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Civil Discourse – Trump Gets His Indictment – Joyce Vance
Editor’s Note: Apologies to Joyce, I am a free subscriber for now. I will post a longer piece of your post today, because your truth is important, your facts are accurate, and we are in this together. –DrWeb Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Trump Gets His Indictment By Joyce Vance, Sep 25, 2025 This afternoon,…
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Civil Discourse – Condemning Crimes—Unless They’re Your Own – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Condemning Crimes—Unless They’re Your Own By Joyce Vance, Sep 23, 2025 MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian reported over the weekend that in “an undercover operation last year,” Trump’s braggadocious border czar Tom Homan was recorded by the FBI “accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents…
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Civil Discourse – Ignore The Distractions -Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Ignore The Distractions By Joyce Vance, Sep 23, 2025 Trump is in full distraction mode. Remember the Epstein files? But there’s also a new crisis he needs to distract from, one that could easily fly under the radar screen. It’s the firing of the interim U.S. Attorney in the Eastern…
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Letters from an American – September 22, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, September 22, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Sep 22, 2025 Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups. Release the Epstein files. Release the Homan tapes. Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.” Kristol was referring to three stories about which members of the administration seem…
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Letters from an American – September 19, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, September 19, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Sep 19, 2025 Today U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday threw out the $15 billion lawsuit President Donald J. Trump filed on September 15 against the New York Times for defamation. The judge, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, called the complaint “decidedly…
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Be Loud — For America – The Contrarian
Editor’s Note: This is a special supporting post for The Contrarian; take a look; read and subscribe. This special post is from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, please read and share. He’s one of our strong leaders, and we need more of those! – DrWeb Be Loud — For America By Governor JB Pritzker, Sep 19,…
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Civil Discourse – “Show me the man and I’ll find the crime” – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance “Show me the man and I’ll find the crime” By Joyce Vance, Sep 20, 2025 With apologies, this is a long post for any night, let alone a Saturday, but Trump’s abuse of the power of the prosecutor and efforts to directly control the work of the Justice Department make…
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Letters from an American – September 18, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American September 18, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Sep 18, 2025 Since he took office in 2017, President Donald J. Trump has worked hard to convince Americans that they are divided into two partisan camps: Republicans, whom he defines as those people loyal to him, and Democrats, a group made up of…
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Letters from An American – September 17, 2025 (Wednesday) – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, September 17, 2025 (Wednesday) By Heather Cox Richardson, Sep 17, 2025 This evening, John Koblin, Michael M. Grynbaum, and Brooks Barnes of the New York Times reported that ABC was pulling the television show of comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air. The suspension is allegedly over his comments Monday about the…
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Prompt 2025: What to make of political violence today – The Washington Post
The Washington Post NewsletterAsking the big questions about Washington and beyond.A By Megan McArdle, Columnist Last week’s fatal shooting of conservative media personality Charlie Kirk has sparked conversations about the escalation of partisan disagreement into political violence. The podcaster’s slaying follows a trend of targeted attacks on political figures in recent years, including the killing…
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A Prosecutor Sues – Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance There is a lot of factual and legal detail in the case, but it’s important because it will have an impact on Trump’s ability to fire at will in the federal bureaucracy, ignoring existing civil service protections for government employees, not just at DOJ, but likely closer to government wide.…
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Seeing Things – A News Item And A Silly Cartoon – Liza Donnelly
A News Item And A Silly Cartoon By Liza Donnelly, Sep 14, 2025 Apparently, new information into the investigation of the Kirk murder last week has just emerged, according to the NY Times. Govenor Spencer Cox of Utah reported that the suspect had been “radicalized” after he left college (he only studied for one semester),…
