”The Court finds probable cause exists that Ridglan Farms, Inc., has committed multiple criminal violations [and that] the Dane County District Attorney has refused to issue a complaint related to these allegations." Judge Rhonda Lanford @isthmus

Whatever else you might say about him, Donald Trump does not lack ambition. For him, making vast, sweeping promises comes as naturally as, well, lying. Here is a partial list of things he has promised to do “on Day One” of his second administration. New in @BulwarkOnline

There are and always will be good reasons to be angry, to be sad. But that doesn’t mean we have to be. Just because the world is full of contention and hate doesn’t mean that our lives cannot be full of joy and love. New in @isthmus:

Homan, the architect of the first Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy toward immigrants, is eager to embrace his new opportunities to inflict pain and suffering on the huddled masses who, unlike him, are a vital part of what makes America great.

Trump has made so many bad picks that it's hard to keep track. Perhap this quiz will help. New in @BulwarkOnline:

There is, as it turns out, much to question about the actions that were taken to boost the candidacy of this fringe contender. It represents politics at a gutter level. But does it delegitimize the election or taint the candidate? New in @BulwarkOnline

The American people, I thought, were better than this. They did not want to see immigrant families ripped apart. They did not want an authoritarian telling them what to do. I was wrong. That, it turns out, was exactly what they wanted. In @theprogressive:

The American people, I thought, were better than this. They did not want to see immigrant families ripped apart. They did not want an authoritarian telling them what to do. I was wrong. That, it turns out, was exactly what they wanted. See @theprogressive

Yes, Virginia, even little girls in first grade have First Amendment rights. My column in the new issue of @theprogressive, on a case being fought by @PacificLegal Foundation

See my piece in @theprogressive on the post-election world Trump has called for and would like to see.

He's a great communicator. He's selfless. He's an ordinary man of the people. He's a full-on peacenik. The qualities that Trump's followers manage to find. New in @BulwarkOnline

Oh my gosh, Cathy Young of @BulwarkOnline has come up with a bare-bones list of just 101 things Trump has said and done since leaving office that make it clear he should never return. What a lot must have been left on the cutting room floor!

Dane County judge mulls whether to appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible criminal charges against dog-breeding facility. Read all about it in @isthmus

In a party that is willing to excuse any lie, no matter how big, politicians come to lie about everything, no matter how small. That's the awful truth in Bill Adair's new book on political lying, reviewed in @BulwarkOnline

Noam Chomsky, in a new book, shows how time and again America refuses to accept the same constraints on its conduct that it demands of others, with uniformly disastrous results. See my review in @theprogressive:

3,200 beagles at Ridglan Farms dog breeding and research facility outside Madison “are not receiving daily human positive contact and socialization” as state law requires, report says. Perhaps as little as two minutes a week. Read all about it in @isthmus

Hovde has said Social Security benefits should be lowered, Obamacare should be repealed, and overweight people should pay more for their health care. The Dems' ads are calling Hovde a “jerk.” That case could be made, and is, in @BulwarkOnline

Despite all his craziness, or perhaps because of it, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now in a position to play a huge role in abetting Trump’s re-election (or re-coup) attempt. Read all about it in @BulwarkOnline:

This is how far the door has opened. This is how easy it is when you don’t have any regard for whether or not what you are saying is true. Just make shit up. Turn nothing into something. Read all about it in @BulwarkOnline

Mass deportations, mass executions, mass firings of educators, easier access to guns, more devastation from climate change, whooping cough for the kids — all promises that Donald Trump will do his darn'dest to fulfill. From @BulwarkOnline