Has Anyone Ever Asked; Why?
Republicans swing the word freedom over the heads of their voters like the Sword of Damocles. It has become a meaningless mantra, cutting away real...
Garland's DOJ reverses Trump-era rule on consent decrees, which help hold local police accountable
The Trump administration—the malignant milieu of racism, bad ideas, and bad, racist ideas—had, for the past two-plus years, limited the use of consent decrees in holding...
Jen Psaki takes on GOP's pearl-clutching over deficits, reminds them their concern is years late
After Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, and Kayleigh McEnany, anyone or anything would have been an upgrade as press secretary. A wheel of Gorgonzola...
Every living ex-president except Trump appears in pro-vaccine PSA
In a new PSA featuring every (adult) former president, the COVID-19 vaccine takes center stage. The message: Don’t be a dick. Get the vaccine. Or...
Merrick Garland just left Josh Hawley in a smoldering heap
I never thought to hear such snark from someone as genteel as Merrick Garland. And maybe he wasn’t trolling the poster boy of domestic terror...
Fox News contributor blames Barack and Michelle Obama for COVID school closings
Rachel Campos-Duffy is a former reality star … and some other things. Her husband, Sean, is a former GOP congressman from Hayward, Wisconsin, which is way, way...
“Let's be careful out there” 10 days left.
Please practice greater situational awareness from January 17 to January 20. We all trust that those whose jobs it is to keep the nation safe...
GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Finally Gets His Revenge On Moscow Mitch
Received two e-mails from former President Barack Obama. The first one is in support of Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Jon Ossoff (D....
Eric Trump simply can't believe Joe Biden got 80 million votes
My favorite clueless conservative take on the (non)fraudulent 2020 presidential election is that there’s no way Joe Biden could have gotten as many votes as...
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Trump: 'If [Biden is] elected the stock market will crash' (through the ceiling to Dow 30,000)
So today, Donald Trump called an impromptu press conference in order to swiftly take credit for the rising stock market. After the Dow cleared 30,000 for...
GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Keeps Up Momentum To Give President-Elect Biden A Senate Majority
Wanted to share this Tweet with you all: xThe balance of power in the Senate is at stake in Georgia’s runoff election. We’ve got two...
Michelle Obama takes on Trump's electoral obstinance with the kind of grace few mortals can muster
I have to hand it to Michelle Obama. She’s a better person than I am. (Not an especially high bar, but still.) Today, in the...
Obama on Trump: 'complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility-for-anything type of figure'
One thing I’ll never understand until the day I die is how so many people ascribe “toughness” and “manliness” to Donald Trump. (I’ll also never...
GA-Sen A & B: Paul Krugman, “A Republican Senate Would Be Bad for Business”
This has been a busy post-election week for me at work and I have a lot more diaries I want to write about this past...
GA-Sen A & B: Emerson Poll Has Both Jon Ossoff (D) & Raphael Warnock (D) Leading
Here’s the latest news today out of Georgia courtesy of Emerson College’s latest poll: The final Emerson College poll before the November 3rd election in...
MOTHER-F'in OBAMA! Check this out!
My Twitter was blowing up with one-liners from Barack Obama’s speech all day, but the coolest thing he did had nothing to do with a...
Thinking moving towards landslide
because I am seeing more and more evidence that political professionals who have access to internal polls are seeing it. There is chatter that Trump...
Obama: Trump is 'jealous of COVID's media coverage'
Obama is on the stump, stumpin’ for Joe. And it’s a beautiful, beautiful thing. xNoting that Trump is complaining about the media reporting on rising COVID cases,...
IA-Sen: Lincoln Project's New Ad Labels Joni Ernst (R) As Trump & Moscow Mitch's “Yes Woman”
Nice: x YouTube Video The anti-Trump GOP group the Lincoln Project launched an ad Tuesday targeting Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) as her battle to keep her Senate...
IA, TX, MI, GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Helps These Five Democrats Flip The Senate Blue
Received this e-mail today from Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: President Barack Obama is hosting a virtual grassroots fundraiser this Friday to help us take back...
Sorry, Republicans, but a majority of American Catholics are pro-choice
It is one of the GOP’s tried and untrue slanders, deployed every time a Republican President nominates an anti-abortion Catholic to the federal judiciary. The...
just say “no” on that second debate, Joe, the White House might blame you for trying to win
The White House is now blaming Michigan governor Whitmer for the kidnap/assassination plot against her by domestic terrorists. Similarly Trumpists think Biden is weak for...
On the day Trump spreads pestilence throughout White House, of course there's an anniversary tweet
Yesterday, Donald Trump showed how tough and resilient he is by endangering his own employees and standing on a balcony gasping for oxygen like a...
Just up Biden tweet & video – MUST SEE
enjoy xReceiving the Medal of Freedom from my friend @BarackObama was a great, great honor. I'm proud to have dedicated my life to serving this...
LA-Sen: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) Endorses Adrian Perkins (D) For U.S. Senate
Some big news today out of Louisiana: xI am honored to have the support of @JohnBelEdwards. He’s a fellow West Point and Army Veteran who...
President Obama Rolls Out A Second Slate Of Endorsements For Down Ballot Democrats
Big news today: xI’m proud to endorse these outstanding Democratic candidates who will work to get the virus under control, rebuild the economy and the...
TX-Sen: New Poll Has MJ Hegar (D) & John Cornyn (R) In A Statistical Tie
Some good news today out of Texas: xTexas PollPresidential:Trump 46% (+1)Biden 45%#TXSen: Cornyn (R-inc) 40% (+2)Hegar (D) 38%@DataProgress (LV, 9/15-22)— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) September 25,...
GA-Sen B: “Ultra-Rich Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s (R) Family Has Taken In $3 Million in Farm Subsidies”
From The American Prospect: Meanwhile, the Loeffler family farm continues to operate, and several of Loeffler’s family members continue to pull in significant sums of...
President Obama Teams Up With NowThis To Emphasize Also Voting For Democrats In Down Ballot Races
Former President Barack Obama teamed up with NowThis to emphasize that not only how important it is to vote in the presidential election but also...
Obama remembers RBG, calls out GOP on blatant SCOTUS hypocrisy
President Obama has weighed in on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation battle that’s sure to ensue. Here’s his statement in its...
Lincoln Project on Presidency revealing who you are
buy contrasting previous Presidents with Trump on their reaction to crises Clinton on OK City bombing, Olympic Park bombing G W Bush on 9/11 Obama...
unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes
Trump did more fear-mongering and ranted enough to cause his second official violation of Twitter rules. This happened as Trump tried another pre-RNC stunt regarding an...
New poll proves Republicans live in a fantasy world where our number of COVID deaths is 'acceptable'
These are gobsmacking, jaw-dropping numbers, and they tend to make me think Jim Jones and David Koresh were underachievers. Wow. I mean, WOW. These people...
Pence says Trump created more jobs in three months than Obama did in eight years … uh, what?
Does this kind of argument work with anyone? The guy whose administration has overseen the destruction of millions of total jobs is bragging about the...
KY, SC & ME-Sen: GOPers Who Denounced Obama's “Executive Overreach” Are Now Praising Trump
Ok, so we know about Trump’s “executive order” on the coronavirus stimulus relief package: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Saturday in an effort...
Trump promises new Iran deal 'within four weeks' … if he's reelected
President Vaporware is at it again. As with the “great” health care plan he assured us would replace Obamacare “immediately”; the elimination of the entire...
Reporter confronts Trump over lie he's told more than 150 times; pr*sident walks off in a huff
I don’t know why this hasn’t been happening for five years now, but thank you, thank you, thank you Paula Reid. I’m sure you’ve heard...
Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats don't care about people because 'they' keep increasing the debt
And here I thought Republicans wouldn’t rediscover the debt until a Democrat was back in the White House. Looks like they’re ahead of schedule. After...
SC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Harrison (D) & Graham (R) Tied, Trump With Just A 5 Point Lead
Some very big news today out of South Carolina: South Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race is neck-and-neck with just three months to go until Election...
President Obama Just Endorsed A Whole Slate Of Down Ballot Democrats That Deserve Our Support
Some big news today: xI’m proud to endorse this diverse and hopeful collection of thoughtful, empathetic, and highly qualified Democrats. If you’re in one of...
The Juggler
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece warning the American people to keep their eyes on the juggler, not the balls in the air....
NY Daily News front page contrasts pouty Trump with grown-up past presidents
This pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? From today’s New York Daily News cover story: One by one, former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush...
U.S. GDP posts biggest ever slump in second quarter near 33% plunge as Trump jabbers election delay
Pay no attention to another Trump attempt to violate the Constitution like a sex slave. The #TrumpVirus begat a #TrumpSlump. xIt worked. Trump’s nonsense talk...
YES!!!! Bernie Sanders Joins Obama's Call To Abolish The Filibuster!!!
THANK YOU!!! xPresident Obama is absolutely right. It is an outrage that modern-day poll taxes, gerrymandering, I.D. requirements, and other forms of voter suppression still...
In His Eulogy For John Lewis, Pres. Obama Calls For Abolishing The Filibuster To Pass Voting Laws
Hell yeah: Former President Barack Obama called to eliminate the legislative filibuster "if that's what it takes" to pass new federal voting laws in honor...
Is it rude to throw this quote from Trump's 2015 campaign launch back in his face?
I vividly remember Donald Trump’s campaign kickoff speech at Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 — a day which will live in imbecility. I recall...
'He can't relate in any way': Obama and Biden critique Trump in new campaign video
The Biden campaign is set to drop a new campaign video tomorrow in which Joe sits down with his former boss Barack Obama and dishes...
President Obama's Statement On Rep. John Lewis' (D. GA) Passing
From President Obama just now: xNot many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way....
Bodacious Tata “If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any”
Third-ranking SecDef nominee General Tata, a Fox News regular, apparently believes that PBO was a Manchurian Candidate and Trump not a Kremlin puppet (CNN) Several...
RSVP For Joe Biden & Barack Obama's Virtual Grassroots Event At 5:15 PM ET On June 23rd
Received this e-mail today from former President Barack Obama in support of former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: The most important election of our...