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 →

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 →

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 →

Friday Focus: Barr under the microscope, defending against Trump attacks, and more DNC shenanigans

By Robert A. Vella In an exclusive interview on ABC News (see:  Barr blasts Trump’s tweets: ‘Impossible for me to Continue reading →

Federal prosecutors feel pressure from Trump, former W.H. Chief of Staff speaks out, plus more news

By Robert A. Vella Here’s today’s news roundup highlighting the internal crisis at the Department of Justice and former White Continue reading →

Trump’s march towards dictatorship/fascism speeds up as Americans exercise what’s left of democracy

By Robert A. Vella Two contrasting events occurred yesterday in the U.S.  Attorney General William Barr, evoking nightmares of Adolf Continue reading →

Sondland implicates Trump, Giuliani, Pompeo, and others in quid pro quo scheme to coerce Ukraine

By Robert A. Vella Contrary to speculation that Gordon Sondland would refuse to answer questions in today’s impeachment hearing on Continue reading →