Ken Bridges

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Retired Educator, proud “woke” progressive (D), writer, historian, outdoor enthusiast, husband, father, grandfather.
Was this guy both smart and prescient, or what?
Happy New Year, Mr. President?

Joe Biden meets 2023

Steady
Trump Organization fined $1.6m over tax fraud scheme – live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/jan/13/trump-organization-sentencing-joe-biden-house-senate-us-politics-latest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Finally, the tRump Crime Family will be held accountable, if not by the DOJ, then at least by the state of NY.
Trump Organization fined $1.6m over tax fraud scheme – live

Ex-president still faces New York attorney general’s lawsuit – follow all the latest politics news

the Guardian
It’s no secret why the GOP is gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics. This is just the start of what will be an unashamedly pro-corruption, anti-democracy House majority.
In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail

We’ve entered the new McCarthy era, and Kevin is doing everything he can to empower Jordan as the new Joe.

The Hartmann Report
The Trump coalition of MAGAs and Oligarchs lives on, as dangerous as ever

It's the force that made McCarthy Speaker

Robert Reich
Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s presidential palace and supreme court https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other I wonder where they got the idea? BTW, Fuck Donald Johan Drumpf, and all of his idiot followers!
Brazil protests: Lula vows to punish ‘neo-fascists’ after Bolsonaro supporters storm congress

President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency

The Guardian
‘It’s going to be dirty’: Republicans gear up for attack on Hunter Biden https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/house-republicans-attack-hunter-biden?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other These degenerate bastards go after Hunter but ignore the blatant nepotism and grift of the US taxpayers by the abjectly corrupt Orange Former Criminal-in-Chief tRump and his nitwit scions.
‘It’s going to be dirty’: Republicans gear up for attack on Hunter Biden

House Republicans are determined to make the president’s supposedly errant son a staple of the news cycle

The Guardian
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/is-the-anti-mccarthy-crowd-in-the?r=1hfrve&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email. How can voters be so ignorant that they can’t see Putin’s fingerprints all over the Repukelican Party?!
Is the Anti-McCarthy Crowd in the Bag for the Billionaires, Putin, or Both?

Is this all a continuation of Trump’s January 6th coup attempt and his desire to convert America from a democracy into a despotic strongman-rule nation aligned with Russia?

The Hartmann Report

Rep. Matt Gaetz just nominated Trump to be the next Speaker of the House.

You don't have to be a House member to be Speaker.

Dems should nominate Obama.