The past has finally caught up with Donald Trump. This has been a long and torturous story to show that eventually, and even when we thought it wouldn’t, bad people doing bad things will end up in trouble. But what exactly has the former president done wrong? The Jan. 6 insurrection While Andrew Clyde, the […]
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Truss is UK’s new PM: Echoes of Trump?
Liz Truss has just become the new UK Prime Minister after Boris Johnson was forced to resign following strings of allegations of lying and the Partygate scandal. It now seems a long time since the highest government politicians and accomplices were attending boozy parties while the rest of the country was forced into lockdown under […]
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Thou shalt not steal: Theft and the Presidential Records Act
For understandable reasons, much of the recent public discussion about Team Trump’s mishandling of official documents has focused on the situation’s more dramatic and controversial elements. The FBI’s unprecedented execution of a search warrant at an ex-President’s estate. The potential national security implications of some of the documents seized. The increase in violent threats against the FBI. […]
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Daughter of Jan. 6th rioter says Trump should get life in prison
Guy Reffitt, who carried a gun to the US Capitol during the January 6th insurrection, was sentenced to over seven years in prison on Monday. In addition to bringing a firearm to the Capitol, Reffitt threatened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reffitt was a member of the Three Percenters, a right-wing militia group, and decided to […]
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The end of ‘trump,’ or how to wreck a perfectly good word
An article co-written by Jonathan MS Pearce and Bert Bigelow Fifty years ago, I was an avid bridge player, and a member of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). I never made it to Life Master, but I accumulated enough Master Points to qualify for lesser titles like Junior Master. Here is a brief definition […]
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The stark similarity between Trump support and God belief
The January 6th hearings have been eye-opening and should leave no one in two minds about the hugely questionable moral behavior of Trump. Christian theologians and apologists have one job: to maintain the primacy—the moral perfection—of both God and the Bible. Everything they do is to maintain both at the apex of reality. Such believers […]
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Trump: ‘Americans kneel to God, and God alone’ as Republicans embrace Christian nationalism
Christian nationalism has been surging in the Republican Party, with elected officials and new candidates pushing to bring Christianity back to the forefront of American politics. At the conservative Turning Point USA conference, former President Trump joined voices calling for more religion in government. “We will not break, we will not yield, we will never […]
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AG memo suggests Trump indictment unlikely before midterms
A new memo from US Attorney General Merrick Garland to officials at the Department of Justice suggests that President Trump is unlikely to be indicted before the midterm elections in November. Throughout the January 6th committee’s hearings on Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, political and legal commentators have suggested that the former President could […]
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Jan. 6th committee begins investigating extremists’ links to the insurrection
The House Jan. 6th committee is holding its latest round of public hearings, with a focus on the links between former President Donald Trump and far-right extremists such as QAnon, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers. The committee highlighted how far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s call to come to Washington. Members of the committee […]
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Why Trump will ‘win’ again
OnlySky · Why Trump will ‘win’ again (and the USA will be no more) “Them’s the breaks.” So said Boris Johnson the other day, as he resigned from the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in the wake of various scandals, exposed lies, and dwindling political support. Alas, if only we had such […]