Institutionalized corruption.

No wonder Pelosi killed the bill to stop Congress from trading stocks. Who wouldn't want a 65% return?
If you were a Congressperson serving an average length career of 8 years and started with 10k you would leave with a nest egg well over 1m.

Democracy Dies in Stenographizing The Talking Points in The Headlines

Today in 'neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party'

Mathew is right. Trump didn’t change the Republican Party, he revealed it.

Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 Kristi Noem Adam, it might be a more accurate take that Trump didn't change people, but he revealed people for who they really are. for good and bad. people don't fundamentally change unless some tragedy impacts them. they are revealed by power, money or fame.

Evangelicals lament now living in 'negative world.'

I wish they lamented living in fantasy world.

Specifically the fantasy world in which they're the ones defending morality & political sanity while being the most unwavering supporters of a morally degenerate would-be dictator.

Coups rarely succeed without the support of the military.
As such, it should come as no surprise that Christian Nationalists have been targeting the US military for quite some time.
Hidden behind their stalking horse of spiritual enlightenment are naked political objectives.

The Star Chamber Six on SCOTUS is all-in on Trump's delay game. This is about perpetuating GOP power. The legal repartee is chaff.

It's refreshing to see the media in Germany not act as apologists for that nation's far-right and its links to Russia.

Here in the US, the connection between Russia and the Republican Party has been transparent since late 2015.

It was a windy and chilly day at the beach with quite a bit of surf, but Karl didn't care.😎