Legally speaking, as you know, it doesn’t matter a whit whether Donald Trump concedes the election he decisively lost. He’s gone on Jan. 20 regardless, because the Constitution says so, and if he barricades himself in the john he’ll be evicted one way or another....
So much for Trump’s con d’etat. Time to pack him off to exile at Mar-a-Elba. Those of us who still embrace basic American values – little things like democratic elections and the will of the people – are naturally happy that the U.S. Supremes, with zero dissent from...
MAGA’s last gasp – the moronic lawsuit which purports to argue that Texas has the right to nullify the will of the people in key states that swung to President-elect Biden – is actually the culmination of the authoritarian impulse that has long been metastasizing...
The word came down yesterday from the highest court in the land, and how succinctly sweet it was: “The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.” Let’s translate that into everyday English: “We’re being...
I suppose this is progress: On Sunday, Trump’s vaccine “czar,” Moncef Slaoui, endorsed President-elect Biden’s plan to ask all Americans to wear masks during his first 100 days. Slaoui’s said, “I think it’s a good idea…We all need to take our precaution, have our...
