Texas turning blue wouldn’t have been on any Democrat’s bingo card back in November 2024, when President Donald Trump took the state with 56.2 percent of the vote and Ted Cruz easily held the senator’s seat. But thanks to Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton’s controversial past, and the popular progressivism of Democrat James Talarico, the Lone Star State stands a good chance of swinging left…
Donald Trump has ordered or authorized the Department of Justice to open a baseless and clearly retaliatory criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Trump for both sexually assaulting her and subsequently defaming her. Let us be clear: Trump is corruptly using the DOJ to attack the victim of his sexual assault. Trump
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Did President Trump and others engage in a conspiracy to defraud the United States in the lawsuit he filed against his own government? Did they, in fact, “perpetrate a fraud on the judicial machinery itself”? That is the ultimate legal question. In fact, it’s the question that has suddenly arisen in a federal courtroom in […]
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Just when you thought he couldn’t possibly come up with yet another way to grift the nation out of even more of its taxpayer dollars. He never disappoints. As discussed along with a whole lotta breaking news and more on today’s BradCast. [Audio to complete show follows below this summary.] Before we get to my […]
In a new memoir, the former senator, governor and cabinet member says President Trump committed an impeachable offense on Jan. 6 and calls on Congress to assert its power.
Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU
****The world's most-watched live music event kicks off today in Vienna under the theme “United by Music.” Yet the 70th Eurovision Song Contest is facing the largest boycott in its history over Israel's participation. Five countries said they wouldn’t compete, citing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, while Slovenia, Ireland, and Spain will not…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal
House Republicans are trying to completely expunge any record of President Trump’s two impeachments.
This latest show of fealty, led by California Representative Darrell Issa, would have Trump’s 2019 and 2021 impeachments “expunged as if such Articles had never passed the full House of Representatives.”
“An impeachment is basically an indictment and it’s an indictment that you can’t really be…
MANILA, Philippines —The House of Representatives is set to deliberate in plenary on Monday afternoon, May 11, on the Articles of Impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte, a development that could lead to her possible second impeachment in less than two years. The plenary will tackle Committee Report No. 261, which was approved by […]
The party says parliament must immediately establish an impeachment committee to consider the panel’s findings on President Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa cannot afford to have a president who is occupying office while being clouded by an impeachment process, the EFF leader says
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives may secure more than 200 votes to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, potentially matching or nearing the 215 lawmakers who backed a previous impeachment effort last year, according to sources within the chamber. Insiders said a significant number of legislators have already expressed support for the impeachment report […]
MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Monday raised concerns over a circulating social media list claiming that several members of the House of Representatives had withdrawn their support for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, as a House panel unanimously moved to elevate the case to the plenary. The list, reportedly shared by Duterte’s […]
Why would Pam Bondi have more sense not to appoint Joe DiGenova as Grand Conspiracy prosecutor than Todd Blanche?
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A majority of American adults say that the US House should vote to impeach President Trump—including one-in-five people who voted for him in 2024. A new poll by Strength in Numbers, a data-based news website, and the market research platform Verasight found that 55 percent of respondents said they support the US House voting for […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has disallowed P375 million in confidential funds spent by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2023, citing insufficient justification, missing documentation, and irregular disbursement procedures. Documents shared by Albay Rep. Terry Ridon revealed that state auditors flagged the expenditures for failing to meet legal and […]
MANILA, Philippines – At least five key resource persons, including Jesus Crispin Remulla and former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, are set to testify in the April 22 hearing of the House Committee on Justice on impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. Justice panel chair Rep. Gerville Luistro said the invited witnesses are expected […]
The biggest reason Joe DiGenova is a wildly inappropriate person to lead an attempt to criminalize the Russian investigation is his past efforts to get paid by Russian-backed Ukrainians to do the same thing.
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Robert Reich acknowledged that Trump has been impeached twice with no success, but he really believes the third time's the charm.
At a moment of escalating constitutional crisis, a first-of-its-kind legal symposium confronted a question that Congress has failed to answer: What does accountability look like when a president defies the Constitution in plain sight? Convened by Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein and co-sponsored by Free Speech For People, RootsAction, and Essential Information, the April 8,
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Democrats are gung ho to use impeachment if and when they win back the House. But before they do that, they need to rebut the tactical means Trump used to stonewall in 2019.
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is once again helping President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution.
The ODNI’s general counsel on Wednesday referred the whistleblower who led to Trump’s first impeachment, and the inspector general who found the complaint credible, for criminal prosecution, MS NOW reported.
The whistleblower, whose identity has not been made public, claimed…
MANILA — Col. Raymund Dante P. Lachica has raised serious concerns over the credibility of Ramil Madriaga following his latest appearance before the House Committee on Justice, pointing to inconsistencies across multiple sworn statements. “This is no longer about allegations; this is about consistency. And the inconsistencies are glaring,” Lachica said. CONTRADICTIONS ON KEY DETAILSLachica […]
Democrats are mounting a formal opposition to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against the Pentagon chief Wednesday, accusing Hegseth of repeatedly violating his constitutional oath.
“Pete Hegseth broke his oath to the Constitution, put U.S. troops at grave risk through the unauthorized disclosure of classified…
MANILA — Ramil Madriaga claimed that his decision to testify against Sara Duterte stemmed from a personal falling-out involving Harry Roque, whom he accused of filing a kidnapping case against him. FROM LOYAL SUPPORTER TO KEY WITNESSIn a sworn affidavit submitted to the House Committee on Justice, Madriaga described himself as a former loyal supporter […]
MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday strongly criticized her accuser, saying Ramil Madriaga “cannot even weave a believable lie,” following fresh allegations raised during the House impeachment proceedings. ACCUSER DETAILS CLAIMS ON CONFIDENTIAL FUNDSDuring a hearing of the House Committee on Justice, Madriaga alleged that he personally disposed of the Office of the […]
Democrats are thinking of impeachment all wrong. Rather than seeing impeachment, right now, as a way to remove Trump (which won't happen), it's a way to hold right wingers accountable because they won't remove Trump.
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday declassified and released documents she says show that officials within the Intelligence Community mishandled and politicized a... Read More
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