Why is the Bar Set so Low for Republicans?
With the news media lapping at the toes of the former Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, save for a few like MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, no...
Progressives continue to hold the line – Republican Politicians are both pretzels and liars
Progressives so far are not taking the bait. They must be sure that Build Back Better supports all. Lying Republican politicians continue to be pretzels...
Dem strategist: Let's remind voters of GOP's 'universal opposition' to making their lives better
The interminable negotiations over Joe Biden’s Build Back Better human infrastructure plan make me feel a little like I did at this time last year,...
Energy cannibalism is happening so fast that the collapse of the oil industry will derail renewables
There’s no time to lose. The new research led by the French team confirms that whether we like it or not, human civilisation is in...
Mountainous West Virginia leads the nation in crippling flash floods risk from climate change.
"No, no. There's 52 senators who don't agree, okay, and there's two that want to work something out if possible in a most rational reasonable...
If congress fails on climate action, it would be like Trump pulling us out of the Paris accord again
Democratic voters are depressed, demoralized, and tuning out — and there's no use in denying it. Amanda Marcotte In a couple of weeks, the world will...
Ted Cruz makes light of his winter Cancun trip. Twitter reminds him that he's the joke
You could say Ted Cruz is about as funny as a debilitating brain parasite, but that would be imprecise. He’s as funny as a brain...
Democracy For America CEO on the progressive movement. Bernie v Manchin. Gov. Christie grilled.
Democracy For America CEO Yvette Simpson discusses the progressive movement. Bernie laid waste to Manchin. This Week panel slammed Gov. Christie’s rehabilitation attempt. DFA CEO...
Bernie Sanders to Joe Manchin on infrastructure: Two bills go together. We're passing them both.
Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders visited the Sunday morning programs. Bernie made it clear humaneness demands both bills. The difference between Bernie Sanders...
Biden mandates & polls, w/ Chuck Todd & Michael Moore. Schaeffer slams Evangelicals. Porter
Chuck Todd delivers on this one. And so does Michael Moore. Chuck Todd & Michael more on Biden mandates & Polls. Schaeffer slams Evangelicals. Porter...
End the corporate healthcare scam, Eddie Glaude tells a Democratic truth, Katie Porter v. Manchin
Corporate Healthcare is a clear and present danger. Dr. Eddie Glaude points out a Democratic truth. Katie Porter puts Manchin in his place. Eddie Glaude...
Rep. Katie Porter took no prisoners: Schools 'fiscally irresponsible' Joe Manchin on $3.5T bill
California Congresswoman Katie Porter made a case for the $3.5 Trillion human infrastructure bill as she schooled Joe Manchin on fiscal responsibility. Rep. Katie Porter...
Texas Priorities! Gov. Abbott wants to build a wall but cannot keep the electricity on in Texas.
This is not a joke. This is what Texans must live through. A governor and his party that has Texas in a state of disarray....
How to pay for Biden's infrastructure plan 101: Collect taxes due.
This is not new taxation, this is merely collecting what is due. By Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Robert E....
President Biden ends talks with Republicans on infrastructure as he did not fall for their con
Schumer Says White House Talks with GOP on Infrastructure Hit 'a Brick Wall'. Politico reported: Bipartisan infrastructure talks between President Joe Biden and GOP Sen....
Trumpy Man who's concerned that vaccine was too rushed gives Trump all the credit for rushing it
Some day, when Donald Trump is made king of the MAGA States of America—a commonwealth of the kingdom of the mole people, where he will reign...
Previous guy's an alien, “…because when you're a star they let you do it”
Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP) within 18 days in his last coronavirus relief bill...
Will appeasing Republicans lose us 2022 – A conversation with a PDR Posse member.
Is working towards compromising with Republicans on the American Jobs Plan a fool’s errand? We discuss this issue with PDR Posse member Norman Rennalls in-studio....
Jen Psaki 'swings' at reporter parroting GOP talking point Biden is in control of American Jobs Plan
Jen Psaki did not let a reporter use the Right-Wing Republican talking point to fester. She made it clear President Biden is in charge of...
The Republican game of Three Card Monty
When former President Obama introduced the Affordable Care Act, he made the recurring mistake Democrats often commit; negotiating with Republicans in good faith. Mr. Obama...
Jen Psaki uses gas price rise & the poor gotcha question to ding GOP to highlight Biden policies
The reporter attempted to trip Jen Psaki with the offhanded implication that Biden is responsible for high gas prices and unconcern for the poor. Jen...
Fox News Doocy gave Jen Psaki a twofer: She taught him geography & ridiculed his Fox News chyron
Peter Doocy keeps trying to stump Jen Psaki, and he continues to come up short on the gotchas as she continues to clean his clock....
My Race is an Issue
Most things in America are solved by either common sense, solemnity, or time. The one exception is race. Historically both the Democratic and Republican party...
VA-Gov: Trump's Candidate For Governor Kind Of, Sort Of Admits That Biden Legitimately Won
From The Washington Post: Before securing the GOP nomination for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin sidestepped questions about whether President Biden had legitimately won the White...
Biden: Retaliation against the pipeline hackers not ruled out.
RWNJs spent more time today demonizing COVID data whistleblower Rebekah Jones rather than focusing on the various data violations and network attacks happening regionally, causing panics over...
Infrastructure Bill Is A Golden Chance To Kill The Idea That Only Dems Need to “Pay For” Their Bills
Among the countless examples of inane “Washington group-think” is the notion that only Democrats have to “pay for” their legislative priorities (i.e., enact corresponding tax...
a new Fed chair… maybe but probably not.
The usual handicapping for a new Fed Chair is happening, but likely it’s too early. Lael Brainard and William Spriggs would be front-runners. Jay Powell's term...
The Renewable Boom is here! A challenge to the GQP.
The Boom is underway The global energy watchdog revealed that the delivery of renewable energy projects, including windfarms and solar power projects, grew by 45%...
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...
Minerva @ Midnight: 45 whines 'free speech' because “Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth”
Delusional previous guy thinks he’s still POTUS. And in Arizona the cyber-ninjas are looking for traces of bamboo in the ballots. Also, Trump got caught trying...
This McConnell statement a green light to write the jobs/infrastructure/family bills Americans want
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has all but given the green light to Democrats to give Americans the policies they want. McConnell laid down the...
SHOCKED! ThisWeek’s Martha Raddatz stopped lie-in-progress from prolific Republican lying Senator
Generally, Martha Raddatz and other hosts allow Republicans to appear on their shows and lie without challenge. Sen. Barrasso failed this time. Raddatz stop the...
previous guy lies low because he really wants back on Facebook, not because of snitches
Previous guy always expects the loyalty of mob silence Omertà, even when he throws everyone under the bus, it’s part of his personality disorder. The real...
AOC on the first 100 days: 'Biden has definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had'
I’m probably a lot closer on the political spectrum to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than I am to Joe Biden—and not just because I prefer a Starbucks triple venti nonfat soy caramel...
Compassion is back in the White House … and the VP's residence. This short clip shows it
I’ll make this quick because the video speaks for itself. For four years we sat by, mouths immutably agape, as Donald Trump tossed paper towels...
Healing from the trauma of the climate emergency.
"Dadirri listens and knows, witnesses, feels, empathizes in the pain under the anger, and, if the anger is accompanied by action, seeks to understand the...
OH-Sen: In Honor Of Earth Day, Tim Ryan (D) Builds Momentum For Pres. Biden's American Jobs Plan
Received this e-mail today from potential U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Tim Ryan (D. OH-13): Climate change is an existential crisis, and the window is closing...
GOP Rep. grilled on infrastructure, Lies about BLM exposed, Whistleblower Bruce Boise speaks, more
Lies about BLM are refuted. Whistleblower Bruce Boise blew the opioid whistle on Big Pharma. This Republican congressman wants continued corporate welfare. Bruce Boise, Big...
Stephanie Ruhle grills GOP Rep. objecting to taxing corporations for infrastructure. BIG FAIL!
I refute Rep. Kevin Brady's defense of GOP's objections to taxing corporations with a myriad of lies and misinformation in his Stephanie Ruhle interview. Stephanie...
BINGO! Panelist changed question. He scolded America’s willful denial of its white supremacist start
I thought it was brilliant how panelist @LZGranderson used his last 38-seconds to tell a white supremacist truth we continue to dance around. Panelist gets...
it's “infrastructure reich” this week for the America First Caucus
The land of nonsense has now been proposed, because the new America First Caucus decided they’ll advance the demand of the previous guy that all...
an America First Caucus declares “infrastructure millennium”
The new America First Caucus advances the demand of the previous guy that all future public buildings should look like the neoclassical architecture often called Federalist. Not...
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...
Biden announces sanctions imposed on Russia because of hacks and 2020 election interference
The Biden administration has disclosed for the first time that a Russian agent who received internal polling data from the Trump campaign in 2016 passed...
Minerva @ Midnight: Economy Deficit Disorder
More attention should be paid to an economy that might be in trouble this summer especially as there will be something, something military that will...
Trump-Jugend try for parody, but demonstrate their racist ignorance.
The sponsors of campus speakers like Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos, Young America’s Foundation took on Pete Buttigieg, thinking that they were delivering trenchant criticism. Instead, they’ve...
Jen Psaki civilly lays waste to reporter as she schools him on Americans' infrastructure wants
Once again, Jen Psaki had to challenge a reporter's false premise and then school him on the question he asked. Jen Psaki strikes again https://youtube.com/watch?v=_mMHh1boQ1o...
MMT Stephanie Kelton on infrastructure, & Jen Psaki, Katie Porter, Jake Tapper highlights
MMT proponent Stephanie Kelton has a message for Biden. Katie Porter wants Biden to move quickly on women’s policies. Jen Psaki & Jake Tapper highlights....
Stephanie Kelton: Biden can go bigger, but they must understand MMT & inflation.
I read "Biden Can Go Bigger and Not 'Pay for It' the Old Way" by Economics Professor and MMT advocate Stephanie Kelton. It is an important read...
Katie Porter warns Biden, Jen Psaki neuters reporter, Jake Tapper fails with Mississippi Governor
Katie Porter wants Biden to move quickly on women’s policies. Jen Psaki swatted away a silly reporter’s question. Jake Tapper failed at checking the Mississippi...
