Somehow I don’t remember the continual civil unrest when Joe Biden was vice president. I don’t remember a thousand people dying every day from a raging, out-of-control pandemic. JESUS POGO-HOPPING CHRIST, THIS IS DONALD TRUMP’S AMERICA! He is overseeing all this carnage! How can we let him beat Joe Biden over the head with it?…
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I can't help weeping today
even though being moved to the point of tears is not uncommon for me nowadays. I first read John Hershey’s writing about Hiroshima while in high school, from which I graduated in June of 1963. By then I had read widely about the 2nd World War. As a result I knew that Truman’s threat of…
Why this election will be different
or at least, why I think many of the analysts are getting it completely wrong. Some analysts are saying that Trump supporters are more motivated than are Biden supporters. But that misses the point. The comparison should be with Trump opponents, who are incredibly motivated to vote him — and in many cases the Republicans…
'Sort of hilariously unconstitutional': Arrested protesters told they can no longer attend protests
I’ve spent most of the afternoon watching clips of the U.S. attorney general flouting standards of fairness and the rule of law, so this was a real pick-me-up. It seems some detained Portland protesters are being told, as a condition of their release, that they can no longer attend protests in the state of Oregon….
ALL ‘LIES’ MATTER
When founders, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi began a movement, I am certain they knew it would be controversial. What they achieved was to set in motion the recognition of truth in three words, Black Lives Matter. To refute their assertion, primarily white Americans countered with All Lives Matter. What they failed to…
'He can't relate in any way': Obama and Biden critique Trump in new campaign video
The Biden campaign is set to drop a new campaign video tomorrow in which Joe sits down with his former boss Barack Obama and dishes on the dipshit. According to Axios, the two discuss “systemic racism, the coronavirus pandemic and President Trump’s handling of those issues.” Here’s a teaser clip: BIDEN: “Can you imagine standing…
Trump is Losing Because He is a Racist, Says Atlantic Article
Now this is fascinating. David Graham argues in the Atlantic that white voters are abandoning Trump, and they are doing so because of his attitudes about race: White Voters Are Abandoning Trump And they’re doing so for a surprising reason. It’s not the economy (Conman Trump continues to bamboozle 56% of the electorate into thinking…
CHAZ/CHOP is dead, long may it live
CHAZ/CHOP is over but not gone, even if it lasted not as long as the Paris Commune. Ultimately it remains about power and autonomy. Basta ya. The fact that the police express feeling “castrated” with the victory of the movements for Black lives, underscores the synthesis of racism, patriarchy, violence, and state power. The police,…
Instead of fighting COVID or Russia, Trump spends his time brainstorming new nicknames for Biden
In a recent story about Donald Trump’s desperate attempts to smother his dumpster fire of a campaign with the same old clown shoes, The Washington Post notes that Trump isn’t 100 percent satisfied with his chosen nickname for Joe Biden. You may have noticed Trump trying out “Corrupt Joe” lately in place of the long-established “Sleepy Joe,” and it turns…
Minnesota Poll: Biden leads by 16% and 57% approve of Black Lives Matter
http://www.gravismarketing.com/… Gravis Marketing released a poll today showing Joe Biden has a 58% to 42% lead in Minnesota, a closely divided state that was also the scene of racial and anti-police disturbances after the death of George Floyd on May 25. In addition to being a state that Donald Trump came within 1.5% of winning in…
'Lonely' boy Trump wanted to prosecute leaker who dished about his trip to his bunker
My heart swells with schadenfreude these days, but it’s never quite full. At least when it comes to Grampa Rage Diapers. In a new New York Times report on Donald Trump’s shambolic presidency and his lack of motivation when it comes to, well, anything having to do with being president, a couple of items stood…
How Do We Get Out of this Racial Timeshare?
On November 4, 2008, Barack H. Obama, was elected the 44th President of the United States, needless to say, he was the first black man or woman to hold that distinction. On November 5, 2008, The View’s co-host Whoopi Goldberg told America, “ I could put my suitcase down, finally.” In some quarters she was…
Donald Trump Jr. rushes to the defense of Karen cop who didn't get her McDonald's promptly enough
With everything that’s going on right now, somehow this is the bee under Donald Trump Jr.’s bonnet. (The second embedded video will play without bringing you to another page.) x 🚨🚨🚨Disgusting what’s going on right now. https://t.co/nRIrV47YVK — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 17, 2020 x Stacey who has been a cop for 15 yrs went…
Tulsa paper to Trump: Stay home
Deciding where to schedule Donald Trump’s next political rally is a little like finding a government site for spent nuclear fuel rods. No one wants it, and you’re certain to endanger innocent people. This isn’t merely annoying — like getting a second Olive Garden in your town when no one asked for one. Donald Trump’s…
A MUST-READ interview with Jon Stewart
Up today in The New York Times Magazine. It is titled Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In. It is well worth your time to read. It is too long to summarize, and I will not try. Let me offer a few selections to interest you further. For example, when asked to comment on what…
144 days left for Lando Cotton to name the Obelisk of Wokeness as the GOP goes for distraction
Apparently the disinformation default for the GOP is to ridicule the iconoclasm of decommissioning US monuments and exaggerate illogical alternatives, while trying to get its base to waive its right to sue for damages if they go to a rally and get sick. The Obelisk of Wokeness actually sounds kind of cool, as Tom “Lando”…
Trump says America will achieve racial harmony 'quickly' and 'very easily'
Yes, thank heavens the lifelong racist who wanted to murder the Central Park Five is on the job. (Okay, he probably wasn’t racist as an infant or toddler. Then again, who knows? Many people are saying he was. Many, many people. That’s what I heard, anyway.) x Donald Trump on confronting bigotry and prejudice in…
The always wrong Larry Kudlow claims there's no systemic racism in America
Hiring TV talking head (er, ass) Larry Kudlow as an economic adviser, which Donald Trump (in)famously did, is kind of like hiring a pro bass fisherman to remove your appendix. Correction: It’s like hiring a bad pro bass fisherman to remove your appendix. With a pair of salad tongs and an ice augur. Kudlow is so…
“domestic terrorists run by 'radical left Democrats' have taken over Seattle”, STOOP THEM!
Trump claims that domestic terrorists run by “radical left Democrats” have taken over Seattle. #CHAZ is not exactly Paris 1968 or even 1871. Imagine Occupy as a street fair. Trump is relying on his alternate reality to keep him appearing like IMPOTUS*. Darn it, the oxymorons have liberated Seattle and nationalized Microsoft and Boeing… not. x Domestic Terrorists…
“American Taliban” trends again because Ted Cruz thinks Columbus is a religious icon
We are in some strange space where to Ted Cruz, those people taking down monuments to genocidal explorers are like fundamentalist religious fanatics practicing iconoclasm. Ted doesn’t understand iconoclasm nor has he read kos’s book, but he went there on Twitter. x No, sweetie. THIS is the American Taliban. pic.twitter.com/VnoqlwiK5L— Adam Sank ðŸÂ³ï¸Ââ€Â🌈 (@AdamSank) June 11, 2020…
