NYMag – Last week saw a great deal of speculation about whether President Trump might either be impeached or prosecuted. The latter possibility came more into focus on Wednesday with the appointment of Robert Mueller, an FBI Director under presidents Bush and Obama, as a special counsel to lead the investigation into Russian involvement in…
DailyKos – It’s quiet out there … so quiet … Charlie Rose just said CBS This Morning asked 20 Republicans and White House on air to speak to Comey memo today; all declined. It’s only a matter of time—probably minutes—before a new revelation roils the nation. So it’s a good time to take a quick…
CommonDreams – 1. Regaining Our Common Sense Two things are inhibiting our exercise of common sense as a self-governed people: First, the cancer of our corporate media monopoly has ravaged the culture of the democratic process in our nation. Among the many symptoms of this lethal disease is its projection of normalizing false narratives that…
HuffingtonPost – September 8, 1974. It’s not a date that rings a bell for most of us, but it’s a day that came to define an entire Presidency. President Gerald Ford issued a sweeping pardon to Richard Nixon that day, absolving him of all of his crimes, and ensuring he’d never face the music for…
