Tag: Merrick Garland
DOJ blasts law enforcement’s Uvalde shooting response in new report, calls...
Attorney General Merrick Garland released a scathing report about the handling of the 2022 massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
Message for Merrick Garland and Jack Smith: Stop the vacillating, shift into...
The future of America depends on it.
Message to Attorney General Garland: lead, follow, or get the hell...
If Garland indicates he has not conducted an investigation of Trump and he has no plans to do so, even after receiving the Jan. 6 committee’s full report, Biden should fire him immediately and begin the search for a new, highly competent individual who will properly conduct the Justice Dept. business.
How does the majority rule without a functional majority? Or defeat...
Majority rule is both a rational philosophy, honoring the universality of human dignity, plus the core western political value for decision-making.
‘A troubling history’: Biden’s AG pick Merrick Garland has record of...
“This is a centrist jurist who has a history—a troubling history, to me—of being deferential to police and being unwilling to hold police accountable for acts of brutality and misconduct.”
The NRA’s Case Against Merrick Garland Just Got Super Awkward
The NRA can't even persuade their own lawyer to turn against Judge Garland.
Obama’s Nomination Insurance for Plutocracy
Obama can call Garland moderate and Republicans can call him liberal, but on the most important question of 2016 he is neither.
Mitch McConnell: We Won’t Vote on Garland Because the NRA Opposes...
Did Mitch McConnell just admit to Republicans being in bed with the NRA?
Republican Senator Says Colleagues Should ‘Man Up’ And Vote On Merrick...
"The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get "yes" or "no" votes. Your whole job is to either say "yes" or "no" and explain why.”
Myths And Facts On The Nomination Of Judge Merrick Garland To...
Here are the facts on the nominee, previous lines of right-wing attack, and facts about the nomination and confirmation processes going forward.
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Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who’s enabling Putin’s enablers?
We need a progressive politics that shows solidarity with all victims of military violence — while resisting the militarism of our own government.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
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