Pro-lifers say it's okay that Trump used therapy tested on fetal stem cells because … it just is

You’ve probably heard that the Regeneron antibody treatment Donald Trump received and subsequently touted as a “cure” for COVID was tested on cells that originally came from an abortion. I’m sure this … Read More

Ted Cruz: Election 'could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions' for Republicans

Wolfman Jack’s weird vestigial twin is worried about the election. He’s very concerned that the guy who called his wife ugly and implied his dad killed JFK might lose — … Read More

Trump appears to admit he thinks he's on the train to loserville

In a flailing attempt (what does he ever do that isn’t flailing?) to somehow pretend the current 25th Amendment buzz isn’t all about him, Donald Trump appeared to step in … Read More

Report: Biden's widening lead has 'panicked' Republicans

I’m getting a real Custer at Little Bighorn vibe lately when it comes to the GOP. Donald Trump has very quickly become an albatross around Republicans’ necks. An albatross with … Read More

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 beached carp. So, naturally, there’s … Read More

You will not believe this insane Trump campaign spin about the pr*sident's COVID

I thought I’d seen everything from this campaign, but “Donald Trump has firsthand experience with COVID-19 and Joe Biden doesn’t” has to be the wackiest political spin ever.  Trump campaign … Read More

Republican source: 'Don Jr. thinks Trump is acting crazy'

Yes, that’s Don Jr. we’re talking about. The guy whose every video makes him look like Tony Montana six seconds before the cartel goons show up. The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman … Read More

Federal government is now mandating that food aid boxes include letter from Dear Leader

The irony here is rich. How the fuck am I supposed to keep government surplus food down if I’m continually reminded of Trump? Politico: The Agriculture Department last week began … Read More

Biden Express goes through Ohio and Pennsylvania; Trump's call to RW militias continues

It does seem old-fashioned but the Biden post-debate train tour seems better than Trump’s promises to never return to (insert state) if he loses, which he did tonight in Duluth. … Read More

MAGA muddleheads think they found a 'wire' on Biden. It's actually a tribute to his dead son

I guess if you’re going to support Donald Trump, you pretty much need to be a loathsome, addlepated conspiracy theorist. And if you actually, for some incomprehensible reason, listen to Donald … Read More

Another GOP stalwart leaps off the Trump Train

To be fair, the Trump Train is actually just a train wreck at this point, but we need all the help we can get. Last night’s spectacle wasn’t a debate … Read More

Even America's CEOs are dumping Trump like bad rubbish

Donald Trump is on quite a losing streak. He’s so desperate he wants to look in Joe Biden’s ear and make him take a drug test before tonight’s debate. Pretty rich, huh? I’m … Read More

The Atlantic: In private, Trump says all evangelical preachers are 'hustlers'

It doesn’t take preternatural insight to see Donald Trump isn’t a religious guy. “Two Corinthians” was a big tip-off, as is the fact that he’s the apotheosis of the Seven … Read More

Independent economic analysis: A Trump loss would be far better for the economy

I’ll never understand why people think Republican presidents — and Republicans in general — are good for the economy. We have decades of economic data that say otherwise. When it … Read More

All Former Living presidents will not back Trump. Bi partisan support for Biden/Harris.

I find this as a big story.  All former living Presidents and this not limited to their staffs and former cabinet members who are standing ready to vote against Trump.  … Read More

All Living Former Presidents will not back Trump. Support for Biden/Harris by many republicans

I find this as a big story.  All former living Presidents and this not limited to their staffs and former cabinet members who are standing ready to vote against Trump.  … Read More

Mary Trump: Donald will go 'farther than you can possibly imagine' to stay in power

We experienced a collective freakout two days ago when Donald Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November election (which merely tells me … Read More

Trump has literally no answer for 200,000 Americans dead from COVID

Donald Trump has buried his head in the sand — and that’s no small feat. Look at that cavernous cranium. He looks like a Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robot, FFS. Or … Read More

Lol! This has to be the stupidest, most ridiculous White House lie yet

Oh, tell us more about Dear Leader, Kayleigh. The tales of his rugged exploits are riveting! x “It keeps him up at night, thinking of even one life lost.” pic.twitter.com/u8kkn2C3ry— … Read More

Lindsey whines about finances, outlines horrible future where Congress fairly represents the people

Doing his best Droopy Dog on indica brownies impression, Lindsey Graham appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox unreality show last night to whine about a future dystopian America where the people actually … Read More

ruthless Bill Barr says Bill deBlasio heads an 'anarchist jurisdiction' – who knew?

Now they’re just making things up. US Department of Justice designates #NYC as an anarchist jurisdiction. Seattle and Portland OR are also on the list because a couple of blocks in … Read More

only GOTV ensures any “Biden Blowout” and God will remain if Biden wins

Only a Biden blowout will stop the impending doom for so many things. But not any ontological arguments, even if Trump promises that God will not exist if Biden wins. … Read More

Trump v. Biden: no comparison between town halls, IMPOTUS* in trouble

Trump’s town hall was a trainwreck, Thursday’s Biden town hall in Pennsylvania was a lot more like riding a bullet train. x It’s projection. pic.twitter.com/eUsP7jCkKr— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) September … Read More

Trump gives book report on Woodward's 'Rage': (spoiler: he didn't actually read it)

First of all, while there’s really no such thing as a zero percent chance of any particular event occurring (epistemologically speaking, I don’t know I’m not a brain in a vat … Read More

Canada reported zero COVID-19 deaths on Friday; the U.S.? 1,094

Friday was the anniversary of both the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the assault on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. On September 11, … Read More

Democrats have built 'enormous lead' in early voting across 'array of battleground states'

Oh, I have your attention now, huh?  So I was day-drinking here in the Land of Mordor (i.e., the Willamette Valley of Oregon; seriously, it looks like Satan’s asshole out … Read More

Trump: Biden 'happy' to endanger lives by doing what he thinks will help him politically

Low-Energy Don opened his lie-hole today and the grody innards of a Hieronymus Bosch painting spilled out. While his lies and misrepresentations weren’t as effervescent as usual, they were still pretty outrageous. … Read More

Trump hasn't tweeted about West Coast wildfires since November, when he tweeted nonsense

I live in Oregon. My state is burning. People are losing their homes and being forced to evacuate. I’m choking on smoke and God knows what else. Where is Donald … Read More

'You really drank the Kool-Aid', says greater risk to US election integrity than foreign rivals

Just another news day and at least one or two more news cycles with 54 days left. x Donald Trump is the first president in 39 years to not start … Read More

NYT details how Trump campaign ineptly blew $800 million to trail Joe Biden

Kos has noted that Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be out of money — or close to it, anyway. It’s been hemorrhaging cash faster than a Trump business or Trump-led government, … Read More

Author of LoserSucker-gate story: More reporting and confirmation to come

Ooh, ooh, I’m tingling. It’s like every single cell of my body is getting a shiatsu massage from a flirty, rum ball-besotted Christmas angel. Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic editor who … Read More

Here's what Trump did on his France trip instead of honoring our fallen soldiers

If you said “turning someone else into a sucker,” you’re a winner. Come pick up your complimentary case of Zima and two Alvin Styczynski tickets. The Daily Beast: While strolling around … Read More

getting ahead of ourselves, but Biden's transition team doesn't seem quite as indictable as Trump's

The real story breaking is the 2012 performance piece Trump created to “fire” an actor playing PBO. But the real transition will be leaving Donald’s house of Klan kayfabe in 2021. Ten … Read More

Trump claims he 'called home' to Melania about missed cemetery trip; unfortunately, she was with him

When you’ve been a lifelong bullshitter but your brain has slowly turned into cat piss and sand and you can no longer remember your lies … well, you tend to … Read More

Now sh*t's serious: Fox News confirms key details from The Atlantic's SuckerLoser-gate story

Jennifer Griffin is the national security correspondent for Fox News and … oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! Schaden-Friday is particularly schaden-riffic today. x Two former sr … Read More

Biden drags QAnon and Trump: 'I’ve been a big supporter of mental health … maybe take advantage'

Today, Joe Biden appeared in front of the press and did his best impression of a non-senile presidential candidate who’s about to dropkick Donald Trump’s traitorous ass back to Trump … Read More

The Atlantic: Trump referred to fallen American soldiers as 'suckers' and 'losers'

The Military Times recently ran a poll that showed Trump running behind Joe Biden among U.S. service members. It was particularly eye-opening considering that military personnel typically favor Republican commanders-in-chief. (Who the … Read More

Former Michigan GOP governor endorses Biden, calls Trump a 'bully'

Well, this sure isn’t good news for the guy who won Michigan by the gross, spray-tanned skin of his weird, wobbly dentures. Seems another GOP stalwart has jumped off the … Read More

New poll shows Trump's apocalyptic anti-protester message is failing, big-league

Well, well, well, isn’t this inconvenient for the ocher abomination? x There goes that plotline:56% say violence will get worse if Trump is re-elected18% say it will get betterhttps://t.co/hwZsAJqQta pic.twitter.com/tzniWI8XB8 … Read More

Trump's response to Nobel laureate endorsements of Biden: “high energy chess players”

Trump’s not doing rubble-necking today, although like yesterday, he’s looking for more stand-in owners of destroyed stores for photo-ops. Because high energy speed chess hustling is what Trump’s all about, … Read More

Biden campaign expected to report biggest monthly fundraising haul in U.S. campaign history

I have to admit, I was one of those nervous Nellies fretting the past two days over the possibility of a Trump win in November. This Kos diary, a strong … Read More

Ex-Trump official Miles Taylor launches anti-Trump group with former and *current* DHS employees

The suddenly very dreamy Miles Taylor — the former Trump DHS chief of staff who’s called his former boss, in a word, fuckingnuts — is back, and he’s bringing some … Read More

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 are kookaburra cray-cray devotees of Cocoa … Read More

DAY 4 Democratic National Convention – Biden acceptance speech

Stop by and comment if you’re watching. There’s a diary on the DK front page. x YouTube Video x August 20: Last wk we got several national polls that suggested … Read More

'I hardly ever saw Donald Trump read a document he was handed, but he did love pictures'

Miles Taylor, the former DHS chief of staff who, in recent days, has taken a jackhammer to Trump’s already rubbly reputation, has more horror stories from Hell House. Today he appeared on … Read More

Mark Meadows: Trump 'is the only president who actually went after a terrorist and took him out'

This morning on Fox & Friends, where brain cells go to die, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows claimed only Donald Trump goes after and takes out terrorists. Though … Read More

Miles Taylor: Trump 'is going to hear from more people that served in his administration' and 'soon'

Yesterday, Miles Taylor, who worked in Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security for two years, including as its chief of staff, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post detailing the … Read More

I've found the perfect Biden-Harris ad! Huzzah!

With all due respect to The Lincoln Project, MeidasTouch, and the Biden campaign itself, this is the one — the ad we’ve all been waiting for. Perfection, indeed. x Just made … Read More

Trump's senility, dementia, and decrepitude tell you how much he's the demi-god of a QAnon religion

Who dares be nasty to god-emperor Trump and his toady, Mike Pence (and his Mother). James Carville says he wouldn’t be surprised about what Trump would do, including replacing Pence … Read More