Nearly all the Republican Senators signed off on Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to overturn an election by force and violence. They sanctioned mob rule. If there is any doubt as to whose pulling the strings in the Republican Party, today’s vote by Senate Republicans settled that matter and revealed once again their political DNA.
Their politics are steeped in lies and disinformation – outright and unapologetic – and turn on undemocratic, white supremacist, minority rule, enforced where necessary by violence and bloodshed.
Today they heard compelling arguments from the Democratic House managers for an impeachment trial and impeachment, but those arguments landed on deaf ears.
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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.
