6/18 “Let us be serious and worthy of our people” After the G7 summit in which Donald acted like the big man-baby he is, threw a tantrum, and then whined on Twitter because Justin Trudeau stood up to him, French president Emmanuel Macron finally abandoned all pretense of trying to humor the commander of cheese, …
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How your voices are making a difference: “Commander of Cheese”
6/11 “Commander of Cheese” Let’s jump right in with… Republicans Against the Law A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the White House for its policy separating children from parents at the border will be allowed to proceed. “The government conduct at issue shocks the conscience and violates Plaintiffs’ constitutional right to …
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How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again'”
6/4 “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again.’” The steel industry and steel workers union, the auto industry, U.S. allies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and even Republicans decried the trade war Donald started with the EU, Mexico, and Canada, the effects of which will likely hit red states the hardest. As Republican senator Ben Sasse …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “Our presidency has been debased”
5/28: “Our presidency has been debased.” That quote comes from a Republican senator, Jeff Flake—one of the handful of lawmakers freed of the need to pander to the base with announcement of his retirement, who is speaking out openly against Don John and his abuses of office. At an address to Harvard Law School, Flake called …
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How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: 5/22: “We do not hide our feeling of repugnance towards him.”
No, that’s not “Things Americans say about Donald Trump” (or at least not just that). That’s from a statement Kim Jong Un issued referencing security adviser John Bolton, while making noises about backing out of Donald’s much-vaunted meeting with the mentally deranged dotard in chief. I know this is hard to believe, but the very stable genius …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “Every question they asked me, they already had the answers to.”
Week of 5/15: “Every question they asked me, they already had the answers to.” Some weeks the “Russia” and “Republicans Against the Law” sections are hard to distinguish…so for this week they’re combined: Michael Cohen may be guilty not only of bank fraud, but of accepting payments from Russian oligarchs to replenish the account from which …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “That’s your stink. Mr. President, that’s your swamp.”
Week of 5/8/18: “That’s your stink. Mr. President, that’s your swamp.” Russia Donald’s allies among the far-right GOP in the House have escalated attacks on Donald’s own DoJ, drafting articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein, a Trump-appointed Republican who is guilty of doing his job and observing the letter of the law, rather than being …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “Characteristic Mouth-Hemorrhaging”
Republicans against the Law Donald called directly into his beloved Fox and Friends show, and with characteristic mouth-hemorrhaging, flat-out admitted that Michael Cohen represented him in the Stormy Daniels NDA. The one that he allegedly knew nothing about because Cohen was just looking out for his interests on his own, as a friend, and that …
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How Your Voices Are Making A Difference: Checking a Runaway Administration
This list of our progress is growing longer each week. To make it a little easier for you to navigate, I’m breaking it down into categories from here on out—with some delightful bonus material at the end. Let’s start with our ever-growing weekly feature, Republicans Against the Law, which, perhaps not coincidentally, overlaps with the …
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How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “Everything is happening all at once”
You know that part in the movie where it seems like everything is happening all at once and the world is in chaos—right before the heroes roar up, defeat the villains, and save the world? This is what it feels like to live that. Buckle up—there’s a lot of progress to cover this week. As …
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