Tag: insurrection
Capitol Police officers sue Trump over slush fund for Jan. 6...
Two officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the creation of...
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
How to deal with an insurrectionist
Jair Bolsonaro and his top supporters are under investigation for their failed attempt to overthrow the country's democracy.
Insurrection going strong as MAGA defies law, trials, elections, civil liberties...
Bad faith losers thrive if never made social pariahs whose nullification must be nullified. Solipsism, like being talked to death, is a terrible way to die.
Appeals court firmly denies Trump’s ‘presidential immunity’ claims over January 6...
The D.C. court's opinion was stark in its rejection of Trump's claims.
Corporate PACs and industry trade groups steered over $108 million to...
Most of the corporate PACs spread money around with little discrimination.
January 6 gave revolution a bad name
Even John F. Kennedy recognized that when confronted with extreme abuse of power, we are left with no alternative.
Why the window to prosecute Trump is closing
Holding Trump accountable is not an act of partisanship. It’s a defense of our democracy.
‘About damn time’: Jan. 6 panel unanimously votes to subpoena ex-President...
"Trump must comply with the subpoena from the January 6th select committee because no one, including a former president, is above the law."
DOJ must permanently bar insurrectionists from public office: Ethics group
"The DOJ must take action to stop, by all means available under the law, those who broke their oath to support our Constitution from being entrusted with public office again."
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.