Here we are again. Let’s hop on into the not-so-wayback machine, and take a quick look at the political stories and events we were obsessing over, and parsing importance as we went about our daily lives on that day. August 19th, 2016 In the throes of a massive campaign shakeup,...
August 19, 2018
Salon ‘In an interview on “Meet the Press” Sunday, the former director of the CIA refused to back down from accusations of treason made against President Donald Trump. John Brennan told NBC anchor Chuck Todd that “these are abnormal times” and suggested it was his duty to speak out. A...
First of all, Joe Scarborough deserves heaps of scorn for normalizing Donald Trump back in 2015 and 2016 by inviting him on his morning show over and over again. Let’s just get that part out of the way. He wasn’t alone, of course. The media approached the collapsing reality show star...
One thing about having Netroots Nation in New Orleans: I was reminded how friendly, tolerant, and open people can be. Now I’m back home, and have to deal with a$$hats like this. Directly from Joel Greenberg’s Facebook page: Joel Greenberg is the elected Seminole County Tax Collector, and an established...