It could have been MUCH worse
as you can read in this powerful and troubling Washington Post story. Consider: The McConnell adviser, who described his role on the condition of anonymity because of security concerns after … Read More
Category: Justice
A candid conversation with a white friend who discusses her racial prejudice
A white woman friend texted me. She wanted a candid discussion on race, given her church's foray into social justice activism of some form. A white woman friend's racial prejudice … Read More
not a lot of time but plenty of evidence, just like the last impeachment if 45 gets “more unstable”?
Impeachment and insurrection part deux on deck for next week, even as there’s now mixed messaging on the part of Pence invoking the 25th Amendment. Lots of banality of evil … Read More
West Virginia lawmaker who stormed Capitol with MAGAs resigns
Derrick Evans, the suuuper-genius who filmed himself participating in a violent insurrection, has resigned from the West Virginia House of Delegates. MetroNews: “I hereby resign as a member of the House … Read More
The right is trying to both-sides the MAGA insurrection; here's why that's bullsh*t
Almost immediately after the siege on the Capitol ended, people started both-sidesing the event. You know, liberals didn’t care about the violence and property destruction that arose in the wake of … Read More
Inauguration 2021 should be virtual with few attending for National Security.
It’s not fair and it’s especially not fair to VP Elect Harris who historically is the first woman and black woman to become Vice President. We are in the middle … Read More
PA-Sen: Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) Eyeing Another Bid To Flip Pat Toomey's (R) U.S. Senate Seat
Some big news today out of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman says he is taking “a serious look” at another run for the U.S. Senate in 2022, an ambition … Read More
Take a Little Time to Avoid the View
During her second appearance on the leader of the genre in daytime talk, The View (1/5/21), following her maternity leave, Meghan McCain was told in no uncertain terms by one … Read More
Beto O'Rourke Takes A Page From Stacey Abrams Book, Launches 2021 TX Voter Registration Initiative
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) and his organization, Powered By People: Texas is at the center of the constitutional crisis that will … Read More
Hi, Mitch. Say hello to Attorney General Merrick Garland
This is too, too much. The schadenfreude! The sheer, sheer joy! CNN: President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, people familiar with the matter … Read More
Kenosha DA: No charges against police officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake
A not unexpected result with National Guard in place. Other legal activities will ensue. x Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley: “No Kenosha law enforcement officer in [the Jacob Blake] … Read More
Republican coupster is asked on live TV to cite one example of voter fraud; he can't
I’m not really worried that this passel of dyspeptic donkey brains will actually succeed in overturning our free and fair election. Donald Trump can scarcely complete a poo attempt, much … Read More
We have Navy and Cruise Ships. Why are they not in California as hospitals?
Why can the government use imminent domain to seize land but not use these ships for emergency life saving measures in California and overwhelmed coastal areas? This no room at … Read More
Devin Nunes, disgracing the Medal of Freedom by suing a cow and slavishly protecting Trump
Mooo. The GOP “farmer” in the hell, gets his participation trophy at the Battle of Bowling Green. https://twitter.com/zachsdorfman/status/1346218438214234112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients GW Bush: Nelson Mandela, Julia Child, Muhammad Ali Obama: … Read More
Stacey Abrams laid waste to a silly question the host asked comparing her election to Trump’s
A prepared Stacey Abrams did not allow This Week host to create a false equivalence between her Georgia election and Trump's. Stacey Abrams sets the record straight x x YouTube … Read More
Devin Nunes is the first Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient to lose lawsuit to a fake cow
Another Trump-Russia participation trophy, because Devin was so stupid he won’t get an indictment until Trump leaves office. x What’s the over/under thar Trump will award himself the Medal? pic.twitter.com/vl1Rzws2Ny— … Read More
Don't have a cow now: Trump plans to give Devin Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom
You know, at this point I’d almost rather have a literal mob boss as president. At least they occasionally have some honor. The Washington Post: President Trump on Monday is … Read More
“Marty, you're not thinking four-dimensionally”
M-i-c-k-e-y, Why because we like it. M-M-MMT. “We collectively decide just what counts as a resource, economic base, or productive work.” OTOH, it could all be trippin’ on bong hits. … Read More
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President in 19 days.
Don’t listen to any lizard people this year. x Greetings from the White House. Trump appears to be tweeting and watching OANN from the Oval Office this New Year’s Day. … Read More
Here's the ad that every Georgia Republican needs to see
I almost feel bad about using a crazy person to undermine the Republican Party, but then they’ve happily and willingly done that to themselves over the past five years. Pro-Trump attorney Lin … Read More
Pence Asks Texas District Court to Throw Gohmert Lawsuit Out
VP Pence had until 5 PM Eastern time to respond to the lawsuit Loony Gohmert filed in a Texas district court. He (or rather, the DOJ) has responded: throw the … Read More
CNN: At least 140 House Republicans poised to vote for Trump's fever dreams on January 6
Congressional Republicans have savagely beclowned themselves throughout the Trump era. I thought the worst degradation would be their refusal to hold Trump accountable during the impeachment trials, but the lickspittles … Read More
Trump credit-taking for defeating COVID-19 in New Year’s Eve rant: ‘Everyone is calling to thank me’
Declare victory and still try to overthrow the election. Fanfare for the common idiot. Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the end of 2020 with an upbeat video message where he … Read More
pre-emptive violence, interpretation, and policing
The haze of preemptive violence “to save” rather than take lives is a common rationalization for police dynamic entry or sneak attacks in war. The mediated versions of explanatory narratives tell … Read More
is Hawley's stunt a ploy to grab the Trump audience for his 2024 POTUS run
Over sixty failed law suits and 50 certifications later, and aside from the stunt-quality, Josh Hawley steps ahead of Tom Cotton in a move to take hold of the Trump … Read More
UN: Trump Broke International Law with Blackwater Pardons
The United Nations Human Rights Council has issued an expert opinion that Trump’s pardons of the Blackwater mercenaries who shot up Nisour Square in Baghdad was a violation of international … Read More
should we distinguish between Blue Dog Democrats and Red Dog Democrats
A piece in The Bulwark gives us another political neologism, as if we had enough to deal with in designated “more conservative”, “more moderate”, “less liberal”, and even anti-progressive Democrats. At their … Read More
“Everybody knows who he is, but they don't know what to do with him” Ole Miss fires a professor
As with most faculty politics, there is a subtext to the story of a professor fired for specious reasons. Garrett Felber was fired for failing to “communicate face-to-face” with his … Read More
Barr slaps down Trump again, this time over Hunter Biden and election 'fraud'
You may have heard over the weekend that Donald Jizz-O-Matic* Trump has reached the pre-bunker phase of his months-long post-presidential pout. Several news outlets reported that Trump hosted weirdo dead-enders Sidney … Read More
GA-Sen A & B: Rashida Tlaib (D. MI) & AOC Help Boost GOTV Efforts To Flip The Senate Blue
Received two e-mails today from two members from The Squad in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns. The first one is … Read More
Guilty plea for Boojahideen… from Red Dawn to Orange jumpsuits
“A 22-year-old self-proclaimed member of the “Boogaloo Bois” movement pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trying to sell weapon parts to Hamas after traveling to Minneapolis amid this summer’s George Floyd … Read More
How do you spell Genocide? Memo exposing the let it happen Covid spread. ” We want them infected”.
Joy Reid just showed a memo from the quack Trump picked and it is a bloody memo. We need some folks going to Gitmo or International courts for human rights … Read More
Remember Trump's crime spree by the theft of information as tall as the Washington Memorial
There will be plenty of memorials to the Trump reign, but the most significant one will be the betrayal of democracy. It raises the matter of Washington Monument sized piles of … Read More
Trump firing spree ahead may eclipse the pardoning of over two dozen people
There are now so many pardon requests there’s a spreadsheet for them, but Trump’s so angry at the lost loyalty, the list could be smaller. Trump just sees no evil, … Read More
did Republicans cement their grip on power for the next decade, there's much more work to do
First things first: elect Warnock and Ossoff Much like urging Georgia Republicans to write in Trump on their ballots, there likely is an unintended consequence in Democrats’ failure to flip … Read More
Community Live Bloggers: Joe Biden addresses the nation because he won the Electoral College
CBS News reports that technically Trump got fewer electoral college votes (304) in 2016 because of two faithless electors. Biden received all 306 elector votes. “President Trump called his Electoral … Read More
corrosion and catastrophes: James Fallows on what Biden should do with the warlock hunt
Stories do have consequences, and following Trump’s American Carnage, truth will out in the larger American narrative. This James Fallows essay is worth reading, made important by the trial balloon of … Read More
The Kraken Caucus in a GOP Congress joins the sedition parade of losers
The Kraken Caucus makes itself known. GOP sedition messaging harkens back to the 19th Century, except Trump's lost cause won't rise again. This time it’s not a Brooks Brothers Riot … Read More
It Is Well Past Time To Confront The Truth Of The Republican Party's Threat To Democracy
Watching the depressing and alarming spectacle of 17 Republican states joining Texas’s bad faith, frivolous Supreme Court application to overturn the election in favor of Trump, I am reminded that … Read More
GA-Sen B: “Sen. Loeffler’s (R) Husband Bought Stock In Sectors Set To Benefit From Then-Secret Bill”
From The Huffington Post: For weeks, the couple had done almost nothing but sell. Loeffler was one of several senators who faced public outrage for unloading millions of dollars in … Read More
For the Sake of the Rule of Law, We Must Indict Trump
I’ve been of two minds about whether it’s better for the country to put Trump on trial for his crimes, or to leave it to history to call him to … Read More
Barr Reads the Writing on the Wall, May Flee the Scene
Barr Is Said to Be Weighing Whether to Leave Before Trump’s Term Ends Attorney General William P. Barr is considering stepping down before President Trump’s term ends next month, according … Read More
George Stephanopoulos embarrasses Republican Senator spinning another voter fraud lie with reality.
Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) attempted to slide another voter fraud lie on national TV, among others. George Stephanopoulos did not allow him to get away with it. George Stephanopoulos nipped … Read More
Will Trump go down as the worst President ever? (He has some sadly strong competition)
As each day passes, Trump adds to an already impressive body of evidence arguing that he should be considered the worst president in U.S. history. But, taking a dispassionate, long view, … Read More
if “Defund the Police” makes you reach for your pistol, Cops are now bigger crooks than criminals
#PoliceThePolice Civil asset forfeiture is manifestly unfair, loaded with perverse incentives, based on a legal fallacy and opposed by an overwhelming majority of the public (once they know what it actually is). … Read More
Republicans insist on Covid “liability protections.” What does that mean? (Hint: It's terrible)
Throughout all the recent legislative battles about economic and stimulus relief to combat Covid-19, Republicans have made one non-negotiable demand: protections for businesses against Covid liabilities and related lawsuits. Given this … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – Lady Death, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Woody Guthrie
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
WaPo asks every GOP member of Congress which reality they inhabit
We know for sure that Mo Brooks lives in the Phantom Zone, or is it on Bizarro World. The Post is asking every Republican member of Congress the same three questions … Read More
previewing Trump's Saturday Nuremberg Rally
A loser’s victory rally, what a message. In his Valdosta, Georgia speech on Saturday Trump will essentially repeat his 46 minute Facebook rant from Wednesday with a few local references and additional … Read More
GA-Sen A & B: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) Helps Put An End To Moscow Mitch's Bull Sh*t
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT), in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev. … Read More
