Political observers called it an embarrassing failure for theocratic Speaker Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy’s embattled successor.
Tag: Accountable Leaders
Writer E. Jean Carroll wins a huge judgment against Donald Trump for defamation
A nine-member Manhattan jury deliberated just three hours before attaching a price tag to defamatory remarks Trump made about a woman who accused him of sexual assault in the dressing room of a pricey New York department store.
House Republicans vote to formalize their baseless impeachment inquiry against Biden
The launch came on a 221–212 party-line vote after self-styled reasonable Republicans, representing districts carried by Biden and Harris in 2020, were press ganged to go along.
United States House of Representatives finally expels fraudster George Santos
Santos is just the sixth person to be forcibly removed from the House in its centuries-long existence.
The Roberts/Alito Supreme Court’s toothless new code of ethics isn’t good enough
The code asks justices not to play a part in cases where they have a professional connection or personal interest. Compliance is entirely voluntary and based the judgment of the justice.
United States House of Representatives votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker
McCarthy’s speakership lasted just two hundred and sixty-nine days, ranking as one of the shortest in American history.
Cory Booker, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell join calls for Bob Menendez’s resignation
Menendez might feel that since he beat previous charges brought by the Department of Justice, he can do so again. But other Democrats aren’t betting on him (nor should they).
Memo to Washington State’s right wing: Harassment is not accountability
In orchestrating this bombardment of an elected official’s personal mobile number with angrily-worded text messages, Tim Eyman and others are seeking to intimidate an elected official so she doesn’t cross them in the future.
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward feigns ignorance after accepting Matt Shea’s blessing at a white Christian nationalist rally
Woodward was already facing a tough general election campaign to win a second term, as evidenced by her loss to Lisa Brown in the August Top Two election. Now her electoral prospects look even dimmer.
Donald Trump indicted again — this time, finally, for assaulting American democracy
The indictment is the result of careful, methodical work by Special Counsel Jack Smith and many hardworking investigators at the Department of Justice, who have labored to ensure that the work done to expose what happened on January 6th didn’t merely pass into history as a report, but led to charges.
Ultra MAGA Republicans give RFK’s wayward son another platform to spew his bile
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, invited Robert F. Kennedy’s son to entertain them with conspiracy theories and misinformation on July 20th.
Second Trump indictment lands, this one from federal charges filed by special counsel
The indictment charges that Trump unlawfully took and retained classified information that did not belong to him after exiting the White House, and that he lied about his actions and obstructed the federal government’s efforts to recover the documents, because he didn’t want to give them back.
Slimy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets impeached by his fellow Republicans
The saga of Paxton, now suspended from office pending a Senate trial, carries national lessons in the lengths to which the political right shows loyalty, and meet out punishment to those who dare to question even conduct that is outrageous.
2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting
The hard right has taken a hard drubbing of late. Its election deniers were denied wins from seats in legislatures, to secretary of state races, to contests for the Senate. That’s led to unexpected recriminations.