AZ-Sen: MSNBC, “McSally (R), Trump haunted by their records on pre-existing conditions”

She can’t stop getting caught lying: Sen. Martha McSally released a TV ad for her campaign in which she says, “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. … Read More

FEMA Was Planning to Seize Masks Destined for States — Until the FBI Found Out They Were Fake

The San Francisco Chronicle put a story up today about how the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) thought they had located 39 million masks that it planned to donate to … Read More

Let's all congratulate Chuck Schumer for preventing Trump from getting bailout funds

This is the best news I’ve heard since the Trumpian coronavirus shitshow started. (Question for lexicographers: Is shitshow one word, two words, or hyphenated? I’m really going to need to … Read More

WH briefing: “sophomoric and utterly unconvincing” about reasons for assassinating Suleimani

Pompeo, Esper, Milley, and Haspel did the classified briefing to the House and are now making the same presentation to the Senate. Responses broke along party lines. Rep Gerry Connolly, … Read More

Scientific consensus grows that we have eighteen months to save the earth, not 12 years.

< p style=”text-align:left”>The IPCC gave us 12 years to set the wheels in motion to save ourselves from the apocalypse known as climate change. Now in the scientific community, a … Read More

Third Strike in the Middle East?

The Washington Post had an op-ed this morning — Our new Saddam Hussein — that got me to thinking about our insistence on repeating the same mistake in the Middle … Read More

Ted Lieu Receives Invite From Kuwaiti Government; Declines Because Event's at drumpf's Hotel.

We all know Ted Lieu’s one of the good guys but he keeps showing us anyway… x Appreciated Amb Al-Sabah's invite to Kuwait's independence day event. Regrettably, it was held … Read More

IA-Sen: Rolling Stone, “Republicans Are Only Pretending to Care That Steve King (R) Is a Racist”

Kudos to Rolling Stone for this great piece: x I condemn Rep. Steve Kingâ€Â™s comments on white supremacy; they are offensive and racist – and not representative of our state … Read More

Process crimes, perjury traps, and the criminalization of politics: The legacy of George H.W. Bush

The passing of President George H.W. Bush this week presented Americans with an opportunity to reflect on a life lived in service to the United States. A child of privilege, … Read More

Arab-NeoCon propaganda: Yemen's Sunnis tolerate al-Qaeda. So now al-Q's victims are bad guys !?

Saudis flying American jet fighters are attacking targets at Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. They also hit other sites across the western half of the country. At least 27 civilians … Read More