The Pentagon, and specifically Acting Defense Secretary and Permanent Obstructionist Christopher Miller, are now saying the Biden team was never denied access to NSA and Defense intelligence agencies — they just hadn’t asked correctly. Pentagon denies blocking Biden transition team (Politico) The Pentagon on Saturday pushed back strongly against reports that the Trump administration blocked…
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Trump's recession has a greater jobs deficit than at worst point of all previous postwar recessions.
Thankfully the new administration will steer the economy to a place quite unlike the disaster that Trump had pointed the nation. x Long-term unemployment is up 2.32 million since Sept – the largest 3 month increase since data was first kept in 1948. Long-term UE causes the most lasting human pain & economic harm. Another…
Stephanie J Miller talks about zero waste living, Katie Porter strikes, Red Country masks stupidity.
Stephanie J Miller discusses how we can all reduce waste. Katie Porter exposes Steven Mnuchin. David Brooks describes Red Country’s fragility. Stephanie J Miller on zero waste x x YouTube Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0 9091 Topics: Katie Porter embarrasses Steven Mnuchin…
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 derangement spreads to Newt Gingrich. x The more data comes out on vote anomalies that clearly are not legitimate the more it looks like 2020…
“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 meeting with MI GOP legislative leadership. It’s a sedition stunt close to horseshoes and hand grenades. They have just issued a statement that they “will…
melting Rudy Giuliani explicitly says that Trump's goal is to “overturn the election”
Did Trump actually call the two Wayne County canvassers to try to reverse their reversal. Autogolpe Trump's widespread effort to delay or undermine certification includes no-take-backsies. Now Rudy saying lots of people from Camden came to Philly to vote. “It happens all the time. It's about as common as people getting beaten up at a Philadelphia…
250,000 dead since “Trump's a tenant pouring cement down the toilets because his lease is expiring”
Trump doesn’t care whether he loses his security deposit. He just wants the chaos of dying meat processors, conspiracy-driven ICU trespassers, and a quarter-million dead Americans from COVID-19. And in foreign policy, Trump’s inviting skunk, gophers, and groundhogs into the crawlspaces before moving out. Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's order of a further withdrawal of US…
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 Klain—who will formally step into the role when become Biden assumes office in January—discussed the outcomes of Georgia's two runoff elections, and how they could…
Ivanka tries for the Low-Info, High-Disinformation voters before she flees to NYC
Ivanka and her brother retweeted an edited video of a violent right-wing perpetrator left over from yesterday’s Unite the Right 2.0 MAGA demo. An unedited version of the video shows the real depth of carnage. Apparently they’re trying to corner the less-attentive part of the right-wing media audience, perhaps in the hope of running for political office. x…
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 Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0 9091 Topics: John Nichols: Donald Trump Has…
Trump again ignored the order of succession in firing Mark Esper and replacing him with Chris Miller
Angry baby strikes again, ignoring the rules to exact revenge on those who did their duty. Mark Esper will probably not be the last firing, but for today this will divert attention from Trump signaling that he will run again in 2024 to continue the grift. Not unlike other cabinet replacements (Acting AG big-boy pants),…
BREAKING: Trump Fires SecDef Esper
Trump has just fired Esper. By tweet, of course. x I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020 x …Chris will do a GREAT job!…
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – Is the latest long national nightmare over yet?
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that many who post in this…
Trump Blasts FBI For Investigating His Bus-Blocking Supporters While Trumpies Block Roads
It was bad enough when Trump tweeted a video of this scene of his supporters ambushing a Biden-Harris bus and said “I LOVE TEXAS!” But then he found out the FBI was actually doing its job and investigating these domestic terrorists, and he totally lashed out — at the FBI. Trump lashes out after FBI…
Trump thinks the idea of running a Biden bus off the road is… 'hot'
A theater of the absurd: fascinating are the last hours of the Trump administration’s disinformation campaign, as Trump goes round the bend. He now complains that Democrats don’t believe in science, again. And Trump caravans trying to run Biden campaign buses off Texas roads is “hot”. After his praise for turning out a crowd during a…
IMPOTUS* may still have a 5% chance of winning, yet the war on Xmas despair continues
The war on Xmas continues as Santas aren’t essential workers, but VP Pence is, ignoring the guidelines to quarantine after being exposed to not an insignificant number of staffers infected by COVID19. Elves and Mrs. Claus could still be included in the unemployment figures for vaccine promotion. Despair still must be defeated, but at what…
Lincoln Project: “Rats” aka Kushner, Miller & Stepien
x You’re losing. And they’re laughing all the way to the bank. pic.twitter.com/JNx7miEgjT — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 23, 2020 < p class=”is-empty-p”>
GOP's view of sacrificing seniors in the name of herd immunity isn't held by all of them, probably
In place of a nationwide policy of social distancing measures, it might be a tough sell to put in place “a risk-based ‘alternative public health approach’ to the COVID-19 pandemic that involves “focused protection” of those most at risk and seeks to avoid or minimize the “social harm” of lockdown”. That’s the goal of the Great Barrington Declaration embraced…
WYFP? Open Thread
x German ad for a soda with zero calories…it says: “two zeros, one tastes good” Bro… pic.twitter.com/T3wlxdigBf — Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) October 17, 2020 x INBOX: I shit you not, @realDonaldTrump has signed a presidential proclamation for “National Character Counts Week.” pic.twitter.com/dW9Kc1rcHD — Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 17, 2020 x Conservative commentary dominates the discourse…
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 remains essentially tied, as likely voters support Biden 48 percent and Trump 47 percent. Four percent are undecided. This is identical to the last Ohio survey released on September 24th….
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) Endorses 172 Down Ballot Democrats Running For State Legislatures
Now that’s what I’m talking about: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced endorsements for more than 150 Democrats running in local races across the country. Sanders said the 172 contenders he endorsed Friday would be strong advocates for the progressive movement and that victories at the local level will help lay the foundation for a “political revolution.” “Yes…
“More than 205,000 Americans are dead. We need leadership. Not photo ops.” Trump gaslights again?
Jason Miller, ready to dose your smoothie with Plan B, now with miraculous Trump recovery. Trump may have only had a panic attack, given all that disinformation. x Jason Miller, Trump's chief strategist just said the President is ready to lead on Covid because he's been through it. So for seven months he refused to…
Stephanopoulos grills a Trump spokesman who fails to get it even with a COVID infected president
George Stephanopoulos grilled Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller about the administration’s cavalier attitude on COVID. He slapped down the spin. Stephanopoulos grilled Trump spokesman See full episodes here. Jason Miller did the network rounds today effectively continuing to cement the notion that the administration is one built on lies. Jason made some rather nonsensical statements. He…
Finally, a US Supercarrier named after enlisted sailor and African American War Hero.
A US aircraft carrier is the first named for an enlisted sailor and first named for an African American. The 15 billion dollar carrier was announced the USS Doris Miller in January on Martin Luther King's day. Doris (Dorie) Miller is the brave sailor who took over an anti-craft machine gun shooting at Japanese warplanes during the…
Finally, a US Supercarrier named after enlisted sailor and African American War Hero
A US aircraft carrier is named for an enlisted sailor and African American named Doris “Dorie” Miller. The 15 billion dollar carrier was announced the USS Doris Miller in January on Martin Luther King's day. Doris (Dorie) Miller is the brave sailor who took over an anti-craft machine gun shooting at Japanese warplanes during the attack…
New Quinnipiac Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Ohio 48-47
Some very encouraging news today out of Ohio courtesy of Quinnipiac University’s latest poll: OHIO: BIDEN 48%, TRUMP 47% VOTING IN 2020 In Ohio, 46 percent of likely voters plan on voting in person on Election Day. Thirty-five percent plan on voting by mail/absentee ballot, and 16 percent plan on voting at an early voting…
Biden Tied in Florida Congressional District Trump Won by 9 Points
floridapolitics.com/… St Pete Polls has released a survey showing Joe Biden is tied in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The 18th which is an east coast district just north of Ft Lauderdale gave Trump a 9 point margin in 2016 and has a PVI of R +5. Trump only won the state of Florida by 1.3% so any…
US lawyers do not dispute that Assange was offered a POTUS pardon
The Trump Administration does not dispute that Dana Rohrabacher and Charles Johnson offered Assange a pardon from Trump if he would say Russia had nothing to do with the DNC Wikileaks. Assange was offered presidential pardon to help 'resolve' Russia's role in the DNC hack and cover up links to Russia's involvement, court told….
PPP Shows Ohio Democrats Competitive In 7 State House Districts Potentially Ending GOP Supermajority
Here’s some very encouraging news today out of Ohio: New @ppppolls show Democrats surging state House districts across Ohio. Even in gerrymandered districts they’ve drawn for themselves, Ohio Republicans can’t outrun the stink of their corruption with FirstEnergy and Larry Householder. https://t.co/k4aP4uyYUR — ProgressOhio (@ProgressOhio) September 17, 2020 Here’s some more info: HD16: Monique Smith…
Trump presser, more propaganda about the availability of COVID vaccine, contradicts CDC head
Another Trump presser today, there were more of the same lies especially about the availability of COVID vaccines. Trump furthermore went full disinformation about mask use. CNN’s Dana Bash referred to Trump’s account as “propaganda”. http://www.pscp.tv/… x In opening statement, Pres Trump calls on @joebiden to “stop promoting his anti-vaccine theories.” Though no vaccines have yet…
Trump in ABC town hall, touts 'herd mentality' (or herd immunity) in ignoring pandemic threat
“Let's understand what this is: Donald Trump has confessed, on tape, to the greatest and most deadly lie in all the long history of the United States bar none.” — Steve Schmidt #TrumpLied200KDied Trump creates a new term, the opposite of downplaying — “up-playing”, because BS is too smelly. Trump doubled down on his lying revealed by…
Trump chokes on 3' putts as he compares attempted murder to golf, then goes to Kenosha
A quarter-million deaths still loom as the distraction tour continues in order to generate campaign commercial content. x Trump in Kenosha pic.twitter.com/MyK07qPnX5— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 1, 2020 Pres. Trump is headed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, after drawing a comparison between police officers who shoot people in the back to golfers who “choke” and miss a…
even without a Don Junior bump, Biden is still winning
Chris Wallace found the Trump speech “flat”. But didn’t you know that Trump was a “saintly feminist”? The GOP would have you believe that “my African-American” thanks that unlike Bill Clinton, Trump is the first Black POTUS. Woe are the suburbs and Trump is better than Biden, only because Biden is worse (because he hasn’t been…
At least two of the immigrants naturalized during RNC didn't know they'd be political props
Imagine the moment you become a U.S. citizen being tarnished — and exploited — by Donald John Trump. And imagine you had no idea that was going to happen. I feel lucky. When I became a citizen all they did was slap me really hard on the ass and lop off my foreskin without asking….
Chuck Todd challenged Trump’s spokesman about the number of crooks who worked for him
Chuck Todd shocked Trump's spokesman by pointing out that a lot of people who worked closely with the president have been convicted. x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. Here is the exchange. Chuck Todd: I want to put up this image here. Quite a few people who were involved in the Trump campaign…
always slay it – a Biden speech for our times
An excellent speech pairing small details like “muzzle” with “mask”, carrying throughout the imagery of light and dark, and tight in length. It was well crafted and well-delivered. The peroration built on a poem and was a perfect match in tone and cadence to Biden’s regular speeches, complete with reproducible soundbites for stump speeches. x Donald…
A day in the life of the orange one, IMO. I don't think I am wrong.
He golfs most of the time when he is not tweeting or on the phone like a 16 year old. He loves the cameras and mics. He loves the sound of his own voice. He spends a lot of time saying, “Mirror Mirror on the wall”. Who really believes that he can actually put a…
the last free election in US history… maybe, removing swing-state postal sorting machines?
He’s golfing again this weekend in Bedminster. Will he do more pseudo-pressers and populate the “press corps” with “reporters’ from Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, and OAN. “The president is back at his New Jersey golf resort, bringing his taxpayer-paid golf tab to $142 million.” x Trump’s here at Bedminster, his New Jersey golf club. He’ll…
Another Florida race becomes competitive. Emily's List backs Pam Keith in FL-18.
All 435 House seats are up for election. Emily’s List has endorsed 57 candidates this cycle. Five are African-American. As of this morning, you can make that six. Pam Keith was just added to this prestigious list. For those who don’t know, Emily’s List does not just endorse people who are pro-choice. To get their valuable email list…
yet another Trump presser – more chicken-in-every-pot promises
Q: What do you mean by an “invasion” in the suburbs if VP Joe Biden is elected? President Trump: “They're going to destroy suburbia. And 30 percent of the people in suburbia are minorities. They say 35 percent, but I like to cut it lower. This one’s importance is in opposition to the Biden-Harris joint…
More Evidence That Trump Will Continue Stumbling Along: Trump Only Told Good News.
Gabe Sherman of Vanity Fair has another article that points out how “cocooned” Trump is from bad news. Sherman focuses on Trump’s inane views of the selection of Kamala Harris for VP by Joe Biden. Digby has already covered the blatant and knuckle dragging sexism of Trump and some of his so called advisors, so…
Trump thought Biden would pick Karen Bass because she wouldn't 'outshine' him
Apparently, Donald Trump can’t conceive of a running mate who isn’t the quasi-vertebrate equivalent of premasticated Cream of Wheat. Four years ago, Trump chose Mike Pence, who’s basically invisible when he’s not conspicuously smooching Trump’s ass. And being the sick, sick little man he is, Trump thought Joe Biden was just as craven and megalomaniacal…
Triumph of the Could at Gettysburg: “Slide into partial irrelevance…even more difficult for Trump”
Trump’s self-fulfilling idiocy still needs to drive his numbers further down. Like punking his gun-toting followers, a desperate Trump thinks that having his GOP RNC acceptance speech at Gettysburg will do for his neo-confederate followers something, something Charlottesville. The Stephen Miller logic probably has more historical revisionist malarkey in the first speech draft. Then again…
Is it time to publicly disclose classified intelligence on the Senate floor?
There is Russian interference in the 2020 election, likely not at the scale of 2016, since they’ve garnered numerous financial and political advantages from their many Congressional puppets. Remember when the NRA was a conduit for Russian election interference. Some senators have been suggesting that they might reveal classified information because they are shielded from…
Trump announced plans to end Social Security if he’s re-elected: “the Lord created executive orders”
It is the GOP white whale, a continuing trope, to loot the social security system by eliminating it, and Trump wanted no defections in 2020. It is a sign of desperation to step on what has been a third rail of recent decades and a more symbolic attack on the New Deal. Now every GOP…
Cain (RIP) sacrificed himself for Trump. My grandparents, my children will not.
Trump held his hate rally on June 20th at Tulsa. Trump had workers remove “Please don’t sit here” stickers on the seats to discourage social distancing. He demanded a packed event. Three weeks later, Tulsa hit a record number of COVID patients. Thankfully, the venue was sparsely attended, or it could have been even worse. Yet…
IA-Sen: Joni Ernst (R) Wants To Defund Democratic Cities Because Of Protests
This is her priority: Iowa (R) Sen. Joni Ernst wrote a letter Tuesday to Director Russell Vought with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget asking that investigation be conducted into how federal tax dollars are used by local officials with autonomous zones. “In recent weeks, mobs hijacked peaceful protest and vandalized cities and state…
Trump fabricates urban revolts from peaceful protests, using stormtroopers as reelection extras
The use of federal protection squads in Portland and DC is expected to expand, even as there is no need for them except as actors in re-election campaign media. It’s more security theater, situated in cities rather than airports. It is pseudo martial law, transgressing on state and local laws, superspreading like a virus. States do…
Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein companion: “I just wish her well, frankly.” New Tone!
Trump’s “new tone” really was successful today, because we aren’t paying attention to the possibility that federal troops will interfere with the November election. x JUST IN: Pres. Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime companion of infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein: “I just wish her well, frankly.” Maxwell pleaded not guilty last week to federal sex…
Tie or Toss-Up? The GOP wishes it were, after possibly 224,000 deaths by Election Day
Trump said if there were 100,000 deaths, “then we’ll have done a good job”. Low-Information Individualism may continue among the Trumpist population to November. There will be more conflicts on mask policies, as if resistance was a pro-Trump statement. And the death toll will likely rise. “We’ll have done a good job if only 100,000…
