Senate Republicans in debating the wisdom of impeaching Trump are telling us to let bygones be bygones even if the bygones are a Trump stamped violent putsch on the nation’s capital in order to disrupt a democratically constituted body – the Congress – and overturn by force a democratic and fair election. With a few exceptions, what Senate Republicans are doing now, only a few weeks from this unprecedented assault on democracy, should disqualify them from office. They are defending the indefensible as well as setting a dangerous precedent for the future. What defines the Republican Party today, what constitutes its organizing principle now and for the future, with or without Trump, is its full bore commitment to minority, autocratic, white nationalist rule.
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
