GOP lawmaker who said KKK wasn't racist but 'kept law and order' given top committee post
With the advent of the Trump era, the GOP has already gone all in with treason, so why not racism as well? If we are already at a place where a … Read More
Category: Memorial
IN-Sen: President Obama Coming To Gary This Sunday To Rile Up The Base For Sen. Joe Donnelly (D)
Some big news today out of Indiana: Former President Barack Obama will pay a visit to Indiana this weekend to rally support for early voting and Indiana Democratic Senator Joe … Read More
Dems have a real shot at retaking FL Senate. They just have to ignore consultants who are blowing it
Some people should not be in politics. I’m not talking just about perennial losers like Dick Morris or Doug Schoen. I’m talking about people who promote losing strategies, and double-down when … Read More
Yes, Francisco Franco Is Still Dead and Spain is Moving His Body Away from The Heroes.
Francisco Franco, the self styled “El Caudillo” and dictator of Spain, who allied himself with Hitler and Mussolini to crush the democratic Republic of Spain prior to WWII, died in 1975 … Read More
GOP Holocaust analogists furious over Nazi border policy comparisons
It was a tough week for supporters of Donald Trump’s draconian policy of separating the families of undocumented immigrants at the border. (Those supporters are overwhelmingly Republican: a Quinnipiac University … Read More
I Asked “Where Are People Supposed to Go?” They Answered, “We Don't Know.”
Berkeley, where I live, is home to almost 1000 homeless residents. People surviving in RV’s, encampments, shelters or in doorways and bushes. Yesterday, a prominent attorney sent this letter to … Read More
Michael Ian Black Nails It With Press Treatment of Melania. (Day 24 Missing and Counting)
It's been nearly a month since Melania Trump made her last public appearance. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since. She didn’t appear at any Memorial Day ceremony, which … Read More
Trump Wishes Families of Slain Soldiers a Happy Memorial Day. Then Gets Worse.
What the hell is wrong with you? x Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is … Read More
America in black and white in Alabama
In an age of “both sides do it” and “teach the debate,” some issues are simply black and white. So it was this week in Alabama, where truth and myth, … Read More
Treasury Sec'y Mnuchin's NFL comments best reveal the dangerous, ignorant rot of this administration
“Foreclosure King” and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had some deeply dumb — but lap-dog loyal — things to say about President Trump’s NFL comments on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. His brief … Read More
Dowd At NY Times pries open C.I.A.'s Pandora's Box. Gee, no torture. Nothing there but heroism.
MoDo celebrates Easter as always: a turn at stylish whining. “Good Riddance, Carrie Mathison” This “Carrie Mathison” is the lead character, played by Claire Danes, in the “Homeland” television series. … Read More
Protests, activism, the NYC climate rally, and why big greens can't stop climate change
The trouble with letting television tell the story of our recent history is that it tends to overemphasize events designed for the camera. For example, the made-for-TV version of the … Read More
