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 … Read More
Category: Misogyny
The GQP Death Cult
Everything the GQP stands for, kills. The GQPs response to Covid-19 kills. The GQPs vaccine comments, kill The GQPs Climate change denial kills The GQP environmental policies kill. The GQPs … Read More
Pastor on leave after telling America's wives to look hotter, like Melania Trump
I’m not sure if this is toxic masculinity so much as toxic schlubbery. How women, men, children, or companion animals look in public is pretty much no one’s business but … Read More
Fear of Trump Delayed Promotions of Women Generals
Disgraced former president Trump is well-known for his intense dislike — and fear — of powerful women, from Speaker Pelosi to the Squad to any woman journalist who questions him. … Read More
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: ‘There are legitimate white supremacists sympathizers’ in Congress
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez let excoriated the Republican politicians for their failure to take responsibility for the insurrection and more. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez justifiable rant See full episodes here. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has some … Read More
virtue/vice signaling: 1/6/2021 as the GOP LARP of the Trump era
Democracy is an afterthought for Trumpists. Whether it’s the “sense of style” or “good men knowing their limitations” the movie character of Dirty Harry played by Clint Eastwood resembles the … Read More
I'd like to personally thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for saving this country, and my sanity
This post-election period has been like no other, for reasons I don’t need to restate. While every outgoing president and presidential challenger in my lifetime—even Nixon, FFS!—left the White House … Read More
J Christopher Collins discusses mending our union, Trump’s electoral fraud.
J Christopher Collins visits to discuss how do we mend our deteriorating union. Trump’s 2020 electoral fraud has failed as it should have. J Christopher Collins provides needed inspiring words … Read More
GOP Needs to Lose in Georgia For its Own Sake
The Georgia Senator runoff elections are critical to the country’s ability to move forward, and to move out from under the heavy thumb of Moscow Mitch. But they are critical … Read More
Trump's end-game prompts a ruling class survivalism, worrying us looters about possible end-times
Trumpist anti-certifying efforts for the remaining states seem a fools’ errand but Trump and Giuliani seem to be the best fools for it. Regardless, they are chasing some version of an apocalyptic … Read More
ME-Sen: “How my former boss Susan Collins (R) broke my heart – and lost my support”
A former member of U.S. Senator Susan Collins’ (R. ME) staff released a very compelling op-ed piece in the Press Herald where she talks about how she was date raped … Read More
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 the backyard at noon on … Read More
from Lincoln Project: “Girl in the Mirror”
which puts on display Trump’s total disrespect for women, something he clearly demonstrated last night when challenged by Savannah Guthrie x YouTube Video
Anti-Abortion Columnist Urges Vote for Biden
Michael Gerson is a lifelong Republican who was George W. Bush’s speechwriter for several years. He also holds strong anti-abortion (he would say, pro-life) views and he is a longtime … Read More
Two videos emerge purporting Rittenhouse beating up a girl from behind. Still a GOP Hero.
I sat on this when it first broke because I wasn’t 100% sure it was the same kid in the video, even though they looked identical. Snopes is calling it “unproven” … Read More
Trump's carnage is self-fulfilling prophecy as vigilante incels take to the streets
More revelatory would be whoever created the “Kenosha Guard” page on FB, as Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested on first-degree murder charges. x Police chief describes the seventeen year old … Read More
1000 pages of Senate Intel Volume 5 may provide the Trump indictment if he tries to stay
It is indeed a tough way to make a living, but our lived experience tells us that we can survive Trumpism. Even if he steals the election he will get … Read More
AOC used her short time allotted at DNC to completely define the Progressive movement
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) got just over a 60sec window to say her piece. She was able to fit the entire Progressive movement within that time. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) did it. … Read More
Trump admits holding America hostage. Suffering in silence. Democrats must be shouting!
Trump called into Fox News and said it. He will hold up the stimulus unless the US mail money is removed. This is far-reaching and we discuss implications. Trump Holding … Read More
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes to House floor and slams Ted Yoho's misogyny and false apology
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not mince her words as she completely annihilated Congressman Ted Yoho for his misogyny towards her at the step of the Capitol followed by a disingenuous attempt … Read More
Liz Cheney finds your lack of faith disturbing while trying to save the GOP
GOP legislators let their misogyny-flag fly today. Yo-Ho-Ho. Cheney apparently has even deleted her favorable Fauci tweet. x I want to “you go girl†Liz Cheney. 2020 is never going to … Read More
white surprise: Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns, secretly posted racist/sexist remarks online
The dirtiest trick might be parody, especially as Roger Stone will get his federal sentence commuted by Trump even as history might be first tragedy, then repeated as farce. Perhaps Stone … Read More
Trump's Racism Could Cost Him the Election – In Fact, It has To Do So
Trump got himself elected in large part by playing on this country’s racism, exploiting resentment over Barack Obama for not only being the nation’s first Black president, but for being … Read More
The West Wing's Bradley Whitford Refuses To Let Trump Win His Home State Of Wisconsin Again
Received this e-mail today from actor and activist, Bradley Whitford, on behalf of the Wisconsin Democratic Party: Hey there, Bradley Whitford here. You may know me from shows like the West … Read More
Yesterday Trump said famed anti-Semite Henry Ford had 'good bloodlines'; today, Biden's a 'racist'
I knew this would happen. Knew it, knew it, knew it. Because Donald Trump’s clear penchant for racism, misogyny, perversion, incompetence, buffoonery, and just plain evil is no longer news, … Read More
The Pathway Home Goes Through the Democratic Party
I was running down my usual checklist of reminders as to why I cannot vote for a Republican and the list grows daily. Bill Barr destroying the Department of Justice … Read More
Trump's latest presser looks like a meeting of the He-Man Woman-Haters Club
Looks like Donald Trump is now more afraid of girl germs than the coronavirus. Obviously, this photo doesn’t include every reporter who was at his latest presser but, conspicuously, there’s … Read More
Being a Democrat
This past Friday on HBO’s television program Real Time with Bill Maher, I was reminded why I am a proud Democrat. Maher makes me laugh, cringe, grind my teeth and … Read More
KY-Sen: Even Moscow Mitch's Daughters Have Turned On Him For Becoming Trump's “Enabler-In-Chief”
Jane Mayer from The New Yorker has a really good piece out about how U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R. KY) path being Trump’s top enabler showcases how Moscow … Read More
post-Warren, 15 March looms for Biden-Sanders debate
The Ides of March will feature the debate among “safe” candidates (and Tulsi?). Knives will be sharpened. The rest of us will grieve and persist. CNN and Univision will host … Read More
Historian reveals unfortunate truth about the Democratic Party’s choice for nominee.
It is clear that the Democratic Party proper, the mainstream media, and the plutocracy has a preferred presidential candidate. Historian Jon Meacham made a very uncomfortable point on Morning Joe … Read More
The Nation's small, bad take on intersectionality
A short-sighted framing of Elizabeth Warren as the “first” intersectional presidential candidate speaks to some problematic fervor, particularly for a tenured feminist professor. Intersectional critique is, after all, “the development … Read More
You’ve been Warren(ed)
At the Democratic Presidential debate Wednesday night, former NY City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacted as if Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought a nice chianti and fava beans to the event; she … Read More
Reuters poll: (even) 18% of GOP voters think Trump is guilty, so let Limbaugh pass quietly
Sadopopulism emerges even as Trump honors Rush Limbaugh with a SOTU stunt, because the only skill Trump has is trolling his enemies, even with using a dying man to mine … Read More
Trump Does an Epic Whine
Honest-to-goddess tweet from His Trumpiness: It’s not fair that I’m being Impeached when I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong! The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats have become the Party of Hate. … Read More
Baskets to Buckets
The Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee are tantamount to charwomen. Throughout the history of the United States, we have mopped the muddied floors … Read More
welcome Mayor Mike, let a hundred flowers bloom(berg)
The primary is hard to forecast right now but it seems a bit ridiculous that PredictIt bettors think that Bloomberg is almost as likely to win the Democratic nomination as … Read More
It's almost 2020 and New York Times editors are still debating if Trump's a racist
Wasting untold time and energy, New York Times newsroom leaders continue to struggle with the not-very-difficult question of whether they ought to refer to Donald Trump as a racist. More than … Read More
That Elizabeth Warren pregnancy discrimination story has any legs show press' institutional misogyny
There is absolutely no doubt that there was pregnancy discrimination in 1971. There was pregnancy discrimination in 1991 when my wife was harassed out of here position at six months. … Read More
That Elizabeth Warren pregnancy discrimination story has any legs show press' institutional misogyny
There is absolutely no doubt that there was pregnancy discrimination in 1971. There was pregnancy discrimination in 1991 when my wife was harassed out of here position at six months. … Read More
No, the GOP won't abandon Trump no matter what for one reason: he's the last.
Long before Trump, today’s GOP lost any ability to be constructive on just about anything. If something is good, they reflexively oppose it. People having healthcare? Oppose. People going to … Read More
The RNC merger into Trump 2020 is proving a disaster for candidates not named Trump
There’s fewer people I have less respect for than Ronna Romney McDaniel. She is the epitome of what has become of the GOP: hypocritical, bigoted, financially reckless, and of course, … Read More
The Primary Primer – June 4, 2019
This isn’t going to be a daily feature, it’s too early for that, and too jumbled. Rather, it’s going to be more of a weekly or bi-weekly digest of things … Read More
End The War On Women
Please Pitch In Now To Help End The War On WomenBy Electing Progressives To Reverse Trump’s Agenda Yours for democracy, Mike Hersh for Kimberly, Deb, Janis, Shayna, Alan, Mike F, … Read More
Time for a boycott!
I love boycotts, and have for years. There’s just something empowering about a whole bunch of us small, insignificant little pissants using collective action to “stick it to the man,” … Read More
Challenge accepted: I told a Trump supporter eight things I absolutely love about Trump
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I served with over 20 years ago is a huge Donald Trump fan today. He’s the complete package, down to the stupid red hat and wacky conspiracy … Read More
Challenge accepted. I told him eight things I absolutely love about Trump.
Sadly, an Air Force buddy I had served with over 20 years ago is, today, a huge Trump fan. He’s the complete package, down to the stupid red hat and wacky conspiracy … Read More
This is how the New York Times made Donald Trump president: Elizabeth Warren edition
The New York Times is at it again with its vicious misogyny and reflexive hatred of progressive ideas. On the front page of the New York Times is the article … Read More
Grassroots Fueled Massive Wave, Dem House Takeover
Voters Were Inspired By Diverse Slate of Candidates Who Embraced Bold Progressive Ideas, Many Running for First Time CHICAGO — Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn Political Action, had the … Read More
This is the face of the progressive movement. The face of America. And today, the face of victory!
It’s true that this has been Trump’s ugly America, with all the racism, misogyny, hatred, fear, and self-loathing that comes with it. Yet a new generation is leading the charge … Read More
