The takeaway from the second day of “Impeachment 2: Impeach Harder” seems to be that Trump deliberately riled up his mob to target VP Mike Pence. Lots of people were shocked at how close rioters came to getting their hands on lawmakers.
You knew this already, but now there’s evidence in the form of memos: The CDC was compromised by the Trump White House to downplay the need for testing.
Self-described “smut peddler with a heart” Larry Flynt died Wednesday at age 78, 43 years after being paralyzed when he was shot by a white supremacist upset over interracial sex photos in Hustler magazine.
Ever hear of the House Defense Spending Reduction Caucus? It’s only 20 members strong, but these brave souls have a goal of cutting defense spending by 10 percent. It’s considered political suicide — the military-industrial complex has its fingers in every single congressional district — but jobs are the worst reason to spend Pentagon money. Here’s why: $1 billion in military spending creates roughly 11,200 jobs, compared with 26,700 in education, 16,800 in clean energy, and 17,200 in health care.
Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, tried to break the noxious tie between sports and nationalism — the team wasn’t playing the national anthem before games, and the NBA said it was OK. Oops, that was yesterday. Now the league says it’s not optional. This is what happens when a country goes to shit — it spends what’s left of its power forcing everyone to insist that it’s not.
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