Opinion: Roto-Rooter if You’re Listening…
When Donald Trump repeatedly asked Russia [Vladimir Putin] to find thirty-thousand emails of his opponent Hillary Clinton, The press ate it up like a bowl...
Opinion: Betrayal, Stupidity, and Enlightenment
I have rolled a question around in my head for months; why are Republicans so mean? I have concluded that it is not meanness, it...
Texas Priorities! Gov. Abbott wants to build a wall but cannot keep the electricity on in Texas.
This is not a joke. This is what Texans must live through. A governor and his party that has Texas in a state of disarray....
So you thought the Orange Blimp would dissipate in a puff of ocherous smog?
Once upon a time a long time ago Republicans stood for obstructing Democrats no matter what the cost by claiming capitalist conservatism or other such...
Conservatism is greed and bigotry dressed up as moralistic “principles” like individualistic liberty
Steve Bannon’s path to a pardon included appeals to a range of RWNJ groups including some dangerous proto-fascist cults. "The Fourth Turning" by Strauss & Howe...
the truth of power: Adjunct law professor fired for “reprehensible” comments about Black students (video)
We haven’t gotten past the angst-ridden discourse of privilege and buoyancy even in law schools. Then again E. Jean Carroll really wants that DNA sample from...
The End of the Beginning
I took a day to think about the death of radio personality Rush Limbaugh. My immediate thoughts were snark-provoking. Although Limbaugh spent over 30 years...
The NYT still doesn't get it.
The editorial board after highlighting the crazy that is Marjorie Taylor Greene and wondering why the Republican Party is failing to act, comes to these...
Kathleen Parker: The GOP isn’t doomed. It’s dead.
That is the title of this superb Washington Post column, which to put it mildly, is absolutely on fire, superbly written, with prose at which...
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...
Hmm: The Lincoln Project.
I found some of their attack ads amusing for a short time, then I remembered the origins of these attacks, similar in style to attack...
“I’ve probably worked harder in the last three weeks than I ever have in my life.” -Trump
Out of 249 Congressional Republicans, only 27 acknowledge Biden’s win, measuring their fear and/or loyalty to Trump. Thus around 10% can answer truthfully, aside from Trump...
The last debate tonight: inevitable pandemic death and taxes
The second actual debate could be three too many as we expect more of the same stunts despite a mute switch for the two-minute responses...
Branch Covidians: Typhoid GOP Senators and their court-packing attempts
The GOP Senate mischief continues, as the GOP’s rush to endanger the women’s health of at least 17 states and 30 million people also continues....
'Extinction denial' is the new thing for anti-science conspiracy theorists, warn Biologists.
"'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind." William Shakespeare The evil of science deniers recently has been beyond the pale. Not content with killing...
the last free election in US history… maybe, removing swing-state postal sorting machines?
He’s golfing again this weekend in Bedminster. Will he do more pseudo-pressers and populate the “press corps” with “reporters’ from Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, and...
GA-Sen B: Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) Goes On White Supremacist's Talk Show To Trash BLM
Wow: xI joined @JackPosobiec on @OANN to discuss why I had to call out the BLM political organization â and why the woke mob is...
George Will voting for his first Democrat this November because it's also about national security
Considering his long-time support of the Chicago Cubs, Will was a typical conservative. He remains so. But this is something, something. Will predicts a Biden...
Progressives, don't get taken by The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project is doing great work against Donald Trump. While progressives should welcome their actions they should not fall into a false camaraderie. The...
Politico, “Joe Biden signals openness to eliminating Senate filibuster”
From Politico: Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday signaled he would be open to the Senate ending its practice of imposing a 60-vote threshold...
J. Rubin Is Moving Away from Conservatism
I used to avoid Jennifer Rubin back in the Obama days, when she could find nothing good to say about the President and nothing bad...
qualified immunity: Trump's unhingery continues in COVID first wave because facial shotgun blast
Angry that Dick Cheney’s cardiologist called Trump’s Tulsa rally “criminal endangerment”, Trump cleverly references Cheney’s gun accident, probably because he associates John Bolton with the...
ME-Sen: Maine Women, “Susan Collins (R) ‘right’ and our ‘right’ aren’t the same thing anymore”
From Salon: Women voters who propelled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to wins in four consecutive Senate races have increasingly soured on the so-called "centrist" Republican as...
Krugman: Conservatives Insist They Are Never Ever Wrong
Paul Krugman is always a pleasure to read, in that he is so often right, and so often cuts to the heart of the matter....
only moderates believe that being halfway to November 3 is important
So many believe that they are generally moderate or moderating because they cannot imagine themselves being so nonconforming that they cannot be sociable or civil...
will some rich Trumpist “catch-and-kill” the John Bolton tell-all memoir
Ultimately, conservatism is about mercenary money, so at some point, delays in the perishable publication of the Bolton memoir could be no different than the...
The Lincoln Project: darn those never-Trumpers
A cadre of neocon and conservative critics of Trump have decided to organize an effort to remove Trump in 2020. https://twitter.com/minhtngo/status/1206941709147336704? https://twitter.com/minhtngo/status/1206941712301428736? https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1206929819012870146? Some of the...
It Must be Said…
There are misnomers in this great big wide country of ours. One is that non-voting minorities, young people and women, are responsible for the election...
SC-Sen: DFA Keeps Up The Momentum For Jaime Harrison (D) To Unseat Jackass Lindsey Graham (R)
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: x YouTube Video This month, Democrats did...
Don Jr: “How can Democrats beat Trump if they can't boot Sean Spicer from DWTS?”
For some Trumpers, not even the spawn is racist enough for some of its followers in 2020. Still early days, but Trumpism may be in...
Did You Know That Elizabeth Warren Is a GREATER Threat To The Country Than Donald Trump?
That great Republican sage from Utah — Mitt Romney — gave an interview in which he basically said that conservative Republicans think that a President Elizabeth Warren...
as if David Brooks couldn't get worse
David Brooks latest experiment in detoxified masculinity is called: Why Trump Voters Stick With Him: An imagined conversation with Flyover Man. Unfortunately, like most of his columns,...
Hey! Even Kentuckians Want Abortion To Be Legal! Try Telling That to Matt Bevin.
Planned Parenthood paid fora poll of Kentuckians to find out their views on abortion rights, and I was surprised by the results: Asked whether it's...
Politics meets ideology. A match made in hell.
I’m getting too old for this shit. When i began obsessing on politics, back in my teens, following the game the way other guys followed...
I Forgot Howard Schultz Was Trying to Be a Spoiler.
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...
Stop calling the GOP a “party”. Premier expert on cults confirms our worst fear.
Unlike the late night comics, I didn’t find it funny nor amusing that Trump called himself an “extremely stable genius” and then went around the...
Challenge accepted. I told him eight things I absolutely love about Trump.
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I had served with over 20 years ago is, today, a huge Trump fan. He’s the complete package, down to the...
Challenge accepted: I told a Trump supporter eight things I absolutely love about Trump
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I served with over 20 years ago is a huge Donald Trump fan today. He’s the complete package, down to the...