Stephen Colbert

US Attorney Matthew Graves, who is responsible for dropping the charges against Colbert's crew, is also the prosecutor investigating January 6. Leftists and Democrats are favored in the US justice system and the law is being used as a political weapon.

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1.The Worst article I’ve ever read. The demonisation campaign against those who decline to partake in the untested gene therapy is pervasive and seemingly limitless. …

  Although Twitter hid Trump's 2:22 AM brain fart-- "Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process"-- it isn't hard for anyone to access: "I easily WIN the Presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST. The OBSERVERS were not allowed, in any way, shape, or form, to do their job and therefore, votes accepted during this period must be determined to be ILLEGAL VOTES. U.S.

I never understood why, but one of my nicknames in college was "Tripmaster. I only took something like 65 or 75 trips. I had friends who took tons more. I never thought of it as anything beyond a journey into my spiritual side but now Paul Tullis wrote about a medical aspect relevant to the age of pandemics. And, I guarantee you, this coronavirus won't be the last, whether it was made in a lab-- now viewed as likely-- or not. He reminds his readers that "Switzerland is the only place in the world where use of psychedelics in limited cases-- as medicine-- is allowed...

Craig Whitlock broke the story-- At War With The Truth-- The Afghanistan Papers-- in the Washington Post... and it's a doozy. I imagine Barbara Lee, the only member of the House to vote against attacking Afghanistan, is walking around with a big smile on her face today. Admiral Mike Franken (Ret) is a progressive Democrat running for Joni Ernst's Senate seat in Iowa. I asked him about the Afghanistan Papers since he was active duty for much of the war.

Trump made a sudden, unscheduled visit to Walter Reed Hospital last weekend. He looked sick and on death's door as he climbed into the White House SUV. Even though he still isn't dead, Chuck Todd and his Meet The Press team reported yesterday that 8 weeks of impeachment, with one bombshell revelation after another, has taken a toll on Trump. He's tweeting more than usual and crazier and more inflammatorily than usual and he's lying more than usual.

One Republican-- Matt Gaetz I think-- said the crowd wasn't screaming "Boo!" but "Two!" as in two terms. That never took hold, not even on Trump-TV. Perhaps there really are some imaginary centrists and unicorns out there who are-- like Joe Scarborough-- offended that the spontaneous booing of Trump at the world series was as horrible as the Republican who said they should all be punished said it was.

There are no perfect candidates-- and even if someone starts out perfect, it doesn't usually last long. I'm old enough to have stopped expecting perfection in candidates. I'm also old enough to have given up on the concept of supporting a lesser of two evils. I may not get perfection, but I'm not backing evil, even if it is lesser. And even if it is against Trump!

Latino Decisions surveyed Latino registered voters in Florida, Arizona and Nevada for a new memo released by Priorities USA this week. They will likely be an Anti-Trump bulwark in all three states, but could provide the Democrats with a much bigger share of the votes, if the Democratic Party were to magically come alive and start acting something like a political party.

Stephen Colbert was wrong about de Blasio, who wasn't allowing himself to be ignored by a batch of jackass moderators. His interruptions were welcome. Trump's weren't. Señor Asshole tweeted that he found the debate last night boring.