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Steve Bannon among four Trump allies hit with subpoenas in Capitol riot probe
Four former members of Donald Trump's administration have been subpoenaed to appear before the US House of Representatives Select Committee that is investigating the deadly 6 January riot.
The US House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly 6 January riot at the Capitol has subpoenaed four former members of Donald Trump’s administration, including Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon, the panel’s chairman says.
- SBS News
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and former …
In 27 BC the Roman senate granted extraordinary powers to Octavian which effectively made him the first Roman emperor, thus putting paid to democracy.
The American senate is finely balanced and so polarised it can easily tip (or flip). Partisan politics have shown scant respect for propriety. The toxic gang-ho mentality of the American libertarians adds fuel to the fire.
Will American democracy survive? The seeds of autocracy have already being sown in fertile ground and are waiting for the arrival of the autumn rains.
Does history repeat itself?