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As we all know, Wall Street donors in the Democratic Party would rather re-elect Donald Trump than allow Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) to become the Democratic nominee. In a … Read More
Coming home to roost, no one wants to be caught being the scapegoat for the obvious movement toward impeachment. The music will stop, and there aren’t enough chairs. Neal Katyal … Read More
Consider this little CYA item meant to distance VP Pence from Ukraine-gate that could mean a readiness to cut Trump loose. x WSJ: VP Pence advised against releasing notes of … Read More
The Giuliani subpoena is also about Giuliani’s association with mobsters, especially ones relevant to Ukraine, which as we know from Michael Cohen’s case, is an important component of NYC and … Read More
EU ambassador Gordon Sondland, whose text messages about drumpf’s arms for manufactured dirt were revealed by Ukraine Special Envoy Kurt Volker on Thursday, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, … Read More
To many, Omaha Nebraska is where you could buy insurance from the company that sponsored the Wild Kingdom TV show. Henry Fonda and Johny Carson were from Omaha. The liberal … Read More
Received this e-mail from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: Stephen Smith (D. WV) CBS News reports: “Elizabeth Warren endorses progressive House primary challengers as she rises in polls.” The challengers are … Read More
Cheeto Mussolini is up early this morning and thinking about what else he could do to screw over the U.S. — he came up with this…. x ….The USA should always … Read More
Wow. A corporate billionaire who thought that the federal deficit was the greatest threat to America and wanted to fix it with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid had … Read More
We are all Jake Tapper this morning. (Hey, it’s better than all of us being Chuck Todd. Though if I were, I’d shave off that fucking goatee posthaste, and advise … Read More
Humans are not inherently evil. Have you ever noticed that accentuating the positive in someone many times lead that person to attempt to continue on that path? Personally, I can … Read More
Thank God Jeffy Epstein wasn’t selling loose cigarettes or stealing Tic Tacs in a three-strikes state. It was just human trafficking. Pfff. According to a Friday story in the Washington Post, Epstein was … Read More
Yes, I know that progressives should not be acting like accountants and worrying about money and fundraising, but we live in a corrupt campaign finance system. In order to compete, … Read More
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
A subtle hint for the newest entry into the 2020 Democratic primaries, billionaire Tom Steyer. Go Home! And while you’re at it, take that loopy Oracle of Delphi, Marianne Williamson with … Read More
Original diary title was click-bait, needlessly inflammatory and did not accurately reflect the contents of the diary. Title edited by Admin. As someone who supported Bernie Sanders’s failed 2016 presidential … Read More
Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: We've known for a long time that the Koch brothers – the billionaire donors who run an international oil, chemical and manufacturing conglomerate … Read More
It is never too late to be an asshole in an election, but I had forgotten that bad coffee king Howard Schultz had announced he was thinking as running as … Read More
To be perfectly blunt, I think Kylie and Kendall Jenner are simply awful people. Both are the personification of privilege, and act the part as well. Neither are particularly gifted in … Read More
http://www.nytimes.com/… Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said today he would give half a billion dollars in effort to close all coal fired US electric plants and promote … Read More
Steve Bannon took a break from turning into compost for long enough to speak with Michael Wolff for Wolff’s latest book, Siege: Trump Under Fire. And Bannon had a lot … Read More
If you’re a President, you have a better chance of winning the Powerball lottery than you have of being impeached. I mean that literally. If you buy a ticket, you … Read More
For years Donald Trump has been hiding his tax returns like Jeff Dahmer guarded the crisper drawer in his Frigidaire. The question has always been “why?” We all have an inkling, … Read More
April 3, 2019 Brussels, Belgium By, Alan Minsky, Executive Director | Progressive Democrats of America Hello, I’m Alan Minsky, the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America, also known … Read More
Personally, I’d rather hitchhike to Branson, Missouri, with a syphilitic fruit bat duct-taped to my genitals than give Donald Trump’s reelection campaign a dime of my money. But some idiots … Read More
Thank you, Elizabeth Warren. Thank you, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Thank you, Bernie Sanders. Thank you every Democrat who has made income inequality an issue and shifted the national discourse back to an … Read More
photo: PDA’s Executive Director Alan Minsky with Bernie at the Sanders Institute Meetings In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—Your … Read More
As prepared for delivery on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 at the annual combined meeting of the American Beverage Association and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity … Read More
When news stories picked up that some lovely, anonymous Samaritan was able to put dozens of homeless in hotels around Chicago while the record polar vortex dropped temperatures to -39 degrees … Read More
Looks like it is beat on billionaire time! And it is easy enough to do when you have billionaire Michael Bloomberg say this about Medicare for All: “I think we … Read More
So, reports indicate that the two phone calls Made by Don Jr, to blocked numbers the same day Jr. spoke to Emin Agalarov and publicist Rob Goldstone were not to his father (who … Read More
x People need real opportunities to help themselves, not unrealistic policies and promises. Genuine opportunities, like the ones I had, which helped me leave the housing projects of Brooklyn and … Read More
Look,I have no problem with rich people being full of shit. In fact, when you look at it generally, rich people being full of shit almost seems baked into the … Read More
This headline from The Daily Beast summarizes the pure greed and idiocy behind Howard Schultz’s planned independent presidential bid: x Howard Schultz blames Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for his decision to run … Read More
So, Starbucks CEO and wannabe 2020 spoiler Howard Schultz was at a meet and greet today to test the waters for his Presidential run and got at least one really … Read More
Zach Carter at Huffington Post has a good write up about Howard Schultz is stuck in the 90’s, and I think what is outlined by Carter is why we should … Read More
We need a serious Howard Schultz presidential run like we need another government shutdown. Of course, we could get both. Let’s hope we get neither. Schultz must know his controversial tenure … Read More
photo: PDA Activists In Solidarity With The Women’s March Say:Healthcare is a Human Right / We Need Medicare For All In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Dan, … Read More
Well done, Mitch. Or should I say, “Mitch McConnell-a,” as it was pronounced on Russian state TV. In a segment called 60 Minutes Hot Off, (60 минут по горячим следам), McConnell-a … Read More
He may not be a “billionaire,” but Michael Strahan does pretty well for himself. The former New York Giants great and NFL Hall of Famer seamlessly transitioned from a standout … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) on behalf of Democracy for America: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) I am about to ask you to … Read More
You can count on the FOX channel — not news to me — and Lou Dobbs to push more anti-immigrant phobia, but now, they are sticking with their love of anti-semitism in … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of her colleague, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D. FL) re-election campaign: Here’s what I’ve been reminding myself … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D. OR) in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: Tonight, Beto O'Rourke will face off with Ted … Read More
The good news is that Les Wexner, owner and CEO of L-Brands in Ohio, won’t be funding the GOP anymore…. The Columbus Dispatch “After former Democratic President Barack Obama made … Read More
By Debra Schrishuhn for Mike F., Bryan, Kim, Dr. Bill, Dan, Janis, Shayna, Mike H, Donna, and Judy—your PDA National Team Help Progressives Win On Election Day Election Day is barely … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) What we saw this week wasn't a Supreme Court confirmation hearing … Read More
Well, looky here. Republicans’ favorite sport has long been accusing Democrats of harboring a secret animus toward working-class people, even as those same Democrats valiantly fought for their interests and Republicans specialized … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: I am writing to tell you that last night was … Read More
OK, game over. I give up. I spent years making a living as a comic, ridiculing reality, but come on, reality can't be this stupid. The only thing left for … Read More
