At the first rally to kick off his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump played a bizarre rendition of the national anthem in which he himself recites the Pledge of Allegiance while a “choir” of January 6 rioters sing the national anthem. It would become a regular feature at his rallies. Some …
Read More »Trump's New Federal Attorney Withdrew Jan. 6 Charges Against His Own Client
Donald Trump’s top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia requested that a court withdraw charges against a Jan. 6 insurrectionist he personally represented — a move that experts decried as a clear ethical violation. Shortly after taking office, Trump pardoned 1,500 of individuals who were convicted of offenses or …
Read More »Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE Staff
As a cabal of Elon Musk flunkies works around the clock to infiltrate and sabotage various federal agencies on behalf of President Donald Trump, the world’s richest man — just named a special government employee — is warning along with Washington allies that the consequences for publicly naming these staffers …
Read More »Michael Fanone Has a Lot to Say About the Jan. 6 Pardons — Including His Own
On Jan. 20, some time between the hour when he learned that Joe Biden had preemptively pardoned him for testifying before the Jan. 6 committee and the hour when he learned that Donald Trump had pardoned the men who violently attacked him on Jan. 6, Michael Fanone went to look …
Read More »Can Civil Lawsuits Keep Trump's Criminal Element in Check?
President Donald Trump’s mass pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 seditionists, terrorists, obstructionists, and hundreds of other felons dealt a stark blow against the rule of law. The executive action has done what Trump has long accused other countries of doing — flooded America’s streets with dangerous criminals. Trump’s clemency …
Read More »Trump Pardons Seditionist Proud Boys Leader Among 1,500 Jan. 6 Defendants
Donald Trump has issued a blanket pardon to 1,500 of individuals who were convicted of offenses or faced charges relating to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He also signed 14 commutations, deeming the offenders to have fulfilled their sentences with time served. “This is January 6,” …
Read More »The Oath Keepers Are Back — and Targeting America's Youth
The Oath Keepers are back. And leaked documents suggest the group is trying to rebuild its brand by targeting youth, and in particular the Boy Scouts. The infamous paramilitary organization has been in disarray since the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, was arrested, charged, and convicted of seditious conspiracy for his …
Read More »Does Trump Jan. 6 Pardon Plan Include the Seditionists?
With Donald Trump winning back the White House, his Big Lie that Jan. 6 was just an enthusiastic rally that got out of hand, rather than an insurrectionist mob he unleashed to disrupt the count of the 2020 electoral college, has new currency. A new congressional Republican report, spearheaded by …
Read More »'Totally Predictable': Tyranny Expert Warns of Violence If Trump Loses Again
Timothy Snyder is a Yale history professor whose pamphlet, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, provided progressives a historical road map for resisting the abuses of the first Trump administration. (First lesson: “Do not obey in advance.”) Snyder predicted that Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss could lead to …
Read More »How Republicans Could Help Trump Steal the Election from Harris
Donald Trump and his allies in Congress and election offices throughout the country have a variety of tools to dismantle the will of voters and install Trump as president — Tuesday’s election results be damned. Much of the nation was shocked when attempts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in …
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