Installment Plan

Layaway, on-time, and paying-something-down-on-it have been very familiar phrases in black, brown, and poor neighborhoods for generations; credit was for the people who did not need it. Financial freedom because … Read More

Inauguration 2021 should be virtual with few attending for National Security.

It’s not fair and it’s especially not fair to VP Elect Harris who historically is the first woman and black woman  to become Vice President.   We are in the middle … Read More

shades of the Andrew Jackson inaugural, “King Mob the Second” was crowned on Wednesday

Staring at the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office must have had a stochastic effect. Like Nixon talking to portraits, Trump decided he’d go out with a bang. As his hero, … Read More

“…an assault perpetrated by domestic terrorists who were fueled, incited and assisted by POTUS.”

No more delays and no more excuses. Donald Trump must be removed immediately. https://t.co/YTYlMtCSFD — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 7, 2021 Trump is “a dangerous person who should not … Read More

So many injustices, because no one asked Dr. Henry Kissinger to set a leg

We are in the world of Dr. Doom, Doc Octopus, and Doctor Strange, as Trumpian ignorance has yet to recede from not recognizing the differences among honorific, honorary, and honor. The WSJ … Read More

MO-Gov: Can We Please Get Rid Of Missouri's Racist Dog Whistling, Superspreader Governor

There aren’t a lot of Governor races for me to cover this year. Governors Roy Cooper (D. NC) and Jay Inslee (D. WA) are looking good heading into re-election and … Read More

Federalist Society bigwig says Trump's election-delay tweet is grounds for immediate impeachment

Steven Calabresi is a Northwestern University law professor and co-founder of the uber-conservative Federalist Society. And he thinks Donald Trump’s latest fascist tweet is, well, fascist. x The co-founder of the … Read More

AFL-CIO Officially Endorses Joe Biden For President

Some big news today: The AFL-CIO, the country’s largest coalition of labor unions, endorsed Joe Biden for president Tuesday, with the organization’s top official vowing to wage an aggressive effort to help … Read More

Trump tries to spin dead bodies, because jobs are more important than dying

All that remains from Trump is virtue signaling: ignore deaths, go back to work, you’ll be a warrior, and we’ll give you a flyover. I made this case at some … Read More

Joe Biden Trashes Wisconsin Republicans For Their Shameful Attempts To Suppress The Vote

Tonight was a good night: Democrats scored a significant victory in Wisconsin on Monday night when a liberal challenger upset a Trump-backed incumbent to win a State Supreme Court seat, … Read More

PA Auditor General Candidate, Christina Hartman (D. PA), Helps Voters Request Mail-In Ballots

Received this e-mail yesterday from Christina Hartman’s (D.  PA) Auditor General campaign: Yesterday, we watched as voters in Wisconsin were forced to choose between their health and their right to … Read More

will Trump(ists) try to spike the November election with or without COVID-19

On Wisconsin. Considering all that we already know about Trumpism, his attempts to warp the election will occur until the last vote is counted. Sabotage like unfaithful electors or worse could … Read More

The Election Will Not Be Postponed

There have been diaries and comments posted here in the past few weeks about IMPOTUS using emergency powers to postpone or even cancel the November election. He does not have … 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

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 103)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

Impending Vote On Kavanaugh

Photos: The U.S. Supreme Court Building, by Joe Ravi • CC BY-SA 3.0 and Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing in 2004, CSPAN • Public domain By  Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike … Read More

Impending Vote On Kavanaugh

Photos: The U.S. Supreme Court Building, by Joe Ravi • CC BY-SA 3.0 and Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing in 2004, CSPAN • Public domain By Debra Schrishuhn for Mike … Read More