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Donald Trump may be out of Washington, but his spirit very much lives on in the party he left behind. This month, Republican congressional leaders Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell effectively quashed any chance of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
It’s part of a much broader trend in Republican politics to double down on the Trumpist legacy. Like the recent purging of Rep. Liz Cheney (WY) or the steadfast opposition to voting rights, the GOP has gone all-in on Trump and is in revolt against democracy.
The direction of the GOP poses an enormous challenge for Democrats: How do you deal with an opposition party that is strategically committed to undermining core democratic institutions? And, more urgently, what are the consequences of not reforming those institutions before they’ve been dismantled?
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Porn Lawyer Michael Avenatti Wants to Permanently Cure SCOTUS
The Democrat Party’s new hero is porn lawyer Michael Avenatti. He has an idea on how to get even for Merrick Garland. He wants the Supreme Court to go nuclear and add two more seats with Democrats who believe in legislating from the bench.
Avenatti tweeted, “In light of the Garland seat that was stolen, together with the events of today and the hiding of docs, etc., the court must be expanded to 11 seats after 2020. The Dem nominee must commit to this or not receive the nomination IMO. There is far too much at stake.”
Opinion: Mike Pence is in a weird spot CNN 1/3/2021 By Richard Galant, CNN © Drew Angerer/Getty Images NEWPORT NEWS, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive for a campaign rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on September 25, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia. President Trump is scheduled to announce his nomination to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday afternoon at the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) And now for something completely different, John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on Monty Python s Flying Circus. He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit.
Mike Pence is in a weird spot
“And now for something completely different,” John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit.
After the debacle of 2020 a year that felt a little like being on that spit many people are yearning for a clean break, “something completely different.”
It might be too much to ask. The year begins with two pieces of leftover business: the runoff elections in Georgia Tuesday that will determine which party controls the US Senate, and the session of Congress Wednesday at which the Electoral College’s votes to elect Joe Biden will be counted. The first is genuinely suspenseful, the second purely a formality, though one some Republican lawmakers are threatening to use as a forum to air President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that he was cheated of reelection by massive
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