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

Dr. Anand Bhat discusses our healthcare sham, Medical Officer slam our healthcare system, & more

Dr. Anand Bhat visited to discuss his experiences with healthcare in Louisiana as well as COVID-19. It is a sham. Dr. Anand Bhat on COVID, healthcare & more x x … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Don't Forget To Sign Up For Beto O'Rourke's Virtual GOTV Phone Banks This Week

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By  People, in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) … Read More

Here’s proof Fox News thinks its viewers are dumb, and inhumanely misinforming them even as …

Fox News continues its inhumane behavior as its narrative and messaging have likely caused the lives of many in its audience. Fox News is Damage Inc. x x YouTube Video … Read More

Your relief check may be delayed because Trump hated the media coverage of stimulus negotiations

Donald Trump didn’t really say why he blew up the meticulously negotiated $900 billion stimulus bill, throwing Washington into chaos and screwing over millions of people who are simply trying to survive … Read More

like his tales of crying men, Trump keeps looking for the lost cause of his election loss

Pursed lips moving, Trump lies, repeating the same falsehoods. Fortunately his debunked claims have revealed flaws in the GOP’s historically bogus voter suppression arguments. x Remember: when Trump uses the … Read More

A COVID-19 survivor details her ordeal – Evangelical Leaders lead the flock to an abyss

A COVID-19 survivor, Virginia Parks, describes her experience and gives us advice. Many Evangelical Leaders continue leading toward the abyss. Virginia Parks survived COVID-19 x x YouTube Video Politics Done … Read More

Evangelical Leaders claiming ignorance after their words continue to kill many. Dead parents enough?

If there is a hell, that is where these evangelical leaders belong. They are singularly responsible for the deaths of thousands. Unfortunately, if natural selection was perfectly selective, we could be rid … Read More

Trump's televangelist friend: The President lives in an alternate state of reality.

Televangelist Pat Robertson has pretty much thrown in the towel on Donald Trump. He acknowledges he lives in an alternate reality. Televangelist has given up on Trump x x YouTube … Read More

We HAVE to take the Senate back. We need Lion replacements.

Georgia is our opportunity to take the majority in the Senate.  Ted Kennedy is gone.   He WAS the lion of the senate.  Byrd is gone.   Tom Harkin is no longer … Read More

Former McCain strategist Steve Schmidt explains why an autocratic GOP made him a registered Democrat

Anand Giridharadas said it, had Trump been a smart autocrat; he would have proven how easy America could've become an autocracy. Anand Giridharadas: A smart autocrat Trump isn't x x … Read More

Trump discussed the possibility of a military coup to change the outcome of the election he lost.

Contradictions and false consciousness inhabit many Trumpists and Trump voters, demanding a crypto-fascist election outcome, a sad commentary on the times. Trump himself is left with autocratic fantasies fed by his … Read More

The herd market for immunity was also about denying every American a mask in March

Crimes against humanity by needless deaths, because sending Americans a check with his name on it obligated a vote. Trump needed anti-masking reactionaries and antivaxxers to merge in order to … Read More

Steve Schmidt explains why he became a registered Democrat. Democracy now lies with Democrats.

While explaining why he became a registered Democrat on his appearance with Lawrence O’Donnell, Steve Schmidt did not mince his words. Steve Schmidt fights autocratic fascist GOP as a Democrat … 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

Congressman Paul Mitchell Resigns from Republican Party

http://www.cnn.com/… Disgust with Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election and GOP leadership’s acquiescence in damaging American democracy has led to one member saying, “Enough”. Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a retiring member … Read More

former POTUS* “Товарищ Трамп” may miraculously float into Moscow, to 'destroy the GOP'

C’mon Trumpers, boycott that 5 January election in Georgia. #destroyGOP x omfg pic.twitter.com/iRCoRbYOaY— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 13, 2020 Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered on Saturday to … Read More

SCOTUS rejects Texas suit supported by the Kraken Caucus and its 'unelected dictator'

Lack of standing is the reason for SCOTUS dismissing the Ken Paxton suit to overturn the votes of four states. Meritless frivolity remains. x #BREAKING: #SCOTUS throws out Texas's suit attempting … Read More

The Parting with Lincoln

There are varying theories on how hypnosis affects the state of mind. Some believe a hypnotic trance is an altered version of one’s being, while others believe it is an … Read More

Mitchell McConnell America's A**hole

Then Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, had a strategy for his party: use his extensive knowledge of Senate procedure to slow things down, take advantage of the difficulties … 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

pathetic 'Lost Cause' Trump threatens Georgia AG to not rally other Republicans against TX lawsuit

Because if 17 GOP states want to overthrow the nation’s choice of POTUS, they should? Trump thinks tenacity is more important than democracy, as the COVID death toll exceeds the equivalent … Read More

America just dodged a GOP bullet from Trump's abuse of power as he does another PR stunt for COVID

The Biden-Harris pandemic team is introduced today, covered live by MSNBC and CNN, and no one is covering the Trump “vaccine summit” event at the White House. “100 million shots in … Read More

When given the opportunity to purchase additional vaccine doses, Trump passed.

Whether profit or perfidy, count on Trump to do the wrong thing. Now, fewer Americans will be vaccinated before June. What appears to be happening is promotion of those drug … Read More

H—is for Honor

Pundits in the media want me to believe that because 74 million people voted for Donald Trump, their opinions count more than the 81 million that voted for Joe Biden. … Read More

Anti-Capitalist MeetUp Open Thread

I recently came across a typical Twitter argument about the CIA promoting modern art as propaganda. The usual distorting tweet-discourse occurred but what remained are somewhat paranoid discussions of whether the CIA supported Modern … Read More

and the grift goes on: Trump fails to convince GOP governors to overturn elections. Biden wins

Biden has enough electors. Now all Trump has to do besides trying to compel GOP governors to overturn their elections is bribe some “faithless electors”. …the hidden mechanics of electing … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Senator-Elect John Hickenlooper (D. CO) Helps Take Away Moscow Mitch's Majority

Received this e-mail today from  U.S. Senator-Elect John Hickenlooper (D. CO) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev.  Raphael Warnock … Read More

Side Effects

With the ever-climbing coronavirus death rate, families reliant on technology to say goodbye to loved ones, and most of America shopping in disguise, yesterday was hard for me. I spent … 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

still dodging a bullet: the near death experience of Trumpist calls for martial law

We were closer than one thinks to what can still happen without stronger Congressional action, namely an anti-democratic authoritarian regime that resembles a republic in name only. There were seven new … Read More

Biden may pull the Amazon back from the tipping point; Hague considers climate crimes at the ICC.

“Until now, Donald Trump served as a support for the Brazilian president to act irresponsibly. Now with the U.S. adding to Europe’s pressure, Brazil is more isolated, and the government … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Finally Gets His Revenge On Moscow Mitch

Received two e-mails from former President Barack Obama. The first one is in support of Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More

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

Trump declares Twitter a national security threat because it's more important than Iran for 53 days

Trump’s doing nothing about the continuing rise in Covid cases, and is spending his time at golf and continuing to sow chaos on the path to the bunker. Meanwhile the … Read More

Trump's goading toward war or Iran's waiting for a new nuclear agreement after January

Trump really wants Iran to do something stupid before he leaves office, whether it’s a terrorist strike by proxies or something, something Revolutionary Guard attack. x If killing Iranian general … 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

GA-Sen A & B: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA) Refuses To Let Moscow Mitch Obstruct President Biden

Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joe Kennedy III  (D. MA-04) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) &  Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Raphael Warnock (D. … 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

Federal judge in PA dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit argued by Rudy Giuliani. Now 2-34 in lawsuits

Total Landscape losing with “strained legal arguments”, free of factual proof. x Judge in the Pennsylvania case really took the Trump team to the woodshed. https://t.co/IXyeyjuiM0 pic.twitter.com/JIbS9OwRbU— Ryan J. Reilly … Read More

Trump skips G20 pandemic-preparedness event to … uh, you know where he went

This fucking guy. I mean, really. CNN: It does not appear President Trump will participate in a side-event at the G20 virtual summit focused on pandemic preparedness. The event — … Read More

RNC Chair Tries Catch-22 in Michigan

RNC Chair Ronna [formerly Romney] McDaniel and the Michigan Republican chair are trying more chicanery in Michigan today: they want certification put off until an audit is done. But under … Read More

No, Florida is not a red state. Democrats there are just remarkably inept

 As the election postmortem fight begins, Democratic leaders are consoling themselves with the narrative that Florida was already lost. It’s really a red state, Democrats are being told, which is … Read More

WI GOP desperately trying to throw out ballots in Democratic districts

To be perfectly clear, there is only ONE party trying to throw out people’s votes. Democrats can play this game too—we could go to North Carolina and try to play … Read More

Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday… everyone needs a teacup holster at Zoom Thanksgiving

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

Trump's sedition is a serious matter – he wants one state legislature to be the first domino to fall

We’re not humoring Trump’s father Fred with a Potemkin executive desk to humor delusional derangement. It has always been deadly serious. Whatever his bluff, call it. Trump is leveraging some negotiated … Read More

Trump's options dwindle to Kleptocene's anti-democratic noise as GA recount favors Biden

Last gasps of biglygate: even Mitt Romney shades Trump as President-elect Biden has not ruled out legal action against the GSA, as Trump will have run out of options very … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Gets Her Revenge On Moscow Mitch

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Raphael Warnock (D. GA) … Read More

I flew to DC to be with my daughter because … Our healthcare, a fraud on humanity.

Our healthcare system is a disgrace. Unfortunately, too many believe we are stuck with it. Is that what you believe as well? Until most Americans realize that we are in … 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