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 head. Today, while sounding like an Airbus jet engine exterminating entire species […]

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 head. Today, while sounding like an Airbus jet engine exterminating entire species […]
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 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last month blocked a measure that […]
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 tariffs, I can’t help but remember what LBJ once said […]
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, Bevin’s latest attack on public school teachers: More attention must […]
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 into business with the Russian mafia. Not the rough-and-tumble “Godfather” […]
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 20 percent drop in corporate tax revenue and a boost […]
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 leaving. With the exception of Columbus, the cities in Ohio […]
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 one thing that can be said about Trump, it’s that […]
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 precipitously. Frankly, it’s absurd that anyone thinks sex between consenting […]
Well, this is a big Fuck You to the Separation of Church & State: Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley supports repealing a provision in the federal tax code that bars politicking in the pulpit. In […]
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 alive for Pearl Harbor and recalls it going down, or […]
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 them on Capitol Hill. “Nobody wants a trade war,” McConnell […]
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 floor at Trump rallies, speaking in “Trump tongues.” I'm talking […]
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, to illustrate his made-in-America political views. One notable shot: Cramer, […]
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 in an interview on the sidelines of the G20 meeting […]
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 😉 Here’s the info unveiled today as the first 30 […]
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 what areas were struck (and with what level of confidence), […]