The Politicus

Trump vote-buying plan to forgive taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax: Tick-Tock

Deranged Trump syndrome: a dictatorial Trump now confronts his losing with even more autocratic attempts to consolidate power. Sabotaging the postal service to thwart voting…plus another attempt to loot social security. Republican scorched earth on the way to the bunker. x Trump basically announced today that he views himself as a dictator, totally unconstrained by…

new humorous Project Lincoln ad

via Twitter, since it is not yet up on their You Tube channel or at their website x Have a watch !@ProjectLincoln https://t.co/E4ANfs9sfi— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) August 8, 2020 Click on the arrow and watch it on Twitter

Sean Hannity FREAKS OUT Because Biden Declined an Interview with Fox News

The quantity of certified bull… oh, let's just say malarkey, that is spun by Donald Trump continues to flow like an avalanche of asininity. Just this week he has waxed idiotic about the presidential debates, about politicization of the coronavirus, about voting by mail, and too much more to summarize here. Naturally, Trump's Ministry of…

Rush Limbaugh questions Joe Biden's faith, says liberals worship trees

I’m not religious. You might say I’m an agnostic with Buddhist leanings — but most people would just call me a heathen. And that’s fine with me. I was raised Catholic, and I’m aware that there’s a campaign called Catholics Come Home, but at this point returning to church would feel a bit too much like…

MSNBC just cut him off and saying ” This is not a News Conference “

Trump claims to be holding a News Conference but some of the media doesn’t feel it is. CNN and MSNBC cut away. All he is doing they claim is name calling and distorting the truth. WOW…What else is new? He has been on the campaign trail via the presidential podium for almost 4 years…

another idiotic Trump presser at the 19th hole: more lies in advance of killing social security

Another stunt to keep Trump in the news on a Saturday, because he’s losing. Yesterday’s presser at his golf club was such a joke, this one shouldn’t even be covered, since it’s really coordinated with a Trump fundraiser. Wimp of Wall Street. No, Democrats aren’t cheating in the election by negotiating a relief bill No,…

Maureen Dowd is simply the Maggie Haberman of Chanel Rions.

Reminiscent of the Londo Cotton “send US troops” fiasco, the NY Times editorial folks need some staffing changes like the USPS. A vendetta is not a sports utility vehicle, MoDo really hates the Clintons – ya think? Maureen Dowd managed to forget about Clinton/Kaine AND McCain/Palin. “Correction: Aug. 8, 2020 An earlier version of this column incorrectly…

‘Can you assure anybody of anything?’ rando-POTUS* on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Trump continues to signal to police agencies that they can do whatever they want, regardless of civilian authorities, letting us know that not unlike Sturgis, SD and the state’s governor, the GOP are the actual “anarchists” fomenting American Carnage. x The president told Governor Noem that he aspired to have his image etched on Mt. Rushmore….

Trump mocks Black Lives Matter protests and mask-wearing in one fell swoop

Jesus Christ, this asshole. At yesterday’s coronavirus presser/super-spreader event in Bedminster, New Jersey, Donald Trump sarcastically referred to the WASPy weirdos in attendance as “peaceful protesters.” It was his way of excusing their flouting of social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines. Because he’s just that big of a prick. Huffington Post: At the news conference held…

Postal Service Triples the Cost of Mailing Ballots to Voters

This is a story in progress; I’ll try to get more information soon. American Prospect is reporting that Capitol Forum (paywall) is saying Trump’s toady Postmaster General is striking another blow at voting by mail: The Postal Service has informed states that they’ll need to pay first-class 55-cent postage to mail ballots to voters, rather…

The Daily Bucket: Good for the Hawk, Bad for the Robin.

Trigger warning for sadness. The sun shown through the russet and tawny and cream of what seemed to be a feathered explosion in the robin’s nest. I watched from a few feet away, with only enough time to lift a hand. Two Robin sentinels sped to the scene but the hawk’s powerful wingstrokes carried it, with…

Ali Velshi strikes again with an economic truth seldom told on cable

There are few cable or network news hosts willing to go where Ali Velshi goes economically and politically. He has the skill set necessary to get the point across without excessive offense to the sensibilities of the oligarchy. Ali Velshi did it again. x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. I was busy finishing my new…

Russia, Facebook, and Trump: Facebook still eased fact-checking rules for conservative pages

So much for having things both ways. Disinformation flooding continues. x “Can Trump place Facebook ads that feature Nazi symbols? Yes… Can he spread lies about mail-in fraud? Yes. Can he threaten #BlackLivesMatter protesters with violence? Yes. Will be he be able to use Facebook to dispute the election? Watch this space…”https://t.co/WaxeEEUYqC— Adam Rifkin 🐼 (@ifindkarma)…

Friday night massacre at USPS: Trump ally completely restructures, gets rid of 23 execs

Louis DeJoy, a Donald Trump flunky, was appointed to be Postmaster General despite him having ZERO experience at the Post Office—which is unheard of. He was, however, a major donor to the Republican Party and to Trump’s campaign. DeJoy and his wife also have serious conflicts of interest, since they both have assets between $30.1 million…

KY-Sen: Charles Booker (D) Officially Endorses Amy McGrath (D) In Her Bid To Take Down Moscow Mitch

Big news today out of Kentucky: x My statement on the Kentucky Senate race: pic.twitter.com/EJ0cDXcTgZ— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) August 7, 2020 State Rep. Charles Booker announced Friday that he is endorsing U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath, who defeated him in a tight primary election in June, in her attempt to oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch…

AL-Sen: ” Tommy Tuberville (R) was paid $5 million to quit. Now he says $600 is too much for you.”

So last week I highlighted this: Tommy Tuberville, the Republican Senate nominee in Alabama, said on Tuesday that the recently expired $600 coronavirus unemployment “was way too much” during an interview on “Alabama's Morning News with JT.” Tuberville, who recently won the Republican primary and is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, claimed Alabamians are…

Biden's Latino/African American gaffe was no gaffe at all. He's right.

Once more the media got played and with that many Americans. Joe Biden's Latin American/African American gaffe was not a gaffe at all. Biden need not claim this gaffe x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. As a Black/Latino/Caribean man, AKA an Afro-Latino/Afro-Caribean married to an African American woman, I take offense to Donald…

Another betrayal: Republicans sabotage COVID talks so Trump can sign meaningless executive order

The Senate has adjourned for the weekend, after refusing to negotiate with Democrats for a desperately-needed COVID-19 relief bill. Democrats had compromised, agreeing to come down yet again to $2 trillion spent to help the country through the worst health and economic crisis in our nation's history. It’s just too expensive, Republicans say. For context, the GOP Tax Scam—a 2017 giveaway to the…

Beto O'Rourke Launches Three More Virtual GOTV Events To Flip Texas From Toss Up To Blue

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Recent polling shows that Texas is officially a “toss-up” state — meaning that the race for president is basically tied. This news is a great reminder that flipping Texas blue and stopping Trump isn't impossible, but that we…

Ted Nugent compares the NRA to Jews, New York's AG to the Nazis, and himself to Oskar Schindler

Full disclosure: I actually interviewed Ted Nugent once, years ago, when I was working for — ironically — an entertainment publication. I asked him about the time he told an interviewer that former U.S. attorney general Janet Reno was “worse than Hitler.” He defended that, somehow. He quickly ended the interview, however, after he said…

Lincoln Project posts “Secretary of Failure” about Kushner

COVID-19 task force all but call Trump a liar about Hydroxychloroquine?

Should Democrats impeach Trump after he loses re-election to prevent him from pardoning himself?

CBS Poll: Biden Leads by 4% in North Carolina and Has 1% Edge in Georgia

Do Not Send your kid to school. Find another way to educate them other than public arenas.

Trump Presser – 100,000 deaths signified a “good job” by him, Trump owns them