Section: AlterNet (USA)
Trump’s recent ploys come straight from the authoritarian playbook
by Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State and Luis Jimenez, University of Massachusetts BostonSix weeks after the U.S. election, President Donald Trump had still not accepted defeat. This behavior is not typical in mature democracies. And it’s reminiscent of countries with what political scientists call “hybrid regimes” – nations that have...
Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been reduced to selling cigars and coins on YouTube
Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney of Donald Trump, has repeatedly and thoroughly discredited himself by pushing far-fetched lies about how President-elect Joe Biden allegedly stole the election. But just when you thought he couldn’t get any lower, he’s now on YouTube selling cigars and gold coins on his personal YouTube channel.As...
Here’s how AG Barr’s departure could pave the way for ‘Trump cases’ to move forward: report
Attorney General William Barr has been one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressive defenders, from the Mueller Report to the Ukraine scandal and the president’s impeachment trial. But when the 70-year-old Barr acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect during a recent interview with the Associated Press and said that there was no...
Take a wild guess who won PolitiFact fact-checkers’ ‘Lie of the Year’ award
The fact-checkers at Politifact this year have handed their annual “Lie of the Year” award to President Donald Trump and his supporters’ coronavirus denialism, including any “claims that deny, downplay or disinform about COVID-19.””President Donald J. Trump fueled confusion and conspiracies from the earliest...
Bill Barr was Trump’s biggest enabler — but his real legacy is even darker
Poor Bill Barr.After all that he did for President Trump, Barr was forced out of his job as Attorney General anyway for failing to hurl himself over a cliff as a human sacrifice. Trump wanted him to use the Department of Justice to help overturn the election which even Barr wasn’t able to finesse. And Trump just couldn’t forgive him...
Giuliani is likely behind the latest Hunter Biden fiasco — which raises questions about the credibility of it
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani reportedly met with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents in Delaware who were investigating Hunter Biden’s finances while President-elect Joe Biden was on the campaign trail. Now, more questions are looming about the FBI. An editorial published by The New York Times...
‘Stop the world from killing itself!’ Donald Trump goes on a Friday morning angry Tweetstorm
President Donald Trump has a mere 39 days left in office, and while he refuses to acknowledge that fact, his grasp on reality appears to be just as rapidly unraveling.Friday morning the President launched a series of angry tweets, covering everything from North Korea to Hunter Biden to his unlawful call strong-arming the President of Ukraine to...
Trump’s biggest betrayal yet could come in the last days of his presidency
Donald Trump is a lame duck. His decisions in the final weeks of his Presidency will be driven by delusion, self-enrichment, and trying to handicap Joe Biden so Trump won’t be shamed by comparison. He could wreak untold damage on America unless he’s finally checked by Congress.In the past his advisers stopped him from making misguided...
Hunter Biden reveals that Trump’s DOJ is investigating him — just as the president wanted
On Wednesday afternoon, Hunter Biden, son of President-elect Joe Biden, announced via the transition team that the Justice Department is investigating his tax history.”I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax...
Unsung heroes: The people who stood up to Trump in his final days
We always knew Trump would contest the election results. He’s spreading wilder and wilder conspiracy theories about non-existent voter fraud. Of course, these claims haven’t held up in court because there’s zero evidence. But the integrity of thousands of people responsible for maintaining American democracy is being tested as...
