Yale professor and expert on authoritarianism says 2024 Trump coup is 'underway'

If U.S. democracy falls this century, it will likely be at the hands of a stubby-fingered sack of extra-piquant donkey farts who likely never bothered to read the Constitution he … Read More

Frozen by Inaction

Yes, everyone has the right to swing their fist; but no one has the right to swing their fist at my nose. The previous statement is a reworking of the … Read More

That Tears It

“He's crazy. You know he's crazy,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  “He's crazy and what he did yesterday [Jan. 6] is further evidence of his craziness,” Her words were reportedly … Read More

Brave trans girl scolds 'bullying' Texas legislators who want to make her life harder

You’d think Texas would want to fix its electrical grid or do everything in its power to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but you’d be wrong. Nothing is ever more important to … Read More

Take a Little Time to Avoid the View

During her second appearance on the leader of the genre in daytime talk, The View (1/5/21), following her maternity leave, Meghan McCain was told in no uncertain terms by one … Read More

We HAVE to take the Senate back. We need Lion replacements.

Georgia is our opportunity to take the majority in the Senate.  Ted Kennedy is gone.   He WAS the lion of the senate.  Byrd is gone.   Tom Harkin is no longer … Read More

POTUS* does a drive-by waving for the teeming thousand(s) because Joe Biden flipped 5 Trump states

Lemmings, with the Secret Service locked and loaded. Was this also a protest of DC gyms’ occupancy limits? x This loser parade must’ve left their self respect at home. https://t.co/ztC8SLOMUC—Read More

GA-Sen A: The Daily Beast, “David Perdue’s (R) Race Was Under the Radar. Then He Opened His Mouth”

From The Daily Beast: x An internal poll from Ossoff’s camp, conducted by Garin Hart Yang Research Group on Oct. 11-14 and shared with The Daily Beast, found that in … Read More

Trump's Gish Gallipoli in Debate: Biden won because the “clown” wouldn't STFU

 What a sh*tshow. Chris Wallace should have had a microphone kill switch. Many alternative facts got manufactured and Biden won simply by putting up with Trump’s bullying. Daniel Dale will deliver the … Read More

Take heed. Agree or not.. We have to be careful on the nomination until AFTER the election.

Yes, this is wrong on so many levels to nominate a judge before RBG is warm in her resting place.    I said in another comment if Jane Fonda had … Read More

KS-Sen: Roger Marshall (R) Has Sad About Facebook Taking Down His COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Post

Cry me a river: U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall is accusing Facebook of censorship after the social media giant removed a post from his account that promoted a conspiracy theory about … 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

All Votes Matter..Now More than ever

This title is not meant to take away from Black Lives Matter.  In fact, it is meant to do just the opposite.   John Lewis was a man who knew Voting … Read More

True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump

        Donald Drumpf’s campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor … Read More

strong op ed by Lt Col Alexander Vindman, (ret)

just up at the website of The Washington Post,  and titled Alexander Vindman: Coming forward ended my career. I still believe doing what’s right matters. Here is how he begins: … Read More

Silly Season: Bari Weiss self-expels from the NY Times, because the right people didn't get fired

Of many conservatives who write on the editorial side of the NY Times, the tenure of Bari Weiss was uneven with mainly meta-commentary, but apparently she will have a gig … Read More

Sensing Americans are not yet dumb enough, Trump threatens university funding

Yes, I remember the field trip we all took to Weather Underground HQ. It was eye-opening, and some of us got ice cream afterwards as a reward for making the … 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

Lt. Col. Vindman announces he's retiring in wake of 'retaliation' and 'bullying'

This is what happens to patriots in Donald J. Trump’s America. They’re browbeaten into surrender.  The Washington Post: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served as a national security aide at … Read More

CNN sources: Trump's calls with women foreign leaders have been 'near-sadistic'

There’s so much unhingery packed into this CNN story on Trump’s phone calls with foreign leaders that choosing among the outrages is kind of like picking your favorite Egyptian plague. … Read More

Presidents of police unions forget who they work for in their violent rhetoric against those they se

In the last few months, I have watched the head of two police unions display a brazing arrogance and bullying rhetoric towards those wanting police accountability. To be clear, I … Read More

WTF is wrong with the White House press corps?

On the one hand, this is a bizarre, inexplicable story.  On the other hand, it is probably the most revealing story about the failure and obsequiousness of the White House … Read More

This Isn't Just 1968; It's Also 2008

There have been a lot of commentators in the past few days comparing the present mess to 1968, when there was rioting in the streets of the assassinations of Martin … Read More

Jared of-all-trades, son-in-law of one

Jared Kushner’s Air Bridge may have worked to not only expedite delivery of PPE, but also failed to deliver by perhaps hoarding an as yet unaccounted amount of PPE materiel. Slender Man … Read More

Slender Man's pizza delivery – was Air Bridge more like DoorDash

Jared Kushner’s Air Bridge may have worked to not only expedite delivery of PPE, but also failed to deliver by hoarding an as yet unaccounted amount of PPE materiel. Trump … Read More

Joe Biden Slams Dictator Trump's War Against The Press On World Press Freedom Day

Damn straight: Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden accused President Trump of “all-out assault on the media” during World Freedom Press Freedom Day on Sunday. The former vice president criticized Trump’s treatment of the press … Read More

For a few crucial weeks, the US COVID-19 response lay with a small-time Labradoodle breeder

273 days left in the cluster of incompetence that is the Trump regime. Was Trump and Fox News hyping hydroxychloroquine really a pump and dump scheme? HHS Secretary Alex Azar tapped Brian Harrison, a trusted … Read More

Live Blog: COVID Taskforce Briefing, “the ratings for the WH Press Briefings are 'through the roof'”

Live Blog below (Trump rarely starts on time, today it has been announced to begin at 6pm EDT) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing at The White House … Read More

The establishment media still does not understand the Internet – Fidel Castro edition

The establishment media is so user to controlling the Internet that they still have no idea that people can search for information….and make their own decisions….really pretty easily. The whole … Read More

Did it ever occur to people that calling other people Bernie Bros is high level bullying

I am ashamed to say, though I never use the term, that I did not recognize this earlier. I had the realization from a comment on another thread in which … Read More

IL-03: Council for a Livable World Jumps In To Replace A Hawkish Blue Dog With A Progressive

Received this e-mail today from Council for a Livable World in support of Marie Newman’s (D. IL-03) campaign: One of the country’s first important congressional primaries of 2020 will take … Read More

Jay Sekulow is a busy person. When he is not fronting for Trump, he is pounding drums of all kinds.

I was interested in just who Jay Sekulow is.   I found out he is a very busy man.   He is so busy that he is the perfect person that Trump … Read More

Trump as underpants gnome is no better in the German: “Trumpregierungsschlamasselschmerz.”

The NewYorker’s Susan Glasser finds a single word to describe the Trump era that really isn’t about underpants gnomes, even if it applies to most Trumpian policies, such as they … Read More

After her defense of Trump mocking Greta Thunberg, Twitter gives Melania a new title

#UglyMelania was a top trend on Twitter, only followed by the ironic #BeBest hashtag for her ugly behavior. Never in our history have we had such a clueless and classless First … Read More

Michelle Obama shows how a real first lady does it; rushes to Greta Thunberg's defense

Before Melania Trump mounted a mealy-mouthed defense of the tweety turd she’s pledged her love and devotion to — in the process appearing to side with her bully of a … Read More

Melania's statement on bullying of Greta is weird, stupid, hypocritical … like her husband

This is shameless. Somehow, the president of the United States jealously attacking a 16-year-old girl by insisting (with a signature projection-y flair) that she needs anger management classes is not as … Read More

House Judiciary committee hearings: The joke wasn’t about Barron, it was a pun about autocracy

So many stunts, and so little GOP improvement in discourse aside from bullying, and disinformation regarding process. But yet it was informative about how little some representatives prepare for such hearings. … Read More

Elizabeth Warren: A Great Public School Education for Every Student

I attended public school growing up in Oklahoma. After I graduated from the University of Houston, a public university where tuition cost only $50 a semester, my first job was … Read More

Conservative radio host fired midshow for pointing out Trump's corruption

Do not, under any circumstances, criticize Dear Leader if you want to remain a member of the conservative-industrial complex. Craig Silverman, host of The Craig Silverman Show on KNUS in Denver for … Read More

Why is Facebook trying to re-elect Trump?

Bullying works. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on a GOP charm offensive, and it seems to be working for the social media behemoth as it makes its allegiance to … Read More

I'm a Traveling Man

I am in the wrong business—I should have become a lawyer.  The top attorney for the United States of America not only gets a parking pass in one of the … Read More

Idiot Twitterer Attacks Greta for Eating a Vegan Salad while Riding a Train, Gets Schooled…

One of the great things about being on Twitter is the opportunity to read what influential journalists, politicians, and just regular folks whose opinions you’ve come to value think about … Read More

Doesn't He Have a Blue Suit? Sean Spicer Cements His Legacy on “Dancing With The Stars”.

Sean Spicer’s tenure as W.H. Press Secretary got off to a rocky start, lying for his lying master about the size of his inaugural crowd. True to his nature Spicer’s … Read More

Former Justice Department official: 'We have a Russian asset sitting in the Oval Office'

If only we could see that the real enemy of America is our former tan-suited president, not the vicious, lying, land-grabbing leader of our bitter rival. Then Donald Trump’s job would … Read More

Trump's White House is running a media access con game—and winning

The White House is perpetrating a scam on the Beltway press corps, bragging about how much access Donald Trump gives reporters. The whole thing is a ruse, though, and unfortunately, … Read More

Let’s Elect A Progressive Majority!

In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Support PDA’s Win 2020 Action Fund   We founded Progressive … Read More

August Medicare For All Mobilization!

photo: People’s Assembly in Tampa, FL—Organize One Near You! In solidarity,  Mike Hersh and Dr. Bill for Alan, Dan, Janis, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., and Shayna—your PDA national team. … Read More

What Price Progress?

photo: Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Pocan Addresses PDA Activists In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Sustain … Read More

Progressive Democrats of America Invites 23 Democratic Presidential Candidates to Sign Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez Demanding Climate Debate

Progressive Democrats of America | Press Release For Immediate Release August 19, 2019 Democratic Party Platform Asserts We’re in a Climate Emergency. What Guides the Party? Its Platform or Fossil … Read More

Weekly Recap: Stand Up Against Trump’s Bullying

Rep. Al Green Calls for Impeachment(Photo Screen Shot from C-Span Video) In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national … Read More