The Far Right—Left
When one speaks of the far-right-left, the obvious target for progressives would be Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona....
WYFP? don't call tankies Cheugy, it's the new “neat” or “nifty”
MFP is neologisms that get sticky. Cheugy is the latest, being a term that Generation Z calls Millennials, perhaps it’s the revival of more postmodernism....
Our 'Fraidy of Perpetual Toadying, Mike Pence, is *still* sucking up to Trump
No one has ever tried to have me killed before (that I know of), but if someone did, I doubt I’d sing hosannas and paeans...
Hey, gals! If you’re tired of the ‘soy boy swamp,’ this new ‘Christian’ dating site is for you!
Yoo-hoo, ladies! You’ve hit the manly man trifecta: conservative, biblically correct dudes who want to marry you as soon as effing possible! How can you...
The FBI seizes records from Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment and office.
Feebs are closing in. Rudy’s electronic devices have now been seized in a NYC raid on his Manhattan apartment (and a Park Avenue office location). Darn that...
Minerva @ Midnight: has Biden already been moved leftward
Anand Giridharadas wrote a piece for The Atlantic asserting that Biden has been moving leftward. This may only be a short term impression only because...
Economics: The Key to Voter Justice
It is exceedingly disturbing that media outlets are playing the game of ‘Where’s QAnon,’ searching to unravel the GOP’s puzzle of voter restrictions. The use...
Minerva @ Midnight: barrel-time coming for previous guy and his buddies
The future of a delusion: barrel-time coming soon for previous guy, among others, as there will be more revelations about Florida sex-trafficking and the GOP....
Even after bite incident, Major Biden still polls better than Trump's lapdog, Lindsey
I love dogs. I didn’t used to. My wife had dogs when we started dating, and I came to love the little monsters. Now it’s...
Even after biting incident, Major Biden still polls better than Trump's lapdog, Lindsey
I love dogs. I didn’t used to. My wife had dogs when we started dating, and I came to love the little monsters. Now it’s...
One chart shows the dramatic difference between Biden's American Rescue Plan and the Trump tax scam
I still remember when Donald Trump got up in front of a throng of masochistic fools and said, of his plutocrat-friendly 2017 tax cut bill,...
ex-POTUS* vaccination silence aiding false narratives about Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
Always ready with useful idiocy, Trump’s inaction on COVID while POTUS* was beyond negligence and continues by keeping his own vaccination secret from his supporters....
In Texas, it's mainly the failure of thermal power plants — natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants
Texas is the coalmine canary of failures in the GQP's industrial policy. The “clusterfuzzle” appears to be only in Texas: perhaps they skimmed on costs...
The goal still was to overturn the election. Much more than a sore loser, Trump.
There is a Wall Street Journal report that Trump’s pressure on a top federal prosecutor in Atlanta to resign was part of a broader push by President...
Exxon's Green Sheen and asymmetric information (and media bias)
Is the Market for Lemons like the market for lemonade or even Don Lemon. Asymmetric information is everywhere, the example of the used-car salesman synonymous...
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...
The descendants of Chinggis Khan face an unprecedented and dangerous climate change feedback loop.
Men argue. Nature acts. Voltaire Climate change does not respect any international borders. Disaster is coming for us all at some point, regardless of the...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – Is the latest long national nightmare over yet?
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t...
The last stronghold of the African elephant to be smothered with oil wells; possible fracking.
Jo Biden had offered 20 billion to preserve the Amazon. It was ridiculed denied by the Trump of the Tropics, Jair Bolsonaro. Perhaps a similar...
IA-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Has Theresa Greenfield (D) Beating Joni Ernst (R) 44-42
More good news today out of Iowa courtesy of Data For Progress: x#IAsen:Greenfield (D) 44% (+2)Ernst (R-inc) 42%Herzog (I) 1%Stewart (L) 1%.Head-2-Head:Greenfield (D) 46% (+1)Ernst...
Portland Proud Boys day of rage fizzles as promised crowd of 20,000 turns out 500
Much jackboot-quaking as a much-touted demo in Portland had a weak showing north of the anarchist jurisdiction. xtickled by this because I watched 5 seconds...
Why Do Black People Think So Much of Race…?
Black people get that question put to us a lot more often than you would think. It is generally followed by the statement, ‘well…I don’t...
Trump thinks Biden has a Nobel Prize, deliberately kills Nevadans with indoor rally
First indoor event since Tulsa, a rally shorter than last night’s in the north, xNot since a rally in Tulsa, which was blamed for a...
'anyone supporting Trump is ignorant or deeply cynical & willfully destroying our democracy'
We need a more hinged POTUS, as Trump is now mongering actual violence rather than fear from the White House. Scorched earth on the path...
How would you know that Trump disrespects military service
Cadet Bone Spurs's campaign can't help itself, it is like the candidate, lewd and crude, but it looks like there’s more to the iceberg. What...
When Reagan Tried to Destroy the Postal Service
Wannabe felons crowded around the US Postal Service after Reagan’s 1980 election. They claimed that “privatizing” the mail would increase efficiency and lower costs. The...
Will you quietly die for the 1%, because you can't be cooped up all your life or live in Belarus
Decisive winning and GOTV will be important now that we know many of the things that Trump is obviously trying to do to “rig” the...
SC-Sen: Sen. Cory Booker (D. NJ) Helps Jaime Harrison (D) Win His Tied Race With Lindsey Graham (R)
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ), in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: Jaime Harrison...
TX-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Confirms A Tight Senate Race & Has Joe Biden Beating Trump 47-46
Some more encouraging news out of Texas today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: xTexas Senate GE:Cornyn (R-inc) 44% (+6)Hegar (D) 38%@MorningConsult 7/24-8/2https://t.co/hxLcpCRxJc— Political Polls...
white surprise: Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns, secretly posted racist/sexist remarks online
The dirtiest trick might be parody, especially as Roger Stone will get his federal sentence commuted by Trump even as history might be first tragedy, then...
IA-Sen: Joni Ernst's (R) Vote To Confirm Trump's EPA Head Is Hurting Her Re-Election Bid
When you bear hug Trump, this is what you get: ‘Iowa senator Joni Ernst signed on to a letter begging EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler –...
Hottest day ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle; reached 100.4 F; 80 years faster than expected
Even if a small fraction of the Arctic seafloor carbon is released to the atmosphere, we’re fucked. Climatologist Jason Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland...
Mary Trump, niece of IMPOTUS* may unravel the Trump campaign
Aside from providing documents for the NY Times investigation of Trump finances, Mary Trump is also a clinical psychologist. The tell-all book coming out should be...
Trump brings his Murrah building to Tulsa on the Juneteenth, darn that systemic Meta
So much performance art, so little time left to the November election. Much like Trump’s refusal to consider changing the names of military bases named...
#TrumpRecession. It's official. Trump squandered a growing economy that he inherited.
Oh so brand-conscious Trump now has his very own recession. No, it’s not Obama’s. Trump has ended 128 months of economic growth, before COVID-19 hit. Remember...
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...
Wartime President?
After a few weeks of Lieutenant Pence hogging the Trump spotlight, the General has found a way to ambush his own troops. Donald Trump, by...
President’s Day Marks Over A Century Of Organizing For Medicare For All
President’s Day Marks Over A Century Of Organizing For Medicare For All In solidarity, Dr. Bill Honigman and Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan,...
IA-Sen: DFA Calls On Joni Ernst (R) To Vote To Close The Boyfriend Loophole & Pass The VAWA
Received this e-mail today from Democracy For America: Happy Valentine's Day, While many of us celebrate love and relationships on this holiday, for many women...
Trump says a lot of NH Republicans will cross over to vote for the weakest Democratic candidate
The last time Trump was in New Hampshire it was while he was committing impeachable offenses. Also, Roger Stone may get out of prison in...
Trump's disinformation in local media this year may deploy Potemkin local news sites
The Trump campaign’s media strategy will more directly address “local news” that at some moment might trade on the same model of Sinclair Broadcasting. Brad...
Top 3 Anti-Trump Books of 2020
Below are the most anticipated anti-Trump books of 2020 as of Jan 17th 2020 Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high...
The tipping point for Antarctica is closer than we thought.
Three new studies raise the specter that the great ice platforms of the Antarctic continent are more unstable and susceptible to collapse than previously thought....
Jarvanka is at Individual-1's side, because nepotism has too many syllables
The biggest leaker of them all: Jarvanka will throw all kinds of folks under the bus. Jarvanka thinks that because Barr prevented the Mueller report...
Karen Pence likes how Trump treats young women; 'As a mom, I was all in'
Mike Pence sold his soul long ago, and now, at the very least, Karen Pence has pawned hers. Now, before you read this tweet, recall...
“Turkey attacks US ally in Syria” – Trump betrays Kurds, because this dog needs to be wagged
Another strange day for disinformation, as Trump implied that the 11,000 Kurds who died fighting alongside US troops may have fought for something less. Like his...
GOP congressional candidate once called Trump an unworthy 'a**hole'; now she loves him
At some point we have to start checking their basements for pods, right? Can they really be this empty and soulless? Republicans who were once...
“Conspiracy Theory” For Dummies. (ie Donald Trump)
The Truth Is Out There The X-Files Did anybody here ever see that 1997 movie “Conspiracy Theory?” In short, it’s about a cab driver...
So remember that 2018 BBC documentary alleging Trump preyed on underage models?
Jeffrey Epstein is getting his comeuppance for alleged sex trafficking of underage girls. Is it rude to point out that Epstein is an old Trump...
NC-09: Climate Hawks Vote Goes All In To Help Dan McCready (D) Win His New Election
Received this e-mail from Climate Hawks Vote, started by fellow Kossack, RL Miller, in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Finally, climate hawk Dan McCready gets an...
