As One GOP Conspiracy Theory Implodes, Another Emerges
Republicans looooove a good conspiracy theory. In fact, they also love really bad ones… as long as they support whatever narrative Donald Trump has cobbled together. One of the former president’s...
View ArticleElon Musk — King of the Idiots
To some, including himself, Elon Musk is a visionary genius. Others believe that the Twitter-ruiner is a dumb person’s idea of a smart person. But maybe he is just another self-absorbed dude who spent...
View ArticleCA Inmates Urgently Need Workplace Heat Standards — But State Has Delayed Them
Lawrence Cox often found himself drenched in sweat while pushing heavy kitchen carts inside High Desert State Prison in Susanville, CA. He and other incarcerated workers had no access to air...
View ArticleTrump’s Lawyers Help Remind Nation That Their Client Is a Convicted Felon
If Donald Trump and his lawyers had not tried to keep delaying the New York trial in which he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, there is a good chance he would...
View ArticleTrump Gets Away With Coup, MAGA Celebrates Dark Day for Rule of Law
It looks as though Donald Trump will be able to escape any accountability for his 2020 coup attempt after special counsel Jack Smith on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case against the...
View ArticleHunter Biden Manages to Make Everybody Look Bad
Life is complicated, and so is politics. There are some problems and situations that are so complex that there are no easy answers, which is why it is so disingenuous for anybody to pretend to offer...
View ArticlePardon This
While you’re here enjoying Jon Richards’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics: Trump: The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear MAGA’s Enthusiasm Over Kash...
View ArticleWray Lets Trump Off the Hook, Will Resign as FBI Director Next Year
There is a pretty good chance that Donald Trump will violate his oath of office (and probably quite a few laws) in his second term. And he is virtually certain to shatter a lot of norms… even without...
View ArticleJD Vance Apparently Does Not Want FBI to Infiltrate Domestic Terrorist Groups
Vice President-elect JD Vance seems to have a problem with the FBI infiltrating dangerous groups of domestic extremists like the Proud Boys… you know, the kind of people who would participate in an...
View ArticleWill Greed Also Be on Trial When Mangione Faces His Murder Charge?
At some point, Luigi Mangione will appear in a New York courtroom to face a murder charge for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. That much seems certain. What is not, however, is...
View ArticleThe Trump Playbook: Taking Victory Laps After Brutal Defeats
When you make up your own reality, even the most stinging defeats can be turned into victories. Over the course of his political career, Donald Trump has been a master of this tactic. For example, a...
View ArticleFolk Songs for Street Murder
While you’re here enjoying Jon Richards’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics: Will Greed Also Be on Trial When Mangione Faces His Murder Charge? The Trump...
View ArticleOnly in America: Perspectives on the Murder of a Health Care CEO
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has captivated the nation and caused a wide range of reactions. But what do the people who may have crossed paths with suspected triggerman Luigi...
View ArticleKilling in the Name Of
Before he allegedly killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione was considered intelligent, thoughtful, kind, funny, and well-adjusted in every way. Now, because he killed someone,...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse
A panel consisting of three federal judges on Monday ruled against Donald Trump and upheld a New York jury’s unanimous verdict that held the president-elect liable for sexually abusing author E. Jean...
View ArticlePardoning the January 6 Mob Is Just the Beginning
Four years after Donald Trump sicced a mob of some of his most rabid supporters on the Capitol in a last-ditch effort to deny Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, it seems mundane that his own...
View ArticleCatch & Release: How Donald Trump (Largely) Evaded Justice
A unanimous jury verdict in May and a sentence on Friday from New York Judge Juan Merchan that amounted to less than a slap on the wrist all but ensure that Donald Trump will be the first convicted...
View ArticleHunter Biden Special Counsel Rips President Over Criticism of Son’s Prosecution
When President Joe Biden issued the controversial and sweeping pardon for his son Hunter last year, he not only spared him from punishment for two felony convictions but also protected him from being...
View ArticleIn Damning Report on Trump’s Coup, Smith Puts His Neck on the Line for Justice
Whether it’s once-defiant Republicans who are now kowtowing before Donald Trump, news organizations that are bowing before him, business leaders who are lining up at Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring, or...
View ArticleFBI Agents Seek Protection from Trump’s January 6 Purge
Two groups of FBI agents on Tuesday sued to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from retaliating against those who participated in the prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists. Specifically, they...
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