I am Masked and Fully Vaccinated

I took my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine two days after my birthday. I had my second shot 21 days later, and I am well past the two-week waiting … Read More

Oklahoma just returned its hydroxychloroquine stockpile … like we returned our toddler president

Remember hydroxychloroquine? It’s the anti-malarial, anti-lupus drug that people started taking last year because a sweaty, out-of-shape ball of malignant insecurities and congealed ghee saw a tweet about it, envisioned a miracle cure … Read More

Despite Trump's constant fearmongering over shutdowns, suicides actually declined in 2020

During last year’s second presidential debate, Donald Trump made certain to note how horribly things were going on his watch: “We have to open our country,” the big, dumb adobe mud … Read More

Vaccines for 55% of Americans May Be Ready by Early April

It may seem optimistic, but if the three vaccine manufacturers currently sending out doses can live up to their announced production levels, there will be enough Covid doses to cover … Read More

Pandemicide: Trump's greatest crime(s) against humanity

Laurie Garrett makes the case for the greatest crime perpetrated by Trump for which he may never be prosecuted. In March 2020, Trump said he wanted the nation “opened up … Read More

Pandemicide: Trump's greatest crime against humanity. 40% of US COVID deaths avoidable

Laurie Garrett makes the case for the greatest crime perpetrated by Trump for which he may never be prosecuted. In March 2020, Trump said he wanted the nation “opened up and … Read More

State of Oklahoma Tries to Recover $2 Million Wasted on Hydroxychloroquine

http://www.msn.com/… The Mike Hunter, Attorney General. of Oklahoma is trying to get back $2 million the state paid to acquire a supply of hydroxychloroquine, one of the favorite snake oil remedies for Covid … Read More

Trump has been impotently hate-watching Fauci, frustrated that he can't respond on Twitter

Since the Great and Powerful Ooze hopped in his hot air balloon and flew back to Mar-a-Lago without Dorothy and Toto, I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him. It’s … Read More

Dr. Fauci: Trump being gone is 'a liberating feeling' (and his face shows it)

I often worried about Dr. Anthony Fauci back in the fore-fore times. If people weren’t accusing him of advocating monstrous and/or feckless policy proposals, the so-called president of the United … Read More

Marco Rubio, who cut in line to get the vaccine, claims Fauci lied about vaccinations

If Marco Rubio really wants to upbraid people who have lied and been disingenuous about COVID-19, he doesn’t have to look far. For instance, there’s Donald Trump, who told Bob Woodward … Read More

Trusting the Science…

In the first week of April this year, the first quantifiable effects of the Covid-19 virus on people of color were released in the press. April 17, 2020, Donald Trump … Read More

'Hannity' graphic labels Michigan's UP as Canada. (Sorry, Yoopers, Trump is still your pr*sident)

I’m originally from Wisconsin, and I always wondered why the UP wasn’t part of our state. I mean, look at it. It’s connected and everything. And I’ve been there. To … Read More

Illogical Compromise

I keep hearing from the chattering class that Donald Trump garnered over 72 million votes in his loss to Joe Biden, so Democrats need to listen to them. There was … Read More

It's official. There will be no pre-election vaccine

If Donald Trump had his way, the government would be shipping cases of Mountain Dew Baja Blast — with “Acme COVID Vaccine” written on them — to clinics across the … Read More

Now, more COVID cases in White House than in all of New Zealand: Red Wedding/Red Death

“Literally Thursday night President Trump told people at a dinner: ‘The end of pandemic is in sight ‘“ It’s not a plot, he’s just that stupid, and he’s also that … Read More

KS-Sen: Roger Marshall (R) Has Sad About Facebook Taking Down His COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Post

Cry me a river: U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall is accusing Facebook of censorship after the social media giant removed a post from his account that promoted a conspiracy theory about … Read More

70 minutes of Trump RNC speech, more of the same lies, and a couple of new ones

The White House version of the Sturgis Smash Mouth concert is ready for its hydroxychloroquine treatments as one big Hatch Act violation. And for the umpteenth time he lies about Veterans … Read More

“57 percent of Republicans think 176,000 coronavirus deaths (and counting) is acceptable”

Trump as usual tried another bait and switch claiming another therapeutic emergency authorization was a “cure” for COVID. The announcement was designed to get amplified during the RNC. They’re counting that … Read More

Trumpian history at the Council for National Policy: “Two things don't change: walls and wheels.”

“I’m the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.” Trump at the Council for National Policy Recalling that Mark Burnett wanted once to have … Read More

what, another Trump Presser? LiveBlog

“To Joe, I would say stop playing politics with the virus. Too serious. Partisan politics has no place here,” the president says while delivering an attack on his election opponent … Read More

Trump Presser – more of the same – another sideshow with few questions

Presser started at 536pm ET. It ended at 613pm. Trump needed another faux-campaign speech opportunity today — he should be trying to clarify his criticism of Birx — perhaps there’ll be some … Read More

COVID-19 task force all but call Trump a liar about Hydroxychloroquine?

How do you know the COVID-19 pandemic is out of control? All of the major task force is pretty much ignoring the president’s lies and telling it like it is. … Read More

Trump threatens to “clean out” Portland as Oregon governor announces federal force withdrawal

​Aside from being charged hourly for the fence around the Portland federal building because it blocks the street ($192,000 at last count), federal forces will be withdrawn beginning Thursday. Trump apparently … Read More

Trump's COVID-19 denialism: “Now with more Alien DNA!”

Full circle has been achieved, the re-manufacturing of misinformation using hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 treatment, framing it as a “cure”, again. Trump fortunately has yet to return to suggesting household disinfectant injection, … Read More

KS-Sen: Washington Monthly, “The Most Bizarre Senate Race Is Happening in Kansas”

The Kansas U.S. Senate GOP primary is coming up and for those of you have been out of the loop, The Washington Monthly will explain why this is the craziest … Read More

I Want the Old Normal

Today when we hear the words ‘new normal’ it generally relates to living life with Covid-19. The Coronavirus has altered lives not only in the crowded cities and cozy suburbs … Read More

so much Trumpian misinformation and disinformation, also HUD DragRace

So much disinformation, so little disambiguation time. Enough gaslight to save the fossil-fuel industry. x Fox News peddled misinformation about the coronavirus 253 times in five days: study https://t.co/UZU4MbpdHt— Salon … Read More

What are we Debating?

Two names, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci and President Donald John Trump. Dr. Fauci has served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. That … Read More

KIDS and COVID-19

The President is pushing hard for the reopening of schools come August and September of 2020. The paranoia of the President makes him believe that anyone opposing sending their kids, … Read More

Lawn Order: in New Jersey it's wet, in DC it's golf

x Photos of Trump today – from @tru62. pic.twitter.com/dVVHvwUG9q — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 27, 2020 x In white polo shirt and red cap, Pres Trump returns to WH from … Read More

It's looking like a Tulsa bust with small indoor crowd, outdoor Trump event canceled

Updates as we move forward with a live blog below. The crowd looks to be about half the size expected. The outdoor event was canceled because of minimal attendance.  A … Read More

Trump asks the pressing health care question on everyone's mind

You know the old adage: A shot of insulin, Clorox bleach, hydroxychloroquine, and a sunlamp up the asshole keep the doctor away.  Today, in the middle of some scripted lies about Obamacare and … Read More

Family fraud, false advertising, and unfair competition: a 2018 IMPOTUS* Ponzi-scheme case proceeds

Like opposition-information for political campaigns, real products of value often have ambiguous, intangible content. See Trump University. While there’s no RICO violation, the recruitment of suckers remains the actionable issue … Read More

About that doctor who wrote that millions will die if we DON'T reopen featured on Fox…

A leaked recording of a May 11 conference call held with right-wing operatives and a staffer from the Trump re-election campaign discussed recruiting “extremely pro-Trump” doctors to go on GOP television and prescribe … Read More

The Pathway Home Goes Through the Democratic Party

I was running down my usual checklist of reminders as to why I cannot vote for a Republican and the list grows daily. Bill Barr destroying the Department of Justice … Read More

Still no national testing strategy as mask-free Trump tries to wipe away all federal regulations

The chaos continues as we’re only just beginning the scorched earth campaign on the way to the bunker. 167 days to go.  It's May 19th, and President Trump still doesn’t … Read More

States rated “toss-up” or “lean Republican” include AL, GA, AZ, ME, CO, NC, MT, IA, and KS

Polls, damn polls, and probabilities. Jennifer Rubin does some wishful thinking 5+ months until Election Day. Never-Trump starts with anti-Trump.The subtext of details is whether senate flippable states also correspond to … Read More

“What do you have to lose” – all the Trump that's unserved to fit

What a day, Trump did manage to work in another campaign speech at another meaningless WH meeting. x #Presidementia – 1/2 The rambling bullshit & calf splatter from today's WH … Read More

Siberia's record-breaking heat spreads across the Arctic kick-starting an early melt season.

There is no vaccine or hydroxychloroquine dosage that can stop an exceptional heating event happening in the Arctic. In Siberia, an intensifying heatwave threatens a disastrous melt season across the Arctic, once … Read More

Could we get a list of all the drugs IMPOTUS* currently takes? Biden still nationally leads Trump

After he leaves office, Trump will try to stonewall a prosecution of him but eventually he will lie to prosecutors —  he won’t be able to help himself. Adam Schiff … Read More

Hydroxy-Trump: “You’re just telling me about walking a dog and what did you say doing dishes?”

Makes one wonder about side-effects from taking hydroxychloroquine, now that Trump is admitting that he’s been taking it, pulling the prophylactic over his head. I can’t believe how much worse he keeps … Read More

Karl Rove's “political drive-by shooting” brings his Ohio math to a propaganda fight

A reminder that Rove is advising IMPOTUS*’ or his campaign of death. More “flooding the zone” so we ignore the cray-cray at the White House. x So Mitch McConnell said Pres. … Read More

Paul Waldman states the obvious: Trump isn't doing anything to address the economic crisis either

Paul Waldman at The Washington Post notes the obvious thing to say, yet no one says it. Trump has no economic recovery plan either: [Trump] kept searching for a “miracle,” either … Read More

Why President Trump will not Wear a Mask

Reportedly, Donald Trump declines the wearing of a protective mask because either it will make him look silly, or he believes it will give the wrong message to the American … Read More

Lincoln Project member: Trump's unhinged reaction to latest ad 'proved our point'

The Lincoln Project, a partnership of high-profile conservatives who’ve become disaffected with the Republican Party over its uncouth embrace of a suite of IBS symptoms masquerading as a human being, … Read More

stan / standing behind the IMPOTUS*

They also serve who only stand in shadows cast by gaslight. https://twitter.com/pppatrickford/status/1254437713467580416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Donald Trump loves attention, and people can’t help but give it to him. It’s been this way for … Read More

Confirmation: This Man is not Normal

Before you take a teaspoon of bleach or ask your doctor for a 5cc shot of Lysol, take a moment. I understand for his supporters that waiting on your signed … Read More

TX-Sen: GOP Dumb Ass Who Pushed “Miracle” Drug Rejects Study Showing It May Lead To Death

Kudos to Emily Singer at The American Independent for calling out this moron: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday questioned a study by U.S. researchers that found a malaria drug … Read More

For a few crucial weeks, the US COVID-19 response lay with a small-time Labradoodle breeder

273 days left in the cluster of incompetence that is the Trump regime. Was Trump and Fox News hyping hydroxychloroquine really a pump and dump scheme? HHS Secretary Alex Azar tapped Brian Harrison, a trusted … Read More

Trump: “Safety might happen at a level like safety has never happened before”

Trump both condemned and supported contradictory positions today during his presser. Nothing new, but unlike his campaign rallies, he gets refuted in real time. What national biowarfare suicide looks like.  Trump … Read More