Urgent! Stop Kavanaugh!
photo: The United States Supreme Court Building, by Joe Ravi • CC BY-SA 3.0 and Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing in 2004, CSPAN • Public domain By Donna Smith, Executive … Read More
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AZ-Sen: LGBTQ Victory Fund Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Defeat The Pence/McSally's (R) Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
Received this e-mail today from the LGBT Victory Fund in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: It’s our displeasure to (re)introduce you to Rep. Martha McSally … Read More
AZ-Sen: Rep. Conor Lamb (D. PA) Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Get Ready To Defeat Martha McSally (R)
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Conor Lamb (D. PA-18) in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: We need more leaders in Washington like my friend … Read More
Schumer: Kavanaugh would likely overturn Roe v. Wade
For some reason I woke up this morning feeling better about the future of America. If Trump is impeached and convicted, Mike Pence becomes president. And since Pence has decided to … Read More
Too Bad Kentucky Does Not Have Two Republican U.S. Senators To Fight Trump's Tariffs.
It must really suck for Kentuckians who are getting hurt by Trump’s tariffs that they do not have two Republican U.S. Senators to fight for them on Capitol Hill. “Nobody … Read More
TN-Sen: Ben Folds & Jason Isbell To Headline Fundraiser For Phil Bredesen (D) On August 20th
I’m a big fan of Ben Folds, like I am, you’ll want to go to this: Singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and Ben Folds are set to headline a special event in support … Read More
IN-Sen: “Outsourcing Critic” Mike Braun's (R) Brand Markets Auto Parts That Were Made In China
This came out today: The off-road accessory was shipped in a box emblazoned with the logo of an auto parts brand owned by Mike Braun, a multimillionaire businessman who often … Read More
LOL. Russian State TV Calls Rand Paul a “Loyalist”. Twitter Has Some Things to Say About That.
x #Russia's state TV:The host responds to panelist's observation that Rand Paul is not well-liked in the US: “At least he's one of the few loyalists.” pic.twitter.com/NrgPhnKm7z — Julia Davis … Read More
Mitch McConnell's sudden “legal troubles.” (With a video)
Well, this isn't going at all the way that Ditch McConnell had planned, which is fine by me. Nothing puts a smile on my puss faster than a case of … Read More
Murfini the Mystic predicts: Trump WILL shut down the government in September.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Who gives a fat rats ass what I predict? What was I on the secret Manafort witness thingy, 50%? But tell me this, what in … Read More
Is Jeff Flake Deliberately Blocking Kavanaugh by Staying Out of Washington? Some Think So.
So Yurtle canceled the traditional August recess for the Senate to push through Kavanaugh and drumpf’s other judicial nominees ahead of the election and Jeff Flake responds by taking off … Read More
Meghan McCain's Disgrace Proves the Point: Conservatives Are Prone to Submission
Donald Trump called John McCain a “loser”, said he was “not a war hero”, and mocked him for being a POW. (“I like people who weren’t captured”). And then he … Read More
Hey! Maria Butina Was at NRA Convention in Louisville in 2016! Guess Who Met with Her?
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Maria Butina, arrested and accused by the U.S. government of being a Russian spy who tried to influence American politicians, was a last-minute speaker at a … Read More
I Ask For a Ceasefire.
Could we all just take a few moments, access our current political mess, and maybe have a ceasefire among those who resist Trump and his policies? As to my meager … Read More
The dangerous veto power of right-wing rage
Many Congressional Republicans were shocked—SHOCKED!—this week at Donald Trump’s humiliation in Helsinki. Like the rest of the world, they watched in real time as an American president kowtowed on foreign … Read More
The game just fundamentally changed for Trump and the GOP.
Let's start our Saturday rime together off on a lighter note. By far and away, my choice for “Comment of the Week” goes to Chuck Rosenberg, a former federal prosecutor. … Read More
Letter to the CJ Editor from Toyota Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. President about Tariffs.
While I was writing my latest diary about Trump’s plan to place a 20% tariff on auto parts imports from the EU, I had wondered if those proposed tariffs would … Read More
KY Republican Congressman Barr Would Rather Talk About Kavanaugh Than Trump's Treason.
I find the fact that it took Republican Congressman Andy Barr of the KY-6th District several days to finally comment on Trump’s Helsinkis Fiasco and then try to change the … Read More
Confronting Senator Mitch McConnell.
I have at least two problems with those in this article bemoaning the confrontations of Senator Mitch McConnell in public. First up, is WHAS radio show host Terry Meiners: WHAS radio … Read More
Will Brett Kavanaugh be Trump's swan song? Remember WHY the GOP elected him in the first place.
OK gang, hop into my trusty wayback machine with me, and let's return briefly to the dark day of November 9th, 2016. I want to do a quick comparison of … Read More
Oh the HORROR! McConnell and Chao Face Protesters!
911 Operator: What is your emergency? Civility Watch: I want to report some vile leftist protesters are giving Senator Mitch McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, a hard … Read More
The third worst person in Washington
When it comes to the culpability for the dismal state of American politics and the accelerating erosion of our governing institutions, failure has a thousand fathers. At the top of … Read More
Justice Gorsuch must recuse himself from Russia litigation and should resign if collusion is proved
As we all know, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was only confirmed to the Supreme Court after, and as a result of, an unprecedented Republican embargo against President Obama’s nomination of … Read More
Breaking: Why the democrat party will lose!!! According to very objective media!
Republicans will win this. For sure. Democrat politicians in trouble. The Mitch McConnell. He’s a sly one that Mitch. Did you see him speak? Democrats better do what he says, … Read More
The difference between 2018 and the 2010 midterms? The truth
As 2017 winds to a close, press, pundits and politicians alike are saying 2018 could be the year of the “blue wave.” Led by a historically unpopular first-year president and … Read More
GOP turns to decades-old lies to sell new tax scam
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and that’s our target market.” That perversion of Abraham Lincoln’s timeless adage might as well be the slogan of … Read More
If elected, Doug Jones *could* be the 51st vote against GOP tax scam
This is a major development on Capitol Hill, to put it mildly: Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she may change her vote on the GOP tax overhaul if … Read More
Senate Democrats are Insane
I am sorry. Forget about what you think about Al Franken. If he stays that seat is ours until 2020. Case closed. If he resigns we have to contest it … Read More
GOP tax plan is the worst jobs bill ever
With apologies to Benjamin Disraeli, there are three kinds of lies Republicans are telling about their tax plan: lies, damned lies, and f**king lies. Constraints of space and time preclude … Read More
Jesus Christ can we not put Dana Milbank at the top of the recommended list!
Enough with the credit where credit is due stuff. Enough with, well he’s got a great platform. Dana Milbank is an a**hole. He always was an a**hole. He always will … Read More
It's Far From Over – Zombie Graham-Cassidy Emerges From Its Friday Burial Crypt.
Andy Slavitt “Ran Medicare, Medicaid & ACA for President Obama.” He’s been tweeting up a storm about Graham Cassidy et al. I believe too many took too much comfort on … Read More
GOP’s top priority? Giving the Trump clan a multi-billion dollar tax cut
Republican leaders in Congress may not be ready to abandon Donald Trump, but there’s little doubt about their growing discomfort with the president of the United States. Supposedly shocked by … Read More
In any functioning political system, this letter alone would kill the Republican health care bill
As pictured above, a significant portion of the U.S. health insurance market has chosen to write a joint letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, explaining that the current Republican health insurance … Read More
Unprecedented spite: The American carnage of the GOP health care bill
In December 2003, Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly opposed President Bush’s Medicare Part D prescription drug program. With good reason. The new benefit included the infamous “donut hole,” a gap in … Read More
Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare
Ever since Donald Trump’s shocking victory on Election Day, press, pundits, and pollsters have engaged in a furious debate about which voters propelled him to the White House. Was Trump’s … Read More
Mining disasters and Trump's pick for Sec. of Transportation
In 2001, Bush 43 selected his Secretary of Labor, a Taiwanese-American woman with a long history of involvement in conservative causes. Elaine Chao resigned her position in the Heritage Foundation … Read More
Republicans set to pass law defining the burning of wood for energy as “carbon neutral”
A new law called the Energy Policy Modernization Act is on the fast track to being sent to President Obama to sign into law. Inside this bill is a small … Read More
One year since Gov. Snyder admitted the #FlintWaterCrisis, only 0.7% of lead service lines replaced
Cross posted from Eclectablog.com. At the Michigan Nurses Association conference taking place in Lansing this week, residents of Flint got up to talk about the ongoing catastrophe happening in their city … Read More
Day Three: Media pass on GOP47 ignorance of United Nations, nuke deals, and Non-Proliferation Treaty
Al Jazeera gets it right !! Bottom of this diary. – – – First the obvious: negotiations with Iran are a multinational process. This is not an American treaty. No … Read More
NOT BREAKING: Media omit GOP47 ignorance of U.N. Security Council and 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty
First the obvious: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons … Read More
