Facebook will keep Trump’s suspension in place until 2023 and tighten the leash on all politicians

January 2023 is an interesting time to consider Trump’s future on social media, because … well, this: x Facebook: We’re suspending the racist nutjob who let half a million Americans die and sent terrorists to attack the Capitol but only until he’s ready to run for president again. — Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 4, 2021 Nonetheless it’s…

Opponents of a real crackdown on military sexual assault have help from a key Democratic senator

According to Austin, who is still deciding on what changes to recommend, “Clearly what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working.” Gen. Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has shifted from his previous opposition to such a policy, now saying “we’ve been at it for years, and we haven’t effectively moved the needle.” So…

Slowest learner in Senate says McConnell should get another shot at blocking a Jan. 6 commission

If you listen to Manchin in that interview from last fall, he would have you believe he’s still outraged. “[Garland] didn’t even get a hearing,” Manchin exclaims. “He didn’t even get a meeting. […] They didn’t have the courtesy—and I said it was the saddest day of my life, being a U.S. Senator seeing my colleagues…

Woman who sped SUV through vaccine site is just the worst face of the anti-vaxxers endangering us

Virginia Christine Lewis Brown faces seven charges of felony reckless endangerment, each of which potentially carries a one- to 15-year prison sentence and $10,000 fine. While she’s the most violent anti-vaccination protester (so far), she’s not alone. Many of the people who are hesitant about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 aren’t hostile to the vaccine—they’re waiting and watching,…

McConnell asks for ‘a personal favor’ and Republicans respond, filibustering Jan. 6 commission

With this vote, Republicans formalized that they think winning in 2022 is more important than finding out the root causes of an actual insurrection aimed at preventing the peaceful transition of power. And those two things are related: This isn’t some objection to a minor distraction, rather that Republicans know that if the public finds out…

Cyber Ninjas have compromised the integrity of Maricopa County elections equipment

“The lack of physical security and transparency means we cannot be certain who accessed the voting equipment and what might have been done to them,” Hobbs wrote, which means that the county “should acquire new machines to ensure secure and accurate elections in Maricopa County going forward.” Hobbs is a Democrat who has been critical of this…

There is no GOP infrastructure plan. There won’t be a GOP infrastructure plan. It’s time to move on

Campaign Action Here’s one of those Republicans who is so pleased that Biden is working with them in “good faith”—Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. He says: “I’m encouraged by the President’s willingness to negotiate.” He also says: “Some provisions in the administration’s so-called infrastructure plan are so unrelated to infrastructure, it’s hard to read them…