What Irony: a Cheney being punished for the truth

The Republican members of the House of Representatives convened their star chamber this morning and ousted the most conservative member of their caucus. GOP House conference chair Liz Cheney is … Read More

cancel culture is like cultural marxism: nonsense, but Trump will sell you their snake oil

Trump’s tweeting more gibberish replete with nonsense and continues to tank the economy built by the previous administration. Ever the opportunist, Trump would have signed off on the recent “Justice and … Read More

TX-Sen: The Daily Beast, “John Cornyn (R) Promotes Obamacare as He Keeps Trying to Kill It”

I know I touched upon this in a diary last week but I’m happy that Eleanor Clift at The Daily Beast brought this up today: Texas Senator John Cornyn voted … Read More

Dems on the Attack! Trump/COVID-19 Ads Coming

Democratic groups to spend millions hitting Trump over coronavirus response A Democratic super PAC said Tuesday it would spend $5 million on digital advertising flaying President Trump for his response … Read More

Jimmy Kimmel brutally exposes Republican voters' deep ignorance and Ted Cruz's devious duplicity

You’ll enjoy this. Ted Cruz likes to pretend he’s plugged into pop culture, but his efforts in that regard are, to put it mildly, clumsy. His latest Daffy Duck-worthy backfire … Read More

Was Schiff's “Head on a Pike” Quote a Tactical Error? (Updated with Response)

Did Adam Schiff make a tactical blunder when he mentioned a threat now making the news rounds that any Republican who voted against Trump “would find his head on a … Read More

Lyin' (media) King: Trump as a dry-drunk Foster Brooks and Tommy Flanagan the Pathological Liar

Trump truly believes that as POTUS* he is doing 13,000 times over, shtick like Tommy Flanagan, the Jon Lovitz character on SNL That addiction to falsehood is evident in each campaign rally, … Read More

I Hope the U.S. Senate Is In Play Because…

IF — and it is stil a big IF — the U.S. Senate is in play, the political dynamic in D.C. will shift.  No, it does not mean that if the House … Read More

Ooooops! A misstatement from me. And a correction.

Well, it's almost lunch time, so I'm ordering some delicious crow. But I'm ordering the diet plate, so it's only half a sandwich, with a side of hot and sour … Read More

Lies, damn lies, and fake news

In his 2007 book The Assault on Reason, former Vice President Al Gore warned about what he saw as a dire threat to American democracy. “The 'well-informed citizenry,’” Gore fretted, ”is … Read More