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The week has started badly and tragically. Even the Suez Canal got blocked. but we should at least think about Spring Cleaning, even if we never get it completed. It’s enough to make you nuke a space hurricane, eat a pie under the covers, or buy a QAnon Sudoku decoder...
- March 24, 2021
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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. So it comes as no surprise to see this story in today’s New York Times: Promotions for Female Generals Were...
- February 17, 2021
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Darn those performances in Zoolander and Home Alone 2. Trump again shrinks in media prominence to Reagan, because failing to get the POTUS* role in the Sharknado franchise is Trump’s actual star moment. Next week will feature a boffo performance in his impeachment trial deposition reminiscent of the 30 lies in his 2007 lawsuit. Likely it will be...
- February 4, 2021
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In all the talk about the Republican Insurrection and Trump’s impeachment, one very large story has not gotten nearly the degree of high attention that it deserves. It appears that we now have a President (or Republican voters generally) that effectively have death squads or, as crucially, the effective threat of...
- January 15, 2021
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Just a quick reminder about something I see largely left out of the coverage of Republicans’ bad faith regarding the Supreme Court: Republicans eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. This was supposed to be a seismic event, but I don’t hear it discussed much anymore in the overall Supreme...
- October 29, 2020
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The Biden/Harris campaign must not answer any court-packing questions. Their answer should always be they will do what they were elected to do. The question is GOP court-packing with incompetent judges. Disregard calls to address court-packing x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Even with a Senate majority led...
- October 9, 2020
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Trump has likely laundered vast sums, certainly has cheated on taxes and committed bank fraud, and is in hock to many entities who might take their repayments in the form of national security intelligence products or preferential arms sales. Fodder for the next debate and when the counterintelligence investigation post-Mueller...
- September 30, 2020
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This interview is a classic example of why Americans don't vote in their interest. A Stephanopoulos follow-up question on this filibuster lie was a no-brainer. Mainstream media allow liars the use of our airwaves to misinform us. An unchecked filibuster lie x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. When...
- September 27, 2020
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From The Houston Chronicle: Texas has once again shattered vote registration records, adding more than 1.5 million voters since the last presidential election. Texas now surpassed 16.6 million voters, according to the latest numbers announced Tuesday by Texas Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs. And there are still almost two...
- September 22, 2020
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What are these assholes even talking about? Now, I knew they’d be pricks about this regardless, but isn’t a little convenient that they’re both on Donald Trump’s SCOTUS nominee short list? First, Wolfman Jack’s colicky vestigial twin: x “We can play that game all day long” — Ted Cruz dismisses...
- September 20, 2020
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WaPo published an update to the estimation of whether Trump was more than a rhetorical trope as a fascist, or more of an actual, historical fascist. 29 more “Benitos” to go, Trump has yet to win reelection by rigged balloting and only has a fraction of the population incarcerated. Ripping children...
- August 22, 2020
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GOP Senators took their three weeks off, as the COVID death toll rises, Some left to campaign for re-election, others to disinform in support of IMPOTUS*. And then there’s Trump corrupting USPS in unprecedented election meddling. All the while, even Trump cannot condemn QAnon’s tacit escalation of Trumpian themes. x Which...
- August 16, 2020
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Wow: After voting more than a dozen times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and leading Senate Republican efforts to dismantle it, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday that the “good news” is that people can sign up for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law if they’ve lost their...
- May 13, 2020
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Good: Mitch McConnell is blocking help for Americans hurt by the COVID-19 crisis while ramming through judges who could kick millions off their health care. Our new ad: pic.twitter.com/GQFjNTXFW8 — Demand Justice (@WeDemandJustice) April 4, 2020 The liberal group Demand Justice is knocking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for discussing judicial...
- April 5, 2020
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Received this e-mail today from the progressive group, Indivisible: We’ve talked to local groups, we’ve vetted candidates, and we’ve counted the votes. And now, we’re excited to announce Indivisible’s third round of national endorsements for the 2020 election cycle! These national endorsements elevate the candidates preferred by the grassroots, showcasing a new...
- March 12, 2020
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Help Us Flip The Senate With Andrew Romanoff! Donate to Help PDA Elect Andrew RomanoffHe Is The Progressive Champion We Need Bringing the party back to it’s progressive roots! Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Dr. Bill, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, and Bryan—Your Progressive Democrats of America National Team...
- February 18, 2020
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Pitch In Time and / or $ to Help Elect The Next AOC! Donate to Help PDA Elect Alex MorseThe Progressive Champion We Need Bringing the party back to its progressive roots! Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Dr. Bill, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, and Bryan—Your Progressive Democrats of...
- February 13, 2020
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As many of you know, the filibuster has been the top issue for me in the 2020 Democratic Primary. I support Elizabeth Warren because she has called for eliminating the archaic 60 vote rule that has constantly killed progress time and time again. Her, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Julian Castro,...
- November 11, 2019
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Here’s the latest news out of Massachusetts: Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, the last member of the Democratic dynasty serving in Washington, plans to formally announce Saturday that he is launching a primary challenge to Senator Edward J. Markey, an audacious political move that could open fissures within the Democratic...
- September 18, 2019
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Back in April, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D. NY) indicated that he is willing to do this in order to make the Senate work: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer won't commit to retaining the filibuster if Democrats win control of the chamber in 2020, the latest sign of...
- July 18, 2019
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Right now we’re facing one existential crisis: Trump, the Republicans, and the White Supremacists along with the oligarchs, are trying to turn this country into South Africa during apartheid. (Yes, Godwin’s Law has been suspended, and Trump thinks Mein Kampf is an instruction manual, but for the time being I...
- July 17, 2019
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Fuck you, Mitch McConnell. Fuck you in your scurfy chelonian exoskeleton. ThinkProgress: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday ignored his past condemnations of Democratic obstruction, releasing a three-minute campaign kickoff video for his 2020 re-election bid, centering on his successful 293 day blockade of Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination...
- April 18, 2019
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So, yeah, Mitch McConnell thinks the Democrats are engaging in mindless obstruction. The Democrats. The Democrats. In fact, he’s so fired up about this he wrote a whiny op-ed for Politico titled “Time to Stop the Democrats’ Obstruction.” And just in time for April Fools’ Day! Anyway, just in case you have the...
- April 1, 2019
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This week, two of my favorite progressive U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley (D. OR) and Sherrod Brown (D. OH) passed on running for the Democratic nominee for President. While the field is already crowded, I was hoping both men would enter to bring their ideas and platforms to the primary. But...
- March 8, 2019
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“Both sides do it” may well be the most dangerous and deceitful phrase in U.S. politics. The lazy analyst’s substitute for actual journalism doesn’t merely misdiagnose what plagues the American body politic, but fails to correctly identify the source of the disease. As Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein put it...
- February 3, 2019
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Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: Senate Republicans could force an end to the shutdown right now. Can you help pressure them to do it? Two weeks ago, Democrats in the House of Representatives passed bills to reopen the government that the Senate unanimously approved in December, but Senate Majority...
- January 17, 2019
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When it comes to the events of the last 10 days, to borrow a phrase from Rachel Maddow, “Stick a pin in this.” And no, I don’t mean everything that has happened in the last 10 days, you’d need a cork board the size of Oklahoma. But over the last little while,...
- December 21, 2018
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Democrats vs Republicans. Not exactly new or novel, the two have been duking it out politically for more than a century and a half. Sometimes the Republicans win, and sometimes the Democrats win. And as political analysts become increasingly happy to remind us as we near yet another midterm election,...
- October 8, 2018
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Some good news today out of Florida courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: Another poll, another lead for Andrew Gillum. The newest survey from Public Policy Polling has Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Governor, ahead by four points in his race against Republican Ron DeSantis. The survey sampled 779 registered voters Sept. 28-30. Gillum earned...
- October 1, 2018
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This shit is going to put me out of business. The best description of the job of a comedian is “One who finds and exposes the absurdity in the mundane.” But what happens to guys like me when what should be mundane is by itself completely ridiculous? I remember the...
- September 25, 2018
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: Woo-hoo! Today is National Voter Registration Day – a day that celebrates what our democracy is all about. And in 2018, this day is more important than ever. Look, I’ll be blunt: Democrats have a real shot...
- September 25, 2018
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Donnelly’s office said the following: “Senator Donnelly takes his responsibility to consider Supreme Court nominees – regardless of the president making the nominations – very seriously. With both Judges Garland and Gorsuch, and now with Judge Kavanaugh, Senator Donnelly has evaluated Supreme Court nominees based on their understanding of the...
- September 17, 2018
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Kudos to The Daily Beast for catching this: Before the National Rifle Association dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to flip a competitive, Democratic-held Senate seat, the gun-rights group’s chief lobbyist apparently gave the race’s Republican challenger a heads-up. Chris Cox, the top political strategist for the NRA’s Institute for...
- September 13, 2018
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I. VT) re-election campaign: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) If Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump get their way, the U.S. Senate will vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court before the end of the month. In...
- September 12, 2018
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This is from Re-Wire’s SCOTUS reporter Jessica Mason Pieklo's Twitter thread covering the Senate Judiciary Hearings on Kavanaugh’s nomination… **************************************************************** Now Leahy is up. Starts directly with whether or not Kavanaugh lied to him the first time around It's already a tense exchange Kavanaugh stands by his previous statements and said...
- September 5, 2018
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Photo: PDA’s Judy Hess with Kevin de León By Mike Hersh for Judy, Donna, Dr. Bill, Mike F, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, Bryan, and Shayna—Your Progressive Democrats of America National Team Not Just A Moment; This Is A Movement Support Kevin de León For U.S. Senate Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has...
- August 29, 2018
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Earlier this year, I highlighted this in my past diary: x Starting today, I'm asking nominees to our courts, under oath, whether or not they have a history of sexual assault or harassment. Like in other industries, our judges are in positions of power & #TimesUp. pic.twitter.com/Jk0NcTBi3h — Senator Mazie...
- August 10, 2018
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I’ve been as outraged as anyone about the Republicans’ theft of J. Scalia’s former Supreme Court seat — and now President Trump’s appalling opportunity to compound the damage with a second appointment. And I have read the numerous pleas for Dems to extract justice, including this reasonable and provocative Kos diary calling on Dems...
- June 29, 2018
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So, one of the questions that is on a lot of people’s mind lately is whether there’s any way that the Republican Party could somehow divest themselves of Trump at the self-declaredly Trump-themed convention in Cleveland. Well, the short answer is yes, they can. That’s the opinion of Curly Hoagland,...
- June 16, 2016
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Say both Hillary and Trump win their respective nominations. As we all know Hillary is very/extremely business friendly. Will the Corporate interests and the elite line up behind Hillary? I think they will, Trump is a wild card and business just loathes that scenario. Corporations only care about social issues...
- April 3, 2016
