Decry mob rule

The most comic touch may be Hawley’s attempt to connect his own travails to that of his audience. Today the man on the cross may be him, but tomorrow it may be you losing a lucrative source of campaign funds or being forced to accept the indignity of a Regnery book contract. The very thought must send a tremor of fear down the spines of the Post’s readers. What cheesy publishing outlets will they be consigned to if they abet the violent overthrow of the government? … [Read more...] about Josh Hawley Believes Disliking Josh Hawley Is an Act of Censorship

Their total lack of concern over getting caught and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes. But even with the help from the rioters themselves, investigators must still work rigorously to link the images to the vandalism and suspects to the acts on Jan. 6 in order to prove their case in court. And because so few were arrested at the scene, the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service have been forced to send agents to track suspects down. … [Read more...] about ‘THIS IS ME’: Rioters flaunt involvement in Capitol siege

After airing a montage of reporters expressing concern about those who have been gripped by the conspiracy theory, which has been described as a domestic terrorism threat by the FBI, Carlson mocked New York Times columnist Tom Friedman for saying it is “frightening” that so many people believe in these crazed theories. … [Read more...] about Tucker Carlson Rallies to Defense of QAnon Conspiracy Theorists

It’s hard to fathom why the CIA’s torture program should remain classified. Under federal law, information should be classified only when the information is owned, produced by, or under the control of the U.S. government, and when unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to result in damage to national security. Neither standard could be met at this point. Maybe the government’s aim was to maintain the victims “under the control of the U.S. government” forever, but surely it can’t be right that the way to keep information classified is by holding people indefinitely against their will.  … [Read more...] about Declassify the post-9/11 torture program

Swalwell said, “That’s right, Secretary of War, Belknap, we will all hear that name more than we probably want, but it’s because the Founders put as one of the penalties disqualification from office and because Donald Trump we know will do this again, has such a disdain for democracy and a disdain for public safety, we can’t afford as a country to give him a chance to come close to doing this again.” … [Read more...] about Swalwell: We Can’t Give Trump a Chance to Do This Again, He Must Be Disqualified from Office