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How Secession Became America’s Favorite Idle Threat POLITICO 12/16/2020 © AP Photo/LM Otero 201216_shafer_secession_ap.jpg “Perhaps law-abiding states should band together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution,” Texas Republican Party Chairman Allen West stated in a press release last week, all but promising to restart the Civil War. What got West so riled was the Supreme Court’s speedy rejection of his state’s lawsuit, which called for the court to toss election results in four decisive states President Donald Trump lost in November. West had allies i...

© AP/Mary Altaffer Edward Snowden via uplink from Moscow Amid mounting speculation that President Trump is about to announce a list of presidential pardons, calls for — and against — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's name to be included are growing louder. In November, as is customary, Donald Trump pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving. Now, in the lame duck session of his presidency, he appears to be making a customary list of people to pardon as well. Influential and well-connected publication Axios reported, in a scandalized tone, that he is planning to hand out pardons "like Christma...

Left and Right Unite in Calls for Snowden Pardon Amid Speculation of a Trump Decision Comments Amid mounting speculation that President Trump is about to announce a list of presidential pardons, calls for — and against — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s name to be included are growing louder. In November, as is customary, Donald Trump pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving. Now, in the lame duck session of his presidency, he appears to be making a customary list of people to pardon as well. Influential and well-connected publication Axios reporte...

Never Trumpers: Trump, Giuliani and Texas AG ‘Electoral Terrorists’ 11 Dec 2020 Renowned anti-Trump activists, including members of the Lincoln Project, which led a campaign intimidating lawyers representing the Trump campaign, are celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge to the 2020 election results filed by the State of Texas as they rip into supportive Republicans across the board. “Don’t ever forget Republicans TRIED to overthrow this election,” wrote former Republican Illinois congressman Joe Walsh. “They TRIED to kill our democracy.” Good. No...

Biden AND Kamala Harris are awarded Time Person of the Year for 2020 over Trump and frontline COVID workers - despite ONLY the president-elect being on the shortlist Time magazine's 2020 'Person of the Year' was announced as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Thursday Time said they chose the pair for their victory over Trump, in which they ousted an incumbent president for just the 10th time in US history Harris is the first Vice President-elect to be named Person of the Year  Frontline health care workers, Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement and President Trump were among the runners u...