Observational data finds a 90-fold-increase in heat and rainfall extremes in the past ten years
The 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP-26), scheduled to open on 10/31/21 in Glasgow, Scotland. COP brings wealthy and developing nations together to...
GOP congressman says pre-K education isn't needed because stay-at-home parents are still a thing
It’s safe to say that Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisconsin) is not the brightest bulb on the marquee. While a member of the Wisconsin state Senate,...
LOLOL: Trump's Latest Update on His TRUTH(LESS) Social Scam is an Incoherent, Lie-Riddled Mess
Last week Donald Trump announced what will surely be his next humiliating business failure. Laughably dubbed "TRUTH Social" - a name that defies the reality...
In congressional testimony, Dr. Birx says Trump's negligence likely led to 130,000 COVID-19 deaths
During interviews earlier this month with the House select subcommittee on the pandemic, Dr. Deborah Birx conceded that the Trump administration was “distracted” from its...
Conservative Muslim woman’s US journey. Machin says he’s lost. And much more.
This Conservative Muslim reared woman take on the US. Joe Machin seemed confused. But we definitely are not. We know who he is. Conservative Muslim...
REALLY? Joe Manchin on switching Parties: “I don't know where the hell I belong.” We know where!
It seems Joe Manchin does not know where he belongs. Progressives know well what Manchin's values represent. Joe Manchin should know Watch Politics Done Right...
Go Eastman, young John. But that's not my advice even if I wrote it in two memos.
“Slammer Time” may be on the horizon. It won’t be about the DoJ looking backward or forward, but looking inward to do something historical to...
OMFG! A Trump Supporter and a Reporter Put Their Hysterical Stupidity on Full Display
There is often a fine line between between comedy and tragedy. It's a line that the record of Donald Trump's public life frequently crosses. For...
Dave Chappelle Broke the Mirror
I was recently asked; what do you think about the Dave Chappelle controversy? Without explanation, I knew the questioner was referring to his recent Netflix...
Pennsylvania Bar Association Slams GOP Candidate For PA Supreme Court Over Dishonest Attack Ad
Here’s the latest news out of Pennsylvania: The TV ad is no-holds-barred. It bluntly attacks a decision of the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court....
Pelosi admonishes Tapper. Senator sours on filibuster, Cheney calls names, Hold media on Virginia.
Pelosi did not allow Tapper to malign progressives. Senator King sours on filibuster. Cheney calls out her party and calls names. Virginia blues. Pelosi comes...
Republican Corruption
The Rotten Core of the Republican Party -Binyamin Appelbaum -NYT Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the top House Republican, recently took to social media to...
Climate Brief: Economic collapse is bearing down on us
Prices are going to rise, probably exponentially, over the next few decades. The reason for that's simple: everything, more or less, has been artificially cheap. The costs...
Lickin’ Chittle says: “An orange sky is falling! Pay no attention to the investigation closing in”
Rolling Stone reports that insurrection planning did involve elected GOP officials. Slowly we turn, step by step, inch by inch… the quid pro quo was a...
Rolling Stone: Members of Congress Helped Plan Jan. 6 Attack
Rolling Stone has a major new story out: EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress...
Rolling Stone: Members of Congress Helped Plan Jan. 6 Rallies
Rolling Stone has a major new story out: EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress...
“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part #16 Ricky and Lucy
This is the sixth set of notes for a reading group on Marx’s Capital, and includes a Volume I refresher for further reading of Volume...
CRYBABY Trump is Whining (and Lying) Again that FOX News (and Everyone) is Out to Get Him 😭
The cult of Donald Trump - and Trump himself - likes to pretend that he is a macho man and is predestined to be America's...
FATAL HYPOCRISY: FOX News Hack Admits Their Anti-Vax Narrative is Based Purely on Politics 🤢
In case you haven't heard it by now, Fox News has been yammering for weeks about the "tyranny" of President Biden, and other rational politicians...
Ron DeSantis wants to spend $5,000 a pop to bring unvaxxed cops to Florida
I like this idea, Ron DeSantis! Collect all the unvaccinated cops you can find! Come to think of it, y’all should lure every last unvaxxed...
cheeseheads in Wisconsin GOP Assembly vote to end 'patriarchy' by banning its K-12 mention
Beetle-Juice Three Times. Thank Jeebus that cheesehead is not banned from primary and secondary schools in Wisconsin. Because nothing says “Freedom” and “Liberty” like being the...
“bad mafia movie” – Peril in the Trumper-bunkers on the eve of the Insurrection
CNN’s David Gergen: The Only Thing That Can Stop Donald Trump From Running in 2024 is a Prison Sentence From the Insurrection, we know that...
Yale professor and expert on authoritarianism says 2024 Trump coup is 'underway'
If U.S. democracy falls this century, it will likely be at the hands of a stubby-fingered sack of extra-piquant donkey farts who likely never bothered...
'Makes me want to throw up': Investor bails after learning funds would go to Trump social network
The latest news from Bizarro World is that Donald Trump is finally starting his own social media company—and it’s named TRUTH Social. Because while irony...
Energy cannibalism is happening so fast that the collapse of the oil industry will derail renewables
There’s no time to lose. The new research led by the French team confirms that whether we like it or not, human civilisation is in...
Sixteen-foot thick sea ice-the last bastion of old ice in the Arctic-has a massive 1200 sq mile rift
The American Geological Union documents a significant rift in the Last Ice Area just north of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian arctic in May of...
Rudy Giuliani is having another normal one
Apparently, Rudy Giuliani just discovered video filters. Specifically, he found the Planet of the Apes Cornelius filter and added a stovepipe hat. Or maybe it’s Abraham...
Report finds Trump used federal COVID-19 food program for political gain, ran it incompetently
Most people would—quite rightly—assume that “fresh produce” and “Donald Trump” have no business being in the same sentence unless there’s some secret Russian kompromat Christopher Steele...
Mountainous West Virginia leads the nation in crippling flash floods risk from climate change.
"No, no. There's 52 senators who don't agree, okay, and there's two that want to work something out if possible in a most rational reasonable...
Krugman: Future historians will be 'astonished' that we let the planet burn to protect coal
Somewhere along the line I got the impression that humans were smart. You know, tool use and written communication and reduced fat Corn Nuts and...
Future historians will be 'astonished' that we let the planet burn to protect coal, economist says
Somewhere along the line I got the impression that humans were smart. You know, tool use and written communication and reduced fat Corn Nuts and...
What diary hijackers don't understand about the seven most dangerous things from climate change.
Most people have a general idea of what climate change is doing to the planet; after all, 85% of the world's population has already been impacted...
Manchin's response to Bernie's Build Back Better op-ed exposes his stark betrayal of West Virginians
For Christmas (and Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa), Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to give working-class West Virginians a child tax credit, child care assistance, free preschool,...
If congress fails on climate action, it would be like Trump pulling us out of the Paris accord again
Democratic voters are depressed, demoralized, and tuning out — and there's no use in denying it. Amanda Marcotte In a couple of weeks, the world will...
GOP Rep. Kinzinger wonders if Satan wrote bizarre, cultish pro-Trump email
Do I need to take lessons on how to convincingly act like a MAGA in case Donald Trump ever returns to the White House? Because Kyrsten...
GOP congressman seems unaware of how unemployment insurance works, so Ocasio-Cortez helps him out
Tim Burchett is an actual U.S. representative from the state of Tennessee, and he apparently has no idea how unemployment insurance (UI) works. As in,...
Completely unprompted, Trump insists at GOP donor event that he's not into golden showers
Oh, yes. As every publicist knows, the best way to handle a PR crisis is to bring up the awful thing you desperately want people to...
'Squid Game' director says show's repugnant American billionaire character 'resembles' Trump
If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Squid Game yet—well, what are you waiting for? If anything is a parable for our time, this is it. Too...
Lauren Boebert uses Norway bow-and-arrow attack to launch very Republican rant against U.S. gun laws
Nothing is more sacred to right-wing Christian conservatives than their guns. You could tell most conservatives that Jesus was crucified in gold lamé Hammer pants and...
Lindsey Graham issues ludicrous alert about Brazilian 'terrorists' with 'Gucci bags' flooding border
What? Forty thousand Brazilian fashionistas are keen to move to Connecticut, and Republicans want to stop them? Why? That’s the best news I’ve heard in months!...
Japan has made a new building material from waste concrete and CO2 – could reduce emissions by 7%
There are still years to decades to go in perfecting the material for widespread use, but this is good news nonetheless. If you have ever...
Adam Schiff: When it comes to shameless lying, Trump and Kevin McCarthy were 'made for each other'
It goes without saying that most congressional Republicans know the Big Lie is just that—an absurd fabrication spun from the gossamer remains of their party’s perpetual pants pyre....
Fake furs for a fake president: New York Times unearths new evidence of Trumpian grift—and stupidity
Ethics violations—involving the illegal acceptance of Saudi Arabian gifts ostensibly made from endangered species but later revealed to be cheap fakes—seem like the Trumpiest story ever. All that’s missing...
Mats of Sargassum macroalgae overruns the Caribbean and culprit of the power outage in Puerto Rico
There are multiple species of Sargassum, a type of macroalgae common in the tropical Atlantic. For centuries blooms of the harmful seaweed have floated in...
Climate Brief: China's cities begin to darken as warming enhanced rainfall flood their coal mines
… and, winter is coming. For those just scrolling by while whistling past the graveyard, you might want to read this story and prepare yourself...
Climate Brief: China's cities begin to darken as warming enhanced rainfall floods their coal mines
… and, winter is coming. China, already in a significant energy crunch, has been experiencing energy shortages due to extreme weather, a surge in demand,...
Ted Cruz makes light of his winter Cancun trip. Twitter reminds him that he's the joke
You could say Ted Cruz is about as funny as a debilitating brain parasite, but that would be imprecise. He’s as funny as a brain...
Hack put in charge of Wisconsin election 'review' admits he doesn't know how elections work
When Donald Trump inevitably chokes to death while trying to swallow an entire Costco rotisserie chicken, you can pretty much guarantee he’ll still be clinging...
QAnon accuses Michael Flynn of being a Satanist
Perhaps I should pay more attention to QAnon conspiracy theories after all. The Daily Beast reported that Michael Flynn has been fighting rumors for weeks...
In these last precious moments for climate action, we have been betrayed by Amazon, Apple and Disney
Joe Biden and the Democratic party are walking a tightrope on implementing meaningful changes to save the biosphere. The QOP party joined by two Democratic senators...
