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(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Pardoning Trump for Obstruction Would Be a Big Mistake
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly adamant that the case for impeachment should be focused solely on issues related to Ukraine-gate. There are however voices in Democratic leadership that are arguing for articles that would include the acts of obstruction in the Mueller Report. Additional consideration is being given to violations of the Emoluments Clause.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 6, 2019 Will Trump Relinquish Power?
Trump has everything to gain by remaining in office and everything to lose by leaving office. This is not a guy who has any intention of going quietly into that good night.
Eviction will not be pretty, but it will be necessary.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Making the Rule of Law a Reality Show
Trump's conduct in the Ukrainian affair, as in the other impeachable instances, is patently illegal. He is a clear and present danger to US and global security. If the public now sees that through the lens of Ukraine-gate, then so be it. Public awareness of the scope of the Trump threat is long overdue.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 12, 2019 Defeating Trump
The harm Trump is doing to the country from the Oval Office under the cloak of the presidency is all but incomprehensible. The indelible mark of disgrace he is branding on the country's soul and honor will not be washed away for generations.
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, September 6, 2019 Pragmatism Won't Win the Presidency
You are hard pressed to cite a single instance of voters putting a candidate in the Oval Office as a matter of pragmatism. You can rest assured that the issues hurled on the kitchen table across America by Donald Trump will be raw red meat, and unless the Democratic base gets equally inspired, their candidate will likely be dead meat.
SHARE Friday, July 19, 2019 Progressive Masquerading
The easiest and most reliable way to predict what political leaders will do in the future is to carefully consider what they have done in the past. Sanders and Warren have by far the most verifiable and dependable progressive credentials in the Democratic nominating race. Sanders's platform from 2016 was so effective, in fact, that most of the Democratic contenders have adopted his positions entirely or in part.
SHARE Friday, July 5, 2019 Shock and Outrage Are Not Enough, Action Is Required
There are human rights atrocities being committed on US soil by US officials. Not only are there children in cages, they are being left in those cages with little food, water, hygiene or medical attention. Seven children are now dead and in all likelihood more will be.
SHARE Tuesday, June 25, 2019 The Courts Must Allow Aid Workers Access to the Children in Detention at the Border
Legal aid groups litigating on behalf of those detained by U.S. Customs & Border Patrol and ICE must press the courts for access to all of the facilities by human rights and relief workers on an exigent basis. What has already been clearly documented is a pattern of human rights and child abuse so pervasive that it has led to at least six child mortalities under the government's well-documented negligent care.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 19, 2019 The Strategy of the Democratic Right Is Divide and Conquer the Left
Sanders and Warren are true progressive candidates. However, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and a host of the other candidates appeal to progressive-leaning Democratic voters well enough to keep what should be a progressive majority safely marginalized.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 15, 2019 Were the Gulf Tanker Strikes a Saudi-Run Operation?
Oddly, Trump seems somewhat reluctant to engage Iran militarily. He seems to think he can create the conditions and set the stage for war with Iran and control the factors that might lead to war without going to war. It is a dangerous game that could lead to catastrophic consequences.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Will Sanders and Warren Defeat Each Other?
Twenty-plus candidates are officially running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, but the policy is being defined by the senators from Vermont and Massachusetts. There are differences and distinctions, to be sure, but the core ideas and the tone are being established by Sanders and Warren.
SHARE Friday, May 31, 2019 Somebody Haul Nancy Pelosi Out From Under the Bed
Robert Mueller is trying to handle this like a pro. He is conspicuously understated and remarkably measured in his presentation, given the tectonic portent of his report. Nonetheless, in substance his statement yesterday could not have been more unequivocal. This is not a "punt" to Congress, it's a hand delivery. With emphasis.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, May 27, 2019 These Stupid Wars
Endless, stupid wars, at the risk of redundancy, depend on the endless, stupid logic of endless, stupid wars. It makes good sense to memorialize sacrifice. But to channel that memorialization into an endorsement of more endless, stupid wars is an affront to those who actually have paid the price.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 16, 2019 There Is No Threat From Iran
The aggression and threat to peace are entirely of US origin. The provocation is US provocation, and it is intended to set the stage for a US military operation that is unwise, unnecessary, and will likely lead to a situation worse by orders of magnitude than the US war on Iraq that continues to this day, more than 16 years after the US started it.
(7 comments) SHARE Friday, April 26, 2019 Cable News Reports: Bernie Is Toast
The around-the-clock fusillade of criticism directed at Bernie Sanders on cable news has switched into overdrive, synchronized precisely (hint, no coincidence) with Joe Biden's announcement of his candidacy for President.
(30 comments) SHARE Monday, April 22, 2019 Top Three Reasons to Impeach Donald Trump
Impeachment is on the table because Donald Trump is facing the most serious allegations and charges ever leveled against an American president. If the Democrats fail to act, fail to use the powers expressly granted them by the very voters they hope to sway in next year's elections, they will be confirming the worst fears of their supporters and validating the sharpest attacks of their critics.
SHARE Friday, April 5, 2019 Team Mueller Fires a Warning Shot
Attorney General Barr's preemptive public relations strike appears to have failed, and the truth is starting to assert itself. If Barr continues his efforts to keep the grist of the Mueller investigation out of public view, team Mueller is well positioned to push back. They seem willing.
SHARE Tuesday, March 26, 2019 A Conclusion Without a Report
What does Mueller's report actually say? We are still not permitted to know. Mueller's report is still the same mystery, the same enigma it has been for two years. Congress and the public must be allowed to view the special counsel's report, in its entirety. Not an avowed Trump loyalist's interpretation of the report.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 17, 2019 Pelosi's Impeachment Stance Makes a Mockery of Everything
What makes Speaker Pelosi's position on impeachment so pervasively detrimental is that she is saying, in effect, "We don't want to know ... because even if we do know we won't do anything anyway." Where is the incentive to make public the evidence of illegal conduct on the part of Donald Trump?
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 10, 2019 Socialism? Let's Cut to the Chase
You are going to be hearing a lot about 'Bernie Sanders, the Radical Socialist' in the coming months. So before that bandwagon rolls off down the great American highway let's pin a little truth to its tail.