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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Many moderate and liberal Democrats believe the party should sideline progressive advocacy groups.  The groups sometimes make extreme and unpopular demands that damage the Democrats’ brand and prevent needed compromise.  It appears to me that some critics would be happy kicking the groups to the curb.  I largely agree with the diagnosis (see here, for […] The post Do Democrats and progressives need a marriage counselor or a...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This comes after Trump decides to have all charges dropped for NYC Mayor Eric Adams. The attorneys were threatened with being dismissed by the Deputy Attorney General. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered others to dismiss the NYC Mayor Adams indictment. He will not do the dirty work himself after named acting U.S. Attorney […] The post U.S. Attorneys for Southern District of New York Resign appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Right-to-work” is one of those marketing euphemisms like “pro-life,” which is designed to disguise the actual agenda. In the case of “right-to-work,” the actual agenda is to kill unions and give workers the “right” to work for low wages under oppressive conditions. Much to my surprise, Republicans—who have long been in the vanguard of “right-to-work”—joined […] The post...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New York City has had a long history of problematic mayors, and the corrupt current mayor, Eric Adams, is honoring that tradition. Now, heaping corruption on corruption, the corrupt current President, Donald Trump, is trying to exploit the corrupt Justice Department to do a corrupt deal with Adams: “ . . . President Trump had […] The post Trump takes NYC hostage appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Kennedy, an “unfathomable” nominee in the eyes of public health experts, has questioned the link between HIV and AIDS, tied gay and transgender identities to chemical exposure, pushed to remove fluoride from drinking water, suggested COVID-19 was genetically engineered to target certain races, claimed Black people may have different immune systems and suggested anti-depressants are […] The post Republicans* approve quack to...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Democrats need to win elections, full stop.  As I wrote here, this may mean “heightening the contradictions”.  Michael Dorf: If there is a path back to sanity, then, it probably must travel through a change of heart by the people who support Trump’s assault on democracy. They will not likely be won over by appeals […] The post Some links on the current constitutional predicament appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘The Trump Swamp Is Growing’: President Fires Ethics Chief as DOJ Moves to Drop Eric Adams Charges Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) as his administration (packed with billionaires and riddled with conflicts of interest) abandons even the pretense of opposing corruption and lawlessness. A course […] The post ‘The Trump Swamp Is...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Suddenly, Trump supporters are no longer fans of district judges: “For those of us who lived through the reigns of Judges Matthew Kacsmaryk and Reed O’Connor (so, like, we who were alive six months ago), this is a surprising turn of events. “The Kacsmaryks and O’Connors thwarted the Biden administration constantly, and on much hackier […] The post Judges for me but not for thee appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Johnson said he “wholeheartedly” agrees with Vice President JD Vance that courts shouldn’t try to control the president’s power as DOGE slashes through the federal government. “The courts should take a step back and allow these processes to play out,” Johnson said at the Capitol.” Pretty Boy Floyd. Al Capone. Bonnie and Clyde. All just […] The post Why didn’t John Dillinger think of that?...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]All The Litigation – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse At least one federal judge isn’t intimidated by Trump cronies attacking federal judges who have ruled against the new administration during its first three weeks of operation. Those attacks have taken the form of Elon Musk posting that 1% of the constitutionally life-tenured jurists should be fired every […] The post District Courts Push-Back appeared first on Angry Bear.