Trump purges top Intelligence officials to conceal Russian meddling in 2020 election

By Robert A. Vella When it was reported recently that the Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire and the Deputy Continue reading →

Roger Stone is sentenced to prison, Trump’s bribe to Julian Assange, and today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s longtime political operative and self-described “dirty trickster” Roger Stone was sentenced today to serve Continue reading →

Trump begins his barrage of self-serving pardons, and more news

By Robert A. Vella Predictably, Donald Trump has begun issuing what is likely to be a barrage of presidential pardons Continue reading →

Documentarian Ken Burns warned Trump’s rise would be ‘Hitler-esque’—here’s what else he said

Originally posted on Rcooley123's Blog:
Was Ken Burns right about this? To a large degree I think he was. I hope…

The insatiability of Trump’s megalomania, and today’s loaded news roundup

By Robert A. Vella Normally, a president who has survived two historic criminal investigations into his clearly demonstrable wrongdoing (i.e. Continue reading →

Two must-see stories from 60 Minutes: Australia’s wildfires, and Trump’s ongoing collusion with Russia

By Robert A. Vella CBS’ 60 Minutes news magazine program aired two stories last night which I’m recommending to readers Continue reading →

Americans push back against a Trump dictatorship amidst a crackdown on white supremacists

By Robert A. Vella Principled Americans are pushing back against Donald Trump‘s blatant moves towards dictatorship as alarms are sounding Continue reading →

To be or not to be – that is the question facing the U.S. Department of Justice and all Americans

By Robert A. Vella “If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will Continue reading →