Is Irony Dead?

Congressman James Comer Jr. (R-KY) is the current ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. In January, when the 118th Congress is seated, he is set to become the Chairman … Read More

Minerva @ Midnight: prosecuting the previous guy, former FedEx employee kills 8, plus Freedom Flies

Do we really have the will to prosecute Trump for anything? Or will he escape yet again because he’ll try to bargain his way out of an indictment  because he … Read More

The deficit is back! For a limited time only!

Yeah, you knew this was coming. And it’s here — until the economy is drowned in a kiddie pool full of crocodile tears or a Republican is back in the White … Read More

Unhingery: “No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost. I won them both, by a lot!”

Why bother counting the votes after Dixville Notch weighs in. Dick Nixon won both Ohio and Florida in 1960 and lost to Kennedy. But you do you Donald, it’s still 1-52 in failed legal … Read More

There will be matters still to be resolved related to Trump Russia beyond the pardons.

Like the counterintelligence limits of the Mueller report, there are still slender skeletons to be revealed in the corruption of US interests. Trump’s inquiry about a strike against Iran last … Read More

LOTUS! PA Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign's claim that GOP lacked access to Philly vote count

1-22 record in legal challenges as GOP loses again, this time on the watchers of vote counting in Philadelphia. x Breaking: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected the Trump campaign's … Read More

We wondered how bad it would get…Now we know. He wants to kill us all.

We wondered a few years back when we were saying Buckle up…what he would do.  We wondered what his enablers would continue to back.   Would he start a war?  Would … Read More

Woodward taped Kushner boasting about taking the country 'back from the doctors'

Little Lord Fauntleroy has stepped in it once again. The odious sparkly vampire born with a silver spoon in his head was at the vanguard of Donald Trump’s pandemic response — and, … Read More

Zombie Herman Cain tweets from beyond, will he vote absentee?

Herman Cain’s twitter account is now tweeting without acknowledging that he has passed away. Can verified accounts outlive their owners? Hopefully he won’t be requesting any mail-in ballots. Not exactly Timothy Leary … Read More

Trump Predicts “Big Win” But Admits He's Losing

Two stories picked up from Political Wire this morning: Trump predicts 'big' win in November, pointing to 'silent majority' Trump admits it: He's losing This is not quite the contradiction … Read More

The Daily Bucket–The Robins Persist

But just a day or two after Billy Heron, the patriarch of my back yard gardens and ponds left, Cocky Robin brushed aside the murmured objections from the littler birds, … Read More

Trump says “No Cooties, please, we're British” as COVID-19 will get “worse and worse and worse”

Throne room cootie report has Trump restricting European travel to US, except for the UK meaning that the Brits will be a meatshield for air travel transfers from the Continent. Folks … Read More

Ignoring the Irony

I have got to hand it to Republicans, their ability to ignore the irony of their talking points is breathtaking.  In 1998 erstwhile Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich voted … Read More

Report: Kushner viewed Trump presidency as an opportunity to dig himself out of debt

Like father-in-law, like son-in-law. Jared Kushner, the Borg queen’s consort, apparently planned to use his role as Donald Trump’s second, somehow even more faulty brain to relieve the debts his … Read More

Kushner: Mueller probe more harmful than Russian attack, which amounted to 'some Facebook ads'

Looks like Little Lord Fauntleroy is toeing the Trumpian line, and then some. Today, he noted that the investigation into Russia’s ratfucking of our Democracy was way worse than the … Read More

Report: Trump promoted nuke power sales to Saudis over strong objections

See, this is what happens when a pr*sident is more worried about his own pocketbook than the safety and security of the country. We don’t need a border wall. We … Read More

Trumpster Tom Barrack Lauds MBS, Says of Khashoggi “the atrocities in America are equal, or worse”

Tom Barrack plays a central, if somewhat unheralded role in all of our Trump troubles, as you can read in his Wiki bio… It was Barrack who, in 2010 pulled Jard … Read More

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x A big meme today on the pro-Trump internet claims that the Democratic response to Trump was filled with Satanic symbols. pic.twitter.com/uOzD7C31fL — Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 10, 2019 x … Read More

Want to know who's trying to end the shutdown? Look at who's negotiating.

Here’s how it ultimately breaks down, in pure and simple human terms. This Friday morning, over 800,000 federal employees will wake up, hit the “brew” button, and log into their … Read More