Sussing out Jeff Flake's “end game.”
In my last article, I opined that I thought that Jeff Flake was sincere in his stand in forcing the reopening of the FBI background check into Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior … Read More
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FL-Gov: New PPP Poll Has Andrew Gillum (D) Beating Ron DeSantis (R) 48-44
Some good news today out of Florida courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: Another poll, another lead for Andrew Gillum. The newest survey from Public Policy Polling has Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Governor, … Read More
Progress Requires Commitment
By Donna Smith, Executive Director – Progressive Democrats of America Pitch In Each Month To Support Progress Progressive Democrats has been among the first national progressive organizations mobilizing on the … Read More
Reminder: Maria Actions Today & Saturday
photo: Standing water in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria by VOA • Public domain by Dan O’Neal and Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Mike H., Janis, Dr. Bill, … Read More
Trump: Florence is 'one of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water'
So much for my unpublished epic novel From the Standpoint of Water. You kind of stole my thunder, Trump. F you, man. So this quote will go down in history with “Ask not … Read More
Don Jr. pushes dumb conspiracy theory about CNN, gets spanked like a little boy
Donald Trump Jr. is about one flickering brain cell away from being a really unpopular Muppet, and the zeal with which he gloms onto random conspiracy theories (a la his … Read More
America 2018: GOP considers if rape is really a deal-breaker; Don Jr. mocks victim
I’m seething a little bit here, because I just listened to Karl Rove on Fox “News” smear the victim. Fox has been constantly reminding people that Brett Kavanuagh’s victim, Dr. Christine Blasey … Read More
The Final Nail In The Coffin?
GOP strategist Rick Wilson named his new book “Everything Trump touches, dies.” I’ve been calling Trump the “Anti-Midas” for quite a while now, everything he touches turns to shit. Just … Read More
The Stormy Past, Present, And Future.
By Debra Schrishuhn for Mike F., Mike H., Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Kimberly, Bryan, Donna, Judy, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Act Now! Support the Off Fossil Fuels Act! The … Read More
Report: Trump needs big, colorful pictures to pay attention to hurricane
Deep within a Thursday Washington Post story about Donald Trump’s hog feces lagoon of a tweet on Hurricane Maria we find this revealing gem: Trump’s aides said they have tried to … Read More
Vulnerable Florida Republicans blast Trump's idiotic Hurricane Maria conspiracy theory
To be fair, maybe Donald Trump simply thinks Puerto Ricans should count as .6 percent of a person. That would put his figure of 18 casualties right in line with George Washington … Read More
FL-Sen: Rasmussen Poll Has Sen. Bill Nelson (D) Leading Gov. Rick Scott (R) 45-44
Here’s the latest news out of Florida courtesy of Rasmussen Reports latest poll: Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and retiring Republican Governor Rick Scott are in a virtual tie in the … Read More
drumpf Calls Hurricane Maria Response in Puerto Rico “incredible unsung success.”
You really can’t make this shit up. x “I actually think it was one of the best jobs,” President Trump says of his administration's hurricane response in Puerto Rico, calling … Read More
John Kasich is a horses *ss. But a perfect example of the GOP's mindset.
Poor John Kasich, he just blew his cover. He likes to come off as this calm, steady, measured, serious kind of blowhard. He was an early and frequent critic of … Read More
Trump Is Still Screwing Up Trade.
While we are focused on government-sponsored child abuse, Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico, Mueller’s Russia Investigation, and the deaths of Senator John McCain and Aretha Franklin, looks like … Read More
Republican Spreadsheet
Does it strike anyone as just bizarre or fantastical that Republicans have compiled a spreadsheet of what they think Democrats are going to investigate about the Trump Administration if Democrats retake … Read More
Really hating Washington right now
I have documented crimes committed against Florida by our right wing regime for nearly a decade now. Every day I wake up to see what atrocities are up to bat next. Just … Read More
“Trump Fatigue.” Through the looking glass.
Anybody who loves sports will get this analogy immediately. Your favorite team leaves their game in the locker room, and is down by 27 points at the half. The coach … Read More
When it comes to the immigrant kids, the Trump snake is eating its tail.
“I could at the stroke of keystrokes … within seconds could find any child within our care for any parent.” HHS Secretary Alex Azar Forgive me for being skeptical … Read More
After Puerto Rican Influx, Rick Scott Spends Mad $$$ Whitewashing His Hispanic Bigotry
Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have flooded Florida out of desperation in the wake of the Trump administration’s shameful response. Trump, who doesn’t even know where Puerto Rico is, … Read More
The real State of our Union is in peril
This morning, the morning after President Donald John Trump gave the constitutionally-mandated State of the Union address, not since the Civil War has the state of our Union been in … Read More
The era of electrified freight shipping has begun.
This article got me thinking. It's about the launch of the world's first kilotonne-class electric freight ship (ironically, a collier): 70,5 meters long, 13,9 meters wide, dual 160kW motors, and 2,4 … Read More
Trump requiring Puerto Rico evacuees to pay transportation costs.
UPDATE: The Hill seems to have been premature in its reporting, and/or didn’t fact check. While it is true that people evacuated from foreign soil by the US State Department … Read More
Blue state politicians have to stop being schlemiels
Okay, the story. A man goes into a restaurant and orders soup. The waiter brings it over but trips over something and spills it on the man. The man jumps … Read More
“I shudder to think of evacuating in an electric car”- EVs in Disasters: Expectations Versus Reality
It’s something you periodically hear whenever the topics of “electric cars” and “natural disasters” meet: fear. There comes an image of electric cars stranded across the roads, endless impractical lines … Read More
Trump, GOP demand blue state payback
In recent years, “red state socialism” has become the hallmark of American federalism. That is, even as supposed GOP budget hawks loudly (and wrongly) decry “out of control” spending by … Read More
20 Years An Expat “I just don't get it anymore”
It has been longer than that if you include my school years [St George’s Edinburgh, it would be 26] but 20 years a full time expat split between the UK … Read More
Proof emerges that Michigan AG wields FOIA fees like a weapon against transparency & open govt
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. Bombshell news coming via Progress Michigan this morning detailing how Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is using fees for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to … Read More
It doesn't pay to be a fossil fuel Democrat on election day
This was a difficult election for Democrats and it was even worse for Democrats still pushing fossil fuels. The Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus lost his seat along … Read More
