cheeseheads in Wisconsin GOP Assembly vote to end 'patriarchy' by banning its K-12 mention

Beetle-Juice Three Times. Thank Jeebus that cheesehead is not banned from primary and secondary schools in Wisconsin. Because nothing says “Freedom” and “Liberty” like being the language police. If you talk … Read More

CA-Gov: Rep. Ted Lieu (D) Brilliantly Trolls Uninformed Idiot On Twitter With A Politics 101 Lesson

Fail: REALITY BITES: That didn’t take long. Reality TV star and political neophyte Caitlyn Jenner was about 24 hours into the rollout of her California gubernatorial campaign this weekend when she … Read More

Trump more concerned with the optics of being convicted by the Senate, as he cuts bait on pardons

No doubt there are Trump pardons, but the cluster falls close to the _____. Apparently Trump has been advised that the optics of guilt are greater exposure to his soon … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Joe Biden Is Coming Back To Georgia To Get His Senate Majority

I’m all in for this: President-elect Joe Biden will join the lineup of influential Democrats involved in Georgia's ongoing senatorial campaigns, according to his recently-named forthcoming chief of staff. Ron … Read More

1962 was no picnic either. 2020 is bad . The beat goes on.

The song written by Sonny Bono and was a hit for Sonny Cher had a song called The Beat Goes on.  The song was released in 1967 but applies to … Read More

Mike Lee rationalizes Trump's authoritarianism but where's the super-spreader victims like Jared

Even at 36 people stricken with COVID so far from contact at the White House, all kinds of people are missing, perhaps quarantined, with a few hospitalized. Perhaps there will … Read More

KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D), “We need to tackle police brutality, give Breonna Taylor's family justice”

U.S. Senate candidate, Amy McGrath (D. KY), is working to unite her party after her close primary win against progressive challenger, Charles Booker (D. NJ). McGrath stopped in Louisville to … Read More

what are the best tactics against the red-baiting that will come in the general election

Unapologetic democratic socialism will survive 2020, but if Trump wins, there could be no democracy by the 2024 election. Trumpists have been strangely obsessed with ignorant nonsense against a “radical left” … 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

From an advocate: Too much attention on past wars is not good for disabled vets.

This is just my opinion but for over 30 years, I have observed and attended many traditional holidays honoring our veterans and special occasions such as D Day. As the … Read More

Fight for Progressive Politics Every Day of Every Year

By Alan Minsky for Deb, Mike F., Mike H., Janis, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team   Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) fights for Progressive politics … Read More

Help PDA Spread Progressive Politics

In solidarity,  Alan Minsky for Deb, Mike F., Mike H., Janis, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Like Netflix for Democracy: Monthly Sustainers Help PDA SpreadProgressive … Read More

Netflix for Democracy?

In solidarity, Alan Minsky for Mike H., Mike F., Deb, Janis, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Help PDA Spread Your Progressive Politics toEvery Congressional District … Read More

On Todays episode Of “As The Stomach Turns”

When last we saw our intrepid hero, Cantaloupe Calves King was in a bad way. Being chased by a ravenous pack of 434 wolves through a forest, all seemed lost. … Read More

GA-SoS: Mother Jones, “A Runoff Election Tuesday Could Reverse Brian Kemp’s Voter Suppression in GA”

Tomorrow is a big day in Georiga: After an election marred by voting problems, Georgia voters will decide in Tuesday’s runoff who should fix them. One candidate for Georgia secretary … Read More

“Little things mean a lot.” Pebbles from 2018 that could be an avalanche in 2020.

One thing is for sure, 2018 had something for everybody. Well, pretty much everybody who was a Democrat, if you’re a Republican, you were shit out of luck. Election night … Read More

Republicans' lesson for Democrats: Next president must 'look backwards' at GOP crimes

If nothing else, Republicans over the past few weeks have delivered an important civics lesson to the American people in general—and Democrats in particular. Facing a growing mountain of irrefutable … Read More

Al Jazeera gets A+. The Iran deal will be a Security Council Non-Proliferation Treaty Resolution

Al Jazeera gets it right. NY Times, in contrast, are going out of their way to avoid identifying the fundamental, high school civics fail of Republican ignorance at the core … Read More

Day Three: Media pass on GOP47 ignorance of United Nations, nuke deals, and Non-Proliferation Treaty

Al Jazeera gets it right !! Bottom of this diary. – – – First the obvious: negotiations with Iran are a multinational process. This is not an American treaty. No … Read More

NOT BREAKING: Media omit GOP47 ignorance of U.N. Security Council and 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty

First the obvious: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons … Read More

Breaking Down Eligible Voter Apathy

Volunteering for a voter’s registration drive this past weekend, I grabbed a handful of forms and a clipboard from the coordinator, believing it would be easy to get people to … Read More