‘It’ll be bedlam’: how Trump is creating conditions for a post-election eruption

“Regardless of whether Donald Trump wins or loses, there’s going to be violence,” said Michael Fanone, a retired police officer who was seriously injured by pro-Trump rioters at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. “If Donald Trump loses, he’s not going to concede and he’s going to inspire people to commit acts of violence, … Continue reading ‘It’ll be bedlam’: how Trump is creating conditions for a post-election eruption

‘Justification of dictatorship’: outcry as Milei rewrites Argentina’s history

Thousands of protesters will take to the streets on Sunday to mark the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina, a holiday commemorating the 30,000 victims of the dictatorship, called “desaparecidos”. The date usually sees Argentina’s largest demonstrations of the year, with millions of citizens flooding the country’s streets to declare: “Nunca más” … Continue reading ‘Justification of dictatorship’: outcry as Milei rewrites Argentina’s history

Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term

Trump praised the Russian president as a “genius” and “pretty savvy” when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, and has boasted he would end the war in a “day”, sparking critics’ fears that if he’s elected again Trump would help Russia achieve a favorable peace deal by cutting off aid to Kyiv. Trump also recently … Continue reading Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term

Trump calls for Liz Cheney [R] to be jailed for investigating him over Capitol attack

Donald Trump has renewed calls for Liz Cheney – his most prominent Republican critic – to be jailed for her role in investigating his actions during the January 6 Capitol attack launched by his supporters in 2021, a move that is bound to raise further fears that the former president could persecute his political opponents if … Continue reading Trump calls for Liz Cheney [R] to be jailed for investigating him over Capitol attack

‘My soul is so tired’: Stormy Daniels stands up to Maga hate in new film

Daniels is shown in the film telling a journalist that one of the reasons she accepted Trump’s hush money was to establish a “money trail” that linked her to him – “so he could not have me killed”, as she put it. After all, Daniels recalls in the film, a friend had admonished her that … Continue reading ‘My soul is so tired’: Stormy Daniels stands up to Maga hate in new film

‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona

In 2020, the Republican-controlled state legislature sponsored a widely discredited “audit” of votes in Maricopa county, the largest constituency, which contain Phoenix. Republican leaders put themselves forward as fake electors in a possibly criminal attempt to flip Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona to Trump’s. Two years later, in the midterms, armed vigilantes dressed in tactical … Continue reading ‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona

Jon Stewart Calls BS on Trump & the GOP’s Performative Patriotism

Jon Stewart unpacks Biden’s fired-up State of the Union and Katie Britt’s disastrous GOP kitchen rebuttal, then calls bulls**t on conservatives branding themselves the party of “true American patriots” and wrapping themselves in the Constitution, while their leader Trump's rhetoric sounds more like an undemocratic king. https://youtu.be/LJUl77rsFEw?si=kTyV3pAyylN0ToCR https://youtu.be/LJUl77rsFEw?si=kTyV3pAyylN0ToCR -The Daily Show; 3/12/2024

Recordings From a Police Plane Show Officers Looking for Reasons to Arrest the Leftist Protesters Below

The recordings, Ahern’s attorney Juan Chavez says, show police arrested protesters without suspecting a crime. “The city had an open and verbalized policy of arresting leftist protesters without probable cause,” Chavez wrote in a Feb. 26 legal filing. “The city was so unabashed about this policy that they announced it over the radio before realizing … Continue reading Recordings From a Police Plane Show Officers Looking for Reasons to Arrest the Leftist Protesters Below

Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler

All of them stressed that Trump regularly lavished praise on authoritarian leaders around the world, calling Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “fantastic,” Chinese President Xi Jinping “brilliant,” and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “OK guy.” Horrifyingly, Trump also said, “Well, but Hitler did some good things,” according to John Kelly, who served as … Continue reading Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler