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New book proves liberal critics were right about Merrick Garland
But you might not know that given the focus on Trump’s lies.
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The GOP response to Trump’s conviction is incoherent until you remember the conspiracy theories that animate it
It’s time to state the obvious, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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News brief: Garland speaks
He said he signed off on the search of Mar-o-Lago.
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Garland would not approve searching Mar-a-Lago if the case against Trump were not airtight
Politics is making the AG exceptionally careful.
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Why hesitate to indict Trump? Fear of escalating the GOP's ongoing war on democracy
We should say so.
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Don't confuse Trump dodging indictment with him getting off scot-free. Consequences are coming
We just can’t see, in the present moment, what they will be.
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Fake paperwork is just what federal investigators need to climb atop the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election
In a group of nearly 60 people facing serious prison time, at least some of them will be willing to implicate the higher ups to save themselves.
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Merrick Garland sees the big picture
Let's hope he stays true to his vision.
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The United States government was caught spying on American journalists. Does anyone care?
Increasing evidence of the apparatus of the state being levied against reporters should surely lead to outcry from sensible people.
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Merrick Garland thinks he’s being neutral in the face of Trump’s crimes. He’s wrong. He’s being complicit. Make him know it
We are not facing a “full-blown constitutional crisis.”
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After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections
The right wing has cynically declared war on easy targets like teachers and nurses in the hopes they will quit out of fear or frustration.
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They are not peaceful protesters. They are death-threat squads. The US attorney general is absolutely right. He must act
Don’t let the Republicans con you.