On the eve of his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that his speech on the day a mob attacked the Capitol simply could not have played a role inciting the violent riot against Congress.
Trump’s defense was laid out in a 75-page pre-trial brief that responded to the arguments from the House managers in a brief of their own last week.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced Monday that he will retire at the end of his term, leaving his seat open for the 2022 midterms.
Continue reading “Sen. Richard Shelby Announces Retirement, Following Handful Of GOP Peers”
The FDA commissioner who President Trump pressured for months to approve a COVID-19 vaccine before the 2020 election thinks that the agency should be independent.
Continue reading “Trump’s FDA Chief: More ‘Safeguards’ Needed Against Presidential Pressure”
There is now a debate over whether to change the income caps for eligibility for those $2,000 checks. (Actually, it’s an additional $1,400 which combined with the $600 from December will equal $2,000.) Specifically, the discussion is whether to lower the income cap from $75,000 to $50,000.
This is a major, major mistake.
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Days after former President Trump canceled his membership of SAG-AFTRA, the show business union moved to ban Trump from ever applying for readmission on Sunday. Continue reading “Trump Banned From Rejoining Screen Actors’ Union After Ex-POTUS Canceled Membership”
67-year-old Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) died from COVID-19 on Sunday night, according to Fox News and the Dallas Morning News. He is the first sitting congressman to pass away from the virus.
House Democrats sent out two letters to members of the Biden administration Monday, alerting them to new evidence of the scope of the Trump administration’s political interference in scientific-based efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and asking for documents.
While the Senate considers whether Donald Trump’s incitement of the Capitol mob is a “high crime and misdemeanor” worthy of impeachment, he and his associates may be on the hook for separate, criminal prosecutions.
Continue reading “Why Trump’s Attacks On Democracy Could Be Criminally Charged”
Chuck Cooper, one of the biggest Republican lawyers in Washington, rejected on Sunday GOP senators’ claim outlined in Sen. Rand Paul’s resolution (R-KY) that holding an impeachment trial for ex-President Donald Trump is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office.
Continue reading “Top Conservative Lawyer Dismisses Argument That Impeachment Is Unconstitutional”
From TPM Reader CC …
One of the things it would be hard for you to grasp totally is the extent to which Trump’s omnipresence was not just limited to the U.S. It was felt around the world and here in Australia he was covered and became part of everyday conversation so much more than Obama (except for Obama’s “honeymoon” period). Now he is gone and the coverage of US politics has really dialed back because it is so much more normal than it was. I think if it was not for COVID19 and how bad it is in America (particularly relative to here) the coverage would be virtually non-existent. So our de-trumping story is like a withdrawal from more than just Trump. It will be interesting to see what coverage of the impeachment trial will be but for the moment I don’t think I am the only Australian grateful to be able to ignore you again for a while.
