Voluble by Robin Alperstein

Reflections On Another Miserable Week In America

Tonight will mark one week since Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. And what a dreadful week it’s been: bookended by the loss of a true warrior for justice who fought until her dying breath for equality and decency, and what is sure to be the…

Corruption is the beating heart of the Trump Administration

It’s really worth reading this NYT piece on today’s closed-door testimony by 33-year veteran diplomat, three-time ambassador, and former ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch:

Senate Republicans Demonstrate That The Trump-Barr-Guiliani Ukraine Project Is A Lie

Earlier this week, the Republican-controlled Senate released a critically important, two-volume report detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump.

How To Conduct The Impeachment Inquiry — And How Not To

The recent hearing by the House Intelligence Committee with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph McGuire made one thing very clear: Speaker Pelosi must convene a select committee to handle the impeachment inquiry to ensure…

Get Him Out

Take at look at this list from Max Boot of 18 compelling reasons why Trump “may” be a Russian asset:

Democracy At The Brink

Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post joins Charles Pierce of Esquire in calling out the fact that we are deep into a Constitutional crisis:

Driven to Distraction

How many times a day or week does some well-meaning pundit or soul warn darkly that “we” are being distracted from the “real” issues? Or, more cogently, how often has a political analyst advised us that Trump masterfully uses distraction techniques to chase critical issues out of the news…