Democrats were pushing for Trump to resign or Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to get Trump out of office before his end date on Wednesday, January 20. When both of those options were exhausted, Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved forward with impeachment – and last Wednesday the House voted to impeach the president for a second time. … [Read more...] about Mitch McConnell says Donald Trump ‘PROVOKED’ the MAGA riot and the ‘mob was fed lies’ in dramatic denunciation of president on the floor of the Senate
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Trump prepares list of up to 100 pardons that doesn’t include himself or his children: Lil Wayne, corrupt politician Sheldon Silver and a fraudster eye doctor are expected to get clemency – but Steve Bannon is ‘TBD’ and Julian Assange may miss out
The president then instead spoke ahead of a rally in DC on January 6, urging the gathered crowd to descend on the US Capitol. The crowd obliged by storming the legislature, with some rioters chanting 'Hang Mike Pence', as they ransacked and vandalized the building. … [Read more...] about Trump prepares list of up to 100 pardons that doesn’t include himself or his children: Lil Wayne, corrupt politician Sheldon Silver and a fraudster eye doctor are expected to get clemency – but Steve Bannon is ‘TBD’ and Julian Assange may miss out
We’re Lucky the Trump Presidency Wasn’t Worse
Even before Trump failed to muster a federal response to the COVID pandemic and incited an insurrection, he had already done much to make 2016’s anti-Trump alarmists look like optimists. By the end of 2019, Trump had proved that the president can, in fact, openly monetize his public power, make personal loyalty to the president an official requirement for leading the Justice Department, promise his lackeys presidential pardons if they refuse to cooperate with investigations that threaten his interests, withhold congressionally approved funds in order to coerce foreign governments into smearing his domestic rivals, commandeer U.S. troops and federal property as campaign props, funnel billions in relief payments to favored constituencies without congressional authorization, declare the press an “enemy of the people,” accuse the opposition party of orchestrating an invasion of the United States, and dispossess hundreds of thousands of longtime, legal U.S. … [Read more...] about We’re Lucky the Trump Presidency Wasn’t Worse
Trump’s Farewell Address: ‘Especially Proud’ to Be 1st President ‘in Decades’ With ‘No New Wars’
The House last week impeached Trump for the "willful incitement of insurrection," as Democratic lawmakers accused him of provoking violence in DC on January 6, and stepped up efforts to oust the president either through invoking the 25th Amendment, or by initiating an impeachment procedure. McConnell has yet to reveal how he might vote on the article impeachment. … [Read more...] about Trump’s Farewell Address: ‘Especially Proud’ to Be 1st President ‘in Decades’ With ‘No New Wars’
Seth Meyers’ Inauguration Eve Warning: Trump Could ‘Happen Again’
Meyers began with the “meaningless, lie-filled farewell message” Trump posted online earlier in the day. “Fuck off, you don’t get to do that,” he said. “You don’t want to do any of the hard parts of leaving like gracefully admitting you lost and attending your successor’s inauguration, but you want us to watch your lie-filled 20-minute farewell speech, which I am certain you are reading for the first time?” … [Read more...] about Seth Meyers’ Inauguration Eve Warning: Trump Could ‘Happen Again’