Trump claims he's never heard of a Category 5 hurricane before

Four Category 5 hurricanes have hit U.S. shores since Trump became pr*sident. He has the greatest memory ever, so I guess he wasn’t listening to his weather briefings. CNN: “We don't … Read More

It’s about the Threat, not the Fret

While the news media is fretting about Joe Biden’s retelling of a war story, the threat of Donald Trump to the health of sick children is moved to the back … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 136)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

Hooboy! The Trump-Fox feud continues with fierce pushback from Neil Cavuto

On his Thursday show, Neil Cavuto responded to Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the relative dearth of bootlicking happening at Fox News these days. Yesterday, Trump tweeted this: x Just … Read More

Bracing for Dorian and other nightmares

There are many models for Hurricane Dorian.   From all the models, it appears this storm will hit  just below Jacksonville, when it comes to Florida.   It is a big Hurricane … Read More

Hurricane Season Is Coming

photo: Hurricane Harvey, the costliest in the history of the United States Image captured by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite • Public Domain For a greener tomorrow, Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike … Read More

Trump: 'I think I know more about the environment than most people'

Hey, don’t worry about anything — particularly not the environment. Donald Trump is on it.  Trump is an environmentalist — an environmentalist, I tells ya: From his logorrheic assault on logic … Read More

How is this real? Trump reportedly wanted to kill hurricanes with nukes

I mean, I am gobsmacked. And I didn’t think that was possible this late in the game. Axios: President Trump has suggested multiple times to senior Homeland Security and national security … Read More

Weekly Recap: Debates, Activism, Progress!

In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Defy Trump! Support Opposition!Tell Congress To Investigate Trump This week, … Read More

Record high temperatures as candidates and media descend on Miami for the first Democratic debate

Miami’s hot today. Hotter than the Devil’s balls even hotter than a Lanbi Pike Nan Ji Sitwon in a sweltering Little Haiti cafe. Of course, Miami is either pleasantly warm … Read More

Weekly Recap: Stop the Wars Against Iran and Immigrants!

In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Defy Hate, Denounce War, Demand EqualityIncluding Defending Reproductive Choice! Last … Read More

NC-Gov: Two New Polls Give Gov. Roy Cooper (D) The Lead Over Lt. Gov. Dan Forest (R)

Two new polls were released recently on the upcoming Governor race in North Carolina. First, from the conservative group, Civitas & Harper Polling: The latest Civitas Poll has found that … Read More

Weekly Recap: Equality For All Means All

In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Tell Congress We Demand EqualityIncluding Full Reproductive Choice! Last week, … Read More

GA-Sen: Meet The Red State Democrat Who Isn't Afraid To Run On Impeaching Trump

I’ve really been liking the Democratic U.S. Senate candidates that have been emerging. Yes, it’s a tough Senate map and some of the big names like Stacey Abrams, Beto O’Rourke … Read More

FEMA fesses up they are 'short a few thousand employees' as Atlantic Hurricane Season begins.

“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening,” Donald J. Trump The country is currently facing unprecedented rainfall, flooding, and tornadoes in the mid-west and Southeastern states … Read More

Weekly Recap: Making Progress from California to Florida and Everywhere in Between!

photo: PDA California Convention Wrap Up: More Details Soon! In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. PDA … Read More

Weekly Recap: Recap: Frenetic Mobilizing For Progress!

Pitch In To Help PDA Make It Easy To Contact Congress In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national … Read More

Making Your Voice Heard!

Pitch In To Help PDA Make It Easy To Contact Congress In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national … Read More

Recap: Remembering Progressive History In The Making

In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Remembering Our Founder, Tim Carpenter Yesterday, we marked an important … Read More

Weekly Recap Featuring Unprecedented Medicare For All Momentum

photo: MFA Activist Ady Barken Testifies at the Rules CommitteeAs Rep. Jayapal Looks On. Tell Congress We Need MFA! In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Dr. Bill, Dan, Janis, Deb, … Read More

Kamala Harris In Oakland – “We have foreign powers infecting the White House like malware…”

For your consideration. This was a damn fine speech. (close captioned — she begins @ 1:06:30) “I’m running for president because I love my country. I’m running to be a … Read More

Thanks to Reporter Andrew Feinberg for This Blow by Blow Account of drumpf's Call to The Troops.

Big thanks to Andrew Feinberg correspondent for Breakfast Media for this account of Trump’s conversation with the troops today, some of which could be tacked onto the articles of impeachment. … Read More

Sun Rises in the East: Media Narrative that Democrats Have to Change and Be Moderates.

NPR was doing it’s damndest to get newly elected Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger to trash her fellow Democrats and the Democratic Party.  The questions by the NPR inteviewer were centered around … Read More

Pat Robertson prays that God will smite the brains of Kavanaugh's accusers

This is how I know the rapture isn’t real. If it were, God would have beamed Pat Robertson’s shrunken Gollum head into a Piper Cub 20 years ago. Because he … 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

Hillary Clinton is Taking Democrats Backward on Climate Change

When Barack Obama announced his Presidential campaign in Springfield, Illinois he spoke of climate change. Let's be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil. We can … Read More