Republicans – Jack Hutton

[Foreign Affairs]: The Path to American Authoritarianism

By hutton.jack February 18, 2025Articles, Autocracy, Foreign Affairs, Republicans, Trump

What Comes After Democratic Breakdown. By Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, February 11, 2025 https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/02/11/the-path-to-american-authoritarianism/content.html Summary of "The Path to American Authoritarianism" (full transparency: ChatGPT used here to quickly…

[DSR, TNR, Podcast, The Daily Blast]: Trump Rages over Hush-Money Case as Lara Trump Signals Revenge to Come

By hutton.jack December 18, 2024Donald Trump, DSR, Greg Sargent, Josh Marshall, Podcast, Republicans, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Blast

Greg Sargent, Josh Marshall. December 18, 2024 On Tuesday, Donald Trump exploded with fury at Judge Juan Merchan after he refused to dismiss the hush-money conviction of Trump in Manhattan.…

[Slate]: A Court Called Out Clarence Thomas’ Gun Extremism. He Didn’t Take It Well.

By hutton.jack December 10, 2024Clarence Thomas, Gun Control, Mark Joseph Stern, Republicans, SCOTUS, Slate

By Mark Joseph Stern Dec 10, 2024 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/us-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito-guns-second-amendment.html

[CNN]: Trump expected to offer Kelly Loeffler secretary of Agriculture Department

By hutton.jack November 22, 2024Broadcast, CNN, Kaitlan Collins, Kelly Loeffler, Republicans

A parade of criminals, grifters, con-artists, immoral, chaos agent appointments to effect Trump/Bannon/Musk goal of destroying America. Here’s another: [CNN]: Trump expected to offer Kelly Loeffler secretary of Agriculture Department…

[New Yorker Podcast In The Dark]: Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the Future of American War-Crimes Prosecutions

By hutton.jack November 22, 2024In The Dark, Madeleine Baran, Parker Yesko, Pete Hegseth, Reporters, Republicans, The New Yorker, Trump

Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of the In the Dark team. Hegseth, formerly a weekend co-host of “Fox & Friends,” is a…

[NYTimes Gift Article]: Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth

By hutton.jack November 21, 2024Pete Hegseth, Republicans, The New York Times, Trump

By Sharon LaFraniere November 20-21, 2024 President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter…

Podcast [Puck Impolitic]: Impolitic with John Heilemann: Tom Nichols: Incendiary Nominations, Global Conflagrations, & Presidential Pyromania

By hutton.jack November 20, 2024Commentators, Elon Musk, Impolitic, John Heileman, Pete Hegseth, Podcast, Putin, Republicans, Russia, Tom Nichols, Trump, Ukraine

This is worth your while to listen to: Tom Nichols: Incendiary Nominations, Global Conflagrations, & Presidential Pyromania, Impolitic with John Heilemann John is joined by Tom Nichols, professor emeritus of…

Lawrence O'Donnell, The Last Word: Rep James McGovern MA-2 highlights Republican's hypocrisy

Lawrence O’Donnell May 23, 2024: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Trump Crimes & GOP Hypocrisy

By hutton.jack May 24, 2024Congress, Election 2024, House of Representatives, Republicans

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, May 23, 2024, Thursday. The Floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. James McGovern MA-2 exposing Republican bizarre ,undemocratic, fealty to Donald Trump; his multiple indictments, Trump's covering up hush money payments to a porn star to influence the 2016 election, Trump's conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, and his stealing classified documents. McGovern's remarks were struck from the congressional record. But you can listen and read them here.