In nineteen seventy-four, I reached three milestones in my life. In March of that year, I turned eighteen; ten days later, I registered with selective service—conscription ended in 1973, and naively I registered as an […]
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Sabotage the Process, Then Run on It
Either the political acumen of the voter is in dire need of reeducation, or Democrats need lessons in exploiting a golden opportunity. Republicans publicly pull off political tricks without recrimination. They manipulate the public with […]
A Militia By Any Other Name
Asking a rhetorical question; Is there an ongoing social experiment in this country that has continually pigeon-holed Black people and left the cage open for white men? If you ask a black man or woman—of […]
Dr. Eddie Glaude points the unfortunate truth about Democratic leadership Change this, and we win.
Dr. Eddie Glaude points out that Democrats lose when they act like scorned lovers as they neglect parts of their base for others. Dr. Eddie Glaude makes a necessary observation x x YouTube Video See […]
Opinion: Why the Pro-Life Party Thinks Death is the Only Answer
Let me start by saying no one—for or against—is in favor of abortion. Subjecting a woman and her partner to outside scrutiny from what is the most anguished-filled decision of their lives, is no business […]
I Have a (Olympic) Dream
Women and people of color had a unique experience that ended yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. The controversial Summer Olympics closed with America at the top of the medal leader board despite some members of the […]
If I Can’t Have Her…
The misplaced displays of so-called love for the U.S. by Republicans will eventually strangle her to death. We heard evidence of that in the opening testimony from one of four officers present at the Capitol […]
Tim Danahey: A real wealth tax, a simple alternative to the income tax that most will love
Radio Host Tim Danahey sent me a note that gave me pause. If we could make sure all Americans understand this, we could force the hands of politicians on the wealth tax. Tim Danahey’s wealth […]
Lost opportunity: Jen Psaki first fail; should've used the question to uplift the working class
We all love how effective Jen Psaki has been as President Joe Biden’s White House Press Secretary. This was not her best moment. Jen Psaki had the perfect opportunity to swing hard See full episodes here. It […]
Drop GOP farce, Fmr. GOP Chairman challenges manhood, Jen Psaki missed working-class opportunity
It’s now time to drop the GOP American Jobs Plan bipartisan negotiating farce. Jen Psaki needs a better answer. Think working class. Michael Steele again. Jen Psaki has her first fail? Drop the GOP farce! […]
Previous guy's an alien, “…because when you're a star they let you do it”
Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP) within 18 days in his last coronavirus relief bill in December 2020. More inexplicable sightings of unidentified flying objects […]
NRA tweets vid of GOP senator cleaning gun to something that sounds like 'Boogie Nights' soundtrack
If I had to watch this, you do, too. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, who sounds like Mr. Haney and looks like Arnold Ziffel, shot a video that made the NRA—which is dissolving faster than an […]
John Oliver tricks three local TV stations into airing segments about fake Venus love blanket
I’ve spent some time in newsrooms, so I feel like I’m a savvier news consumer than most. While watching the local news, I’ve occasionally said to my wife, in reference to a particularly fawning segment about […]
A millennial’s plea to Boomers and older GenXers.
A few years ago, I wrote the piece titled “Boomers Must Take Some Blame And Help Fix Generation Y Unhappy Problem” without any malintent. I was raked over the coals by my boomer friends who […]
Ivanka plays dumb in sworn deposition; Michael Cohen and ex-Melania crony call her out
Donald John Ignatius Caligulard Trump has had a lot of coffee boys for someone who only drinks Diet Coke. If you’re in the Trump orbit and that orbit begins to decay, well, you might as […]
A Black woman doubled her home’s appraised value by having a white man posing as the owner.
After a black woman received two low-balled appraisals for her home, her friend’s white husband played the owner, and the appraised value doubled. Appraisal increased when black woman owner became a white man See full […]
Wow! Chuck Todd neuters Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, 'There is nothing lazier than that excuse.'
Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) appeared on Meet The Press to turn questions into talking points. He got a few out, but ultimately Chuck Todd neutered him. Chuck Todd neuters Dan Crenshaw See full episodes here. It started […]
WYFP? don't call tankies Cheugy, it's the new “neat” or “nifty”
MFP is neologisms that get sticky. Cheugy is the latest, being a term that Generation Z calls Millennials, perhaps it’s the revival of more postmodernism. Generation Z consumer-brand attacks on Millennials consumption habits may be […]
Too angry to swear. The world is not an open sewer.
It’s one of the crimes that the victim is held immediately responsible for the crime. I am talking about la décharge sauvage [English: Fly-tipping, American: Fly dumping]. We have been at our small farm [our […]
Michigan lawmaker and 'Big Lie' adherent introduces bill to register and punish … fact checkers?
Meet Michigan House member Matt Maddock. He’s a Republican who bought into the fiction that a gurgling bucket of Twinkie filling and circus peanut goo couldn’t have possibly lost to that nice man with the […]
Orange man is no match for Dick and Liz. He is waaay out of his league in this matchup.
Look, this is popcorn time. Orange man thinks he is so big and bad with a mouth that runs 90 miles a minute and filled with conspiracy and lies. Personally, I was always a bit […]
Michael Cohen: Rudy has 'better chance of sling-shooting himself to the moon' than Trump paying him
I’m always gobsmacked whenever anyone gets in bed with Donald Trump—either literally or figuratively—because, for one, he never shows love or loyalty to anyone and, for another … ew, gross. Last week, we discovered that glitching […]
The Trump-Cheney schism is scary for the country, but it should be even more frightening for the GOP
Whenever I feel compelled to freak myself out about the GOP’s seemingly ineluctable march toward cult-of-personality authoritarianism, I have to remind myself that Republicans might not be Hitler boof stormtroopers so much as they’re just lemmings. For […]
Tiffany Cross: Tim Scott embarrassingly on the wrong side of history. 2 sides to every token. OUCH!
Senator Tim Scott was willing to allow the Republican Party to make him a sacrificial lamb. Tiffany Cross called out Scott like no other. Tiffany Cross makes minced meat out of Tim Scott’s silly statement. […]
Heartwarming proof that the president and VP are human beings who love their spouses
Time after time, Melania Trump slapped her husband’s hand away faster than a hummingbird could flap its wings. Assuming fusion power fails to pan out, it’s nice to know that her phalanges-flickin’ wrist is an […]
This statement punishes Republicans, Progressive response, TrustWomen founder on attack on choice
We give a more progressive response to Biden's speech. TrustWomen founder Julie Burkhart discusses choice. Biden made an important statement that punishes the GOP. Welcome Julie Burkhart, founder of TrustWomen x x YouTube Video Politics […]
Nicolle Wallace on Republicans: Fear of Trump was the excuse. We were wrong. They are Trump.
It’s been clear for some time that Donald Trump gave the Republican Party permission to be who they are. Nicolle Wallace got it. Nicolle Wallace gets it. See full episodes here. I really love how Nicolle […]
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing those moments of historical contact as acts of recognizing the constructed historical object. “Historicism tends to be hermeneutic because it values […]
CO-Gov: Gov. Jared Polis (D) Helps Colorado Residents Sign Up To Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines
Received this e-mail today from Governor Jared Polis’ (D. CO) re-election campaign: Almost 70% of Colorado’s most vulnerable population, those aged 60 and older, are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s fantastic news, but now […]
CA-Sen: Rep. Katie Porter (D) Endorses Sen. Alex Padilla's (D) Re-Election Bid For A Full Term
Received this e-mail today from badass Rep. Katie Porter (D. CA-45) in support of appointed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s (D. CA) re-election campaign: Sen. Alex Padilla (D. CA) Hi — It’s Katie Porter. I’m not […]
The most viewed death in the history of humankind had its Rodney King moment
“Today, a jury did the right thing. But true justice requires much more.“ x Opinion | Caught on camera Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all three counts of murder and […]
Beto O'Rourke Launches Webb County GOTV Phone Bank On April 27th To Help Flip Texas Blue
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: I'm personally inviting you to join Beto and Powered by People volunteers next Tuesday, April 27, […]
Indy spree killings: were there My Little Pony reasons
Apparently the spree killer in Indianapolis was also a “Brony”, a follower of My Little Pony as reported by the Wall Street Journal. We are in our pandemic (l)anguish, even more confused by a sad shape […]
I never want to hear the words I heard this morning to awaken me…EVER AGAIN.
Yesterday I was so depressed. Could not figure out why. Vet came and sat out on the patio and said, “You know, I am depressed really bad”. I shook my head and said, “Not a […]
Minerva @ Midnight: don't defund police, reduce the domestic military force occupying our country
Structural change needs to happen, because in community policing, community should precede policing. The paramilitary trend should not be seen as a burgeoning conflict between armed militias, one more official than the other. We need […]
Activist decimates American policing as systemic problem fatal to black & brown bodies by design
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham did not mince her words or disgust for policing in America that is systemically fatal for people of color. Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham hits the nail on the head See full […]
Beto O'Rourke Launches April 13th GOTV Phone Bank To Fight Back Against Texas GOP Voter Suppression
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: This week, HB 6, an egregious voter suppression bill, took a huge step toward becoming law […]
The Ammo-sexuals
As much as I would like to take credit for the fitting title of this piece, I cannot. I heard it for the first time yesterday afternoon (April 8th) on the Randi Rhodes radio broadcast. […]
Fox's Brian Kilmeade tries to pin Prince Philip's death on Meghan Markle's Oprah interview
So I woke up this morning to discover Prince Philip had died. In the span of a few vertiginous moments, my emotions swung widely from indifference to mild interest and back to indifference. I went through the […]
Progressive hero Rep Katie Porter even with an on-air sneeze demands admin honors promise to women
Rep. Katie Porter did not mince her words as she demanded that child care & family leave are justifiably considered and treated as infrastructure. As she started speaking, she had the most composed and cute […]
We are in the period of “You MAGA me, you really MAGA me” for the previous guy
Trump posted an Easter message — it’s the same, but at least MSM isn’t holding back on framing the idiocy as biographer Michael D’Antonio notes the post-president’s continued grifting, and CNN’s Jim Acosta weighs in. “Yep. It’s […]
Minerva @ Midnight: moderates are merely indecisive liberals/conservatives
Is US progressive politics, especially in cultural issues, incapable of attracting majority support. Not so much in terms of the usual self-fulfilling marginalization, but there are absolute limits to the mutability of moderate ideologies in […]
Economists reportedly 'giddy' about Biden's $3 trillion stimulus plan
Remember Infrastructure Week? It’s coming back—this time without an infrastructure weakling deflating the promise of a newly rebuilt America. Joe Biden is set to unveil his sweeping $3 trillion infrastructure plan, and according to Axios, […]
Minerva @ Midnight: previous guy's now crashing Mar-a-Lago wedding parties to make speeches
He’s now posing as his own Walmart greeter. Trump regularly crashed random wedding receptions at his Bedminster NJ golf club, because he simply likes that opening-the-car-dealership shtick, and copping a feel from the bride seems more acceptable as perv-adjacent. […]
Watch Beto O'Rourke Testify Against GOP Voter Suppression Bills On The Texas Senate Floor
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Just this week, our team found out that there were two voter suppression bills — HB6 in the Texas […]
Boyz Out the Hood(s)
Yesterday the state of Georgia defined election integrity as—black people not voting. Republicans love to throw around the image of liberal politicians in hemp-filled rooms manipulating the lives of “real Americans.” Well last night, in […]
Minerva @ Midnight: eat pie under the covers
The week has started badly and tragically. Even the Suez Canal got blocked. but we should at least think about Spring Cleaning, even if we never get it completed. It’s enough to make you nuke […]
The Daily Bucket–All-Union and Carbon free Energy Source Project proposed for SW Washington
Rye Development is proposing a massive pumped storage power plant uphill from the site of the closed Goldendale smelter, next to the Columbia River. This facility will take over a closed pumped storage plant. Native American tribes, including […]
Conservatives have some really dumb new reasons for opposing D.C. statehood
It always seemed absurd to me that hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens have no effective representation in Congress. And I’m not just talking about Alabamans. But to hear some conservatives tell it, that’s as it should […]
Is the Heritage Foundation really a bunch of monarchists
Because armed struggle in the actual 1776 to cancel a monarchy wasn’t enough for one right-wing think tank, the Heritage Foundation’s usual reactionary silliness now extends to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, apparently because […]
