"A series of criminal efforts to retain power”: The stench of American politics overwhelms us all

LZ Granderson: Imagine living in a country dominated by two political parties.

LZ: Imagine more than four dozen different provinces constitute the country.

The two main parties seem to take turns leading the country, but the divisive national politics has taken its toll in the last five decades .

He says the ignorant of the nation continue to fight with each other over trivial matters of importance made to seem crucial by those billionaires who keep everyone fighting.

Salon 's Julian Zelizer says the DOJ report on the Trump investigation is a bit of a “nothing burger” Zelizer: It’s almost like they underestimated Trump and thought they could take their sweet time prosecuting him.

Zelizer asks: What would happen if both sides just kept screaming at the top of their lungs that the other side was wrong? Both sides could end up ruling over nothing but scorched earth, Zelizer writes.

President Joe Biden spoke to the American people for the last time as president Wednesday night .

He spoke of the truth being smothered by lies while taking credit for the things he’d done as president.

Biden warned of the dangers of oligarchs and their potentially dangerous abuses of power being buried under “an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation”.