been the practice of other authoritarian movements seeking to subvert free governments. Bill Kristol

successor in power.
The wielding of the pardon power helps remove whatever hesitation might remain on the part of Trumpists to engage in election subversion. The pardon power is also a useful reminder that Trump & his minions are willing to use parts of the constitution against itself. That has ⬇️

Bondi at the Justice Dept., Kash Patel at the FBI, Pete Hegseth at the Defense Dept., Kristi Noem at DHS, & apparatchiks have been put in place beneath all of them, & elsewhere & in the White House. They will have little or no hesitation in doing whatever it takes to keep Trump or a designated ⬇️

helped spearhead the January 6 attack on the Capitol — just went on the far-right Gateway Pundit podcast to pitch a chilling new idea: Trump should form his own private militia, answerable only to him.

want to do that. And now, they haven’t.
HC Richardson

reconciliation bill, but they did extend tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. 😡
Heather Cox Richardson

extend the premium tax credits for insurance purchased on the Affordable Care Act healthcare marketplace. Without those credits, millions will lose their healthcare insurance & millions more will face skyrocketing premiums. Republicans did not extend these credits in their July budget ⬇️

have signed these agreements.

known to be unreliable.
Now, some states are using that data to purge voter rolls, meaning that eligible citizens may be improperly removed from rolls & even investigated.
ProPublica reported a growing number of states are signing agreements with DHS to use SAVE to vet voter rolls. 20 states so far⬇️

between Cambodia & Armenia — 2 nations 4,000 miles apart. Days before, he bragged he’d stopped a showdown between Azerbaijan & Albania, apparently meaning Armenia. Robert Reich

said would be outfitted in marble & “magnificent high end carpeting.” Robert Reich