Donald Trump isn't taking the news well that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said that the Jan. 6 Committee has not ruled out "more than one" criminal referral to the Justice Department for the former President.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
One of the many tragic turns the politicization of COVID-19 and our country’s response to it has been the deleterious effect it has had on public health consensus. With the rise in privatization, greed, and a withering government response over the decades, the public’s trust in medicine and science as entities above politics and money has dwindled.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSo, this was Independence Day, the Fourth of July, one of the most patriotic and jingoistic holidays of the year. And the most iconic song for the day is the National Anthem.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) revealed on Sunday that new witnesses have come forward after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified before the Jan. 6 Committee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRep. Adam Schiff discussed the fact that setting a precedent where a former president is considered above the law is a much greater danger than any political concerns anyone may have over whether Trump should be indicted.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Jan. 6th committee is looking into Trump’s potential liability for witness tampering, but a criminal referral will be an uphill battle -- because the investigation isn't a criminal proceeding.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) asserted that the Jan. 6 Committee has not ruled out "more than one" criminal referral to the Justice Department for former President Donald Trump.
During an interview on ABC, correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Cheney if the Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem talked with Dana Bash on State of the Union on Sunday, and the news of the 10-year-old child that got pregnant but was refused an abortion in Ohio because she was 6 weeks and three days pregnant was discussed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The white supremacist group Patriot Front marched in downtown Boston with some of them armed with steel shields, and all of them wearing masks to conceal their identity. According to reports, there were about 100 of the masked little racist fellers marching on Saturday, wearing matching uniforms while carrying shields and flags with fascist insignias.
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Five people were killed and 16 others wounded when a gunman started shooting 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off Monday morning, authorities said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Six people were killed, and at least 30 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire just 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off on Monday morning, authorities said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Happy Independence Day in our country, a republic, if we can keep it. In that spirit…
Strangely Blogged: They don't care about kids or women.
Glenn Kirshner doesn't sugarcoat it in this recent YouTube podcast, "Justice Matters."
GLENN KIRSHNER: Well friends it looks like somebody on Team Trump took a page out of the book “Witness Tampering for Dummies.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRepublican Senators on Twitter today admitting that their strategy was to pack the courts with political conservatives in order to enact an agenda that was too unpopular to pass through an elected, popularly accountable Congress.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDulcé Sloan, correspondent for The Daily Show, gives a run down about the complex relationship between Black people and Independence Day. At first Blacks didn't celebrate it, because they were slaves and didn't have their independence.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Former President Donald Trump's outright lies about the 2020 election have divided this country, and his supporters have gone as far as to threaten election workers. Two more election officials in Arizona have quit after receiving threats from Trump supporters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareI don't know where they'll ever find a jury that doesn't have at least one MAGA nutjob on there mucking up the works, or witnesses that aren't being intimidated by someone in the Trump crime family, but I do agree wholeheartedly with former D.C.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) declined to say on Sunday if he would sign a bill removing abortion exceptions for rape because they only represent a "real small, minor number" of cases.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOn ABC's This Week, Rep Liz Cheney defended Cassidy Hutchinson's explosive testimony against all those cowards that have attacked her, who themselves have refused to testify under oath, and who are citing executive privilege or refusing to honor congressional subpoenas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom produced an ad bashing Florida and Gov. DeSantis and praising the great state of California that will be aired on Fox News for Monday, July 4th, Independence Day.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareYou may already be familiar with Jim Lough’s music. That’s because his band, Old Town Crier, used one of his songs, “You,” as a Blue America anthem for the Jason Call campaign.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
People and public entities keep acting as if covid's gone away, but as long as we have people who refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated, they're offering themselves up as willing incubators for another variant.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Kristina Karamo, a Trump backed Republican candidate for Michigan's Secretary of State and a huge supporter of Trump's stolen election lunacy claims people can have 'intimate relationships' with demonically possessed people.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Editor's Note: This is your Sunday Morning bobblehead thread. If anyone is interested in the Sunday show guests, you can find them here. If not, feel free to consider this a Sunday morning open thread on the eve of an Independence Day where women have fewer rights and freedoms than they did last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's call to pull out of NATO and help Putin win in Ukraine made her an instant sensation on KremlinTV. No wonder, since she's basically repeating their propaganda for them so naturally they find her a useful idiot for getting their own message out.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Texas already had a draconian anti-abortion law that prevented women from getting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many are even aware they are pregnant. It also allows the public to sue providers and anyone who helps people get abortions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSen. Mike Lee (R-UT) claimed on Sunday that Democrats who disagree with Supreme Court must "hate democracy" despite the fact that he lobbied to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDonald Trump’s media company was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury Thursday in connection with a criminal probe into its financing, according to the company which was supposed to merge with it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share