Trump Administration Says the Inconvenience of Rescheduling Executions Outweighs the “Harm” to Prisoners Set to Die

Trump Administration Says the Inconvenience of Rescheduling Executions Outweighs the “Harm” to Prisoners Set to Die — ProPublica Isaac Arnsdorf  Jan. 11, 2021 (propublica.org) The Justice Department is pushing ahead with plans for three executions this week even though two of the prisoners have COVID-19 and multiple courts have objected… Continue reading

Kamala Harris Is About To Become The Most Powerful Vice President In Nearly A Century

She Doesn’t Need a Majority to Hold McConnell Down and Run the Senate Herself By Lisa Kerr By Lisa Kerr (dcreport.org) As we await final confirmation of Georgia’s Senate runoff results, one thing already is known. The Senate, evenly split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, will have a new leader… Continue reading

U.S. CAPITOL SIEGE A ‘WAKE-UP CALL’ FOR DEMOCRACIES, TOP EU DIPLOMAT SAYS

By Kate Abnett (reuters.com) BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday that last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation to spread on social media. “What we saw on Wednesday was only the climax… Continue reading

Impeachment, Big Tech & The Surveillance State w/ Kyle Kulinksi, Zephyr Teachout, Shahid Buttar

Katie Halper SHAHID BUTTAR AT ABOUT 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES IN. Should Democrats prioritize impeaching Trump? Should Twitter have removed Trump? If so, when? Will there be a bipartisan expansion of the Surveillance State? Will it mirror what we saw after 9/11? Guests Kyle Kulinski, Zephyr Teachout, Shahid Buttar &… Continue reading