The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on...
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Beneath their pseudo-deep combination of sanctimony and fatalism, these kinds of statements are disingenuous excuses for doing nothing. They ignore the obvious fact that it’s easier to change gun policy than the human heart; and that it’s more effective to legislate than to pray.
Donald Trump and his propagandists lying every day about what is happening in the courtroom in NY shows why the American public desperately needs the federal courts to enter the 21st century and allow at least a pool camera for his J6 trial.
I’ve been involved in hundreds of witness tampering cases. I’ve seen many people go to prison for less than the post Trump just made to Mark Meadows.
An absolutely clear and blatant violation of his pretrial release conditions and the government should file motion to revoke it.
The hearing on the govt’s request for a limited gag order is today. This article outlines specific examples of threats & intimidation from Trump against elections officials, political opponents, press, private citizens, prosecutors, witnesses, & judges. https://t.co/rO6CerP57C