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CNN has a new report on the history of the Biden-Trump polls: Biden's in one of the best positions for any challenger since scientific polling began There were more than … Read More
Trump is no Nixon, but like Nixon, he could still win a second term, extending the latest national nightmare. x Going back further, the Kerner Commission reported in 1968 that … Read More
Republicans were not always Neanderthals when it came to science and climate. In 1901, the Theodore Roosevelt administration established the USFS, the United States Forestry Service. Along with that came … Read More
Mark your calendars: Joe Biden will be a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday, marking his fifth visit to the show and first since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. The visit … Read More
Some big news today out of Texas: x At a time when working families are being squeezed to their breaking point, we need fighters in the Senate like @MJHegar who … Read More
Well, I can’t add much to these pics as they speak for themselves. This is what humanity, love in action and real leaders look like. He has done more … Read More
Michelle Goldberg from The New York Times has a piece out that I recommend sharing to any fellow progressives who still aren’t sold yet on Joe Biden’s campaign to deliver … Read More
Many here and other liberal sites always believed Georgia was going to go blue. I don’t think so. I hoped so but with that idiot governor Kemp in the statehouse, … Read More
Aside from sinophobia rather than russophobia, The NY Times has documented more of the details for the 70-days of denial/delay/dysfunction in the Trump White House. Aside from the framing of … Read More
Three stories caught my attention this morning, all connected in a way. First, IMPOTUS is looking to shift the blame going back to the start of the pandemic: DKos: Trump's … Read More
It's almost like the United States has no President – we are a rudderless ship heading for a major disaster. Good luck everyone! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March … Read More
Some more big news today: Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump by 10 points nationally in a new poll, bolstered by an advantage with independents. The poll also … Read More
Seriously, what a fucking moron: x Be smart; don’t panic. We will get us through this #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/SyvOAWXItK— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) March 14, 2020 Texas Senator John Cornyn was … Read More
The Peach State is the eighth largest in population with nearly 11 million people, having grown 10% since 2010. It is dominated by the six million residents of the Atlanta … Read More
This cannot be the government that America deserves in 2020, but there will be a repeat of 2016 if only because Trumpists lack the intelligence even if they had the … Read More
Bernie Sander's surrogate Nina Turner did not let MSNBC pundit Jason Johnson get away with challenging her notion that Mike Bloomberg is an oligarch buying his way into the Democratic … Read More
Here’s some more news out of Texas: On Wednesday, Texas Lyceum released results from its 14th annual poll, identifying Texans' views on the 2020 elections and primaries. Pollsters surveyed 1,000 adults from Texas … Read More
Received this e-mail today from former State Senator, Gubernatorial candidate and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter (D. GA), in support of former Columbus Mayor, Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. … Read More
It’s bad enough that there are Democratic politicians who argue that large campaign contributions do not affect their policy prescriptions, but Zach Carter of Huffington Post points out an essential … Read More
I believe everyone has a right to choose to believe or not believe in their own way. What I don’t believe in, is that some of the non believers commenting with … Read More
It’s more telling that Lindsey Graham actually believed the “Golden Showers” report in his first reading of the Steele Dossier, that the Russians had something on Trump. It’s still a … Read More
Attorney General William Barr is either incompetent, stupid or lying, take your pick. Yesterday in an interview, following the release of the Inspector General’s report absolving the FBI of working … Read More
Recently, Dr. Anand Bhat visited Politics Done Right to discuss his research on Texas elections. He is an engaged medical doctor, activist, and blogger who loves numbers. Texas will be … Read More
There are few heroes around but this is my favorite hero nowadays. The strength of he and RBG is almost unimaginable. Building houses and building faith and fighting for … Read More
Some civil disobedience acts are better than others, like storming a SCIF, because to Gaetz, some kayfabe stunts are more legal than others during an impeachment inquiry. On the bright … Read More
Trump in Atlanta, GA. Trump is scheduled to speak at 3 PM at an event for the Black Voices for Trump Coalition. Appearing before him are Alveda King (a Trump-supporting … Read More
There is a secret to leadership and importance and I know because I have failed many times and it is not what happens to you in life but how you react … Read More
So Donald Trump — very loudly — proclaimed last night that next year’s G7 summit won’t be at his Doral resort after all, because the media and Democrats are so, … Read More
In case you missed this: A handful of Republican-held House seats in the Texas suburbs represent fertile ground for competitive races in 2020, according to recent Democratic polling. The surveys … Read More
Like the tool he is, Trump favored Putin’s interests, squeezed Ukraine on military aid and tried to get dirt on the Bidens. Meanwhile an already weakened Ukrainian domestic politics began … Read More
Received this e-mail from the former U.S. Senator and War Hero, Max Cleland (D. GA), in support of Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomlinson (D. GA) Before … Read More
While there will be heated debate about if the economy will go into a recession in 2020, I think most economic analysts believe that the recent yield curve inversion on … Read More
One of the most overused talking points of the Republican Party is calling themselves the “party of Lincoln.” Because too much of America has no sense of historical nuance, explaining … Read More
The Washington Post had an op-ed this morning — Our new Saddam Hussein — that got me to thinking about our insistence on repeating the same mistake in the Middle … Read More
Oh, snap! x NEW: Former president Jimmy Carter says a full investigation “would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016….He was put into office because the Russians … Read More
When you live 24/7 inside a giant acrylic hamster ball full of unicorn glitter farts and faerie dreams, reality can really chafe you when it finally rears its head. Sean … Read More
Progressive Democrats of America An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States As economists, we understand that a single-payer “Medicare for All” health insurance system for … Read More
The New York Times has a great piece out from Mimi Swartz profiling Veteran, former Congressional candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hegar (D. TX). With Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) … Read More
This just dropped, and it’s shocking: x The 2018 GSS was just released and there's some big news. Those of “no religion” (23.1%) are statistically the same size as evangelicals … Read More
Hell yeah! According to the Texas Tribune, Texas Democrats already allocating millions of dollars toward a “war room” aimed at taking down Texas Sen. John Cornyn in 2020. Cornyn, meanwhile, already … Read More
While a lot of states are turning blue, Ohio is one of the few states getting redder—but that is only because so many people are leaving. With the exception of … Read More
So this happened today: President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Texas Sen. John Cornyn his “complete and total endorsement” for re-election, saying his fellow Republican has “done an outstanding job … Read More
I’m not being facetious, and the title isn’t click bait. If our congress was more like Amazon, and we could all chip in a few bucks for “Prime, with free … Read More
Josef Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, Dwight David Eisenhower. One of these kids is doing his own thing. Or maybe not, if you’re Treasury Secretary Steve Mental Munchkin. After Donald … 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
Thousands of years ago, magic was afoot. Gods and goddess walked the earth in human form. Everywhere Buddha walked 2500 years ago, lotuses sprouted in his footsteps. Period art depicts … Read More
Trump doesn’t just lie. He makes up entire conversations that never happened. And he does it all the time. The latest? He claimed today during his press conference/harrowing public mental breakdown … Read More
I’m not Jewish, so I won’t pretend to grok the full horror of this, but I’ll be glad to follow the comments and learn. Thanks to Josh Marshall this moment … Read More
First off, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I went home to Pittsburgh, PA last week to be with the family. Afterwards, I flew to El Paso to go … Read More
Walter Shapiro has been a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, erstwhile stand up comedian and is a current political satirist. If he could play the piano, he might be confused with one … Read More
