Professor, “Post Corona” author decisively slams politicians for saving corporations before people.

With a very effective message, Scott Galloway, the author of Post Corona effectively takes down a system that puts corporations ahead of people. “Post Corona” author hits the nail on the head … Read More

Your relief check may be delayed because Trump hated the media coverage of stimulus negotiations

Donald Trump didn’t really say why he blew up the meticulously negotiated $900 billion stimulus bill, throwing Washington into chaos and screwing over millions of people who are simply trying to survive … Read More

like his tales of crying men, Trump keeps looking for the lost cause of his election loss

Pursed lips moving, Trump lies, repeating the same falsehoods. Fortunately his debunked claims have revealed flaws in the GOP’s historically bogus voter suppression arguments. x Remember: when Trump uses the … Read More

Strip mining the eastern slopes of Alberta's rocky mountains threatens biodiversity and watersheds.

The Ermineskin and Whitefish Lake First Nations, along with ranchers, have filed two lawsuits against Alberta’s government after the province rescinded protections for the eastern slopes of the rocky mountains. Alberta’s decision … Read More

Worried about paying rent and eating? You'll be happy to know Trump is tackling much bigger problems

Once again, Donald Trump blasted a mammoth, sulfuric Beelzebub fart and left the room, leaving it to members of the sane community to Febreze the fuck out of the country. … Read More

Trump's reading of the Christmas story is the weirdest thing you'll see this holiday

Why does it feel like Trump is hearing the Christmas story for the first time as he reads this? Tell me I’m wrong. x This is not a Saturday night … Read More

Another Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Against Him

Trump just got some more coal in his Christmas stocking, delivered by a judge he appointed to the 7th Circuit. Trump campaign suffers another legal setback in Wisconsin case President … Read More

Exxon's Green Sheen and asymmetric information (and media bias)

​Is the Market for Lemons like the market for lemonade or even Don Lemon. Asymmetric information is everywhere, the example of the used-car salesman synonymous with the reign of Trump, … Read More

Trump Plots 2022 Primaries for “Disloyal” Republicans

Politico says Trump has told his political aides to monitor statements by Republicans that oppose his efforts to hold onto the Presidency with an eye toward supporting primary challengers in … Read More

A COVID-19 survivor details her ordeal – Evangelical Leaders lead the flock to an abyss

A COVID-19 survivor, Virginia Parks, describes her experience and gives us advice. Many Evangelical Leaders continue leading toward the abyss. Virginia Parks survived COVID-19 x x YouTube Video Politics Done … Read More

Trump forfeiting the security deposit on the White House “Are you still a believer in Santa?”

“Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?” Trump’s pardon spree is a series of corrupt gifts, administrative vandalism on the way out of the … Read More

Thanks to Trump, it's never been more clear that Republicans don't care about you

It’s always been obvious to people with more than a cursory understanding of politics that Republicans only pretend to care about working people and small business owners. They accomplish this … Read More

Evangelical Leaders claiming ignorance after their words continue to kill many. Dead parents enough?

If there is a hell, that is where these evangelical leaders belong. They are singularly responsible for the deaths of thousands. Unfortunately, if natural selection was perfectly selective, we could be rid … Read More

Trumpism: Victim Syndome coupled with Denialism.

Victim Syndrome (Fenichel, 1945; Zur, 1994). These are people who always complain about the bad things that happen in their lives, due to circumstances beyond their control. Nothing feels right … Read More

Revising the invention of tradition(s): more on the Garrett Felber affair at U. of Mississippi.

This continues the diary of two days ago. Nostalgia is a coping mechanism at the place known for its association with William Faulkner. Oxford Mississippi is a place where the nostalgia … Read More

Trump's televangelist friend: The President lives in an alternate state of reality.

Televangelist Pat Robertson has pretty much thrown in the towel on Donald Trump. He acknowledges he lives in an alternate reality. Televangelist has given up on Trump x x YouTube … Read More

What If Trump WANTS To Shut Down the Government?

If Trump vetoes the Covid-19 relief bill, much of the government will shut down: U.S. faces risk of government shutdown as Trump balks at COVID-19 relief deal Americans on Wednesday … Read More

Bwah ha ha! Fox Business host welcomed animal rights activist, thinking he was a pork company CEO

Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo thinks Donald Trump is a great president. She also seems to think he was robbed of reelection through fraud. In other words, it’s really easy to pull … Read More

Trump attacks on US democratic institutions create a “pretty good sedition case against himself”

Aside from the usual caveats, Trump continues to act seditious. The GOP is plunging into open warfare over President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory — with President Trump taunting Senate Majority … Read More

Americans In Need. This non-profit succeed where the GOP sabotaged government fails.

Northwest Assistance Ministries is doing what government should be doing. Brian Carr explains how they do it. People over corporations is a must. The government must work for the people. … Read More

Wut? Trump flees to Mar-a-Lago, which should be St. Helena, not Elba.

Following through on his Twitter threats, @realDonaldTrump has officially vetoed the NDAA. Regardless there will be a likely congressional override. He has now set off for Mar-a-Lago, threatening Iran with a … Read More

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to Chris Christie: Do you think 'you can clean the Trump stink off you?'

To be fair, no one can scrub away the Trump stink. No one. Including me. It’s like a raccoon has been living in your car for the past four years. … Read More

cynical sucking up: Trump claims he's on the side of Democrats so Americans get $2,000 relief checks

Even as he puts his White House cronies on the board of the Kennedy Center, Trump criticizes its funding in the latest COVID relief bill.  Pam Bondi, who took an … Read More

Catastrophe averted. Why we're not a Democracy, center-left country governed as center-right.

We need to scream this from the Capitol. We are not a Democracy. This piece shows that one person, one vote does not exist in America. Democracy in name only … Read More

On his way out the door, Trump doling out sweet assignments to unqualified loyalists

As he prepares to ride off into the sunset on a screeching, incontinent llama, Donald Trump is wasting no time in abusing his power even more than he already has. While … Read More

should we distinguish between Blue Dog Democrats and Red Dog Democrats

A piece in The Bulwark gives us another political neologism, as if we had enough to deal with in designated “more conservative”, “more moderate”, “less liberal”, and even anti-progressive Democrats. At their … Read More

Greg Palast discusses GOP fraud in the Georgia election. Trump fraud continues.

Investigative Reporter Greg Palast joins us to discuss the GOP fraud and voter suppression in Georgia. Trump continues scamming supporters. Greg Palast speaks Georgia election. x x YouTube Video Politics … Read More

Is Pence seen as “faithless” and betraying such that Trump would try to grab voting machines

Desperation and unhingery on the way to the bunker. “Shoo fly don’t bother me”. x Inside the White House, Trump is lashing out, and everyone is in the blast zone. … Read More

Chris Hayes exposes how the Trump machine is ripping off its Right Wing donors

Chris Hayes deconstructs the fraud that is the Donald Trump election and defense fundraising machine. He all but rips off his supporters. Chris Hayes enumerates the “fraud.” x x YouTube … Read More

Did he commit voter fraud? Projection is such a useful tool for the useful idiot.

We were all discussing on another post about declaring Mar a Lago as residence when it actually is  a resort.  Now how can one claim your legal residence to be … Read More

Hmm: The Lincoln Project.

I found some of their attack ads amusing for a short time, then I remembered the origins of these attacks, similar in style to attack ads released against the left … Read More

Trump is mad at everyone — Pence, Pompeo, McConnell. Everyone

This is what happens when you put crazy in the White House. The import of the job doesn’t humble such folks. It makes them barmier than ever. And so you … Read More

“Everybody knows who he is, but they don't know what to do with him” Ole Miss fires a professor

As with most faculty politics, there is a subtext to the story of a professor fired for specious reasons. Garrett Felber was fired for failing to “communicate face-to-face” with his … Read More

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part 8

This post in the Anticapitalist Chat supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx #WeeklyMarx Summary: Chapter 16 of volume 1 of Capital is called “Absolute and Relative Surplus … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: PCCC Helps Boost Latino Voter Turnout To Help Flip The Senate Blue

Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More

Economist Dean Baker on how economic system could screw many in the world out of COVID-19 vaccine

The worldwide distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines exposes the immorality of our current economic system. Dr. Dean Baker sheds important light. Dr. Dean Baker exposes a sad reality about our … Read More

They caught a dead person voting near Philly! (for Trump, that is)

This had to happen, because I have not laughed nearly enough about Trump’s feckless fraud fucknuttery quite yet. They found fraud! Near Philly! A fake vote for … Donald Trump! x Is … Read More

Economist Dean Baker exposes pharmaceuticals, Fox News caves, Pundit on autocrat Trump, more

Dr. Dean Baker sheds important light on the COVID-19 vaccine economics. Fox News backtrack voter machines, & autocrat Trump exposed. Dr. Dean Baker articulates an unfortunate truth. x x YouTube … Read More

Camouflage, Covid and the Constitution

Apparently, Sen. Marco Rubio is sitting in his office planning a strategy around selling prayer cloths. Judging from his recent spate of religiosity on his Twitter feed, do not be … Read More

Trump's fascist facade declaration that Biden can undo with a stroke of his pen.

We’re now at the end of the road where Trump imagines that he can affect future architectural style in federal buildings. And of course he wants an airport named after … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Beto O'Rourke Launches Two More Virtual GOTV Phone Banks To Flip The Senate Blue

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) We’ve been looking over … Read More

Barr slaps down Trump again, this time over Hunter Biden and election 'fraud'

You may have heard over the weekend that Donald Jizz-O-Matic* Trump has reached the pre-bunker phase of his months-long post-presidential pout. Several news outlets reported that Trump hosted weirdo dead-enders Sidney … Read More

Democrats believe in what most Americans want. Are their bosses stunting the message?

I read this article with trepidation because Democrats can easily win 60% just being who we say we are. Republicans lie about what Democrats will do to them. Democrats tell … Read More

A symbol for the mistreatment of the Navajo Nation has been toppled; earthlings rejoice.

Blessings to all the activists, particularly Tó Nizhóní Án, whose 40-year grassroots efforts help heal our damaged planet and potentially protect us from a cataclysmic future for all life at risk of extinction. … Read More

Trump Threatens SCOTUS with “Disruption” If They Don't Take His Case

Trump is once again asking the Supreme Court (PDF) to overturn the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s multiple rulings on the mail-in ballots in the election. Rick Hasen on Election Law blog … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Eric Holder Makes The Georgia Runoff Elections A Referendum On Voting Rights

Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on behalf of his  organization, All On The Line: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) … Read More

We HAVE to take the Senate back. We need Lion replacements.

Georgia is our opportunity to take the majority in the Senate.  Ted Kennedy is gone.   He WAS the lion of the senate.  Byrd is gone.   Tom Harkin is no longer … Read More