The Coronavirus: It is Political
For the past four days, I have heard Trump loyalists like Wilbur Ross and Larry Kudlow, disaffected Republicans like Megan McCain and Ana Navarro-Cárdenas, ‘woke’ or former Republicans like Nicolle … Read More
Category: Panic
Coronavirus: First repeat patient recorded
Japan is now reporting that a female tour-bus guide has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Normally, individual infections aren’t news at this stage of the virus’s spread. Except that this patient was … Read More
Trump COVID19 Presser needs fact-checks as he dismantles the national pandemic preparation system
Trump’s Katrina is coming. The global economy will be making a downturn with the coronavirus COVID-19. Trump just had another lie-filled presser claiming it will all get better and that … Read More
save a stock market, don't cough on Trump
Cooties! Sinophobia! Trump White House Resists Calls To Appoint A Coronavirus Czar (Jared Kushner?) (and he tries to blame the Democrats for the stock market drop) x After HHS Sec. Alex … Read More
Hurricane Sharpie Wipes Out Coronavirus
Trump really hates it when reality gets in the way of his fantasies. When Hurricane Dorian was threatening the southeast coast, Trump mistakenly included Alabama in a tweet, and Alabama … Read More
Warren & Castro Call Out Bloomberg's Redlining Lies About Democrats Causing The 2008 Crash
First off, this is bull shit: Michael Bloomberg said at the height of the housing crisis in 2008 that getting rid of “redlining,” the biased housing practice that stopped banks from … Read More
Coronovirus and 4 from my county in quarantine at sea. Trump won't fund money.
thehill.com/… This is the headline from The Hill. Lawmakers frustrated with lack of emergency funds for coronavirus The Trump administration does not plan to request emergency funding from Congress to … Read More
GA-Sen B: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR), “Win a Senate seat in Georgia? Yes, we can.”
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: I have a name I want you to … Read More
Putin is Not Happy With His Puppet
It seems Russia is not pleased that Trump took out Suleimani. Newsweek: Russia Says U.S. Soleimani Strike Will Damage Regional Stability, Impact Millions of People Russia's Foreign Ministry has condemned … Read More
Yes, Donald, you have committed the 'crime of the century'
Just before leaving for the golf course this morning, Trump reminded us of his concern for law enforcement hygiene. Darn those dirty (filthy) cops. Darn that psychological projection. New unredacted … Read More
The evangelical meeting that convinced Trump he is the Chosen One, and why I believe it to be true
No matter how hard the rightwing media is trying to spin the upcoming Evangelicals for Trump rally in Miami as a good thing, everyone outside the cult knows it’s a … Read More
Harry Reid, “Democrats running for president need a plan for the Supreme Court”
Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), has been coming out of retirement and his presence in the upcoming 2020 Democratic Primary can certainly be felt. … Read More
The 2019 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” 3rd Quarter Report
Since the Trump Presidency began back in January 2017, we have endeavored to maintain a comprehensive listing of all the administrations misdeeds in the Everything Awful The Trump Administration Has Done … Read More
GOP Panic: Graham challenger broke a fundraising record, and new poll shows 7-point gap.
Maybe Lindsey’s idea to convert himself into Trump’s boot licker wasn’t such a hot idea idea after all. Although Lindsey Graham is still currently the favorite to win in this safe Trump … Read More
Wall Street “Democratic” Donors Will Withold Money or Vote for Trump if Warren Wins.
From CNBC: Democratic donors on Wall Street and in big business are preparing to sit out the presidential campaign fundraising cycle — or even back President Donald Trump — if … Read More
Trump in a Panic on All Fronts
Trump has been counting on four things to get him re-elected: The economy Winning the trade war he started with China Building the wall he promised his base Russian hacking … Read More
Greenland's Inuit traumatized by the climate crisis; N. Atlantic Current slows due to melting
I am not sure if people realize the significance of the dramatic and probable, irreversible loss of Greenland's ice by warming oceans and atmospheric changes. Most of the time I … Read More
Dem cities in Florida just figured out how to beat governor's voter suppression
After a week of having to deal with an openly racist president, it’s nice to have a bit of good news—and from Florida, no less. In the last election, our … Read More
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 South Africa during apartheid. (Yes, … Read More
Careful what you wish for, boys.
“Who’s on first. What’s on second.” “I don’t know!” “Third base.” abbot and Costello It’s little wonder that President Trump is sarcastically referred to as The Pampers President, since … Read More
Establishment Canaries in the Media Coal Mine Pass Out After Last Night's Democratic Debate.
I got time to kill, so I have been watching and reading the responses from the typical media establishment members and pundits to last night’s Democratic presidential debate. And spoiler … Read More
I Forgot Howard Schultz Was Trying to Be a Spoiler.
It is never too late to be an asshole in an election, but I had forgotten that bad coffee king Howard Schultz had announced he was thinking as running as … Read More
You need to read column by Charles M. Blow
for tomorrow’s NY Times, titled ‘Help Us!’ The Panic at D.C. Pride. Blow tweeted about this in real time yesterday. There are some pointed comments towards the end of the … Read More
Truckers latest group to get screwed by GOP tax scam
As long as the GOP tax law was screwing over blue-state homeowners (i.e., the “right” people), Donald Trump and his minions didn’t seem to care much. But this is one … Read More
A Lawyer's Reading of the Barr Letter
Amid all the sturm and drang (on all sides and in all directions) over the Barr Letter on the Mueller Report, I came across this WaPo op-ed by Henry Olsen, … Read More
The Great Trump “Unraveling” Begins.
Hey, what smells in here? Stick a pin in this week. In years to come, when we look back on the sad and sordid history of the Trump Presidency, this … Read More
Donald Trump could be impeached tomorrow.
I’m not being facetious, and the title isn’t click bait. If our congress was more like Amazon, and we could all chip in a few bucks for “Prime, with free … Read More
Pelosi Can Force a Senate Vote on Trump's National “Emergency” and She Should.
So, this was an interesting segment on the RMS last night. In it Rachel shows that a handful of GOP Senators are on record (Rubio, Cornyn, Ron Johnson, Susan Collins) are … Read More
I Do Not Think We Need To Panic Yet About Howard Schultz.
Zach Carter at Huffington Post has a good write up about Howard Schultz is stuck in the 90’s, and I think what is outlined by Carter is why we should … Read More
Consumer sentiment plunges in January, thanks to Trump
If you take a few blocks away from a Jenga tower it might stay up for a while, but if you keep pulling pieces away, it’s going to fall eventually. … Read More
Russia expert: All signs point to Trump being compromised by Putin
Tom Nichols is a national security professor at the Naval War College and a Russia expert, and he just said out loud what, well, I and everyone at DKos say out … Read More
The law that's going to kill Trump's scam isn't even in the criminal or civil code.
I fought the law, and the law won The Clash As a serious comedian *a true oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one), I’ve always had a favorite pet phrase. If I … Read More
Fed up: It’s time for Republicans to end their hypocrisy on interest rates
As 2018 draws to a close, there is growing concern about what the next year will bring for the American economy. President Trump’s twin self-inflicted wounds of an ongoing trade … Read More
Trump abruptly left tree-lighting ceremony yesterday, may have had 'panic attack.' Wonder why
Drip, drip, drip. Oh, a gusher! Big news this morning involving the underling Trump repeatedly bullied over the past 12 years. (Hey, Melania, if you want kids to stop bullying each … Read More
'We're getting our asses kicked': Republicans panic over big Dem fundraising advantage
I will vote, I will vote straight D, and I will tell everyone I meet to do likewise between now and November 6. Nothing will stop me. The only decision I … Read More
Tell Me Some Good News Folks or at Least Lie to Me.
I’m a Democrat, so I am prone to panic. Yeah, redundant. But I have been depressed lately because of multiple things going on in my personal life (health issue of … Read More
Withdrawal. It Has To Be.
Right now, the only question in my mind is whether Brett Kavanaugh will withdraw his name from consideration for Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court, or whether Donald … Read More
There's something different about the GOP “panic” over the midterms this time.
I love watching them. They’re so cute right before their ego’s die Dilbert Boss There’s nothing new about there being “panic” in the Republican party leading up to … Read More
NRA finds new scapegoat for shooting deaths: loud video game headphones
When I heard there was a shooting at a Madden 19 tournament yesterday, I thought it was just a matter of time before gun-rights advocates started blaming video games for the … Read More
An 11-year-old just hacked into a replica Florida election website … in less than 10 minutes
I wrote about voting machine and election website vulnerabilities about two and a half weeks ago, and that diary generated a tremendous amount of feedback. Some of the commenters thought … Read More
On this family separation issue? “Mission Accomplished” my *ss!
I have a suggestion. And that suggestion is that the two words “Mission Accomplished” should be permanently stricken from the political discourse dictionary, on pain of being thrown out of … Read More
Even more than impeachment, Democrats need to retake Congress's exclusive War-Making Power
President Trump and the U.S. Constitution (and established norms of governing) have been on a collision course since day one of the Trump presidency, but there is one looming, and overdue, … Read More
Why there's more to come: Mueller and Russia
The Republicans are circling their wagons today and dancing a little dance of joy because Mueller issued an indictment that doesn’t, in fact, directly implicate any Americans as anything except … Read More
Did we just live through a Dr. Strangelove moment. Having an incompetent president just got real
I’ve been wracking my brain. Has this ever happened before? A false alarm nuclear attack. I may be wrong but I can’t remember such an incident. I am close to … Read More
North Korean artillery and the concept of “flattening Seoul” – a breakdown
You hear it often: if war in Korea were to break out, Seoul would be flattened. Not because of a nuclear strike, but because of North Korean artillery. North Korea … Read More
Ethnic Cleansing. How it starts.
Ethnic Cleansing The mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another. This is a phrase that is not often … Read More
Oh What A Lovely War
Now with Britain also joining in the fun. Strategy what strategy? Asked if there was a coherent plan for defeating Isis, Gen Mike Flynn, who retired last year after three … Read More
Being Homeless With Kids
Again, I’ve been asked, “Where has Jenny been?” As always, I struggle with answering these kinds of questions. I suppose that a person who doesn’t bare her soul on the … Read More
