Monthly Archives: January 2021

Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the “taxpayer” has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on democracy. Vanessa Williamson ▪ Winter 2021 (dissentmagazine.org) From the Southern strategy of the 1960s to Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the presidential election, it is easy to trace the Republican Party’s decades-long… Continue reading →

To the chagrin of Republicans, the democratic socialist senator will play a central role in shepherding Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s agenda through Congress. By Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley Jan. 12, 2021 (NYTimes.com) Shortly before the 2016 election, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the Republican nominee for vice president and the speaker of… Continue reading →

One Week After the Insurrection That Went Nowhere By Rebecca Solnit January 13, 2021 (lithub.com) Feature photo by Rachel Cobb What did Trump and his mob think success looked like last Wednesday? Rudy Giuliani called for “trial by combat,” but did they think that sheer violence would settle the matter of the election… Continue reading →

From Adrienne Fong: January 15, 2021 It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sending this.. Thank you to all who signed petitions, sent letters and have called to halt Federal Executions. I don’t know if Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs cases are before the Supreme Court. Yesterday the Trump administration appealed a lower courts… Continue reading →

Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated PressJanuary 13, 2021, 6:58 (abcnews.go.com) Legal experts offer analysis on what historic impeachment could mean for Trump Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie,… Continue reading →

By Andy Borowitz January 13, 2021 (NewYorker.com) WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Outrage swept through the Republican caucus as members of the House G.O.P. accused Representative Liz Cheney of reading the United States Constitution. Leading the charge was the Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who called Cheney’s alleged reading of the 1787 document… Continue reading →

Guardian News Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons, claimed that fish delayed for export because of the introduction of the post-Brexit fishing regime were ‘happier’ because they are now British. ‘The key is that we’ve got our fish back,’ he told MPs. ‘They’re British fish and they’re… Continue reading →

Matthew Tom  SFGATE.com Jan. 12, 2021 Dianne Feinstein 2024. That appears to be a real possibility after L.A. Magazine reported that the 87-year-old U.S. senator from California filed the initial re-election paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. By the 2024 election, Feinstein, who is already the oldest sitting senator, will be 91…. Continue reading →

The Rational National Democratic representative Cori Bush didn’t hold back in her House floor vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment. === Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Donate Directly at http://PayPal.me/daviddoel Tip at https://streamlabs.com/therationalnat… ‘Join’ on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9o… Follow David Doel at http://twitter.com/DavidDoel Follow The Rational National at http://twitter.com/TRNshow Follow on Twitch… Continue reading →