July 16, 2019

Where to start? I guess at the mouth-frothing crazy part. In a story about Republicans’ non-response to the fact that their president is a raging racist, VICE News quoted one such Republican as saying … Oh, hell, you just have to read this for yourself: Most rank-and-file Republicans showed little...

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  • July 16, 2019

When you’ve lost this loony bird, you know you’ve gone off the deep end (or should know, anyway). Would @realDonaldTrump ever tell a white immigrant – whether 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th+ generation – to "go back to your country"? No. That's why the comments were racist and unacceptable. America...

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  • July 16, 2019

In solidarity,  Russell Greene and Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F, Janis, Dan, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Deb, and Bryan—your PDA National Team CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION INTRODUCEDTELL YOUR SENATORS TO SIGN ON AS COSPONSORS Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is a leader in the struggle to decisively confront the Climate...

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  • July 16, 2019

In an interview with the New York Times Book Review Podcast, the estimable, erudite, and venerably ferret-faced George Will said Donald Trump has done more to unravel our republic and the office of the presidency than the disgraced Richard Nixon ever did. I agree, and yet an overwhelming majority of...

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  • July 16, 2019

Political Wire put up a link this morning to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website, which includes this information: Harassment Based on National Origin Ethnic slurs and other verbal or physical conduct because of nationality are illegal if they are severe or pervasive and create an intimidating, hostile or...

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  • July 16, 2019

Or at least we may have them soon. How many more apocalyptic harbingers can we stand? Seriously. I really want to know. CNN: A Tennessee police department is warning residents to stop flushing drugs down their toilet and sinks out of fear they could create “meth gators.”   “Now our sewer guys...

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  • July 16, 2019

The earth’s sunscreen is interacting with climate change and is affecting marine and terrestrial systems in the Southern Hemisphere according to new research published in the journal Nature.  From The New Polytechnic at Rensselaer: Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the...

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  • July 16, 2019

Trump starts a trade war with China.  The Chinese hit our farmers with tariffs in retaliation.  Trump throws some money at the farmers to compensate them for their losses.  There is supposed to be a “federal cap” on how much money a farmer receives in compensation.  Turns out that the...

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  • July 16, 2019

Shortly after 5 PM Monday, Robinson’s column for Tuesday’s Washington Post, titled Republicans embrace Trump’s racism. Blame them as much as him., went live. It is well worth the read. Robinson begins with a two-sentence paragraph Donald Trump’s presidency is melting down into a noxious stew of racism, failure and...

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  • July 16, 2019

AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar are dealing with Trump as a group and individually better than any male in politics (does anybody remember the Republican primary?) or the media (stop that giggling Chuck Todd). I think this should put to bed once and for all the claim...

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  • July 16, 2019

AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar are dealing with Trump as a group and individually better than any male in politics (does anybody remember the Republican primary?) or the media (stop that giggling Chuck Todd). I think this should put to bed once and for all the claim...

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  • July 16, 2019

That is the title of this Washington Post op-ed, up now for tomorrow’s print edition. Conway’s wife might now live in DC and work for the occupant of the Oval, but he is listed as a New York Lawyer and has been increasingly critical of the Donald, especially on Twitter,...

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  • July 16, 2019