Tag: The Rot

Republicans

Republicans’ blocking of the Capitol commission shows how deep the rot is | US Capitol breach | The Guardian

Mitch McConnell and Joni Ernst in Washington. McConnell, who previously condemned Trump’s role in the riot, reportedly asked senators to nix the commission as a ‘personal favour’.

Analysis: one of America’s two major parties now falls outside the democratic mainstream but are Democrats taking the existential threat seriously?

Source: Republicans’ blocking of the Capitol commission shows how deep the rot is | US Capitol breach | The Guardian

Media

Media Sauce: Post-truth news from #Pizzagate to the Pontiff’s poo missive

Trumpsters gave birth to a conspiracy theory that became a deadly shootout in a Washington pizza parlour and a new hashtag #pizzagate.

Source: Media Sauce: Post-truth news from #Pizzagate to the Pontiff’s poo missive