No Rush There Governor Asa Hutchinson On Mandating Masks.
He isn’t the winner of the Republican asshole of the week, but Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas will be issuing a mandate for wearing masks to combat the coronavirus on…Drum … Read More
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Trump on school supplies: “We don't need 57 pencils for every kid. You can have two.”
Trump apparently believes that science should not stand in the way of full schools, because his truism is that the economy must turn around for him to be reelected. Also … Read More
Republican governor blasts Trump's bungled coronavirus response in new op-ed
Remember when a dyspeptic, misspelled, barely comprehensible tweet sent GOPsters near and far scurrying for cover? Are those days over? Because Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan sure doesn’t sound like he’s … Read More
What are we Debating?
Two names, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci and President Donald John Trump. Dr. Fauci has served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. That … Read More
Finally, pundit lays the demise of Americans to COVID-19 on Trump
MSNBC Pundit Michael Beschloss provided the best narrative that describes the president's complicity in the COVID-19 fiasco that killed tens of thousands of Americans. Michael Beschloss puts COVID-19 blame on … Read More
So you call yourself a patriot? Masks make you uncomfortable.. Really? ( Trigger Warning)
Back when the WWII soldiers left their families and stormed the beaches of Normandy under fire and away from loved ones, they made sacrafices and huge sacrifices. It was not … Read More
Betsy DeVos 'very seriously' considering keeping federal funds from schools that won't reopen
Why do I get the feeling that coronavirus is a sentient hive-mind collective that’s infecting our leaders’ brains and forcing them to make stupid, pro-coronavirus decisions? How else can one … Read More
CNN is Confused About Trump's FDA Chief – But Not Really
Right now there are two stories, one above the other, on the interview FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn gave CNN this morning: When the President's own medical advisers refuse to … Read More
New MeidasTouch ad exposes Trump's bottomless hypocrisy on … pretty much everything
I wish for once Donald Trump would project a sense of urgency instead of his own faults onto everyone else. Who does he think he’s talking to when he says, “The … Read More
The Mutiny Of “The Bounty”
When the history of the 2020 election is written, it is the story broken by the New York Times, chronicling the scheme hatched by Vlad the Imp to pay a … Read More
Idiots in charge ! What part of there is no economic recovery if people are sick and dying.
I have never seen such stupidity and idiot leadership in one country in my life. Do I have faith in the American people to wear a mask and … Read More
Trump accidentally tells the truth about his dumpster fire of a presidency
Oh my God, can you even imagine? x President Trump: “You put the wrong person in office, you'll see things that you would not have believed are possible.” pic.twitter.com/DNQjJOkkNk— The … Read More
replace your divots: Trump wants more street violence to gas, so Albert Pike will get re-erected
Made to order for whenever the national guard(s) and whatever federal riot squads are ready in DC to trash BLM demonstrators. Heck, the RWNJs could recruit anti-freemasonists to take this … Read More
So Pence Doesn't Want To Stick His Head In COVID-19 Oven In FL and AZ Now.
It appears that Vice President “Lies His Ass Off For Trump” Pence is postponing his pro-COVID-19 “Faith in America” tour of Florida and Arizona. Vice President Mike Pence has postponed his “Faith … Read More
Trump's anti-iconoclasm and Damnatio Memoirae, “why no one knows who won the American Revolution”
Trump has just issued an executive order to protect statues. This faux martial law applies only for objects, and specifically protects by inference, right-wing extremism. Because Trump wants to sanction only … Read More
Texas Governor Greg Abbot To His Fellow Texans: Ya'll Need To Do Something About COVID-19!
Nothing like another Republican “leader” abandoning his responsibilities. The message from Texas Governor Greg Abbot to his fellow Texans is basically, “Ya’ll need to do something about the coronavirus!” Abbott … Read More
Is There A Breaking Point With GOP Governors When It Comes to COVID-19? Probably Not.
Most GOP governors have decided that it is better to have an “open” economy than save lives during the coronavirus pandemic. The worst of them never lockdown their states (see … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – egg coffee(s)
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 throwing pies at one another. … Read More
KY, CO, MT, IA, KS, AZ & AL-Sen: Slate Magazine's The Surge Highlights These 7 Races To Watch
Received this e-mail today from Slate Magazine’s The Slurge that highlights seven U.S. Senate races to keep your eye one: 1. Kentucky The national Democratic establishment gets its way in … Read More
One Of The Cops Involved With Killing Breonna Taylor To be FIRED.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting today that one of the police officers involved in the Breonna Taylor killing will be terminated. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that … Read More
The Daily Bucket-The Second Heron
I’d always felt there was more than one heron that’s been visiting my backyard ponds for the last ten years. One would land and catch our fish while we gardened … Read More
Trump on Friday said the “end result” of Abraham Lincoln's presidency was “questionable”
Trump tried to dog-whistle the lost cause for his base during an interview with Fox News last week. There are not fine people on “both sides”. DONALD TRUMP: I think I've done … Read More
Trump: “These aren't my voters”, this is not my beautiful border, this is not my beautiful COVID-19
The latest Trumpian trope could be that the second COVID wave is Mexicans! The latest WH trial balloon is that COVID-19’s second wave is actually coming over the border, because … Read More
Trump's at the golf course today, because he needs a break from causing chaos (and death)
Golfing during a pandemic, the three day weekend begins for Trump. x According to the pool report, the White House says that Trump has landed at the Bedminster Landing Zone. … Read More
10,000 Soldiers On the Streets of DC – Almost Happened [Update: Why Milley Wore Fatigues]
Several stories have been appearing in the media in the past few days about how Trump really wanted to put active-duty soldiers, lots of them, on the streets of the … Read More
#BunkerBoy is angry and is hoping for street violence
Trump's tear gas photo-op was 'frightening' to authoritarianism experts, who warn that his behavior will only get worse without 'fierce opposition’. One example of the problem for an opposition is that … Read More
curfew's coming … stay safe out there because Trump has authorized “show-of-force missions”
Show of Farce. Peaceful protest in the day, now earlier curfews. x JUST CONFIRMED: Denver Police seized these guns and tactical gear from two men who showed up to the … Read More
Matt Gaetz needs to hunt Identity Evropa. Day protests versus Night “unrest” as curfews continue
We are at an interesting point, the necessity for socially distanced behavior and the imposition of De Facto martial law. Even as there is peaceful protest during the day time, there will … Read More
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: boogaloos have their Horst Wessel. #BreonnaTaylor is different
(Originally, I had done something on a MMT podcast with some of its major luminaries, but I’ll save it for a future AC chat diary, since Historical events seem more important … Read More
on Thursday, Trump will sign an executive order aimed at social media companies, darn Constitution
Trump is not exactly an author of any Emancipation Proclamations. Trump implies that he will retaliate against private social media but if he chooses anything remotely constitutional, he may actually have … Read More
A White woman in the park calls cops falsely accusing a black man of threatening her. DANGEROUS!
A white woman walking her dog was mad at a black man who asked her to leach her dog. Upset, she calls 911 and accuses the man falsely. The life … Read More
Jared of-all-trades, son-in-law of one
Jared Kushner’s Air Bridge may have worked to not only expedite delivery of PPE, but also failed to deliver by perhaps hoarding an as yet unaccounted amount of PPE materiel. Slender Man … Read More
Trump on the golf course for a second day
x Church “rights” crusader Donald J. Trump is not going to church this fine Sunday on his way to golf. Though he will likely drive by many large churches in … Read More
Trump announces extortion of pandemic aid to MI and NV, unless they do a favor for his campaign
Absentee voting, which Trump and his family utilize every year, is critical during a pandemic. However, Trump just told the states of Nevada and Michigan that he is perfectly fine with … Read More
Steve Schmidt on Trump: “He's an imbecile.” & calls his media personalities,”Spectacularly nuts”
Steve Schmidt progressively fine-tunes his critique on the president and this time he includes the president’s supporters in the Right-Wing media. The excoriation was palpable. Steve Schmidt nails the President x … Read More
Slender Man's pizza delivery – was Air Bridge more like DoorDash
Jared Kushner’s Air Bridge may have worked to not only expedite delivery of PPE, but also failed to deliver by hoarding an as yet unaccounted amount of PPE materiel. Trump … Read More
Dispatches From Behind Enemy Lines (Covid-19 edition)
“The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” Donald Trump, February 17, 2017 It has been … Read More
How to raise your voice for Joe Biden, even if you’re the quiet type
If Donald Trump wins a second term—and stranger things have happened (Donald Trump winning a first term, for example)—it will be my fault. And yours. And your neighbor’s. I don’t … Read More
Commander in Chief: “I call it the super duper missile.” branding Space Force … pew, pew
Pew pew pew and the operation warp speed…. x President Trump compared the accelerated effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine by January 2021 to the Manhattan Project. Experts have noted … Read More
SC-Sen: The Hill, “Graham's (R) embrace of Trump fuels competitive fight in South Carolina”
The Hill had a piece this week that goes into how U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R. SC) full embrace of Trump might be putting his re-election bid in danger: Graham’s … Read More
MS-Sen: Mike Espy (D) Pushes Congress To Protect Agriculture Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Received this e-mail today from Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Across the country, and especially in my state of Mississippi, agricultural workers are the backbone of our economy. … Read More
Another Amy McGrath Ad Hitting Moscow Mitch Hard. And My Speculation on Mitch's Recent Stupidity.
The odds are very high that Amy McGrath will win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate to take on Moscow Mitch this year in Kentucky. In fact, you can tell … Read More
LIVE BLOG: WH daily COVID Taskforce briefing Trump: “I’m just here to present talent”
Live Blog below — Today was about IMPOTUS’s folk beliefs 5:00* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House x … Read More
Trump Org asks Trump administration for break on D.C. hotel lease payment
Wouldn’t it be nice if your landlord answered to you? Maybe next time we should think twice about electing a pr*sident with more conflicts of interest than functioning brain cells. The … Read More
Trump suggests calls for more testing are part of a Democratic plot to make him look bad
Grampa Rage Diapers was in fine fettle today. His conspiracy antennae were tumescent with a throbbing, otherworldly sixth sense, leading him to wonder why on earth anyone would want millions of COVID-19 tests … Read More
They Were Over Six Feet Apart, Says Trump (Who Also Ignored Anti-Semitic Signs)
Above is a photo of a protest crowd today at Olympia, WA. Trump says he watched the protests (not specifically this one), and… “I watched the protest and they were … Read More
Michigan Legislators Jack O'Malley, Curt VanderWall Conspire With Sheriffs Against Governor Whitmer
This article first appeared on Up North Progressive on April 15, 2020 Today the sheriffs of four counties in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan issued a press release stating they would … Read More
KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On Congress To Pass National Vote BY Mail
Received this e-mail from Amy McGrath’s (D. KY) U.S. Senate campaign: Defending our democracy starts with making sure every eligible American has a chance to make his or her voice … Read More
Trump, WHO, and China: A Timeline
I often find, in history as well as in current events, that having a timeline can be very useful in sorting out just what happened and when, and for judging … Read More
In Kentucky, 521,592 People Have Applied For Unemployment Since March 16th.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Administration announced today that 521,592 people have filed for unemployment since March 16th. Doing the math, it means that the unemployment rate in Kentucky is approximately … Read More
