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(Posting on the 14th, because my husband strongly recommended I take the night off after my eye began twitching.) Congress The House has passed its budget, the second step in the process of repealing the Affordable Care … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 13

(image by Clay Bennett) The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate Comey's handling of the Clinton email case. The NSA, which previously had to strip citizens' private data before sharing wiretap info with other agencies, can now give them the raw … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 12

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/819170707112361985 Trump BBC News says there's audio and video of Trump's Russian misadventures, and more than one source. Based on the dossier released yesterday, "James Comey’s intervention in the election last October — controversial at … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 11

(image via Jeremiah Tolbert) https://twitter.com/kshipwhitecat/status/818886280402518016 Trump Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him. Holy shit. Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 10: #PEEOTUS

U.S. tanks roll into Germany to protect against potential Russian invasion Congress Cabinet hearings will begin tomorrow, before any nominees have completed FBI background checks. Ethics lawyers for both Bush and Obama say that Trump's cabinet hearings must be delayed until … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, December 9 (OH HI IT‘S JANUARY WHOOPS)

Congress The Office of Government Ethics has not cleared Trump's nominees, most of whom failed to submit complete answers to the office's questionnaires. In a letter to Senators Chuck Schumer of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the leader of the Office of … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 7-8

(image by James Steinberg) What Intelligence Agencies Concluded About the Russian Attack on the U.S. Election In unequivocal language, the report pins responsibility for the election attack directly on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, ruling out the possibility that it was … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 6

(via The New Yorker) Congress House Republicans revive obscure rule that allows them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1. I'm sure that, coupled with the Trump team's efforts to find individuals in the Department of Energy who've been involved in climate … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 5

The classified report on election hacking is finished, and Obama will receive it on Thursday. The unclassified version will probably be released to the public on Monday. Congress We're defunding the UN now? Having apparently never heard of Merrick Garland and having been in … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 4

Congress The House has withdrawn its plan to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics. Many headlines gave credit to Trump's tweet about the issue, when in fact representatives actually backed down because their offices were flooded with angry phone calls from … [Read more...] about Fascism Watch, January 3