Noam Chomsky

• Here's why US political dysfunction has reached its breaking point
  While the majority of Americans deplored the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, it was troubling to see a YouGov poll indicating that 1 in 5 voters approved of the assault. Their attitudes were buttressed by a significant number of House and Senate Republicans who have egged on the matter by continuing to […]
  Marshall Auerback
• Trump’s Pentagon chief stuns reporters in 'incoherent briefing' and says: 'I cannot wait to leave'
  Reporters were stunned on Friday following a bizarre gaggle that acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller held with the press."I so…I mean, I cannot wait to leave this job, believe me," Miller said.Stephen Losey of the Air Force Times described it as "the most epic case of senioritis ever.""Gobsmacking incoherent briefing from the US acting […]
  Raw Story
• The ghost of Trumpism will haunt the GOP
  During the House of Representatives' impeachment debate on Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., turned to the Republican side of the aisle and asked, "Is there any depravity too low? Is there any outrage too far? Is there any blood and violence too much to turn hearts and minds in this body?" For 197 House Republicans, […]
  Heather Digby Parton
• Photo raises alarms about a Trump ally still pushing election conspiracies at the White House
  My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell arrived at the White House on Friday for an apparent meeting with President Donald Trump, raising alarms after a press photographer shared a close-up shot of the visitor's notes.While the image wasn't entirely clear — the paper was folded in half, and some of the text was blurry due to […]
  Cody Fenwick
• Trump's ex-secretary of state says he is leaving Biden with a foreign policy nightmare
  Since being fired from Donald Trump's administration, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been vehemently critical of the president's decisions. Tillerson, in an interview with Foreign Policy published this week, offered insights on some of the global challenges that President-elect Joe Biden will be facing after he is sworn into office.Tillerson, not unlike former […]
  Alex Henderson
• Biden unveils an actual plan to ramp up vaccination across the U.S.
  As soon as he is sworn in to Office President Joe Biden will order FEMA and the National Guard to set up thousands of community coronavirus vaccine clinics nationwide. In a Friday afternoon speech President-elect Biden announced his administration will turn easily-accessible areas, including schools and gymnasiums, into these vaccination centers, and promised to make […]
  The New Civil Rights Movement
• Here's why Rudy Giuliani is having an absolutely terrible week
  On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department placed sanctions on seven foreign members of Rudy Giuliani's inner circle who sought to interfere in the U.S. election and sway the results in Trump's favor. The president has also reportedly dropped his reliance on Giuliani for his second impeachment trial, refusing to pay Giuliani for his unsuccessful post-election […]
  Jon Skolnik
• New report reveals Mike Pence was in even greater danger during the Capitol siege than we knew
  When a mob of far-right insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, their targets included not only Democrats but Vice President Mike Pence — who they believed had betrayed President Donald Trump by not preventing the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. And according to the Washington Post, the rioters "came perilously close" to […]
  Alex Henderson
• Devastating new DOJ report confirms Jeff Sessions refused to be interviewed on family separations
  The Justice Department Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has released the final version of a draft report obtained by NBC News in October that points to top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, including former Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III and his deputy Rod Rosenstein, as "a driving force" in the Trump administration's decision […]
  Daily Kos
• A Republican caving to terrorists is a Republican working for terrorists
  I don't hear it said enough. The 201 Republicans in the US House of Representatives who voted against impeaching Donald Trump might have done so out of fear. Ditto for the 142 Republicans who voted to overturn the election to install a tyrant. I don't mean they feared being primaried. That would be understandable. I […]
  John Stoehr