Tag Archives: rule of law

Putin, Trump, and the killing of journalists

By Mark | February 17, 2019

This morning, the President of the United States took to Twitter to say that the investigation against him and his associates — the investigation that has already yielded multiple convictions and guilty pleas — is “illegal and rigged”. He then went on to add — quoting Rush Limbaugh — that those investigating him “ought to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged authoritarianism, call to violence, Capital Gazette, Donald Trump, El Paso, enemy of the people, fascism, First Amendment, freedom of the press, future of journalism, Garry Kasparov, gun control, journalism, Limbaugh, Lügenpresse, lying press, mass shootings, Milo Yiannopoulos, Nazi, NRA, political violence, potential for violence, retribution, Russia, Saturday Night Live, threats to Democracy, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin | 45 Comments

National Emergency

By Mark | February 14, 2019

This afternoon, just short of the Friday deadline, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan spending bill that would avoid another shutdown. The compromise bill, which passed with only 16 Senators voting against it, included $1.375 billion for the construction of a 55 mile long fence of steel slats, significantly less that the $5.7 billion […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Coulter, authoritarianism, border wall, call to action, constitutional crisis, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, executive actions, executive orders, executive overreach, government shutdown, illegal immigration, Laura Ingraham, Mitch McConnell, national emergency, open borders, racism, slippery slope, unconstitutional, Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community | 75 Comments

Are Democrats “too dangerous to govern”?

By Mark | October 13, 2018

To all of the Republicans who have jumped on the “Democrats are a danger to the rule of law” bandwagon as a way of delegitimizing protest, and obscuring the fact that regular Americans have very real and legitimate reasons for being upset with their leaders in Washington, who are essentially taking health care from working […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Amy Klobuchar, birther, Brett Kavanaugh, bullying, Charlottesville, Christine Blasey Ford, David Pecker, Donald Trump, face stomping, health care, Hitler, hypocrisy, law and order, Melaina Trump, narcissism, National Enquirer, Pennsylvania, preexisting conditions, professional victims, protest, reproductive rights, Scott Wagner, snowflakes, Ted Cruz, Tom Wolf, unhinged mob, victimhood, violence | 111 Comments

“The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,” declares Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

By Mark | May 1, 2018

It won’t get much coverage, seeing as how Donald Trump’s extremely colorful personal physician has resurfaced in today’s news cycle, but Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said something today that I very much liked, and I wanted to be sure to at least note it here. When asked about a recent story in the Washington […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Attorney General, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, extortion, Freedom Caucus, Harold Bornstein, impeachment, Law Day, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Russia, Russiagate, threats, threats to Democracy | 6 Comments

Mitch McConnell says he won’t bring bi-partisan legislation protecting Robert Mueller to the floor of the Senate for a vote

By Mark | April 18, 2018

As the family is out of the house this evening, I’ve decided to just lay here on the couch, in front of the fireplace, and study up on Jerry Lewis look-alike Sammy Petrillo, the star of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. [That’s Steve Calvert as the gorilla above.] As I seriously doubt that any […]