Trump Plans to Rain on Biden's Parade – and on the Country

Among of the most predictable character traits of the Malignant Mangoface are these: He is petty, he hates being a loser, and he absolutely has to be the center of … Read More

How to cook a turkey and steal an election, by Donny Trump, age 5

There’s something undeniably hilarious about those classic late night talk show segments in which kids are asked to relate the instructions (as they see them) for cooking a turkey. Usually … Read More

Rudy's Pettysburg address went exactly as you'd expect

I took a break from watching Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story just now to check out some of Mayor NutFiddles’ “hearing” in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The world will little note nor … Read More

Thank you, America

Throughout the Democratic primaries, the dueling campaigns, and finally the day of November 3rd, I feared the United States would let me down. I have blown the horn of warning … Read More

Never mind COVID: Trump is focused on bringing back firing squads

Donald Trump has frequently referred to COVID-19 as an “invisible enemy” — which may be why he’s pretending he doesn’t see it. The coronavirus outbreak is worse than it’s ever … Read More

The lost cause has yet to be found as Trump goes to PA Wednesday in search of 2020 election fraud

There’s a meeting of Trump and GOP lawmakers in Gettysburg PA where they will discuss a fraud to which Rudy has yet to admit under oath in court. x Trump is … Read More

Poll: Only 3 percent of Trump voters accept Biden's win as legitimate

Oh, gee, you mean when a sitting pr*sident denies reality and deliberately undermines the legitimacy of our democracy, his supporters are apt to follow suit? Of all the things Trump … Read More

A “kraken of biblical proportions” ain't happening as Trump hopes his turkey pardon spreads

Trump celebrated a month and 26 days of asshat amateurism left by having a one minute briefing and taking no questions at the White House, but claiming credit for the stock … Read More

Trump: 'If [Biden is] elected the stock market will crash' (through the ceiling to Dow 30,000)

So today, Donald Trump called an impromptu press conference in order to swiftly take credit for the rising stock market. After the Dow cleared 30,000 for the first time ever, Trump … Read More

Trump reportedly concerned his lawyers are 'fools that are making him look bad'

Noooooooooooo! That is some prodigious perspicacity on the part of BLOATUS. (Sorry, alliteration aficionados. I prefer “BLOATUS” to “POTUS.” So suck a sack of silly string.) NBC News: The president … Read More

Remember that Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary can address some of the Trump sweetheart deals

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be nominated as Treasury Secretary. Remember that Trump though Mnuchin lifted some Russian sanctions during the Mueller investigation on one Russian oligarch in particular, … Read More

No shirt, No shoes, No service!

For years, I have been looking for the perfect rebut to the idea that the private sector is always better than the government, and Donald Trump may have given me … Read More

This Ted Cruz COVID prediction from July really did not age well

Usually when Ted Cruz “guarantees” something, it’s more along the lines of “I guarantee you no one can hear you scream from the basement of this abandoned warehouse in Arkansas.” Or … Read More

Winking and Nod: Tony Blinken may be the Biden Secretary of State

Nearly anyone would be better than the Dominionist nutlog, Mike Pompeo. Robert Wright (New Republic) and Connor Echols wrote an article last week grading Tony Blinken, the apparent choice by Joe … Read More

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 victory. The real question is … Read More

'The transition jokes will continue until morale improves', as Trump now invites PA to another stunt

Failing in Michigan, Trump seems to have moved on to Pennsylvania with the same stunt, meant largely to excite state-level resistance by RWNJs pressuring political institutions in the hope of … Read More

“An incompetent coup, a clown coup, a ludicrous coup, a ridiculous coup – these are all still coups”

Counting coup involves winning prestige against an enemy rather than doing serious damage. We’re now way past that point. But the latest gesture in search of a coup is today’s Trump … Read More

Even Geraldo thinks Rudy is nuts

The guy who basically invented American crassness and stupidity is calling out Rudy Giuliani for being uncommonly crass and stupid. Geraldo Rivera, who left any credibility he may have once … Read More

An unremarked upon give-away: If Trump believed he won, he wouldn't request recounts in Dem counties

Just a short note to recognize something important and telling that has been left out of current news coverage.  In Wisconsin, the Trump campaign has asked for a limited recount of only … Read More

up late, Trump finds ball bearings among the strawberries and tow targets

Up late, LOTUS is still cranking out the propaganda in his ever spiraling isolation with 62 days left. x this graph is fake! someone pointed out that the tallest blue … Read More

Blue States, Red States, oh yeah, Black States?

For all the naysayers, and denier(s) who think that Black Lives Matter is an abominable allegory, I point you to the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. I have a … Read More

The Daily Show takes on 'Million' MAGA March

Jordan Klepper’s frequent embedded reports from MAGA-land have been a breath of fresh air over the past five years, so of course The Daily Show simply had to send him to … Read More

“tickling the white American lizard-brain” Trump the 'Nessy' monster fires CyberSec Chief by tweet

CISA director Chris Krebs learned he was fired by reading Trump’s tweet. Trump and the bunker path of scorched earth could end in Trump fleeing Berlin and driving a scooter … Read More

LOL! Rudy wants $20,000 a day to lead Trump's 11th hour windmill battles

Chattering-toy-chimp-without-the-cymbals Rudolph Giuliani reportedly wants top dollar for his feckless attempts to overturn the 2020 election, which Joe Biden comfortably won. According to a report in The New York Times, … Read More

Georgia SOS staffer confirms Lindsey Graham asked about tossing votes

Oh, Lindsey. What in God’s name are you up to? First of all, Donald Trump needs to overturn the results in more than one state. Flipping Georgia isn’t going to … Read More

last week, Trump contemplated a strike on Iran’s main nuclear site at Natanz because scorched earth

The foolishness continues as sore loser Trump wanted to bomb Iran last week. On the road to the bunker a POTUS proud of trying to end “endless wars” also brags … Read More

Michelle Obama takes on Trump's electoral obstinance with the kind of grace few mortals can muster

I have to hand it to Michelle Obama. She’s a better person than I am. (Not an especially high bar, but still.) Today, in the wake of Donald Trump’s one-manbaby … Read More

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 times, but they will get … Read More

Trump endorses FB post claiming all Biden voters are 'ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian'

So it was off-the-charts divisive when Hillary Clinton called some of Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables,” but I guess this is okay: x Progress! https://t.co/K0NrpChXuI— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) … Read More

What is Going On?

Time after time, succeeding presidents have followed less than stellar Republican administrations feeling obligated to bestow forgiveness. Richard Nixon masterminded a crime, known to every police drama watcher as B&E, … Read More

Trump: This was the most secure rigged election ever!

Yeah, don’t expect it to make sense. Trump is a quart of strawberries shy of a full Queeg right about now. x In this tweet, the president argues that the … Read More

Kayleigh McEnany refers questions on obstruction of Biden back to the White House, where she works

When you wear so many different hoods in the White House it has to be tough remembering when you’re a full-fledged propagandist speaking on behalf of the pr*sident or just an oleaginous shill working … Read More

Biden is “He Who Must Not Be Named”

White House officials are acting like President-elect (!!!!) Joe Biden is Harry Potter’s Voldermort: He who must not be named. Trump’s National Security Adviser Tells Staff: Don’t Even Mention Biden’s … Read More

What Trump Wants Is A “Participation Trophy” For The Election

Spend any time talking to a Republican and eventually you will hear emotional complaints about the Participation Trophy — trophies given to every kid who participates in Little League or similar … Read More

Ivanka thinks it matters that her dad won Alaska. How adorable

Oh, look, Donald Trump won Alaska! Three electoral votes and 663,000 square miles of yummy red land! If only land voted. Sigh. x BREAKING: President Trump and Senate Republicans win Alaska, … Read More

Say adieu to the ocher abomination in style with 'Goodbye, A**hat'

So I wrote this book. Somewhere between banging out blog posts, refreshing FiveThirtyEight like a lab monkey jonesing for cocaine pellets, and trying on endless pairs of Trump-stompin’ boots at … Read More

GOP lawmaker urges his state to 'succeed' from the Union in wake of Biden victory

Some Mississippians want to secede from the Union? Okay, just kidding. We need all our states — even the ones that prevent us from passing universal health care and adopting … Read More

GOP donors paid $130,000 in GoFundMe to postal worker claiming voter fraud

With a Biden lead of nearly 15,000 ballots, 180 have been challenged in Arizona and a claim of postal interference in Pennsylvania debunked as an employee recants. x Postal worker featured … Read More

Eric Trump wants Minnesotans to get out and vote. Today. A week after the election.

What do you do when you’re the head of a crime family and all your kids are Fredos? You fail. A lot. Case in point: Eric Trump Of course, we … Read More

Read this and consider. President Elect and VP Elect Harris know this. Don't panic.

Do you really believe the little turtle and pig Barr and loonie Graham and others will go so far as to try and disenfranchise the first Black /Asian woman VP … Read More

Trumpian cruelty continues as COVID spreads

Surely it couldn’t be cynical demagoguery about denying the existence of of a pandemic or is it more about trying to visit ever more cruelty upon defenseless fellow citizens. Trump’s … Read More

Watch Fox News cut away from Kayleigh McEnany's election conspiracy presser

Our nation’s very last Mouth of Sauron has spoken! And been cut off mid-sentence by Fox News! Finally. Lame Duck Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany saved the best bullshit for last, and … Read More

Sleeping with the Enemy

Look, I get it—that half the Republican electorate is either unbalanced, selfish or so ill-informed that Trump looked like a reasonable pick; but why do some Democrats insist on sleeping … Read More

Michele Bachmann takes over as lead conductor of the 'Trump can still win' crazy train

Michele Bachmann bellowing about delusion is close to all the irony you’ll be able to digest today. I don’t know what’s inside the former congresswoman’s head, but if it’s not … Read More

no lap dances in the whining Trump farewell rally tour because 60% goes to retire election debt

If 70 million voted for Trump, the GOP expects that number or more will rise up to nullify the 2020 election and overthrow the government. Just remember that Kimberly Guilfoyle Humiliated … Read More

“…democracies suffer from post-electoral violence due to the delay in the publishing of results”

Discovery and disinformation are ahead as RWNJs are looking for reasons to overturn the election, but are perhaps more about grifting. The reality remains that Trump tried to manipulate processing … Read More

I have Republican friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. Here is what they told me after Biden won.

As the headline says, I have Republican friends, co-workers, neighbors and so on.  I got added to one of their message lists, and they had quite the reaction when I … Read More

Despite McConnell and a hostile Supreme Court, Joe Biden will be known as the climate president.

The crises facing the country are severe — from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change to racial injustice — and the transition team will continue preparing at full … Read More

Twitter will no longer carve out exceptions for Trump after he's gone; will he be deplatformed?

Donald Trump has violated Twitter’s terms of service God knows how many times. He glorifies violence, makes unhinged threats, spreads disinformation (including bizarre and dangerous conspiracy theories), and generally acts like a … Read More

Celebrations break out in cities across the world!

Typically, nations around the world watch but don’t celebrate the selection of our leaders. This year is a big difference. People all around the world joyously broke out in celebration … Read More