Biden signs the most extensive and substantive EO on LGBT equality ever by a US President.

From the Human Rights Campaign,  “Biden’s Executive Order is the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United States president. Today, millions … Read More

QAnon watch parties expecting violence dissolve into horror when Biden/Harris inaugurated

This was amazing. On Gab, Telegram, 8kun, and other racist, alternative media, QAnon groups were salivating over Inauguration Day. They used popcorn emojis and had watch parties to witness the … Read More

QAnon watch parties expecting violence dissolve into horror when Biden and Harris are inaugurated

This was amazing. On Gab, Telegram, 8kun, and other racist, alternative media, QAnon groups were salivating over Inauguration Day. They used popcorn emojis and had watch parties to witness the … Read More

Community Live Bloggers. First Press Briefing of the Biden Administration.

There’s actually a White House press briefing at 7pm ET. Just in case you’re watching it live. MSM is comparing the use of press briefings already, considering the lies of … Read More

Biden/Harris: sanity restored. Cliff Oxford: why progressives don’t reach rural voters.

President Joe Biden & Kamala Harris are in office; sanity restored. Author Cliff Oxford discusses why rural voters are hard to reach. Cliff Oxford has much to say Politics Done … Read More

“There is always light, if only we're brave enough to be it.”

“Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into.” “A nation that isn’t broken but simplify unfinished” x WATCH: Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural … Read More

'My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over'

Donald Trump is no longer president. Next stop, perdition … x x YouTube Video And now … forward! x x YouTube Video x x YouTube Video x x YouTube Video THANK … Read More

I'd like to personally thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for saving this country, and my sanity

This post-election period has been like no other, for reasons I don’t need to restate. While every outgoing president and presidential challenger in my lifetime—even Nixon, FFS!—left the White House … Read More

OH-11, VA-Gov, NYC & St. Louis Mayor: DFA Kicks Off 2021 Election Cycle With 4 Big Endorsements

Playing catch up here today. Received this e-mail this week from Democracy For America: As you may have noticed, DFA’s first four endorsements of the 2021 election cycle are all … Read More

Inauguration 2021 should be virtual with few attending for National Security.

It’s not fair and it’s especially not fair to VP Elect Harris who historically is the first woman and black woman  to become Vice President.   We are in the middle … Read More

The Shining City on the Hill had its' Windows Broken

After President Donald Trump ignited his riotous group of seditionists with the words “fight like hell” and ‘take our country back,’ the return shouts and whoops from the crowd were … Read More

Enjoy this video of MAGAs loudly chanting 'traitor' at Lindsey Graham. You're welcome

Schaden-Friday is a bit lower-key this week, thanks to our being collectively terrorized by the Ocher Uprising. But that doesn’t mean it’s canceled. Schaden-Friday is never canceled. And this week … Read More

Pence Wants an Invite to the Biden Inaugural

The outgoing president and vice president normally attend the inauguration of their successors. This is so automatic that, according to the inauguration committee, no invitation is sent because none is … Read More

GA-Sen B: Kelly Loeffler (R) Becomes The 12th GOP Traitor In The Senate To Vote Against Democracy

From The Huffington Post: Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, one day before her closely watched Georgia Senate runoff, announced Monday she’s joining the coalition of GOP senators objecting to this week’s … Read More

The Oval of Iniquity

Since we have allowed ourselves to sink into the wormhole of conspiracies like QAnon and election fraud, my contribution is Warhammer. I actually know little about the dark arts, or … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: NYT, “Native Americans Helped Flip Arizona. Can They Mobilize in Georgia?”

I know this New York Times article is a month old but I wanted to reference it for the purposes of this  diary: More than 180 years ago, as part … Read More

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President in 19 days.

Don’t listen to any lizard people this year. x Greetings from the White House. Trump appears to be tweeting and watching OANN from the Oval Office this New Year’s Day. … Read More

Race(ing) Toward 2021

Sitting down, gathering my thoughts, and staring at my half-empty elitist bottle of overpriced artesian water, which I get delivered by the case, I took a moment to be thankful. … Read More

surviving the next month of COVID-19: “You have to assume pandemic is going to get worse” -Fauci

Meanwhile, Trump’s on the golf course today. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said on Tuesday that America has to assume that the coronavirus pandemic is going to … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Singer-Songwriter James Taylor Has Joe Biden & Georgia On His Mind

Received this e-mail today from singer-songwriter James Taylor in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & … Read More

Evangelical Leaders claiming ignorance after their words continue to kill many. Dead parents enough?

If there is a hell, that is where these evangelical leaders belong. They are singularly responsible for the deaths of thousands. Unfortunately, if natural selection was perfectly selective, we could be rid … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Eric Holder Makes The Georgia Runoff Elections A Referendum On Voting Rights

Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on behalf of his  organization, All On The Line: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) … Read More

We HAVE to take the Senate back. We need Lion replacements.

Georgia is our opportunity to take the majority in the Senate.  Ted Kennedy is gone.   He WAS the lion of the senate.  Byrd is gone.   Tom Harkin is no longer … Read More

Biden inaugural and a bit of the RWNJ ultra-violence

Any Trumpist demonstrations will be easier to monitor and control even if the Proud Boys aren’t wearing their tacky uniforms / kilts. @schwartzbCNBC: Joe Biden's inaugural committee released their fundraising … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Beto O'Rourke Hits Back At Texas GOP's Idiotic Secession Threats

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s  (D. TX)  organization, Powered By People, in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) … Read More

Senator McConnell hammers the last nail into Donald Trump's coffin. Good Riddance!

With his acceptance of President Biden's inevitability, Senator McConnell has given all other Republicans permission to call it in. McConnell throws in the towel for Donald Trump x x YouTube … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Is Determined To Win A Dem Senate Majority

Received this e-mail today from Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) … Read More

'Der Spiegel' names Trump its 'Loser of the Year' on the same day 'Time' honors Biden and Harris

Uh, try loser of the millennium … German magazine Der Spiegel has a new story recounting Donald Trump’s final loser-ly days in office. And Germans know a lot about fading … Read More

SCOTUS rejects Texas suit supported by the Kraken Caucus and its 'unelected dictator'

Lack of standing is the reason for SCOTUS dismissing the Ken Paxton suit to overturn the votes of four states. Meritless frivolity remains. x #BREAKING: #SCOTUS throws out Texas's suit attempting … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Will Ferrell & The Cast Of “Elf” Reunite To Help Flip The U.S. Senate Blue

Received this e-mail today from the Georgia Democratic Party: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) BIG news from the North Pole — the cast of Elf is … Read More

(Make America Kittens Again) as Biden-Harris are the Time magazine 'person(s) of the year'

All votes have been certified and Biden has still won. “…is this the moment when the G.O.P. abandons its belief in democracy” x My timeline: Dec 11, 12, or 13 — … Read More

Biden and Harris are Time's 'Person of the Year'

Yeah, yeah, I know they’re two people, but Trump won it once, too, and he wasn’t a “person” so much as an irredeemable asshole. CNN: Time magazine has named Joe … Read More

America just dodged a GOP bullet from Trump's abuse of power as he does another PR stunt for COVID

The Biden-Harris pandemic team is introduced today, covered live by MSNBC and CNN, and no one is covering the Trump “vaccine summit” event at the White House. “100 million shots in … Read More

Kayleigh McEnany appears to let slip that Joe Biden (gasp!) won the election

This morning on Fox News, Donald Trump’s fourth and final Mouth of Sauron, Kayleigh McEnany, appeared to acknowledge the inconvenient (for all those in the non-sane community) reality that Joe Biden … Read More

Pentagon Now Says It Never Blocked Biden Access to Intelligence . . . Riiiight [Updated]

The Pentagon, and specifically Acting Defense Secretary and Permanent Obstructionist Christopher Miller, are now saying the Biden team was never denied access to NSA and Defense intelligence agencies — they … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Senator-Elect John Hickenlooper (D. CO) Helps Take Away Moscow Mitch's Majority

Received this e-mail today from  U.S. Senator-Elect John Hickenlooper (D. CO) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev.  Raphael Warnock … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Finally Gets His Revenge On Moscow Mitch

Received two e-mails from former President Barack Obama. The first one is in support of Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More

Mark Kelly Will Be Sworn in as Newest Senator on Wednesday

http://www.msn.com/… Arizona’s Mark Kelly will be sworn in as the newest Democratic senator Wednesday, after winning the special election filling out the term of John McCain. Kelly’s victory in the … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: FDR's Granddaughter Helps Ossoff (D) & Warnock (D) Take Back The Senate

Received this e-mail today from former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s granddaughter, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Jon  Ossoff (D. GA) and  … Read More

Trump's goading toward war or Iran's waiting for a new nuclear agreement after January

Trump really wants Iran to do something stupid before he leaves office, whether it’s a terrorist strike by proxies or something, something Revolutionary Guard attack. x If killing Iranian general … Read More

How Shall We Hold Trump Responsible

All his life, Donald Trump has managed to avoid responsibility for the damage he’s done to others: his racial discrimination in his housing (not to mention his neglect of that … Read More

Donny's diaper in a bunch as #DiaperDon trends on Twitter

Today, I’m thankful for family, friends, my home, my health, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris — but mostly I’m thankful that #DiaperDon is trending on Twitter … … and Donald … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA) Refuses To Let Moscow Mitch Obstruct President Biden

Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joe Kennedy III  (D. MA-04) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) &  Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More

rear-kicking coming: will @GSAEmily Murphy appear before Katie Porter's Congressional committee

The only stunt that saves Emily Murphy from historical ignominy is to sign something after this request and during the hearings that recognizes the Biden-Harris victory. The real question is … Read More

Mike Kelly (R-PA) files suit to stop PA from certifying postal ballots so the GOP can swap electors

Arguing against his own law, Rep. Mike Kelly throws another nuisance suit at the Federal court system. Act 77 legalizing mail-in voting was voted in by the GOP house and senate … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Julián Castro (D. TX) Mobilizes Latino Voters To End Moscow Mitch's Obstruction

Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate and HUD Secretary, Julián Castro (D. TX), in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Terry McAuliffe (D. VA) Refuses To Let Moscow Mitch Obstruct President-Elect Biden

Received this e-mail from former Governor & potential 2021 gubernatorial candidate, Terry McAuliffe (D. VA), in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate … Read More

Trump's end-game prompts a ruling class survivalism, worrying us looters about possible end-times

Trumpist anti-certifying efforts for the remaining states seem a fools’ errand but Trump and Giuliani seem to be the best fools for it. Regardless, they are chasing some version of an apocalyptic … Read More

Ivanka tries for the Low-Info, High-Disinformation voters before she flees to NYC

Ivanka and her brother retweeted an edited video of a violent right-wing perpetrator left over from yesterday’s Unite the Right 2.0 MAGA demo. An unedited version of the video shows the real … Read More