Minerva @ Midnight: prosecuting the previous guy, former FedEx employee kills 8, plus Freedom Flies

Do we really have the will to prosecute Trump for anything? Or will he escape yet again because he’ll try to bargain his way out of an indictment  because he … Read More

with 850 wolves remaining, can humans and feral pigs be more at-risk in Montana

In the choice between wolf predation and human predation wolf culling seems more about sport than the economic threat to herds. Subsidizing trapping and killing with wolf bounties doesn’t begin to … Read More

Camouflage, Covid and the Constitution

Apparently, Sen. Marco Rubio is sitting in his office planning a strategy around selling prayer cloths. Judging from his recent spate of religiosity on his Twitter feed, do not be … Read More

The GOP has gone to POT

The aftermath of the 2020 election has proven to any skeptical American that the GOP has gone to POT—the Party of Trump. The party is being overrun by conspiracists of … Read More

Trump in ABC town hall, touts 'herd mentality' (or herd immunity) in ignoring pandemic threat

“Let's understand what this is: Donald Trump has confessed, on tape, to the greatest and most deadly lie in all the long history of the United States bar none.” — Steve … Read More

Fox, after confirming #LoserSuckergate, tries cleanup. Mayor Pete stopped them.

I rescind my belief that Democratic politicians shouldn’t go on Fox under any circumstances. Mayor Pete forced their brainwashed viewers to confront reality. Most rightwing outlets have decided to just completely … Read More

Joe Biden eviscerates Donald Trump for calling soldiers losers

We should all be impressed with the Joe Biden campaign. So far they are fast-acting. In this clip, a fiery former vice-president tears into Trump. Joe Biden blasts Donald Trump’s … Read More

Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship

Even the pandemic and Kushner’s role in the connections to Russia demonstrate how much the Kremlin remains operative in WH decision-making. If nothing else, the GOP platform is attracted to … Read More

1000 pages of Senate Intel Volume 5 may provide the Trump indictment if he tries to stay

It is indeed a tough way to make a living, but our lived experience tells us that we can survive Trumpism. Even if he steals the election he will get … Read More

always slay it – a Biden speech for our times

An excellent speech pairing small details like “muzzle” with “mask”, carrying throughout the imagery of light and dark, and tight in length. It was well crafted and well-delivered. The peroration built … 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

Trump, and Intelligence

These two words should never be used in close proximity, and that is the problem. The first function of the president is to protect the United States and its people … Read More

Trump announced plans to end Social Security if he’s re-elected: “the Lord created executive orders”

It is the GOP white whale, a continuing trope, to loot the social security system by eliminating it, and Trump wanted no defections in 2020. It is a sign of … Read More

It's the land of the stupids as Trump is disliked with the HOTS (Heat Of a Thousand Suns)

Everyone probably has the HOTS but not for Trump and his ilk. We need to find the strength for three more months of nonsense. Trumpists have a theory of causation, called … Read More

Trumpian disinterest: stock gains will 'disintegrate and disappear' under Biden (whatever's left)

Trump claims a Joe Biden presidency would cause stock gains to ‘disintegrate and disappear‘. We’re already there, no thanks to an incompetent pandemic policy, or lack of one. #TrumpHasNoPlan Where’s that health … Read More

Trump's petty revenge fantasies have killed thousands but we're worried about that bruise

Like the Trump administration, four years of missed appointments and scheduling problems. Also there’s a film Trump has blocked for four years. Trump needs to rearm or he won’t win. … Read More

Trump's ignorance is blistered: more infantile fits of pique… Let baby lie alone!

Trump cares not to acknowledge that he was briefed on Russian bounties on US troops, much like the 150,000 COVID deaths exceeding war dead from the last century’s wars. These … Read More

Trump is fundraising in Texas as he continues to lose in Electoral College polling

Remember that his visit to a Texas oil-rig makes it an “official” trip. He’s whining about Fox News coverage, among other things. His fundraising shtick will have the usual things, although … Read More

ID-Sen: DSCC Endorses Paulette Jordan (D) As They Expand Their Map Of Targeted Senate Races

Some more big news today: x Endorsement Alert 🚨 I want to thank the @DSCC and Chair Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. This endorsement signals to my opponent that our grassroots … Read More

Trump “(COVID) Testing is overrated”

Latest Trump on testing:”I personally think it's overrated, but I am totally willing to keep doing it.” Putting this up early because Trumpian math is much like “person woman man … Read More

Reporter: “Do you feel that she's going to turn in powerful men?” Trump: “I wish her well”

Strange day yesterday in the Trump presser. 142,000 Americans have died–there’s still no plan for the #TrumpVirus. Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well. Trump has yet to condemn Russia for bounties … Read More

Worst POTUS: A. Johnson, Pierce, W.H. Harrison, Buchanan, and worst of all, Trump

The new COVID-19 model projects 224,000 deaths by November. Trump said if there were 100,000 deaths, “then we’ll have done a good job”. We are at 137,000 now, as if … Read More

Trump administration lifts silencer sales ban meant to protect our troops from ambush

Could Donald J. Trump hate our troops any more than he already does? No. No, he couldn’t. Apparently it wasn’t enough for Trump to ignore bounties placed on the heads of our … Read More

#PardonMeTrump wears a mask once, his minions praise him for waiting 100 days and 135,000 deaths

The mask wearing photo-op was a ploy to divert attention from his other troubles like Russian bounties, retaliation against Alex Vindman, and the Roger Stone clemency. And then there’s his … Read More

CO-Sen: “A fellow Republican asks — where did Cory Gardner’s (R) integrity go?”

Former U.S. Rep. Claudine Schneider (R. RI), founder of the organization, Republicans for Integrity, has started calling out U.S. Senate Republicans up for re-election for losing their integrity by putting … Read More

Mueller says Stone's still convicted, and Trump's campaign thinks 45* wearing a mask defeats Biden

The Trump crime spree continues and the carnage cannot be commuted because Roger Stone remains a convicted felon. Trump’s minions have all but declared victory now that Trump put on … Read More

NC-Sen: Former GOP Congresswoman's Op-Ed Trashes Thom Tillis' (R) Betrayal Of Principles

Former GOP Congresswoman Claudine Schneider represented Rhode Island’s 2nd District from 1981-1991. She is also the founder of the group, Republicans for Integrity. According to the groups website, it is … Read More

Trump cancels New Hampshire rally because he couldn't Alabama-sharpie the weather

Apparently Trump originally wanted to do a rally to support Tommy Tuberville against Jeff Sessions, but no one in Alabama wanted it. Then the campaign wanted to use that slot … Read More

'Bounty-gate' won't go away, Trump still claims he knew nothing after being briefed

So many hoaxes, so much evidence. Money transfers, middle-men. The issue is less about the bounty since it likely is SOP, but more that Trump has denied it. One expects … Read More

Trump Once Again Lets Dictators Silence Their Critics in the US

We are still carrying the raw wound of the brazen Saudi dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post correspondent — and lawful permanent resident of the United States — who … Read More

AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R), “Women in the military get pregnant to 'skirt' deployment”

From Salon: x YouTube Video Arizona Republican senator and former Air Force combat pilot Martha McSally once published an academic paper in which she said military servicewomen should be counseled … Read More

KIDS and COVID-19

The President is pushing hard for the reopening of schools come August and September of 2020. The paranoia of the President makes him believe that anyone opposing sending their kids, … Read More

Tucker Carlson attacks Tammy Duckworth, fortunately #SheHasMoreBallsThanYou

Like the rest of the entertainment division of Fox News, Tucker Carlson simply chases the latest Trumpist meme as Tammy Duckworth is mentioned as a VP candidate. x Oh snap!! @votevets … Read More

Cheat or Bail, Trump is still losing

Trump will do anything to win, but when he loses, more likely will spend the time between election day and inauguration day on revenge and pardons. x Trump's Presidency Is About … Read More

Shtick-POTUS* – Trump is all about the rallies, it's why he doesn't know anything about bounties

Haberman calls it “A re-election effort adrift, at once paralyzed by Mr. Trump’s erratic behavior yet also dependent on him to execute his own Houdini-like political escape.” And Yet Tucker Carlson may … Read More

all those number 6's at the Villages, and Ghislaine made a Dead Pool

How good are the cameras at Rose M. Singer Center (Rikers for Women)? The goods: laundry, baggage, etc. and the tapes, oh so many tapes. Is the GOP “so far … Read More

KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D), “What did Mitch know & when did he know it about Russian bounties?”

Received this e-mail today from Amy McGrath’s (D. KY) U.S. Senate campaign: x American servicemembers are being targeted with Russian bounties. As a Marine, I'm disgusted that nothing's been done … Read More

Trump's petulance reportedly led to fewer verbal briefings on Russia

So if you bristled every time someone at your office brought you key information that was crucial to your job performance — and you did it so often that they … Read More

“rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells” Trump wants a pandemic-denying race war

The winning formula is based on multiple distractions because even Trump’s daily brief seems to now have become a hoax. The problem in any time of iconoclasm, waging a propaganda war at … Read More

Trump, the blameshifting superspreader wants you to hate J'yna instead of his incompetence

Very soon, SCOTUS will rule on the Trump financial data access, and there will be things to divert our attention, even as Trump is getting desperate for distractions and defaulting … Read More

Trump's own Iran-Contra: blurting a Reaganesque “I didn't know anything” over 15 months

Russia Bounty (gate) now has some receipts as both parties in Congress have gotten their security briefings. Trump still maintains ignorance which is not hard to imagine because of his … Read More

Reddit might be able to delete its Trumpist subreddits but can't stop Trump's arrest #ResignNowTrump

Yesterday r/The_Donald group got banned by Reddit. Not so easy for the rest of us. x In 2017, we used subreddit algebra to dissect r/The_Donald and filter out commenters’ interest … Read More

Nebraska Military Families “Livid” over Bountygate

Nebraska is a deep-red state; only 29% of the voters are registered as Democrats. Governor Ricketts is a Republican, both its senators, Fischer and Sasse, are Republicans. Sasse is up … Read More

Trump knew about #RussiaBounty, and the truth continues to emerge

Now more evidence emerges in the #RussiaBounty scandal and Trump simply looks to be even more negligent. He was briefed multiple times over the past year. Look for more distractions … Read More

No Schvitz: “the president himself posed a danger to the national security of the United States”

Trump’s phone calls with world leaders has probably been a source of much entertainment for the SIGINT community, considering how leaky his channels of communication have been. The current revelations … Read More

Trump Committed Treason

Article III of the US Constitution defines treason: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid … Read More

'He would have been briefed instantaneously': WH veteran slams Trump's comical BountyGate denials

David Gergen, who you probably know as an analyst for CNN, also served as an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. So he knows … Read More

Trump is King Karen of the “liberal violence”

Because liberal violence is when one gets mask-shamed and it’s claimed to be no different than burning neighborhoods. x Let a thousand Willie Hortons bloom https://t.co/kLZ7FbPB4t — Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) … Read More

Trump continued to praise Putin after discovering Russia put bounties on U.S. soldiers' heads

So you’ve no doubt seen this explosive New York Times story about Donald Trump’s treachery, fecklessness, and sickening lack of patriotism. If not, here’s the gist: American intelligence officials have concluded … Read More

Shultz on the Road to Damascus

Howard Schultz swore as he wrenched the steering wheel on his rented car, barely making the freeway on-ramp.  His floundering presidential campaign had him so distracted he could barely focus on driving. … Read More