Editor’s Note: No journalist has worked harder and longer to understand and reveal the scam nature of the so-called “Russiagate” scandal than Aaron Maté. As the following excerpt from Maté’s latest revelation in his Substack article shows, the Hilary Clinton campaign funded the initial Russiagate narrative, including the now widely debunked Steele Dossier. By the…
From The Intercept: “When Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he wanted a “pause” on consideration of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill, he said his main concern was the federal debt being left to his grandkids. Most news coverage attributes his opposition to the conservative, coal-friendly politics of West Virginia. “But reporting by The Intercept…
If the filibuster can’t be done away with or turned into a “Jimmy Stewart filibuster,” then Congress has the obligation to Act on the “Nuclear Option” By Thom Hartmann Reprinted by permission of the author The US Senate is back in session this week, as Texas Republicans prepare to pass another massive voter suppression bill….
In the latest Atlantic Monthly, Adam Serwer explains: Republicans are not blocking a bipartisan January 6 commission because they fear Trump, or because they want to “move on” from 2020. They are blocking a January 6 commission because they agree with the underlying ideological claim of the rioters, which is that Democratic electoral victories…
Heather Cox Richardson — in her newsletter today — says “there is only one story today:” “The story today—and always—is the story of American democracy. “Tonight, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed a 95-page law designed to suppress the vote in the state where voters chose two Democratic senators in 2020, making it possible…