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The New York Times has a good piece out that highlights which Senate races are becoming early top targets: In the days when the Democratic presidential field was filled with … Read More
Grifters have always been with us, spreading self-serving lies to improve their stature, politically, athletically, financially and for entertainment. Examples like Benedict Arnold angry over being passed over for promotions … Read More
Whatever you might think of David Frum, he does seem to have the number of the phenomenon called Trumpism especially as it is now trying to save itself before the retreat to … Read More
The protest goes online in the interest of social distance. I will post updates as they occur, probably once week because we still persist in pursuing the final goal. Heck … Read More
An article in The Atlantic confirms that today’s Trump presser revealed that Trump’s irresponsibility in privatizing the COVID-19 response came from refusing to use many non-US options available earlier. Favoring US … Read More
Peter Wehner argues in The Atlantic (paywall, some free articles) that The Trump Presidency Is Over. It took until the second half of Trump’s first term, but the crisis has … Read More
This is really something. Most soap opera stars would think this is over the top: x You gotta watch this, I mean……..you just gotta watch pic.twitter.com/x2ZsayVrmv— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March … Read More
Little noticed in the wait for the awarding of delegates last week was the loss of Mueller investigation felon, George Papadopoulos in CA-25. Only 1500 people voted for George in the … Read More
Peak unhingery not yet achieved — Trump’s COVID19 disinformation campaign either derives from his fear of losing the election and defaulting to his usual lying or is intended to extend … Read More
Dow is down 1,100+ points and Trump has thrown the COVID19 hot potato to Pence, so IMPOTUS can return to the banality of his existence, pimping reactionary cultural products. This … Read More
As we all know, conservative conspiracy theories can be deadly. Just ask the basement gimp at Comet Ping Pong. But if conservatives succeed in spreading their latest conspiracy theory like, … Read More
The NY Times tells us of the Trumpian dark towers of debt and its many crimes ranging from money laundering to tax fraud. SCOTUS will be weighing in on Trump’s … Read More
I could rant and rant about how Florida went from a lovely sub tropical state that was more purple than red but we have had some real lazy people not … Read More
Lady Justice has functioned very well—for years, being blind, but now Donald Trump, William Barr, and Republican officialdom are rendering her mute. Last night, and for as long as Attorney … Read More
It’s shark-jumping time in the White House. Remember that even the revenge-tour could be misdirection for other malign activity. Just to recap: 2/5: Trump is "acquitted" 2/6: Trump uses National … Read More
Yep: x Congress must act immediately to rein in our lawless Attorney General. Barr should resign or face impeachment. And Congress should use spending power to defund the AG’s authority … Read More
MSNBC just reported with the Breaking News that Barr has taken over the sentencing of Roger Stone and it appears he is trying to make the Mueller Report disappear. Well … Read More
The cover-up continues as shenanigans abound. Jessie Liu is a PoC Republican, including service on the transition committee, but she might know too much about things like the Michael Flynn and Erik … Read More
Shocked, Shocked… will sentence leniency compel Trump to do more criming. x #RogerStone Senior DOJ official tells @CBSNews Department was shocked to see sentencing recommendation Stone case. This is not what … Read More
Got caught, evaded justice, and could get impeached again. x BREAKING: Remember America? We do.#ImpeachmentDay pic.twitter.com/tzGPwX7zBG — Eleven Films (@Eleven_Films) February 5, 2020 “[The Founders] gave you a remedy and they … Read More
The once honorable Senator, then Rep. Lindsey Graham deemed in the 1998 Clinton Impeachment that as president “… your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in … Read More
2020 cannot be an electability choice, 2020 remains a referendum on Trump. Remind yourself that “winning” Iowa still means proportional delegate allocation. “The Des Moines Register did not include Pete … Read More
Trial without witnesses is no trial at all. The impeachment as indictment can never be withdrawn. The constant attempts to reduce the impeachment to a civil, rather than a criminal … Read More
x More than a witness! pic.twitter.com/dMOSJHiHZg — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) January 31, 2020 x Bolton Must Testify!Remove45! #KremlinAnnex’s favorite easy song: Subpoena! pic.twitter.com/k32B9KN7aq — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) January 29, 2020 … Read More
I’m not a lawyer nor a constitutional scholar, but the Media has not being doing its job when it comes to covering the upcoming Senate trial of Trump. I know. … Read More
Below are the most anticipated anti-Trump books of 2020 as of Jan 17th 2020 Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what … Read More
Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin is one of those Never Trumpers you hear so much about. Donald Trump, of course, thinks Never Trumpers are part of some evil, America-hating cabal, and … Read More
Mike Flynn gets the sentencing memorandum in the aftermath of his “assistance” to the Mueller investigation. The tune-changing, much like Paul Manafort’s results in a shift in the sentencing recommendation. … Read More
There’s something seriously wrong with this kid. At least he was at “the range” and not firing from an armored Humvee at narcoleptic mountain gorillas or something. In a provocative … Read More
I sense a disturbance in the Media’s Force, and according to Jehdi Mind Trick Master Mark Penn, Speaker Pelosi should send the articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate ASAP. … Read More
The best of the best: a budding Gung-Ho Psy-Ops recruit. https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1213215518502608902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Energetic but ineffectual young conservative operative Jacob Wohl is all-in on the prospect of war with Iran. Wohl is so into … Read More
MoveOn members began 2019 with new hope for our future as a new Congress was sworn in—the most diverse House of Representatives in history, with many progressive champions MoveOn members … Read More
The NewYorker’s Susan Glasser finds a single word to describe the Trump era that really isn’t about underpants gnomes, even if it applies to most Trumpian policies, such as they … Read More
x #KremlinAnnex 334, week 76! https://t.co/Wmb3lhA7FK — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) December 27, 2019 x Help make Trump’s life miserable for just $20.20 https://t.co/BKmPtgImA0 — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 27, 2019 … Read More
The suspense is over: Donald J. Trump is impeached. The question is, now what? It is unlikely that the Senate will remove Donald Trump from the office of the presidency. There … Read More
As we discussed in our previous post, Trendency has been tracking the opinions of registered voters on the impeachment of President Donald Trump since the beginning of the year. Through … Read More
Archives In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “We Have No Choice”. Trump Worse Than Nixon. Join … Read More
Archives In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “We Have No Choice”. Trump Worse Than Nixon. Join … Read More
It’s more telling that Lindsey Graham actually believed the “Golden Showers” report in his first reading of the Steele Dossier, that the Russians had something on Trump. It’s still a … Read More
Attorney General William Barr is either incompetent, stupid or lying, take your pick. Yesterday in an interview, following the release of the Inspector General’s report absolving the FBI of working … Read More
The GOP is playing slow and tight with the truth as Monday in the Judiciary committee begins at 9am ET with more televised testimony. Corrupt intent is in the solicitation … Read More
“People’s beliefs and perceptions are shaped more by whatever the leaders of their own political tribe say than by ideology, history, or even their own self-interest,” Paul Pillar, former senior … Read More
Digby asks some reasonable post-impeachment questions that are not so much about electability and fear-driven GOTV as it will be minimizing whatever negative messaging will be thrown at the Democratic nominee. … Read More
Rudy Giuliani is returning from Ukraine. He tried to divert attention from his producing propaganda with OANN support, as one of his Ukraine cronies might get called to testify in the Senate … Read More
At 1032 pm, Dear Leader tweeted another pathetic taunt in order to divert attention from the impeachment. This is Trump’s most-repeated lie of the Ukraine scandal, according to @ddale8. The … Read More
Archives In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “We Have No Choice”. Trump Worse Than Nixon. … Read More
Constitutional law expert Michael Gerhardt, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was blunt in his assessment of the current impeachment proceedings during his testimony before … Read More
Really? Noooooooo! This was pointed out yesterday by Philip Bump of The Washington Post after his colleague, Philip Rucker, asked Trump whether he thinks about climate change. Trump’s response: “I … Read More
Picking the orange out of the icebox. Always a problem with orange revolutions. Trump utters (more) nonsense while in the UK. https://twitter.com/brod_joe/status/1201912931950219265? Preliminary count: Trump made at least 21 false … Read More
They’re now trial ballooning damage control measures, perhaps there will be a wrist slap by the Senate where the vulnerable 2020 GOP senators will call for a censure. The GOP … Read More
