Ted Cruz's latest straight-faced dishonesty: 'You didn't see us try to pack the court'
Ted Cruz has been accused of a lot of things: being the Zodiac Killer; being from Canada; being a churlish Sea Monkey that grew out of control...
Minerva @ Midnight: eat pie under the covers
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...
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...
Trump tries to burn his SAG card before they take it away. “You have done nothing for me.”
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...
We have a President or Republican Party with potential death squads?!? (Tap, tap: Is this mike on?)
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...
Don't forget that Republicans also eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees
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...
Here is why Biden/Harris must ignore unfair calls to address court-packing
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...
to whom does Trump owe money and did he use PPP funds to cover the vigorish
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...
Watch Stephanopoulos allow Republican Senator to blatantly lie about the filibuster. MSM FAIL!
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....
Houston Chronicle Reports Texas Adds More Than 1.5 Million Voters Going Into 2020 Election
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...
SCOTUS hopefuls Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton can't see the hypocrisy in seating a judge in election year
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...
Trump is only 62% fascist or 29 Benitos short of a dictatorship
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....
Senators on vacation as the Russians keep working
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*....
TX-Sen: Obamacare Repeal's Top Salesman Is Now Telling People To Sign Up For Obamacare
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...
KY-Sen: New Ad Hits Moscow Mitch For Prioritizing Confirming Trump's Judges Over COVID-19 Relief
Good: https://twitter.com/WeDemandJustice/status/1246407166451503107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The liberal group Demand Justice is knocking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for discussing judicial nominations during the coronavirus pandemic, urging voters to tell...
NY-03, CA-01, CA-10 & TN-02: Indivisible Helps Usher In The Big Blue Wave Of 2020
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...
Help Us Flip The Senate With Andrew Romanoff!
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...
Pitch In Time and / or $ to Help Elect The Next AOC!
Pitch In Time and / or $ to Help Elect The Next AOC! Donate to Help PDA Elect Alex MorseThe Progressive Champion We Need Bringing...
MA-Sen: Ed Markey (D) Is Starting To Change His Tune On What To Do About The Filibuster
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...
MA-Sen: Why The Filibuster Is The Big Issue In The Primary Between Markey (D) & Kennedy (D)
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...
Chatter Amongst Democratic Senate Leadership On Killing The Filibuster/60 Vote Rule Is Growing
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...
The US Faces another Existential Crisis
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...
McConnell brags about obstructing Merrick Garland nomination 16 days after whining about obstruction
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...
April Fool! Mitch McConnell writes op-ed whining about Democratic 'obstruction'
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...
OR-Sen: Slate, “Jeff Merkley rules out a White House bid because he’d rather try to fix the Senate”
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...
Fund the wall or we kill the economy: GOP debt ceiling extortion returns
“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...
ME, CO & GA-Sen: CREDO Action Puts Pressure On These GOPers To End #TrumpMcConnellShutdown
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?...
The final “straw”?
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,...
The end of an era? We can only hope so.
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...
FL-Gov: New PPP Poll Has Andrew Gillum (D) Beating Ron DeSantis (R) 48-44
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 GOP's new SCOTUS strategy. Informercials.
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...
MA-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D) Helps Register Voters On National Voter Registration Day
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...
The Pussy Cat of Indiana – Senator Joe Donnelly – Coughs Like He Has a Hair Ball on Kavanaugh.
Donnelly’s office said the following: “Senator Donnelly takes his responsibility to consider Supreme Court nominees – regardless of the president making the nominations – very...
MT-Sen: Audio Reveals Potentially Illegal Coordination Between NRA & Matt Rosendale (R)
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...
VT-Sen: Bernie Sanders Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Reject Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination
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...
Senator Leahy Tripping Kavanaugh Up on Stolen E-mails. Grassley P.O.ed…Update Video.
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...
Help Kevin de León Win!
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...
HI-Sen: Mazie Hirono (D) Is Pressing Trump’s Nominees On Sexual Harassment. Brett Kavanaugh Is Next.
Earlier this year, I highlighted this in my past diary: xStarting today, I'm asking nominees to our courts, under oath, whether or not they have...
The real answer to Supreme Court power politics that no one acknowledges
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...
Rules are for Fools: CAN the GOP Dump Trump?
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...
Another Possible Scenario
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...
