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

“I’ve probably worked harder in the last three weeks than I ever have in my life.” -Trump

Out of 249 Congressional Republicans, only 27 acknowledge Biden’s win, measuring their fear and/or loyalty to Trump. Thus around 10% can answer truthfully, aside from Trump wanting their RINO names. Trump … Read More

Indigenous people and green activists defeat the GOP effort to seize refuge land for a bombing range

“When this campaign began, we said ‘not one acre.’ We meant it.” Patrick Donnelly, Center for Biological Diversity In early July of 2020, GOP  Utah Congressional Representative Rob Bishop introduced an amendment to … Read More

Native people and green activists defeat the GOP effort to seize refuge land for a bombing range.

“When this campaign began, we said ‘not one acre.’ We meant it.” Patrick Donnelly, Center for Biological Diversity In early July of 2020, GOP  Utah Congressional Representative Rob Bishop introduced an amendment to … 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

Ron Johnson 'knows that Joe Biden won a free and fair election. He is refusing to admit it publicly'

Ron Johnson is easily the dumbest man in Washington whenever Louie Gohmert is off dry-humping the animatronic Eve at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. But he’s not dumb enough to … Read More

new PA ruling makes it 1-39, but Trumpian innumeracy continues because they can't not be confused

Trumpists keep repeating wrong numbers, hoping that the reiteration will magically transform them into the official count. Wrong-O, but they’re continuing the legal maneuvering. This time a GOP legislator’s suit tries to invalidate … 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

MSNBC Hallie Jackson destroys Trump enabling Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) for election charade.

MSNBC Hallie Jackson did not allow Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to get away with seeding misinformation about the Joe Biden win. Hallie Jackson destroys enabling senator's rhetoric x x YouTube … 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

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

Brian Williams breaks sarcasm meter over suggestion that vaccine should be named for Trump

So yesterday, Geraldo Rivera, whose career has run the gamut from dreadfully embarrassing to off-the-charts mortifying, had a great idea. Let’s name the vaccine after Donald Trump, because, well … we want the … 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

Depraved and Different

Back in April, President Trump issued a hollow order that meatpacking plants remain open, with safety restrictions to be fashioned by the plants’ owners. Even though the Covid-19 virus was … Read More

Trump campaign official admits their plan is to get legislatures to nix election results

As we watch Rudy Giuliani’s last marble circle the sanitarium shower drain where they hose down the real hard-luck patients, it’s important to note that his lurid side show is just … 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

“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

If Trump wants a Wisconsin recount, he better cough up 7.9 million, and fast.

Too bad, so sad, Donald.  The occupant's alleged accusations of corruption in the presidential Wisconsin vote totals have made Trump face an uncomfortable dilemma.  The law checkmates Trump because he has … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Joe Biden Is Coming Back To Georgia To Get His Senate Majority

I’m all in for this: President-elect Joe Biden will join the lineup of influential Democrats involved in Georgia's ongoing senatorial campaigns, according to his recently-named forthcoming chief of staff. Ron … Read More

GA-Sen A & B: Paul Krugman, “A Republican Senate Would Be Bad for Business”

This has been a busy post-election week for me at work and I have a lot more diaries I want to write about this past election and the upcoming Governor … Read More

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss discusses Hate in the Homeland. State of Election 2020.

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss discusses hate in America and its implications. What is the state of the transition to our new president? Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is on point. x x YouTube … Read More

'barricaded' Trump as classic counterintelligence risk: deeply in debt, angry at the U.S. government

Trump sells off his private helicopter after losing the election, so perhaps he’s cash-short, even as he’s running another grift, claiming he’d run again in 2024. However, there’s other shenanigans … Read More

Trump taking supporters to the cleaners as he cons them knowing he has no path to the presidency

Even in losing the presidency, Donald Trump has found a way to stiff his supporters with one more con, a presidency that won't be. The Trump con continues x x … Read More

Australian DNA study finds two new species of Greater Glider, and they're adorable.

The Greater Glider, one of many marsupials that evolved in Australia, is three species and not one as had been previously thought. The findings from a new study mean that … Read More

Progressive snaps at GOP talking point spewing former Democratic Senator; the reason we lose

Heidi Heitkamp, former North Dakota Senator is a classic example of the attacks every progressive must endure, a reason for many losses. Progressive challenges GOP-talking-points sympathizer x x YouTube Video … Read More

Victory LIVEBLOG Community Live Bloggers: Biden-Harris Speeches at Wilmington Delaware

8pm ET join us as we celebrate with the victory speeches of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. x YouTube Video “Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to … Read More

Recount 2020: Contested states and their recount rules

So, as I’m writing this, it’s pretty clear that Biden is going to win enough states to be the next President. But that won’t be official for awhile. Some of … Read More

Democrats should take a breath before they (typically) point fingers at each other for victory

Watching Morning Joe today was somewhat amusing because Joe and all his pundits spent their time portraying the current race as a huge set-back for Democrats — which requires a reckoning … Read More

Trump says stop counting where I’m winning but keep counting where I’m losing.

WE WIN. Biden will be declared winner because the next state like Nevada after 264 electoral college votes pushes him over the top. x WATCH: The man, wearing a white … Read More

the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot returns, GOP operatives protest at Michigan counting site

Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: x Wow. Actually identical now to the Bush 2000 playbook. https://t.co/zTtsayW1a4 — Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) November 4, 2020 GOP millennium tribute band … Read More

I believe Trump is not afraid of the dems… He is afraid of the Russian Mafia.

This is just my opinion but he is not afraid of any left leaning or what he considers anti American protestors.  Nope.  I think he is afraid of the Mob.  … Read More

I believe Trump is not afraid of the dems… He is afraid of the Russian Mafia and Tea Time.

This is just my opinion but he is not afraid of any left leaning or what he considers anti American protestors.  Nope.  I think he is afraid of the Mob.  … Read More

Beto O'Rourke Brings It Home By Launching 3 More GOTV Phone Banks On Election Day To Flip Texas Blue

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) and his organization, Powered By People: Huge update: A federal judge has dismissed the case from conservative … Read More

MT-Sen: ABC News, “Trump noticeably absent from key US Senate race in Montana”

From ABC News: As Republican leaders fearful of losing the majority in the U.S. Senate parade through Montana to rally behind embattled incumbent Steve Daines, one has been conspicuously absent: … Read More

GOTV! No more accordion hands! At every moment, ask how many votes remain to be counted.

Show Up and Vote. There’s only one more day of poorly fashioned shtick to free-ticket crowds, of whom at least 700 have died at super-spreader rallies. Uncounted ballots should be … Read More

Harwood on President: Talking like a thug and encouraging aides & supporters to act like thugs

Donald Trump is trying every underhanded trick to have a semblance of victory. John Harwood identifies his tactics. He is a thug. John Harwood identifies the president: A thug See … Read More

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them? 2

This story supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx #WeeklyMarx This covers chapters 11-14. Today’s supporting summary is at the very bottom, below the fold. Set against … Read More

A rightwing site features Bill Maher, who features Daily Kos while making final plea

To be a better writer, I force myself to review right-wing media. Every day I go on Fox News, but also a rotating menu of rightwing sites. It’s very easy … Read More

Polls, people, and panic

When the DesMoines Register poll for Iowa done by Ann Seltzer, considered the Gold Standard not just for that state but among state pollsters, was released last night, Twitter went … Read More

This willful ignorant Trump behavior is dangerous & will kill both his sycophants and many of us

These few clips illustrate the immediate danger that Trump sycophants face. Unfortunately, the virus does not distinguish puts all at risk. Trump, a clear and present danger x x YouTube … Read More

less than 100 hours left and down to his 3% likelihood of victory, yet Trump can still win: GOTV!

Trump’s con represents the worst kind of contradiction when rigging an election by suppressing the vote is anchored in a systematic combination of lies and disinformation. Yet all the GOP has … Read More

538 says there's “Little sign of the presidential race tightening.”

Rampant GOP dickishness. Kushner also said his father-in-law “basically did a full hostile takeover of the Republican Party.” The next week is going to be very stressful, be patient, regardless of … Read More

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part deux

This story supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. This covers chapters 11-14. Set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry, Charlotte Brontë’s … Read More

NC-Sen: PPP Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-44, Biden Beating Trump 51-47

Here’s the latest news today out of North Carolina courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x NORTH CAROLINABiden 51% (+4)Trump 47%.#NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+3)Tillis (R-inc) 44%@ppppolls/@ProtectOurCare (D) 10/26-27https://t.co/BAV0ZaJeQm— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) … Read More

MT-Sen: PPP Has Gov. Steve Bullock (D) Beating Sen. Steve Daines (R) 48-47

Here’s the latest news today out of Montana courtesy of PPP: A new Public Policy Polling survey finds Steve Bullock leading Republican opponent Steve Daines in the Montana Senate race … Read More

AZ-Sen: New Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-45, Biden Beating Trump 49-46

Here’s the latest news today out of Arizona courtesy of OH Predictive Insights: In the state’s other race with national consequences, former astronaut Mark Kelly maintains his advantage over incumbent … Read More

TX-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Confirms A Toss Up Race Between MJ Hegar (D) & John Cornyn (R)

Some very encouraging news today out of Texas: x 🚨New Poll – TEXAS🚨Biden 49 / Trump 48Hegar 46 / Cornyn 48https://t.co/OCRMOhwGdJ— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) October 26, 2020 Click here … Read More

“Cases! Cases! CASES!” I'm So Sick of Cases! Meanwhile, Hospitals are Overflowing

Donald Trump is starting to sound like Eliza Doolittle — “Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words!” Trump Rips ‘Fake News’ For Focusing On COVID-19 ‘CASES, CASES, CASES’ As … Read More