Corruption

Subpoenas in Georgia's Trump corruption probe won't come until May at best

If we’ve learned anything in the last few years, it’s that when powerful people commit crimes, the odds that our nation’s various legal jurisdictions can be roused to do so much as …

Wed Feb 9, 2022

Clarence Thomas doesn't need his wife's help to be a far-right law-shredding extremist

I am extremely wary of any sort of take that presumes two married people share the same brain and that a career path taken by one must necessarily bar their spouse from following a career of their …

Mon Feb 7, 2022

As political endorsements fly, another reminder that conservatism is just one big grift

It is endorsement season, the most lucrative of all political seasons if you are the sort of political hack who for whatever reasons has stumbled into a position of party influence but are repulsed by …

Fri Feb 4, 2022

Key impeachment witness Alexander Vindman sues Trump allies for intimidation, retaliation

It’s been long overdue: Former Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman has filed a lawsuit against a host of top Donald Trump allies, accusing them of attempting to intimidate him, then retaliating against …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Trump PAC transferred $1 million to a Mark Meadows nonprofit as House coup probe got underway

NBC News is reporting that, only weeks after the formation of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, Donald Trump’s “Save America” …

Tue Feb 1, 2022

Fascism: Trump vows pardons for Jan. 6 seditionists, calls for nationwide protests if indicted

Republican Party leader and traitor to the nation Donald Trump continues to test new rally waters in anticipation of a repeat presidential bid. On Saturday the delusional narcissist made no particular …

Mon Jan 31, 2022

Report shows Sen. Joe Manchin's getting billionaire GOP money for being a good little doggy

You may have heard the name Ken Langone before. He’s the rags-to-riches billionaire co-owner of the Home Depot empire. He’s purportedly worth more than $6 billion. He supported Donald Trump, and like …

Fri Jan 28, 2022

Gaetz sex probe gaining more steam

Another person has agreed to cooperate in the sex crimes probe involving U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. Cutting a deal this time is Joseph Ellicott, best friend to Joel Greenberg, the disgraced tax …

Wed Jan 26, 2022

Ukraine would not be on the brink of invasion were it not for Paul Manafort and Donald Trump

In 1995, a collapse of Soviet-era infrastructure created a massive public health disaster in Ukraine’s second-largest city. Over 1.6 million people were left without drinking water, and sewage was …

Tue Jan 25, 2022

We can boot the last anti-choice (and allegedly corrupt) House Democrat on March 1

Republican shamelessness is one thing, but coming from a putative Democrat, it’s even more infuriating. Hot off the heels of having his Texas home and campaign office raided by the FBI, Rep. Henry …

Tue Jan 25, 2022

Judge Donna Scott Davenport announces retirement after lawmakers issue resolution to remove her

After lawmakers across the country announced they would like to unseat a Tennessee county judge, the Rutherford County juvenile court judge herself announced her retirement Tuesday. Known as the first …

Fri Jan 21, 2022

Cops destroy lives by lying about evidence, but are rarely held accountable

The phrase “police brutality” has often been associated with officers beating or killing innocent people, most often people of color. For over a year now, what often comes to mind is the Facebook …

Sun Jan 16, 2022

Yet another investigation shows policing system is as crooked as we thought it was

Police brutality doesn’t just happen. Despite popular Republican rhetoric, the spotlight cases of such brutality aren’t just exceptions to a rule of otherwise fair and humane policing—they are …

Tue Dec 28, 2021

Top law firms have donated nearly $500,000 to the pro-sedition lawmakers they said they'd shut out

In Rolling Stone, Andy Kroll reports that the pledges the nation’s top law firms took—you know, those promises to stop funding Republican lawmakers who allied themselves on Jan. 6 with a …

Sat Dec 11, 2021

Sen. Mike Braun is in hot water over millions in 'loans' to his 2018 campaign

During his 2018 run for the Senate, Republican Mike Braun was getting a lot of attention for a campaign strategy that relied on self-funding, sweetheart loans from allies, and “creative” …

Thu Nov 11, 2021

The Republican Party is still targeting elections officials with violence-provoking hoaxes

There are two things to know about the Republican Party’s organized attack on non-corrupt secretaries of state and other state election officials. The first is that it is resulting in more chaos …

Wed Oct 27, 2021

DOJ needs even more help digging Matt Gaetz’s alleged sex trafficking

For the past three months, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly needed even more hands on deck to untangle the many knots of a federal sex trafficking investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz of …

Fri Oct 22, 2021

There will be a second insurrection. Fox News and the Republican Party are making sure of it

Donald Trump’s election lies led to a violent insurrection. There were deaths. For the briefest of moments, it looked as if at least a handful of Republican leaders who had to flee the mob of …

Mon Oct 11, 2021

Reuters uncovers deeper connections between deadly hoax network OAN and corporate giant AT&T

As America grapples with the very real threat of fascism, the fledgling “One America News” network has staked out a position as one of the nation’s dominant promoters of pro-Trump, …

Thu Oct 7, 2021

Gov. Jim Justice owes a lot a money and is trying to sell off half his family business

In June, turncoat Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia was outed for being on the hook for almost a billion dollars in unpaid loans to Credit Suisse funds and Carter Bank & Trust (CB&T). This all …

Tue Oct 5, 2021