Opinion: That Swirling Sound is the Republican Party
Voting for the current crop of Republicans is like brushing your teeth with the water running. It is a waste of resources, has no purpose,...
Opinion: Betrayal, Stupidity, and Enlightenment
I have rolled a question around in my head for months; why are Republicans so mean? I have concluded that it is not meanness, it...
The More the World Changes the More the GOP Stays the Same
The predictability of the Republican party is as thinly veiled as the Trump presidency, made of tissue paper, and lies. The tissue, because the former...
Bamboo, Watermelons, and Rainbows
Have you ever asked yourself, why are so many GOP political theories race and gender-based? The latest is that voter ballots in Arizona were smuggled...
While Ted Cruz Gets His Ass Handed To Him By Trevor Noah, Beto O'Rourke Is Busy Registering Voters
Just wanted to share this: Texas Senator Ted Cruz was not a fan of a Tuesday Daily Show segment and he let host Trevor Noah know it. The bit was about...
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...
NYT Says Up to 3% of All Credit Card Fraud Claims in 2020 Were Against Trump Campaign
It really isn’t much of a surprise that the 2020 Trump Campaign organization used about every trick to defraud his supporters, especially the poorer and...
Ex-former guy spokesman allegedly lied about employment status to reduce child support payments
Assuming Jason Miller is a real person and not a failed Soviet-era experiment to cross the human genome with the formula for Axe Body Spray,...
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gov Abbott crony promises Wall Street that Texas freeze profits safe. Texans screwed
Even as dozens of Texans died, sustained thousands of damages to their homes, starved, & lost their savings, Abbott cronies assuring Wall Street their stolen profits...
M T Greene is Seriously in Trouble – with Republicans
Marjorie Taylor Greene (I refuse to dignify her with an affectionate abbreviation) has not exactly followed Speaker Sam Rayburn's classic advice: “to get along, go...
Ask the Question
The past two days of Senate committee hearings about the Capitol riot have revealed that the GOP is openly excusing racists. From the unctuous Sen. Ted...
Every Democrat must use these selective words about the insurrection enablers this Congressman used
Congressman Eric Swalwell was very disciplined in this interview as he intertwined keywords that kept the insurrection and its enablers in the forefront. Insurrection and its...
Lindsey Graham scolds Democrats over sexual harassment allegations: 'Follow the Republican model'
Is Lindsey Graham for real? No, that’s a serious question. Because he looks like a Rankin-Bass Claymation character to me. Lindsey, the misfit Christmas elf...
MD-Sen: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) Boosts Public Support For Pres. Biden's HHS Secretary Nominee
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D. MD) re-election campaign: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D. MD) Today the Senate begins confirmation hearings...
is Joe Manchin canceling Neera Tanden a personal gripe or a test of Biden's bipartisanship
Returning to normal shouldn’t mean returning to gridlock. https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1362893080152662016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The West Virginia senator announced on Friday that he intends to vote against Neera Tanden, President...
CO-Sen: Bennet (D) & Kaine (D. VA) Reintroduce Public Health Insurance Option Medicare-X
Here’s some big news on health care: Sen. Michael Bennet is leading the drive for a public health insurance option in the U.S. The Colorado...
GOP Bill To Gerrymander Pennsylvania Courts Has Been Shelved… For Now
The New York Times shed some light on this on Monday: G.O.P. legislators, dozens of whom supported overturning the state’s election results to aid former...
Pennsylvania Democrats Are Gearing Up To Stop The PA GOP From Gerrymandering The PA Supreme Court
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidate, Superior Court Justice Maria McLaughlin (D. PA) Pennsylvania's Vote By Mail request...
GA-Gov: Brian Kemp (R) & GA GOP Are Already Running Scared Of A Stacey Abrams (D) Rematch
Yep, he’s running scared: Republican strategists aligned with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Monday launched an outside group aimed at hitting Democrat Stacey Abrams over her possible 2022...
DC National Guard Commander Says Pentagon Took His Authority Away Before Jan 6
More evidence is emerging that the Trump administration planned the insurrection. The DC National Guard is unique in that it is directly under the authority...
Kevin McCarthy: Trump bears some responsibility for Capitol riot, but so do you, you snowflake lib
Mr. Naiveté is here to tell you he thought maybe, just maybe, the very people who suffered the brunt of Donald Trump’s bumblefuck putsch might stand firm...
McConnell Throws Trump Under the Bus, Skips Trump Farewell for Mass with Biden [Update: No Pence]
The Malignant Mangoturd is trying to upstage President-elect Joe Biden one last time before he becomes President Biden (yea!) by staging a big farewell at...
We have a President or Republican Party with potential death squads?!? (Tap, tap: Is this mike on?)
In all the talk about the Republican Insurrection and Trump’s impeachment, one very large story has not gotten nearly the degree of high attention that...
PA Democrats Keep Up The Fight For Democracy Against Fascist, Seditious Pennsylvania GOPers
Received this e-mail yesterday from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: There is a straight line from Pennsylvania Republicans' behavior in the halls of Harrisburg to the...
The Daily Bucket–Major Crimes, Mammal Division
Name’s Red. Red Woodman, Major Mammal Crimes Detective. This is supposed to be my last day on the job is I can make it through....
Trump Plots 2022 Primaries for “Disloyal” Republicans
Politico says Trump has told his political aides to monitor statements by Republicans that oppose his efforts to hold onto the Presidency with an eye...
cynical sucking up: Trump claims he's on the side of Democrats so Americans get $2,000 relief checks
Even as he puts his White House cronies on the board of the Kennedy Center, Trump criticizes its funding in the latest COVID relief bill. ...
previewing Trump's Saturday Nuremberg Rally
A loser’s victory rally, what a message. In his Valdosta, Georgia speech on Saturday Trump will essentially repeat his 46 minute Facebook rant from Wednesday with a...
The Bridges of Edison County emerge in the Trumpist parallel universe, aka The Phantom Zone
"It has all gone too far," Trump continues to raise money off a highly confused grift, and still remains unindicted. xEdison County must be where...
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...
The orange grifter won by a Lot, but did his wife turn into assault
Ann Coulter tells Texas crowd "a second term of Trump would have killed us": "I'm glad he lost" "It's like he didn't know he was president..” He didn’t. These remain dangerous...
Equity firm forgave 130,000,000 Trump loan in exchange for LNG rail cars up the SE Coast of Florida.
“It would only take 22 tank cars to hold the equivalent energy of the Hiroshima bomb,” Jordan Luebkemann, a lawyer for Earth Justice. Florida Bulldog is...
TX-Sen: “John Cornyn’s (R) fate may depend on whether voters give him a pass for standing by Trump”
Erica Grieder at The Houston Chronicle has good piece out about U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s (R. TX) re-election bid against MJ Hegar (D. TX) is...
TX-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Confirms A Toss Up Race Between MJ Hegar (D) & John Cornyn (R)
Some very encouraging news today out of Texas: x🚨New Poll - TEXAS🚨Biden 49 / Trump 48Hegar 46 / Cornyn 48https://t.co/OCRMOhwGdJ— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) October...
GA-Sen A & B: GOP Poll Has Ossoff (D) & Perdue (R) Tied, Warnock (D) & Biden Leading
Here’s the latest news out of Georgia: xGEORGIABiden 49% (+4)Trump 45%.#GAsen:Ossoff (D) 44%Perdue (R-inc) 44%Opinion Insight/@AAF (R), LV, 10/12-15https://t.co/aYPXpogmS8— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 23, 2020...
SC-Sen: New Poll Shows Jaime Harrison (D) Pulling Ahead Of Lindsey Graham (R) 47-46
Some good news today out for South Carolina courtesy of Data For Progress: x#SCsen:Harrison (D) 47% (+1)Graham (R-inc) 46%@DataProgress/@IndivisibleTeam (D) LV, 10/8-11https://t.co/TEi0L5YL4G— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls)...
AZ, CO, GA, MI, NC, SC, TX-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Dems Winning 4 Seats, 3 Remain Competitive
Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: x#NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+6)Tillis (R-inc) 41%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 49% (+8)McSally (R-inc) 41%.#MIsen:Peters (D-inc) 49% (+9)James...
stop water from reaching the ocean, vote Trump, because it's for the little tiny fishes
Will Trumpian domestic terror’s “strategy of tension” for the next decade ultimately be predicated upon the little tiny fishes, or the strawberries, or the tow...
Packing the Court?
The Republican Party is in a tizzy over the prospect of Joe Biden being in favor of expanding the Supreme Court while they have packed...
MI-Sen: John James (R) Received Donations From Militia Members Who Plotted To Kidnap Governor
Donna Provencher at The American Independent has a great piece about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), has been cozening up right-wing extremists...
Amy Klobuchar: This isn’t Trump’s country or Judge. It is yours. But we have a secret weapon.
Senator Amy Klobuchar had an impressive closing to her opening statement that should empower Americans and scare every Republican. Amy Klobuchar speaks truth to Trump & Judge...
IA-Sen: CBS News/YouGov Poll Has Theresa Greenfield (D) Beating Joni Ernst (R) 47-43
Here’s the latest news out of Iowa today courtesy of CBS News/YouGov’s latest poll: xIOWABiden 49%Trump 49%.#IAsen:Greenfield (D) 47% (+4)Ernst (R-inc) 43%@YouGovAmerica/@CBSNewsPoll, LV, 10/6-9https://t.co/kcXxQoy7Y2— Political...
SC-Sen: Photograph Of Lindsey Graham (R) With Proud Boys Leader, Joe Biggs, Resurfaces
From theGrio: Just days after President Donald Trump appeared to support the white nationalist group, Proud Boys, during Tuesday night’s presidential debate — only to later disavow them after...
10 to 0… Basic medical care . Not exactly equal justice or humanity.
Saturday as I watched 10 white coats appear in front of a mic looking professional I began thinking about equal justice as I thought this. How can...
AZ-Sen: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D), “Martha McSally (R) will say anything to get elected”
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ) is featured in Mark Kelly’s (D. AZ) newest campaign ad to remind Arizona voters how awful Martha McSally (R....
Support for Obamacare Grows to 62% of Voters
morningconsult.com/… A Morning Consult Poll of voter’s opinions of the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, shows that support for the health insurance program is continuing...
Death, Distraction, and Resistance
Over the weekend, Americans were bombarded by press accounts with what we already know, Donald Trump is a liar, a tax cheat, and a possible...
TX-Sen: “In Texas, Cornyn v. Hegar is epicenter of battle over coverage for preexisting conditions”
The Houston Chronicle highlights how the Supreme Court vacancy is reigniting the health care debate in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. Senator John...
72% of Justices appointed before Trump supported Roe. Does Barrett accept any limits on her power?
I’d like to crowd source reaction to the following proposed list of questions — because we don't have much time to prepare for confirmation hearings. The...
AZ-Sen: Looks Like Kyrsten Sinema's (D) Playbook Is Paying Off For Mark Kelly (D)
Vox has a great piece out about how U.S. Senate candidate, Mark Kelly (D. AZ), is following the same game plan and path now current...
