Don’t get excited about the Bannon Indictment

Bannon's case is assigned to Judge Carl J. Nichols, a Trump appointee. He clerked for Clarence Thomas
As Scott Lemieux notes at LGM. It it is entirely predictable that Judge Nichols will invent some broad new form of executive privilege that applies retroactively, contemporaneously, and prospectively to anyone who has ever had a conversation with Donald Trump.
Nichols has been a member of the Federalist Societysince 2003.

Who is the “Democratic Base” voter that the Democratic Party continues to abuse?

Somebody asked if I could succinctly describe democratic base voters. I did, but they didn't like the answer, so they took a powder. Good riddance. That's fine but it is important to define terms so for everyone knows what I am talking about when I correctly observe that "the Democratic Party has spent the last 27 years abusing, berating and doing everything it can to drive the enthusiasm OUT of its base voters.". So here is some "politics 101" for anybody who needs it. First of all, "base voter" whether Democratic or Republican isn't a demographic. Base voters don't live in a certain zip code. Political scientist define base voters as voters who have a high degree of political participation and a strong connection to the espoused values of a political party. Therefor they are more likely to 1) show up on Election Day and 2) vote the "straight ticket." Political scientist further describe "base voters" as being more interested in strengthen a party’s...

“INFLATION PANIC!” is corporate pushback against rising worker power

Whenever the corporate media moves en masse like this, it’s a good idea to slow down and consider what’s actually happening,
The inflation freakout is all about class conflict. In fact, it may be the fundamental class conflict: that between creditors and debtors, a fight that’s been going on since the foundation of the United States. That’s because inflation is often good for most of us, but it’s terrible for the kinds of people who own corporate news outlets....

Trump White House records can be given to Capitol attack panel, judge rules

The House panel should immediately release the documents to the full house and the public. Congress is the people's house. Executive privilege arguments are bullshit. The people don't owe that specious argument one minute's consideration.

A federal judge in Washington has ruled that hundreds of pages of White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, defying objections from Donald Trump.

The decision, handed down late on Tuesday by the US district judge Tanya Chutkan, clears the way for the National Archives to start transmitting the records requested by Congress as early as Friday, though attorneys for Trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling.