The title is, of course, Rachel Maddow's mantra for dealing with the turbulent years of covering the Trump era. Because when the coin of the realm is bullshit, you'll spend your life chasing your tail that way. Turn the...
There has been a whole lot of teen angst coming out of the pundits lately, shit it's like listening to a Nirvana CD. They worry and obsess that Trump and his supporters obstruction will delay critical information from getting...
The mind reels when contemplating how close we came last January 6 to a full blown coup d'etat in the nation's capitol. Donald Trump carefully planned and staged a bloody battle, starting with the march to and subsequent attack...
Marcy Wheeler, who writes about national security, makes an interesting point here. This is good to be reminded of. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1477729449919623171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1477729449919623171%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fdoj-jan-6-insurrection%2F https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1477731504033873927 This is good to consider. Also, the wheels of justice do not move at soap opera speed. Merrick Garland has received...
Right now credible Republicans are as scarce as hens teeth and Liz Cheney is rarer still. She's a Republican willing to openly defy Donald Trump and fight for the rule of law. Today she appeared on ABC and she...
If you haven't seen this yet, Don Don the Clown is doing his usual misinformation campaign about the January 6 Committee, an entity he hates even more than the IRS and the MSM. Liz Cheney wasn't having any of...
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush declared Monday that lawmakers should commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the deadly January 6 attack by passing her resolution to "investigate and expel the members of Congress who helped incite the violent insurrection at our...
Let me begin, my dear friends, by wishing each and every one of you a holiday filled with peace, joy, and love, no matter what holiday you celebrate. When I worked for Zappos, the entire month of December was one...
They're coming to take you away yo-ho This is really starting to get interesting, and we're just getting started. Up until now, the 1/6 committee has confined themselves to subpoenaing members of Trump's inner circle and administration for evidence and...
This is getting to a level of high comedy. Jim Jordan is quiet for once and Mark Meadows is silent as the grave. The reason: They are both totally in over their heads and they know it. They don't...

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