I never thought we’d have a major scandal over weather forecasts, but I guess anything is possible in the Trump era. The New York Times is now reporting that Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney pressured Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to force the NOAA to issue the now-infamous — and totally false —…
Category: Alabama
“He's Deteriorating in Plain Sight”
That is a direct quote from a Republican strategist as reported two hours ago by Business Insider: “He's deteriorating in plain sight,” one Republican strategist who's in frequent contact with the White House told Insider on Friday. Some of the new concern is related to Trump’s continuing insistence on saying he was right that Dorian…
Trump told Fox reporter to 'hit back at Shepard Smith' over Alabama hurricane story
How ridiculous is this going to get? Will Donald Trump appoint a special task force to try to prove Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian when Trump said it was? Republicans, at some point you’re just going to have to admit that Donald Trump is not mentally well and never will be. I implore…
He is sick, sick, sick in the head
The very stable genius is still at it. STILL! x Just as I said, Alabama was originally projected to be hit. The Fake News denies it! pic.twitter.com/elJ7ROfm2p — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2019 Dude, even if you’re right — which you clearly aren’t — it DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER! Please, go drink a tub of…
Trump insists he knows more about hurricanes than the National Weather Service
Oh, those pencil-necked eggheads who study things and use science and shit instead of their gut instincts. Now they think they know more about weather and where Alabama is than the president. Yesterday, Trump (being Trump) attacked ABC News reporter Jon Karl for pointing out that Trump had freaked out Alabamans — who were in…
GOP Trying Another Way to Cheat on the Census
(Disclaimer: IANAL) The GOP and the Trump administration have been trying all kinds of ways to skew the 2020 census toward traditionally Republican states. It’s now getting attention that they had more sneaks in mind than mucking up the census questionnaire. Another of their tactics is being noticed: Getting the courts to rule that undocumented…
NM, AL, IA, NH & MN-Sen: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D. NV) Goes All In To Help Democrats Win The Senate
Heading home from a vacation in Atlanta so I am playing a little catch-up. Received a few e-mails from U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D. NV) in support of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate. First, there’s this one: When it comes to representation for women in Congress, we’ve certainly made incredible progress in the past…
AL-Sen: HE'S BACK!!! Sexual Predator Roy Moore (R) Officially Kicks Off Senate Campaign
Get ready for the shit show down South: Roy S. Moore, the polarizing Alabama Republican whose Senate campaign in 2017 was fueled by his reputation as a champion of the evangelical right and then derailed by allegations of sexual misconduct, said Thursday that he would seek a rematch next year. His decision was an unsurprising…
Sharia court orders jail for rape victim unless kids handed to rapist. Wait…I meant Alabama.
A young woman from Birmingham, Alabama was raped and impregnated four times by her uncle. She was just 12-years old when the raping started: her mother’s half-brother would constantly climb in her bed. She endured this hell for years: Raped at 14, she miscarried. Raped at 16, she gave birth to a baby boy. Raped at…
Sharia court orders jail for rape victim unless kids handed to rapist. No, wait. That was in Alabama
A young woman from Birmingham, Alabama, was raped and impregnated four times by her uncle. She was just 12 years old when the assaults started: Her mother’s half-brother started climbing into her bed. She endured this hell for years. Raped at 14, she miscarried. Raped at 16, she gave birth to a baby boy. Raped at…
Republicans peddle grotesque abortion-slavery comparison
In the great and proud history of the United States, no failing, no appalling ideology, no perverse institution—no national tragedy—compares to the American sin of chattel slavery. Codified in the nation’s founding documents in a grotesque mockery of the Declaration’s self-evident truth that “all men are created equal,” the 250-year bondage of black Americans was…
God 'told' FL Rep to follow AL with no exemptions for rape, trafficking, mother's life. But NOT IVF!
The Florida GOP literally refers to pregnant Florida women as “host bodies.” Now, we are expected to get an abortion ban that is in every way as bad as Alabama’s—and may even be worse. Our state is purple (we have more Democrats here than Republicans), and yet our state legislature resembles Alabama or Oklahoma. This is…
CBS poll: An overwhelming majority of Americans favor keeping Roe v. Wade
Just more evidence that we’re ruled by a tyrannical minority who have gerrymandered, suppressed, obstructed, and otherwise cheated their way to their current political hegemony. CBS News: Two-thirds of Americans want Roe v. Wade left in place, and most who hold that view would be disappointed or angry if the ruling were to be overturned…
Susan Collins on new abortion laws: 'I’m not sure exactly why we're seeing this happen'
“Obtuse” is not a strong enough word for Susan Collins. We need to come up with a more forceful term, like, I don’t know, “fucking obtuse” or “obtuse as shit” or “Jesus Christ, this woman is a fucking idiot.” In a recent interview with WGME-TV in Portland, Maine, Collins, who (in)famously voted to confirm Supreme…
Proof that “Life” was never what this was about…
You may not recall that Brett Kavanaugh was actually an unpopular choice among conservatives when he was announced. They feared he was too wishy-washy. All of that changed when they discovered that he was an alleged rapist. Overnight, they went from milquetoast support to backing his nomination more fiercely than any that came prior. Why…
Proof that 'life' was never what this was about…
You may not recall that Brett Kavanaugh was actually an unpopular choice among conservatives when he was announced. They feared he was too wishy-washy. All of that changed when they discovered the sexual misconduct allegations. Overnight, they went from milquetoast support to backing his nomination more fiercely than any that came prior. Why was that? Let’s be…
RNC chair slams abortion laws lacking exceptions for rape, incest
It’s hard to imagine what Ohio and Alabama might do for an encore. Reinstitute prima nocta? Public stonings for unmarried nonvirgins? Forced marriages of 13-year-old girls to Roy Moore or … James Woods? How much worse could it get? As it stands, they think an 11-year-old girl who gets raped by her uncle needs to have…
Alabama: Abortion is worse than the Holocaust, Stalin's purges, and the killing fields put together
Always read the fine print. From section 2(i) of Alabama’s new “It’s Uter-us not Uter-you” law: (i) It is estimated that 6,000,000 Jewish people were murdered in German concentration camps during World War II; 3,000,000 people were executed by Joseph Stalin's regime in Soviet gulags; 2,500,000 people were murdered during the Chinese “Great Leap Forward”…
AL-Sen: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D. NM) Refuses To Let The GOP Take Sen. Doug Jones (D)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D. NM) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D. AL) re-election campaign: My friend and colleague, Doug Jones, is facing the toughest reelection of any Democrat in the Senate. You may remember that Doug Jones won an unexpected victory in 2017 in Alabama — a state that Trump…
AL-Sen: Sheldon Whitehouse (D. RI) & Tim Kaine (D. VA) Refuse To Let The GOP Beat Doug Jones (D)
Received two e-mails in support of U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D. AL) re-election bid. First, from U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D. RI): Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D. RI) This is important: My friend and colleague Doug Jones is up for reelection in 2020, and a far-right challenger just jumped into the race against him. The U.S. Senate does…
AL-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D. OH) & Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Go All In To Help Doug Jones (D) Win 2020
Received two e-mails in support of U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D. AL) re-election campaign from two of my favorite Democratic Senators. The first one is from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH): Sen. Doug Jones (D. AL) I need you to chip in $5 or more right now to help my colleague, Senator Doug Jones. Why?…
AL-Sen: Sen. Doug Jones (D) Demands Resignation Of Newspaper Editor Who Called For Return Of KKK
Damn straight: Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D) called for the resignation of a local newspaper editor for publishing a “disgusting” editorial urging the return of the Ku Klux Klan. “OMG! What rock did this guy crawl out from under?” Jones, a former U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted two klan members for the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, tweeted…
AL-Sen: Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D. PA) Wastes No Time Helping Doug Jones (D) Get Ready For 2020
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D. PA), in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D. AL) re-election campaign: Doug Jones won the Alabama special election one year ago today. I've seen his hard work to protect the ACA and fight for working families in Alabama and across the…
The Pussy Cat of Indiana – Senator Joe Donnelly – Coughs Like He Has a Hair Ball on Kavanaugh.
Donnelly’s office said the following: “Senator Donnelly takes his responsibility to consider Supreme Court nominees – regardless of the president making the nominations – very seriously. With both Judges Garland and Gorsuch, and now with Judge Kavanaugh, Senator Donnelly has evaluated Supreme Court nominees based on their understanding of the law, their ability to be…
Alabama Democratic Senator Doug Jones Wants to “Hit the Pause Button” on Kavanaugh.
News from Alabama Democratic Senator Doug Jones on Kavanaugh: x This was a very brave step to come forward. It is more important than ever to hit the pause button on Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote until we can fully investigate these serious and disturbing allegations. We cannot rush to move forward under this cloud. https://t.co/SIHzdnnOFJ —…
America in black and white in Alabama
In an age of “both sides do it” and “teach the debate,” some issues are simply black and white. So it was this week in Alabama, where truth and myth, hate and hagiography collided in two stories of the ongoing legacy of the Civil War and white supremacy. On Monday, the “Heart of Dixie” celebrated…