Trump pardons 15, together with these convicted within the Mueller investigation

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including those convicted as part of Special Envoy Robert Mueller’s investigation and four former Blackwater USA guards convicted of the 2007 murder of unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad. Pardons include ex-Congressmen Duncan Hunter from California, Chris Collins from New York, and Steve Stockman from Texas. Collins, who …

MyPillow Man’s election fraud was so absurd that even Newsmax needed to minimize it

Right-wing media broadcaster Newsmax was forced to tune out MyPillow guy Mike Lindell on live TV Monday night when he was just starting to spit out crazy conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines. The moment came at a time when Newsmax, Trump’s new favorite propaganda network, was coming under legal pressure to spit out lies …

Congress to cross assist and authorities funding legal guidelines

House Spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) returns after the house opens after receiving a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on December 21, 2020 on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, the previous evening had agreed. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The House passed a mammoth coronavirus aid and government spending package Monday night as Congress poured the belated aid …

A pandemic nurse’s diary reveals Trump’s vicious insurance policies, financial failures

Pandemic Nurse Diary of Sister T with Timothy Sheard. New York: Hardball Press, 2020. 143 pages. Reading the diary of a pandemic nurse, especially against the prevailing media accounts of the experiences of healthcare workers during this pandemic, reminded me of the introductory words in the sketch by radical US writer Jesús Colón “Something to …

Prosecutors refuse bail for Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing Jeffrey Epstein’s spouse

Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link during her trial in which she was denied bail for assisting Jeffrey Epstein in the recruitment and eventual abuse of underage girls in federal court in Manhattan on July 14, 2020 in New York in this court sketch. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Federal prosecutors on Friday asked a judge …

Arizona Republican Get together chief requires Trump to betray martial legislation

Arizona Republican Party leader Kelli Ward urged Donald Trump to impose martial law and overthrow the elections. Ward tweeted: Arizona GOP chairman Kelli Ward urges Trump to cross the Rubicon. Pic.twitter.com/juYGS2yD6z – Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) December 20, 2020 When Trump supporters suggest he cross the Rubicon, they are telling him to break the Constitution and …

The federal government threatens shutdown as Congress passes coronavirus stimulation legislation

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, walks to his office from the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on December 18, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Congress dangerously neared the government shutdown as lawmakers failed to put the finishing touches on Friday on a massive spending and …

Trump loses it, falsely claiming that China hacked voting machines

Trump showed he is staying in Putin’s back pocket by falsely blaming China for the US’s Russian hack. Trump tweeted: …. Discuss the possibility that it could be (it can be!) China. There could also have been a blow to our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is evident now that I won big, …

Biden transition, high Pentagon officers at odds over canceled briefings

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden looks at his watch as he arrives to meet former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his candidate for Secretary of Transportation during a press conference on December 16, 2020 at Biden’s Interim Headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware , USA. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters WASHINGTON – Tension erupted on Friday between …

The Military rejects Mike Flynn’s name for Trump to declare martial legislation and overthrow the election

After Mike Flynn urged Trump to declare martial law and overthrow the election, the army leadership flatly rejected the idea. The army’s response to Flynn’s fascist idea was to reject it: Only in: @SecArmy Ryan McCarthy and @ArmyChiefStaff General McConville respond to former General Flynn’s remarks calling on Trump to declare martial law in order …