Tag: January 6
Why the Jan. 6 convictions set dangerous new legal precedents
The recent convictions against the Proud Boys will only strengthen the state’s ability to target the left.
January 6 gave revolution a bad name
Even John F. Kennedy recognized that when confronted with extreme abuse of power, we are left with no alternative.
Not all insurrections are equal
Rebellions of the enslaved can aptly be classified as insurrections. This much is clear as we debate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Trump’s eight worst systemic train-wrecks
Trump could still be president if he were as good at scheming a coup as at debunking, then crashing democratic systems.
Citing ‘deluge of new evidence,’ House Jan. 6 committee delays hearings
Chair Bennie Thompson said hearings into the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump would resume sometime in July.
Message to Attorney General Garland: lead, follow, or get the hell...
If Garland indicates he has not conducted an investigation of Trump and he has no plans to do so, even after receiving the Jan. 6 committee’s full report, Biden should fire him immediately and begin the search for a new, highly competent individual who will properly conduct the Justice Dept. business.
The party of January 6
The defeat of Donald Trump in 2020 was supposed to put an end to America’s delusional national politics.
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The real meaning of January 6
The challenge ahead is to fill it with a democracy and economy that work for everyone.
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It’s time for ‘unified groups’ to declare war against Trump’s unscrupulous retribution schemes
They must use all the innovative techniques that they have to take down Trump before he turns them into his slaves, and America into a fascist state.
An Indian drugmaker, investigated by ProPublica last year, has recalled two dozen medications sold...
FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs.
Democrats push to ban congressional stock trading amid tariff-triggered market scandal
Lawmakers intensify calls to outlaw stock trades by members of Congress following Trump’s tariff reversal and suspicious GOP investments.
New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses
While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
Trump may be blowing the economy up on purpose
Working-class Americans should view a purposefully engineered recession as blatant aggression by the ownership class.