by Jim Heath | Jan 14, 2021 | Headlines, Military, Trump
For the last 40 years, the Pentagon has seen each president out the door with a farewell tribute. In 2017 that included a salute from a military band, a review of troops, and a long line of military leaders stepping forward to praise President Obama. They thanked...
by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House today impeached President Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” as the defeated president becomes only the second in American history to face this level of indictment twice. The House undertook the action just one week after Trump incited a mob of...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Inauguration, Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President and Trumpism from the Republican Party, The New York Times reports there’s a reason McConnell has been silent on...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Military, Trump
The military’s top leaders issued a written reminder to all service members today that the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week was an anti-democratic, criminal act, and that the right to free speech gives no-one the right to commit violence. A memo...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said in a statement today that Trump “summoned” the mob that attacked the Capitol last week, “assembled the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Federal prosecutors are looking at bringing “significant” cases involving possible sedition and conspiracy charges in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. That’s according to acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin, who provided an update on criminal charges at a...
