Biden’s Challenge: How do you campaign against a lying, neofascist cult leader?
On lies and Truth, see 1) Margaret Sullivan, “Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential; It’s also increasingly fruitless,” Washington Post, August 29, 2020 (7:00…
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Raw Power: Only a threat of immediate impeachment can constrain Trump
Democrats live in a world where rational analysis, legal and Constitutional norms and procedures, and pure decency determine–or should determine–the outcome of political struggles. Yet…
The democratic flame ignites in Belarus (Updated)
Updated with latest dispatches, August 17, 2020 (02:50 a.m. EDT). See 1) Friedrich Schmidt, “TELEGRAM-KANAL NEXTA LIVE: Gegen den Trash https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/belarus-telegram-kanal-ist-zentral-fuer-demonstranten-16907720.html Lukaschenka; Ein Telegram-Kanal mit…
Biden’s VP Choice Could Win or Lose the Election
Update: August 11, 2020 See Alexandra Petri, “Team Biden wishes it had known something was slightly wrong with every woman before promising a female,” Washington…
Trump’s creeping coup d’état: Democrats must get ready to impeach again (Part II)
See, Trump’s creeping coup d’état: Democrats must get ready to impeach again (Part I), The Trenchant Observer, July 25, 2020. Part II Impeachment All through…
REPRISE: Rehearsal for a coup d’état? Violence in American cities and “the chaos president” (Updated July 17, 2020)
Updated July 17, 2020 Today we republish an article first published on May 31 and revised on June 2, 2020, on the issue of whether…
Should Trump be impeached and removed from office NOW if it would save 100,000 lives? 200,000?
Trump’s Failure to Protect the American People from the Coronoavirus Donald Trump has failed and continues to fail to protect the American people from the…
Democrats’ silence gives “law and order” advantage to Trump–the most lawless president in U.S. history
The greatest charge against Donald Trump is that he has violated his oath to uphold the law and the Constitution, and has abused his power…
Come back, Governor Cuomo. The world needs you.
For over 100 days during the coronavirus pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held press briefings every day at which he told New Yorkers, and…
The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstrations
The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstations One of the great unknowns is the extent to which Russia may have stoked racial…
The failure of the Democrats, and the crowd in the streets
At the end of the day, if Trump is reelected, all of the crowd’s outrage and eloquent words will have no lasting impact. A reelected…
Rehearsal for a coup d’état? Violence in American cities and “the chaos president”
Update: See Ryan O’Connell, “Come November, a U.S. coup d’etat? Could Donald Trump call out the U.S. Army again, after losing the November election?. Salon,…
After witness retaliation, Democrats should open impeachment inquiry on obstruction of justice
The House Democrats did an outstanding job prosecuting their impeachment case in the Senate. Unfortunately, their inquiry and articles of impeachment were too narrowly drawn,…
Trump strengthens Praetorian Guard defense against investigation of illegal foreign campaign contributions
President Donald Trump, just after or coincident with his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, doubled down on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, strengthening his Praetorian…
After Trump’s Senate acquittal, the urgent need to reaffirm core values and the Rule of Law
After the sham impeachment trial of Donald Trump, in which Republican Senators voted to not allow new witnesses or evidence, where do advocates of the…
Trump, the impeachment trial, and hope for the future
The House Managers have put on a good case in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. An eloquent case. Unfortunately, the Republican party has…
House Democrats can resume impeachment inquiry into obstruction of justice
Trump is a man of cunning media intelligence, the fruit of a lifetime of obsession and immersion. That he knows little else is disappointing, but after the 2016 campaign should not come as a surprise.
He is at the same time a master of the greatest Nazi, Soviet, and Russian propaganda techniques, and a highly skillful and engaging TV performer.
He is indeed a world historical figure, with incredible power to shape national values, the ability of Americans to appreciate the truth, and their capacity to adopt policies based on science and ascertainable facts. With his successful defiance of the Constitution and Congressional oversight, he has acquired unprecedented power, in the U.S. at least, to affect the course of both domestic and world events.
REPRISE: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally published on January 16, 2016 Today is Martin Luther King day in the United States, a national holiday. It is a good moment to…
The trial of the Republican Party and Republican Senators in the matter of the impeachment of Donald J. Trump
Developing story Among all the hype and Republican propaganda relating to the Senate trial of impeached President Donald J. Trump, it is useful to maintain…
Democrats COULD avoid surrender to McConnell and impeachment defeat in the Senate
Developing House Democrats, by refusing to take up the Mueller report and obstrucion of justice in their articles of impeachment, have set the stage for…