Remember that Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary can address some of the Trump sweetheart deals
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be nominated as Treasury Secretary. Remember that Trump though Mnuchin lifted some Russian sanctions during the Mueller investigation on...
Proud Boy aims handgun at protester, violates state law ORS 166.190 (Pointing firearm at someone)
Proud Boys appeared at today’s “Back the Blue” demonstration in Portland OR, one brandishing a firearm like the St Louis couple defending their villa. Perhaps another...
Trudeau Declines to Die for a Trump Photo-Op [Update: Mex Pres Wanted Trudeau There with Him]
Canadian Primer Minister Justin Trudeau has quite wisely declined to risk sickness and death just so Trump can have a photo-op “celebrating” the new agreement...
The Mutiny Of “The Bounty”
When the history of the 2020 election is written, it is the story broken by the New York Times, chronicling the scheme hatched by Vlad...
same tired Trump viral BS shtick: blaming someone else (foreigners, Dems, something-something)
Who pays $20,000 for a plane ticket, or a Final Four ticket, or an Inaugural ticket, and should you blame some other country for your...
GA-Sen: “How Riggs Amico (D) sacrificed her family business investment to save jobs & pensions”
David Dayen has a piece out in the American Prospect that profiles businesswoman, former Lt. Governor candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate, Sarah Riggs Amico...
Evil Corp is of course, a Russian cyber-crime organization – Trump lifted sanctions on its companies
Surprising that it’s not connected to the Shreks’ company, “Fraud Guarantee”, and yet sanctions got removed from related Russian companies. Individual-1 Trump obeys his masters,...
Reporter asks Trump the obvious question about his campaign to root out 'corruption'
So Donald Trump is trying to pretend he hates corruption so, so much he’s doing everything he can to quash it everywhere it rears its ugly...
Daily Beast: Moscow Mitch Helped Out Rusal By Stealing From Coal Miners.
Moscow MItch is certainly covered in something dirty, but it ain’t coal dust from helping coal miners. From Erin Banco of The Daily Beast: Senate...
Chuck Grassley Talking Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Trade and Tariffs.
It must be difficult to be Chuck Grassley when it comes to Trump’s tariffs. Whenever I see Grassley talk or write about free trade and...
Oh Governor Matt Bevin! You Never Hit Rock Bottom!
Trump mini-me Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky never misses a chance to keep going lower Thankfully, this also applies to his approval rating. But first,...
Nothing Like Setting Up a Mobbed Up Russian Front in Politically Safe Trump Loving Kentucky.
I can see why Mitch McConnell moved on removing those economic sanctions against the Russians. It wasn’t just at Trump’s bidding: Kentucky might be going...
Are we winning yet? U.S. posts largest budget deficit on record, thanks to Trump
In 2016, Trump said he would eliminate our national debt. How’s that going? The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record (in February), amid a...
Ohio is being destroyed under Trump, and it's about to get a lot worse
While a lot of states are turning blue, Ohio is one of the few states getting redder---but that is only because so many people are...
All hail the Queen!
Off with his HEAD! The Queen of Hearts Alice in Wonderland I can’t seem to say it enough these days, I really do love it when they...
Coming soon to a Trumper Tantrum near you
Well, the walls are closing in on Der Gropinfuror at long last. Which will put the Pampers President under even more pressure. But if there’s...
Mike Pence's wife campaigns for nutty GOP candidate who thinks homosexuality should be illegal
Views on homosexuality differ widely in this country, but the percentage of Americans who think same-sex relations should be flat-out illegal is small and dropping...
MO-Sen: Josh Hawley (R) Wants To Give Religious Organizations More Political Influence
Well, this is a big Fuck You to the Separation of Church & State: Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley supports repealing a provision in the...
WaPo: Trump told Japanese PM, 'I remember Pearl Harbor'
Yes, yes, yes, we defeated communist Japan. Don’t rub it in; they’re our allies now. Not sure if this means Trump believes he was literally...
Too Bad Kentucky Does Not Have Two Republican U.S. Senators To Fight Trump's Tariffs.
It must really suck for Kentuckians who are getting hurt by Trump’s tariffs that they do not have two Republican U.S. Senators to fight for...
A few observations on Trump “supporters.”
Just to be specific, when I refer to Trump's "supporters" in the title, I'm not talking about the drooling morons who roll around on the...
ND-Sen: TPM, “Kevin Cramer’s (R) Campaign Images Shot Far From Fargo”
FAIL! The top Senate candidate’s website is replete with Getty stock images from around the globe, from Serbia to Indonesia, Hungary to the United Kingdom,...
What Is It About Buenos Aires and Republicans? Ag. Sec. Perdue Gives American Farmers Bad News.
Josh Marshall at TPM flagged this Reuters article of U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue telling American farmers, “Yeah, you’re screwed by Trump tariffs.” Perdue said...
Tesla Model 3 officially unveiled today!
I’ll keep this short and sweet, as I had to wake up really early for this and now need to go back to sleep ;)...
Geotagging the Shayrat airbase attack: what hit and where.
Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment, but I went ahead and geotagged the entire tomahawk strike on the Shayrat airbase. Now you can see at a glance...