Impeachment

For some time now, the Enlightenment playbook of American democracy has seemed to be moving in reverse. Representative government spurns most of the basic demands of representation. The minority party rages against elections that don’t go its way, despite the lopsided advantages it enjoys from the Electoral College, gerrymandered congressional…

The Select Committee investigating the January 6 mob attack on the Capitol took a significant step forward late Thursday night when it announced that it had received thousands of documents it had requested from social media and telecom companies. “With several hours to go before today’s deadline, the Select Committee…

Former President Donald Trump continued his revenge endorsements Thursday against House Republicans who voted for his impeachment, backing Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she announced she was entering the crowded GOP primary against Rep. Liz Cheney.  Cheney, who lost her position earlier this year as House GOP conference chairwoman for…

Here’s how much I enjoyed the first seven out of 10 episodes of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story: As soon as I ran out of screeners, I spent Labor Day weekend marathoning all 10 episodes of The People v. O.J. Simpson, the original, critically acclaimed American Crime Story miniseries that…

(CNN)Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that "there isn't going to be an impeachment" of President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, noting that Democrats control the House and Senate. "I think the way these behaviors get adjusted in this country is at the ballot…

Lindsey Graham has repeated his call for Joe Biden to be impeached over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying the president “ignored sound advice” and has “been this way for 40 years”. Some observers may harbour doubts about Graham’s sincerity. The Republican senator from South Carolina was close to Biden…

”Your whole enclave is disgusting,“ the ”Curb Your Enthusiasm“ star told Trump’s former lawyer Getty Images Larry David recently ran into former Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz at the grocery store, and he didn’t hold back from criticizing the Harvard Law professor. In a heated exchange that was witnessed by a…

They distrust the media, rally against impeachment, and think the women are liars. But these are not Trump supporters—these are fans of Andrew Cuomo. The disgraced New York governor, who resigned last week after a state attorney general’s report alleged sexual harassment and misconduct in his office, became a COVID…

Posted August 13, 2021 at 10:30am The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to give whistleblowers who work for U.S. intelligence agencies groundbreaking new protections, a response to what members see as flaws in the process revealed in the leadup to President Donald Trump’s first impeachment. The committee’s new intelligence authorization bill…

Two Wyoming Republican leaders voted to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) as a member of their party, six months after she voted to impeach former President Trump, per the Casper Star-Tribune. Why it matters: While symbolic, the move is the latest censuring that Cheney has faced for diverging…