Here’s the Bullshit That Republicans Are About to Throw at Mueller
Robert MuellerCarolyn Kaster/AP When special counsel Robert Mueller appears before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on Wednesday, he will, no doubt, be asked about the damning conclusions of his report: Russia engaged in a “sweeping and systematic” attack on the 2016 election; Donald Trump and his aides publicly denied the Russian intervention was occurring…
The Anti-Trump Resistance Has Spawned a New Crop of Hucksters
Peter Ryan If you’ve spent enough time on the internet over the last three years, you’ve probably come across Scott Dworkin, a.k.a. @funder. The 36-year-old is the cofounder of a super-PAC called the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, a podcast host, and an occasional guest on MSNBC who devotes much of his life to tweeting about,…
The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them.
On a frigid March morning, Eric Holder strode into a brick union hall on the west side of Milwaukee, across from a credit union and an auto body shop. The Merrill Park neighborhood was once the center of the city’s Irish political machine, filled with stately Victorian houses—including the childhood home of Spencer Tracy—but it…
Facebook Just Released Its New Plan for Protecting Your Civil Rights
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington D.C., on April 11, 2018. Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Facebook on Sunday announced steps to combat hate speech, harassment, and voter suppression on its platform. The changes came as part of an ongoing internal audit into the tech giant’s handling of…
Rex Tillerson: I Did Not Challenge Putin on 2016 Election Attack
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA In 2016, Vladimir Putin mounted a sweeping attack on the US election in part to help elect Donald Trump president. Less than three months after Trump took office—after the US intelligence community had publicly confirmed that Russia had waged this covert information warfare—Trump sent his new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson,…
Felix Sater Wanted to Testify Publicly but Democrats Balked, Lawyer Says
Felix Sater on October 6, 2018 in New York City.Thos Robinson/Getty Images House Intelligence Committee Democrats rejected real estate developer Felix Sater’s request to testify publicly about his role in helping Donald Trump pursue a deal to put his name on a tower in Moscow, Sater’s lawyer said Friday. Instead, Democrats arranged for Sater to…