, 2021 at the age of 95. Bill talked with Holbrook in 2004 on NOW with Bill Moyers. They spoke about Holbrook’s famed stage performance as Mark Twain. Continue reading
- February 2, 2021
Here’s what the GOP’s $600 billion counteroffer leaves out. Continue reading
- February 2, 2021Plus, more detail on the planning of January 6.
- February 1, 2021
This post first appeared on TomDispatch Joe Biden’s got a problem — and so do I. And so, in fact, do we. At 76 years old, you’d think I’d experienced it all when it comes to this country and its … Continue reading
- February 1, 2021
The Republican Party is sliding toward a full-on embrace of authoritarianism. Former President Trump’s exit and ban from his favorite social media outlets has left a vacuum that younger politicians imitating Trump’s style are eager to fill by rallying people to the former president’s standard. Continue reading