Pelosi can blackball Republicans who backed Trump’s election plot from serving in Congress: report rawstory.com/2020/12/pelosi…
"That’s because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment literally says that anyone who has tried to rebel against the Constitution after having pledged to protect it can’t hold political office. "
2/ "This would include any GOP House members who signed onto an amicus brief supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bogus Supreme Court case seeking to toss hundreds of thousands of votes in four swing states, so that Trump can steal a democratically decided election."

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13 Dec
‘These are Trump’s thugs’: Steve Schmidt pins responsibility for DC Proud Boy violence on presidential incitement rawstory.com/2020/12/these-…
With reports of stabbings and gunfire, Schmidt linked to clips of the far-right white nationalists roaming the streets and stopping cars, calling the members of the group “Trump’s thugs.”
2/“Look at this closely. These right-wing fascists are instigating political violence in the name of a defeated President who is inciting them. This is the Capitol of the United States. This is a glimpse of our future. This must be crushed at the ballot box.”
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On first day as L.A. County D.A., George Gascón eliminates bail, remakes sentencing rules latimes.com/california/sto…
"The dramatic reversals of deeply ingrained, traditional law enforcement strategies in the nation’s largest district attorney’s office, also will include a review of thousands of old cases to determine whether lighter sentences or prisoner releases should be sought,
2/ Gascón said in a speech during his swearing-in ceremony.

“I recognize for many this is a new path … whether you are a protester, a police officer or a prosecutor, I ask you to walk with me.
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11 Dec
Trump’s Republicans are not just attempting a coup — it’s worse than that rawstory.com/2020/12/trumps…
"Still, the reality is that this cannot and should not be laughed off. As Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has written, this whole exercise is a “seditious abuse of the judicial process.”
2/ Sedition is a serious charge, but it’s the right word. Most House Republicans and 17 state attorneys general are standing against the right of Americans to choose their own leaders.
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11 Dec
‘I’m very frightened about the future’: Paul Krugman warns Trump’s ‘cult of personality’ isn’t going away rawstory.com/2020/12/im-ver…
As he wrote in his first tweet “The GOP spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a deadly pandemic; now it’s rejecting democracy in the face of a clear election loss. How did we get to this point? One step at a time. But I’d argue that the wrong turn began under Reagan
Using charts he explained, “For one thing it was the beginning of the great mortality divergence. America used to have about the same life expectancy as other rich countries;
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11 Dec
Trump escalates his ‘unprecedented assault’ on democracy as time runs out for him to steal the election: report rawstory.com/2020/12/trump-…
The Washington Post reported Thursday. “By late afternoon, 106 GOP House members — a majority of the 196-member Republican caucus — had signed on to an amicus brief to support the Texas-led motion, among them Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA)
and Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.”
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10 Dec
Obama national security official says Trump is slowing the transition to sabotage Biden’s presidency rawstory.com/2020/12/obama-…
Mitchell noted that in the next 60 days, Iran will ramp up its nuclear weapons program, which was halted by a treaty that Trump broke.

“There’s a world full of these situations that are going to be challenging for the United States,” Donilan said, citing the coronavirus crisis.
2/ “They come out of a disruptive period under President Trump. And those challenges need to be met by people who are in their seats, running these departments as soon as possible. "
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