Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Don’t be fooled: Mitch McConnell will never vote to convict Trump

 

at 1/22/21 1:31pm

All the incentives point toward him and other Republicans supporting the former president in his second impeachment trial.

— Want to understand the GOP’s problem? Look at its newly elected extremists.

 

at 1/22/21 10:48am

Even serious Republicans know that performative lib-owning is the only path to success in their party.

— A hidden feature of Biden’s first big moves: Major outreach to Trump country

 

at 1/22/21 9:01am

While Republicans run their 'unity' scam, Biden is already trying to deliver for Red America.

— Democrats plan a multimedia impeachment trial — to keep GOP senators awake

 

at 1/21/21 2:44pm

Can anything get GOP senators to vote to convict Trump?

— The Senate doesn’t have to be the graveyard of the Biden agenda

 

at 1/21/21 1:02pm

Mitch McConnell is already working to divide Democrats and make legislating impossible. But there's a way out.

— Why the right’s machine of opposition is in for some tough times

 

at 1/21/21 10:42am

Ginning up outrage is what Republicans are good at. But Joe Biden is hard to hate — and Democrats are smarter than they used to be.

— Fake GOP rage over Biden’s ‘unity’ speech is a sucker’s game

 

at 1/21/21 9:06am

Don't get snowed by GOP fury over Biden's condemnation of right-wing extremism.

— Democrats are planning a quick move on the ‘dreamers.’ Here’s why.

 

at 1/20/21 3:03pm

How Democrats are trying to learn the lessons of past failures.

— QAnon is mortally wounded. But the right’s conspiracy theories will never die.

 

at 1/20/21 2:17pm

Its adherents are despondent, but they'll find something new to believe in.

— How Biden can keep his promise to create unity

 

at 1/20/21 11:00am

He has to redefine it as something that's possible to achieve.

— Trump ends it all with one final scam — and it bodes badly for Trumpism’s future

 

at 1/20/21 9:04am

It's a fitting end to a presidency that's been awash in grift from the start.

— Mitch McConnell just stuck a knife in Trump. But he left something out.

 

at 1/19/21 2:16pm

McConnell blasts Trump's "lies" for inciting the insurrection. But Republicans fed those lies for weeks.

— Republicans discover that the private sector can bite them, too

 

at 1/19/21 1:43pm

And after all the GOP did for corporations!

— Goodbye, Donald Trump. You were the worst of us.

 

at 1/19/21 10:20am

Can anyone say they're more optimistic about America than they were five years ago?

— An early move from Democrats seeks to undo an ugly part of Trump’s legacy

 

at 1/19/21 7:57am

How Democrats will seek to strengthen democracy after Trump tried to destroy it.

— Twitter’s Trump ban is even more important than you thought

 

at 1/18/21 10:58am

Without it, he can't dominate the Republican Party in the way he would have.

— Appalling new video of the rioters is a big problem for Trump’s GOP enablers

 

at 1/18/21 8:55am

Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley cannot memory-hole their despicable validation of lies about the election.

— A hidden reason that Joe Biden is trying to go big

 

at 1/15/21 2:41pm

Democrats appear determined to avoid getting played by fake GOP deficit concerns a second time.

— Imagine if Trump’s influence over the GOP faded away

 

at 1/15/21 1:02pm

Could we actually be rid of him as a daily influence in our politics?

— Joe Biden takes a big swing

 

at 1/15/21 10:45am

It's pro-government, and it isn't timid. Thank goodness.

— Trump’s GOP has an ugly authoritarian core. A new poll exposes it.

 

at 1/15/21 8:48am

Large majorities of Republicans are on board with Trump's war on democracy.

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