Republican Corruption
The Rotten Core of the Republican Party -Binyamin Appelbaum -NYT Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the top House Republican, recently took to social media to...
Second Time Around
For the second time, in approximately sixteen years, President Joe Biden is part of a multicultural team pulling America back from the brink. The last...
disarming the predators: Intellectual property regimes cannot be overthrown
There is a capitalist propaganda battle at work, with the Wall Street Journal claiming that “ Biden has sent a signal around the world that nobody’s intellectual...
McConnell will destroy the GOP, Why they follow Trump, The birth rate too low, Free the vaccine
Why is McConnell destroying the GOP? Why is Trump popular with his base? What does a low birth rate mean? Is capitalism the epidemic’s Achilles...
A Tin Lizzie
The Tin Lizzie was a Ford Model T car that ushered in prefabricated manufacturing, thereby featuring profits over craftsmanship. Although for the first time, the...
SHOCKED! ThisWeek’s Martha Raddatz stopped lie-in-progress from prolific Republican lying Senator
Generally, Martha Raddatz and other hosts allow Republicans to appear on their shows and lie without challenge. Sen. Barrasso failed this time. Raddatz stop the...
82% of Senior Americans Are Now Vaccinated, 302 Million Doses Have Been Delivered in US
Americans over the age of 65 have embraced Covid vaccination to the extent that 82% have received at least one dose and 68.3% are fully...
Biden to Share AstraZeneca Vaccine as India Descends into Covid Chaos
The Biden Administration is preparing to send millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to other nations. The FDA has not yet approved AstraZenca’s vaccine for...
Roger Stone's self-importance was not targeted by a drone, even as he is one
Stupidity adjacent, no Proud Boys or Oath Keepers threw themselves in front of Roger Stone as his office was near a styrofoam plant fire that...
Stephanie Kelton: Biden can go bigger, but they must understand MMT & inflation.
I read "Biden Can Go Bigger and Not 'Pay for It' the Old Way" by Economics Professor and MMT advocate Stephanie Kelton. It is an important read...
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...
Minerva @ Midnight: April Fools – Baylor U. conservatives think slavery was good
Change as a rising tide seems to be falling short as history’s stream is not as mighty. Apparently slavery is still “ordained by God for ultimate...
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences
Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far...
the previous guy said, “I like taking the guns early”
Concealability had nothing to do with Monday’s massacre in Boulder, Colorado, but the details tell us more about the marketability of semi-automatic firearms using high-capacity magazines. Discussing...
70% of US Seniors and 33% of All Adults Now Vaccinated
The US has vaccinated 70.3% of residents over the age of 65 with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday. The Center for...
“go on and on” – DC Statehood should be a package deal with PR
Not unlike addressing a conjoined Alaska and Hawai’i statehood, airports and car dealerships should be the least of criteria for statehood, and the 2.8 million Puerto...
“Eat the Rich”, because they still tasty
Twitter is dragging Jonathan Turley because of attributing a Rousseau quote to the Reign of Terror, but more likely because they mistook him for Jeffrey Toobin. That’s...
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gov Abbott crony promises Wall Street that Texas freeze profits safe. Texans screwed
Even as dozens of Texans died, sustained thousands of damages to their homes, starved, & lost their savings, Abbott cronies assuring Wall Street their stolen profits...
Alabama GOP declares Trump 'one of the greatest presidents' ever
Q: What’s the difference between the Branch Davidians and the Trump Death Cult? A: The Branch Davidians thought their leader was Jesus, whereas the Trumpies...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Beef & Broccoli, Asian Blackness, and a Trappist Monk Gap
“The universe has been to them.” (Resident Alien) Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table...
Oprah interview was more media manufacturing, but now with added racism because of UK tabloids
As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry embrace life in California with 22-month-old son Archie and a second baby on the way, another chapter has officially closed with an Oprah interview on...
Goes without saying, but must be said: all self-driving cars must be electric vehicles
As with emissions controls, California leads the nation. This is another BFD, just like federal fleets, etc. And can’t come soon enough, if only to...
Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: the Climate Crisis has weak carbon markets and lagging technology
The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the problems of the climate crisis yet to be revisited, post-Trump. Two heartland examples in...
ex-POTUS* makes the same old speech and the Big Lie at CPAC today, around 3:40 pm ET
Likely there will be Daniel Dale or Aaron Rupar to tweet about the Trump blather. As for the insurrection, it was as if it had...
Congress Will Hear More Covid Shots Will Be Available in March, Biden Gets 67% Approval for Pandemic
Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech executives will testify before a US congressional committee tomorrow that the number of doses of their Covid-19 vaccines will increase sharply next month....
Pfizer Will More than Double Its Vaccine Output
One month into the Biden Administration and we are almost half way to getting the 100 million vaccinations the President promised for his first 100...
In Texas, it's mainly the failure of thermal power plants — natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants
Texas is the coalmine canary of failures in the GQP's industrial policy. The “clusterfuzzle” appears to be only in Texas: perhaps they skimmed on costs...
Weather and Shortages Slow Vaccinations, J&J Vaccine Rollout Will Be Slower Than Hoped
Severe winter weather, President’s Day, and regional shortages of doses have slowed vaccinations over the last several days, and Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that a delay in...
Trump's poisonous snowball of nonsense will roll again today in the Senate chamber
Apparently Trump may have had nothing to do with the insurrection, according to one of his defense attorneys. Some guy named Grassy Knoll may have...
CDC Report Shows an Increase of 2.2 Million Vaccinations for Friday
The Center for Disease Control report on daily covid-19 vaccinations shows a jump of 2,216,752 total, the largest one day increase. Vaccinations have been running...
Biden Administration and Manufacturers Look for Ways to Speed Vaccinations
Efforts to increase vaccinations for Covid-19 involve finding and reallocation doses that are not being used, removing bottlenecks in manufacturing, testing the efficacy of mixing...
OH-Sen: Tim Ryan (D) Calls On Pres. Biden To Fire Postal Service Board Of Governors Over Mail Delays
I like this: Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan (D-13) is urging President Joe Biden to fire the entire United States Postal Service Board of Governors and...
A corrupt Korean company smuggled workers into Georgia to build an electric car battery plant.
Many Progressives are excited about the upcoming prospective “Green New Deal” which is already taking shape, even before formal Green New Deal legislation. Multi-billion dollar...
Strip mining the eastern slopes of Alberta's rocky mountains threatens biodiversity and watersheds.
The Ermineskin and Whitefish Lake First Nations, along with ranchers, have filed two lawsuits against Alberta's government after the province rescinded protections for the eastern slopes of...
former MI governor Granholm tapped as Energy head
Unlike one of her predecessors, who had numerous connections to the Trump impeachment and its hinky relations with the Russian oligarchs, Jennifer Granholm will combine...
Gangsters hoarding vaccines. COVID-19 patients in US hospitals surpasses 100,000 for the first time
COVID-19 patients in American hospitals has surpassed 100,000 for the first time as supply networks will be attacked by gangsters hijacking supplies, and there will...
First 6.4 Million Vaccine Doses May Be Delivered in 3 Weeks
www.msn.com/... Within 24 hours of the FDA’s approval, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company is expected to ship its first 6.4 million vaccine doses to be used for...
LOTUS! PA Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign's claim that GOP lacked access to Philly vote count
1-22 record in legal challenges as GOP loses again, this time on the watchers of vote counting in Philadelphia. xBreaking: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has...
“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them? part 3
This story supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx #WeeklyMarx This covers chapters 14, 15, 16. Chapter 14 will provide further...
If it Wasn’t for Trump Luck…
I look forward to this MAGA experiment ending in November and being stuffed away in a coffee can, wrapped in a sock, and buried in...
Quinnipiac Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump 48-47 In Ohio
Some very encouraging news today out of Ohio courtesy of Quinnipiac University’s latest poll: OHIO: PRESIDENTIAL RACE The race for the White House in Ohio...
“We're not learning to live with the virus Larry…the death rate is the highest in the world.”
In an interview on CBS Face the Nation Scott Gottlieb affirmed the position that the Trump administration erred in not directing national drug production of antibody...
TX-Sen: The Houston Chronicle Endorsed John Cornyn (R) In 2014 Is Now Endorsing MJ Hegar (D)
From The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board: “I work with people on a daily basis to pass legislation who I know get up in the morning...
The Biden/Harris climate plan just may buy us time to prevent the worst impacts.
If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze...
NH-Sen: Salon Exposes How Corky Messner's (R) Law Firm Bankrupted Mass Shooting Victim's Family
I cover a lot of U.S. Senate races and I really try to keep a focus on the ones that are the closest so I...
Trump, in Ohio, calls Biden a communist, because of “super-duper, hydrosonic” missiles
Trump's in Ohio today, trying distract us from knowing that the Manhattan DA has grounds to prosecute Trump and his business on these grounds: -Scheme to...
Trump thinks Biden has a Nobel Prize, deliberately kills Nevadans with indoor rally
First indoor event since Tulsa, a rally shorter than last night’s in the north, xNot since a rally in Tulsa, which was blamed for a...
Trump meltdown 55+ tweets. And Michelle Bachmann says, 'commies gonna collapse the US economy!'
We in big trouble. Trump says there’ll be more “pro-crime judges”. Michele Bachmann claims that Transgender Marxists Want To Elect Biden, Turn US Communist, And Create...
Trump now returns to 1961, warning the nation about the Military Industrial Complex, not.
The 1961 Trump didn’t meet the 1968 Trump and his bone spurs. Trump runs against his own lies about the size of the MIC budget,...
IA-Sen: Let's Give Theresa Greenfield's (D) Campaign A Boost Before Joni Ernst's (R) RNC Speech
So this is happening tonight: Speakers for the Republican National Convention have been announced, and two Iowans are on the schedule. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds...
