GOP relentlessly investigated Biden for potential "influence peddling" activity that took place almost a decade prior. Trump has refused to recuse from his business interests in the second term -- as in, TODAY -- which include God Knows What in every far-flung corner of the globe
The fact that this clearly unstable person is building surveillance infrastructure for the U.S. military and immigration enforcement, while acquiring massive amounts of data from unsuspecting citizens in the process, is disturbing.
The magnitude of Trump's personal corruption and the monetizing of the presidency by him and his family have no precedent in US history.
It takes a total peasant mentality, or some weird cultish devotion, to defend or excuse this, especially if you objected to corrupt Biden transactions (as I did). It's on a completely different scale.
Trump set up a crypto company (World Liberty Financial) 4 days before his inauguration, then had the UAE pour hundreds of millions into his pockets for 49% of it, then gave rewards to the UAE. Jared getting $2 billion from the Saudis. On and on and on.
Hakeem Jeffries isn't hated like Nancy Pelosi, but he will be pretty soon. Pelosi was a machiavellian operator, Jeffries is a corporate dork who hasn't had to do anything except be nice and chit chat with lazy Democrats. When voters make demands, Jeffries won't know what to do.
One way to think about these Dem incumbents getting knocked off: In 2016, Bernie beat Hillary with primary voters under 30 by staggering margins, often 70 points or more, including in Colorado. Ten years on, what demographic is now a critical mass of the Dem primary electorate?
Reminder: Trump received the private plane as a gift from Qatar, and then Qatar received favorable policies from Trump.
That is what a bribe looks like.
US lawyer and antiwar activist Dan Kovalik just had his devices seized and was interrogated by counter-terror police at Liverpool Airport
Meanwhile, Palestine solidarity activist Sarah Wilkinson is heading to trial on terrorism charges for a couple of Twitter posts, and refusing to give police her mobile pin
The Canary, one of the UK’s most doggedly antiwar independent media outlets, was just debanked by Lloyd’s
The UK recently refused entry to Hasan Piker and Cenk Uyghur, two of the most recognizable voices of the left wing of the US Democratic Party, on national security grounds
It did the same this month to US journalist Jeremy Loffredo
UK counter terror police detained and interrogated my colleague, Kit Klarenberg, seizing his devices, and grilling him about his investigative journalism. PM Keir Starmer’s Labour Together slush fund even hired a private intel firm to smear Kit and The Grayzone.
UK police raided journalist Asa Winstanley’s home and illegally seized his devices on suspicion of “encouragement of terrorism”
The UK Crown Prosecution Service attempted to prosecute journalist Richard Medhurst under the Terrorism Act, but failed
The list of journalists and activists repressed by the British regime goes on and on. And they have one thing in common: outspoken opposition to Israel’s genocidal agenda.
Who’s actually in charge in London?
Six conservatives on the Supreme Court argue that doing these kinds of favors for gratuities is perfectly fine, and that it is unconstitutional to prohibit any rules limiting it.
These freakouts are due to the fact that with the delegitimization of the current regime and the rise of communist China, the arguments for nationalization and massive wealth taxation are more and more irrefutable. Our problems are solvable, but for the parasitic oligarchs.
NEW: In the term ending last year, the Supreme Court passed a troubling milestone: The Shadow Docket overtook the normal process.
That means more unsigned decisions with no reasoning and secret votes from the highest court.
Everyone knows the real story is "Mark Zuckerberg is a horrible CEO who is constantly trying to do last year's cool thing" but I guess you can use euphemisms.
The last time Trump wanted to take over a municipal golf course, it was Miami-Dade’s Crandon in 2015. Backed by then-mayor @RepCarlos Gimenez, plan fell apart from resistance by the County Commission. Months later, Trump moved onto bigger things. https://t.co/eEpSf0zG64
A personal hero of mine as an actor and an activist. He has lead us all as a beacon of true North in is work as an actor and American.
“Strong Men”
by Sterling A. Brown.