In nineteen seventy-four, I reached three milestones in my life. In March of that year, I turned eighteen; ten days later, I registered with selective service—conscription ended in 1973, and naively I registered as an […]
Category: Primary
GOP congressman says pre-K education isn't needed because stay-at-home parents are still a thing
It’s safe to say that Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisconsin) is not the brightest bulb on the marquee. While a member of the Wisconsin state Senate, Grothman proposed putting an end to weekends, said sex education […]
Pennsylvania Bar Association Slams GOP Candidate For PA Supreme Court Over Dishonest Attack Ad
Here’s the latest news out of Pennsylvania: The TV ad is no-holds-barred. It bluntly attacks a decision of the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court. And on Saturday, the state Bar Association said the spot […]
cheeseheads in Wisconsin GOP Assembly vote to end 'patriarchy' by banning its K-12 mention
Beetle-Juice Three Times. Thank Jeebus that cheesehead is not banned from primary and secondary schools in Wisconsin. Because nothing says “Freedom” and “Liberty” like being the language police. If you talk about “spirit murdering” and “action […]
Texas Priorities! Gov. Abbott wants to build a wall but cannot keep the electricity on in Texas.
This is not a joke. This is what Texans must live through. A governor and his party that has Texas in a state of disarray. Texas Governor needs electricity, not a wall See full episodes […]
Lara Trump advocates violence at the border because Eric's a minute man
Aside from advocating mass killing, Lara Trump agrees with VP Harris that migrants should not undertake a journey to the US southern border even as full consular service has not been restored to all US […]
Challenged by Right-Wing Newsmax & OAN, Fox News further radicalized their lies for relevance
To keep their relevance after losing viewership to OAN and NewsMax, Fox News chose further radicalize their lies. Fox News caves to further deviancy See full episodes here. Brian Stelter appeared on All-In with Chris Hayes. […]
The backlashes to critical race theory leave scars: racism is never funny, even if ignorance is.
Florida bans its schools from teaching critical race theory On Thursday, Florida’s State Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of an amendment banning the teaching of critical race theory in schools throughout the state. […]
New book says Trump may have conspiracy-theoried his way to defeat; thought Dems would replace Biden
So I may be burying the lede on this one—on purpose for once. The buried bit involves a bit of classic Trumpian projection that, sadly and predictably, ventures into the offensive. (Skip ahead if you want […]
Redistricting and Representation
The addition of the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act was a turning point in terms of minority representation. Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district lines every ten years intended to bring […]
PA-Gov: Trump's Political Godfather Is Back & This Time He's Running For Governor
Here’s the latest news today out of Pennsylvania: Lou Barletta, the Republican Party’s Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, is running for governor of Pennsylvania. Barletta, 65, becomes the most prominent figure to […]
Infrastructure Bill Is A Golden Chance To Kill The Idea That Only Dems Need to “Pay For” Their Bills
Among the countless examples of inane “Washington group-think” is the notion that only Democrats have to “pay for” their legislative priorities (i.e., enact corresponding tax increases and/or spending cuts to match the costs of new […]
VA-Gov: Virginia GOP Picks Their Nominee, Trump Gives Him The Kiss Of Death
So this happened yesterday: Glenn Youngkin, a wealthy first-time candidate who walked a line between his party’s Trump-centric base and appeals to business interests, won the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia on Monday. He […]
Facebook gets around to deleting anti-vaxx groups as others volunteer to deprogram them
Shedding Facebook becomes more necessary as awareness of disinformation and propaganda effects forces editorial action by Facebook. The problem is that ad revenue can and has come from malign forces beyond the usual influence operations […]
NYC-Mayor: NYT Endorses Former Sanitation Department Commissioner Kathryn Garcia (D)
The New York Times Editorial Board officially made their endorsement today for the next Mayor of New York City and it’s a very compelling endorsement: All of the candidates in the June 22 Democratic primary […]
FL-Gov: “It's him and Casey. But everyone else is like a disposable piece of garbage.”
Not surprised by this: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a rising star in the Republican Party. But many of his former staffers told Politico they felt used and abused by the MAGA politician. A group […]
WI-Sen: Amy McGrath Is Back To Help Give Sedition Caucus Member RoJo The Anti-Vaxxer The Boot
Yesterday was a very busy day for me so I’m playing catch up today. Received this e-mail yesterday from former Air Force Pilot and U.S. Senate candidate, Amy McGrath (D. KY) on behalf of her […]
Minerva @ Midnight: 45 whines 'free speech' because “Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth”
Delusional previous guy thinks he’s still POTUS. And in Arizona the cyber-ninjas are looking for traces of bamboo in the ballots. Also, Trump got caught trying to sneak back into Twitter. “Free Speech has been taken […]
OH-Sen: The Daily Beast, “Josh Mandel (R) Slams Big Tech Companies That Made Him Tens of Thousands”
From The Daily Beast: Josh Mandel—the far-right, former Ohio state representative now running for Senate—has recently joined the chorus of conservatives railing against Big Tech. But before he turned against Silicon Valley, Mandel was a […]
Cheney Is Exposing the GOP as Liars, and They Can't Allow That [Update: WH Weighs In]
We’re seeing more and more stories that Liz Cheney is about to be tossed under the bus, that the Republican “leadership” is so in thrall to Trump and his base, so dedicated to the service […]
With his “patio rant”, previous guy's Big Lie is the ultimate deep fake
Like any good con artist Trump now tries to call his losing a “big lie”, because he’s all about the disinformation as he does his lounge act in Florida and now New Jersey. Trump or his […]
'Trump has never actually been wrong': The MAGA cult has eaten the Republican Party
I used to occasionally argue with MAGAs before I realized I’d have better luck trying to convince Wile E. Coyote not to jump off the cliff in his Acme Batman Suit. He always jumps, and it […]
Minerva @ Midnight: “Working towards the Previous Guy”, rolling up his lackeys
Fear and loathing rises in the land of previous guy. The raid on Giuliani’s apartment and office netted the Feds 10 devices, laptops and phones. According to the Trump adviser, the (Giuliani) raid ignited a sense […]
Liz Cheney and the Biden Fist Bump
It’s a sign of the times that Liz Cheney had to explain herself: I disagree strongly w/@JoeBiden policies, but when the President reaches out to greet me in the chamber of the US House of […]
OH-Gov & Sen: Nan Whaley (D) Hits Back At J.D. Vance's (R) Bull S*** Lies About Universal Pre-K
Received this e-mail from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: x We don't need some hedge fund millionaire like @JDVance1 claiming to speak for working families who are struggling to get by. In […]
Pennsylvania Democrats Continue To Gear Up To Fight Back Against GOP Gerrymandering
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: The fight for fair electoral maps kicked off in earnest today, when the US Census Bureau revealed each state’s updated number of US House seats. And the […]
VA-Gov: WaPo Endorses “First-Rate” Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) For The Democratic Nominee
The Washington Post Editorial Board made their endorsement today: IF VIRGINIA governors were allowed consecutive terms in office, Terry McAuliffe could have run for reelection in 2017 and almost certainly would have won easily. But the commonwealth […]
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing those moments of historical contact as acts of recognizing the constructed historical object. “Historicism tends to be hermeneutic because it values […]
Another piece of Arctic sea ice destruction confirmed; 'Heat Bombs' from the Pacific.
According to new findings from the University of California San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, primarily in summer, unprecedented quantities of heat from the Pacific are pouring into the Arctic Ocean through the Bering […]
VA-Gov: GOP's Leading Candidate For Governor Says Derek Chauvin Verdict Makes Her “Sick”
Friendly reminder, there’s a big Governor’s race in Virginia this year: Virginia Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase is no stranger to making provocative statements, and comments she made this week related to the Derek Chauvin […]
As the Rate of Vaccinations Peaks, Biden Pushes for Employee Incentives
With over half of American adults now vaccinated with at least one Covid shot, President Joe Biden is acting to keep the momentum rolling by offering employers tax credits if they will give their employees incentives to […]
BWAHAHAHAHA … a wide open GOP in 2024 and Chris Christie is serious about… running
If the previous guy doesn’t run, the 2024 POTUS field seems “wide-open” with dark horses, stalking horses, mudders, and nags. With a seven figure advance, the Pence memoir is going to need a lot of […]
NC-Sen: Disgraced Bathroom Bill Ex-Gov Jumps Into Senate GOP Primary
Some big news today out of North Carolina: Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s career in politics is not over. McCrory, a Republican who served one term as the state’s chief executive and 14 years […]
GOP Wants Trump to Cool it With McConnell; Trump Turns Up the Heat
Two stories posted on Political Wire near each other (probably deliberately) caught my attention. First: Republicans pray for truce after Trump attacks on McConnell (Politico) Though the Senate GOP is tantalizingly close to retaking the […]
PA-Sen: Toomey (R) Wants PA To Adopt GA's Jim Crow Laws Because He “Thinks Black People Do Drive”
Can’t wait to see this asshole go: 📹On @FOX43, Sen. Toomey says he wants PA to adopt Georgia's new election laws. I ask what he says to BPOC who say those policies make it harder […]
Minerva at Midnight: better sex under (democratic) socialism
“As in the Times Op-Ed from which the book originated, the title refers to the results of studies conducted in Germany from the mid-nineteen-eighties onward, which reported, among other intriguing findings, that eighty per cent […]
Minerva @ Midnight: has the left been “tamed” by Biden
This is a bad place in history. Apparently half of the GQP thinks the 1/6 insurrection was left-wing activists trying to make Trump “look bad”, accordingly, MSM thinks Biden has “tamed” the left. The administration’s warm relationship […]
PA-Sen: Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) Rakes In $3.9 Million Q1 Fundraising Haul For U.S. Senate Bid
Here’s some big news today out of Pennsylvania: [email protected] announces he raised $3.9 million in the first quarter for his Pennsylvania U.S. Senate run, through 140,000 contributions. A big haul of 💰 at an early […]
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences
Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far exceed the benefits. Austerity would have denied us Renaissance art which is […]
Is the Heritage Foundation really a bunch of monarchists
Because armed struggle in the actual 1776 to cancel a monarchy wasn’t enough for one right-wing think tank, the Heritage Foundation’s usual reactionary silliness now extends to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, apparently because […]
PA-Sen: “He’s an a**hole, damnit”
Friendly reminder: retiring U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R. PA) is still an asshole and will not be missed: Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on Thursday blocked a bill meant to bar private debt collectors […]
“Treasonous Traitor Clown” Giuliani was an even better “useful idiot” for Russia in 2020
Russia targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says, in an apparent reference to Rudy Giuliani. The Office of the Director for National Intelligence released an unclassified version of […]
The previous guy still lost, because he still needs that “hoax” to keep the grift going
WaPo’s Greg Miller’s “main takeaway from ODNI report is that America’s enemies learned more from Russia-2016 about how to muck around in U.S. elections than the U.S. learned/did about how to stop it.” It didn’t […]
the former guy's lack of political understanding has made him bunt into a Cloverfielder's choice
Without the strange speculation about how Trump is in decline, it is reasonable to think that Trump is consistently inconsistent in not being able to assemble a successful policy or even a political apparatus to […]
the stupid… it burns, Sarah Palin floats a trial balloon for a return to relevance
More like stupid being bigger than evil, a few trial balloons for Sarah Palin have emerged as Trump makes official his promise to campaign against Lisa Murkowski in 2022. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin threatened to run […]
PA-Sen: The Atlantic, “The Left’s Answer to Trump Is 6 Foot 8 and Wears Shorts in February”
Have some weekend reading for you. The Atlantic has a great piece out about U.S. Senate candidate, Lt. Governor John Fetterman (D. PA), that’s worth a ready. Here’s a taste: Fetterman has already raised lots […]
MO-Sen: PCCC Endorses Marine Veteran Lucas Kunce (D) In The Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate
Some big news this week out of Missouri: A Missouri Democrat who works at an organization that fights corporate monopolies on Tuesday became the latest candidate to announce a bid for U.S. Senate. Lucas Kunce, […]
ex-POTUS* may have hung on to an unpaid debt and perhaps avoided income tax owed
Like Chicago gangsters a century ago prosecuted for tax evasion, the Chicago way may catch up to Trump. As Elliot Ness is purported to have said, “no deals”. Cy Vance and Leticia James continue an untouchable investigation into […]
MO-Sen: Another One Bites The Dust! Sen. Roy Blunt (R) Announces That He Won't Seek Re-Election
Big news today out of Missouri: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO): "After 14 general election victories, three to county office, 7 to the US House of Representatives, and four statewide elections, I won't be a candidate […]
GOP congressional candidate howls 'Boycott Target' hours after whining about 'cancel culture'
Consistency really isn’t their thing, is it? In the last election cycle, Tom Norton, a once and future candidate for Congress, challenged “RINO” Peter Meijer in the GOP primary for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. He […]
