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Trump Election Deniers Threaten Our Democracy

Sheila MarkinSeptember 20, 2022September 20, 2022

Republican election denialists are on the ballot across the country. Out of 552 total Republican nominees running for office, we found 201 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election. These candidates either clearly...

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Trump is Toast

Sheila MarkinJuly 27, 2022July 28, 2022

Without Fear or Favor Merrick Garland has been telling us that the Department of Justice is pursuing justice without fear or favor. But what did that mean? There seemed to...

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Trump’s Hidden Saturday Night Massacre

Sheila MarkinJune 28, 2022June 28, 2022

See Update below -Testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson on June 28, 2022. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot held its fifth hearing Thursday where top Department of...

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Why Trump Will Be Indicted by DOJ

Sheila MarkinJune 21, 2022

Trump's Big Lie Will Continue In the third hearing of the Select Committee the focus was on Trump's vendetta against Pence that risked Pence's life. The Select Committee is providing...

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GOP Lipstick on Their Insurrection Pig

Sheila MarkinJanuary 9, 2022January 10, 2022

The January 6th House Committee wants to talk with Sean Hannity. It has long been known that Sean Hannity was one of Trump's unofficial advisors at Fox News. Text messages...

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Trump Could Face Jail Time in Georgia

Sheila MarkinOctober 24, 2021October 25, 2021

At the end of Trump's chaotic presidency, he was desperate to stay in power. He knew how bad it could be for him if he was a "loser" not only...

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Is Trump’s Fatal Cheeseburger Our Best Hope For Democracy?

Sheila MarkinOctober 15, 2021

Are We Heading for Our Version of Hitler? Do not underestimate Trump, his followers and the inability of most Republicans to stand up to him. We need to be deeply...

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Voting Rights are the Key to Our Country’s Future

Sheila MarkinSeptember 13, 2021September 14, 2021

Joe Biden came into this presidency hoping to be a transformational president. He believed he would be able to find enough senators from both sides of the political aisle to...

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Census Data Tells Us Why We Got Trump

Sheila MarkinAugust 14, 2021August 15, 2021

Census Data Was Surprising in Some Important Ways The granular, very specific Census data is now out and it contains some important information that helps to explain Trump's rise and...