GOP Says Biden in Chaos – with WaPo Help
Not that I give a bloated goat fart in hell what the Republicans think, but does the Washington Post have to help them pass gas? Top left front page: Biden’s … Read More
Category: rise
Minerva @ Midnight: the 1/6 commission must succeed because the insurrection was no “tourist visit”
It does seem clear that in the name of “bipartisanship, there may be pro-Trumpists chosen who will attempt to sabotage such a commission, because some will accept the same false … Read More
Targeting journalists is a war crime. Israel bombs international media in Gaza
Prior warning doesn’t excuse the destruction of media headquarters for Al Jazeera and the AP. An Israeli airstrike destroyed the Al Jazeera office in Gaza. The Israeli military warned they … Read More
Well, That Solves the Problem…?
Much like with the election of Barack Obama, after the Derek Chauvin conviction, America was quick to congratulate itself. The fallacy of a post-racial America turned out to be as … Read More
Healing from the trauma of the climate emergency.
“Dadirri listens and knows, witnesses, feels, empathizes in the pain under the anger, and, if the anger is accompanied by action, seeks to understand the thoughts and feelings behind the … Read More
Antarctica faces increasing rainfall threats leading to sea level rise and penguin colony collapse.
Very little is known about rainfall in Antarctica; precipitation falls as snow on the bitter cold ice-covered continent. But during the austral summer of 2013-2014, an Adélie penguin colony near Dumont … Read More
I'm Relieved, But I'm Not Celebrating
Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all three counts of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, knowing that people were filming … Read More
It is Long Past Time to Reimagine Policing in America
The Black Codes of the late 1800s are making a comeback in America. These ordinances were meant to control the free movement of people of color using minor infractions as … Read More
Despite Trump's constant fearmongering over shutdowns, suicides actually declined in 2020
During last year’s second presidential debate, Donald Trump made certain to note how horribly things were going on his watch: “We have to open our country,” the big, dumb adobe mud … Read More
Concurrent extreme hydroclimate events will pummel the Colorado river basin.
“Concurrent extreme events of more than one kind, rather than isolated events of a single type, will be the ones that actually harm people, society, and the economy.” Katrina Bennett, Los Alamos … Read More
Thwaites glacier is in extreme peril as warm water is discovered, eroding critical pinning points.
“We might (and I stress might) have already reached and passed a point where there is really no turning back for Thwaites, no matter what we as humans do to … Read More
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 … Read More
Fox News joins the late night (culture) wars with a cancellable Greg Gutfeld
Fox News and Greg Gutfeld apparently believes he’s funny enough to go up against late night comedy programming. Because of the previous guy, the world might be safe for RW late … Read More
CO2 data from Mauna Loa above 421.21 ppm up from 415.6 a year ago and 393.88 just 10 years ago.
Saturday was the first day that CO2 measured in the atmosphere was above 420 ppm since measurements began in the 1950s. This moment in time has sapiens in a perilous position … Read More
Minerva @ Midnight: today in GOP foolishness
Previous guy and the GQP continue to be weird and entirely predictable. Weird and even entirely predictable — Kim Mangone (@KimMangone) April 4, 2021 Mike Huckabee doubled down on the … Read More
Manatee County Florida. Mandatory Evacuations ! Catastrophic Leak
No. No. We don’t need infrastructure bills in America . We are fine according to republicans. Well, that state of mind is being changed I bet as I type. (or … Read More
Al Sharpton slams Republicans in a hell of an immigration gotcha clip
Al Sharpton did a piece on immigration that dispels the manner the Fox News-like manner mainstream media is covering “border crisis.” Al Sharpton knocks it out of the park See … Read More
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 … Read More
Minerva @ Midnight: fungible space and fungible time
The stuck ship does tell us something about the fragility of global trade and the flow of capital. Fungible Space Logistics, that concept popularized by United Parcel Service is also … Read More
Pundit Wrong: Americans will not solely focus on a filibuster fight at the expense of progress.
Pundit A.B. Stoddard believes that if Democrats decide to abolish the filibuster it will hurt Joe Biden’s policy narratives. Filibuster must go See full episodes here. A. B. Stoddard started her … Read More
Eco-fascism and ethnic cleansing aren't strange bedfellows and it gets amplified by Fox News
Not about authoritarian horseshoes or even close hand grenades. The “environmental” claims of RWNjs or even wise use advocates is also about corporate land use, private property NIMBYism/sovereignty, and constraining minority populations … Read More
MY COVID DAY
Tuesday morning, I had the first of my two scheduled vaccinations for the coronavirus. I was apprehensive, at first, but once I passed the first phalanx of civilian volunteers, I … Read More
Conservatism is greed and bigotry dressed up as moralistic “principles” like individualistic liberty
Steve Bannon’s path to a pardon included appeals to a range of RWNJ groups including some dangerous proto-fascist cults. “The Fourth Turning” by Strauss & Howe returns to our attention, because of … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Beef & Broccoli, Asian Blackness, and a Trappist Monk Gap
“The universe has been to them.” (Resident Alien) Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily … Read More
A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre
Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future … Read More
Democratic Party: Don't die on the $15/h hill.
The one thing that will directly help the working poor is the $15/h promise. Few Rewards Today, more people than ever are working in jobs that pay too little and … Read More
A Quick Note On Naomi Klein and Joe Biden
I’ve always admired Naomi Klein since reading her terrific and insightful book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” She has a NYT editorial column up yesterday, expounding on her … Read More
Trump insurrectionists' economic anxiety resembled his brand of royalty, a “king of debt”
The Washington Post did a version of the NY Times profiles of Trumpists, albeit those who were involved in the 6 January insurrection, and there does seem to be a … Read More
Trump Lawyer: Be Nice to Trump, or You'll Get What Sasse's Gonna Get
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) was one of only five Republican senators to vote to table Rand Paul’s motion to dismiss the impeachment trial of Trump as unconstitutional. He also insists … Read More
House 'GQP' congeals around its leaders
The Trumpist GOP identifies its allegiances. Nice to see Philip Bump using DKos data. Eleven members of the House Republican caucus took the unusual step Thursday of supporting a Democratic-led effort … Read More
“…politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude.” even if there was nearly a coup
Ben Sasse is still a RW member of the GQP, but he can still afford to offend his state party. x Sen. Ben Sasse to the Nebraska GOP State Central … Read More
Putin's Palace (the dubbed version) soon may look for its next Trump (it's not Junior)
Lots of events happening even if they’re all quite chaotic in the Russian Federation. Numerous anti-Putin demonstrations in the middle of winter. and some mysterious doings. Considering how long Trump … Read More
FL-Sen: EPIC FAIL! Rubio (R) Tries To Blame The Media For Marjorie Taylor Green's (QAnon) Rise
Fucking idiot: The Florida senator once again found himself in Twitter-roasting territory on Wednesday with his misguided tweet blaming the media for the rise of QAnon-sympathizer Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene … Read More
Illiberal Capitalism: In Vogue?: The Present?: The Future?
This is something I have been considering for a long time [10 years or so] and the events of January 6th 2021 are slowly coalescing my thoughts on the subject. … Read More
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Climate Crisis, negative emissions technologies, and financialization
As Climate Crisis returns to the new US administration agenda, negative emissions technologies (NETs) may find their implementation hindered by neoliberal financialization. An earlier ACM story showed how Steve … Read More
“uber-capitalism” in a neoliberal market of revenant bears tiptoeing through tulips
The best explanation of short selling (as it applies to GameStop) that I've read pic.twitter.com/o9ZL5HqsKf — John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) January 28, 2021 1/2Short selling means borrowing shares and immediately … Read More
Stock Market Casino continues, as “Americans should be able to work one job to take care of things”
Lots of manipulation today, but the House always wins even in the case of GameStop. Elizabeth Warren on the GameStop surge on @CNBC:”The billionaires and some hedge funds are yelling … Read More
Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA) Follows Stacey Abrams Lead By Launching Groundwork Project
Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA): We’re ready. We’ve put so much time, energy, and thought into this project over the past several months, … Read More
A new study finds that Earth's temperature rise will reach the tipping point in two to three decades
We were warned, now a new study has determined that the Earth’s plants' ability to sequester carbon emissions through photosynthesis will be halved by the 2030s or 2040s from what it is … Read More
A new study finds that Earth's temperature rise will reach the tipping point in one to three decades
We were warned, now a new study has determined that the Earth’s plants’ ability to sequester carbon emissions through photosynthesis will be halved by the 2030s or 2040s from what it is … Read More
Some companies have funded sedition. So explains CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on donation stoppage.
CNBC Host Andrew Ross Sorkin did not fall for corporations’ newfound disdain for Trump & GOP after his insurrection plot on the Capitol. Sorkin tells the truth about corporations & … Read More
Biden has an obvious and easy answer to Republican calls that he stop Trump’s impeachment
Senator Lindsey Graham has previewed the latest Republican effort to distract and deflect: arguing that, in the name of “unity,” Joe Biden should convince Democrats to dismiss Trump’s impeachment trial. Sen. Lindsey … Read More
Melania's ex-best friend: 'She is an abuser too, of the worst kind'
So this morning, Melania Trump helpfully pointed out to all us plebs who the real victim of the assault on the Capitol is: Melania Trump. That’s no surprise. Trumps are … Read More
not a lot of time but plenty of evidence, just like the last impeachment if 45 gets “more unstable”?
Impeachment and insurrection part deux on deck for next week, even as there’s now mixed messaging on the part of Pence invoking the 25th Amendment. Lots of banality of evil … Read More
Interview with delusional insurrectionist shows damage Republican lies inflicted on many Americans.
The interview between this delusional man, hanging with the Right-Wing gun-toting white supremacist insurrectionists tells us much. His threat must not be taken lightly. When the Obama administration released a … Read More
GA-Sen A & B: NYT, “Native Americans Helped Flip Arizona. Can They Mobilize in Georgia?”
I know this New York Times article is a month old but I wanted to reference it for the purposes of this diary: More than 180 years ago, as part … Read More
“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part 9
This post in the Anticapitalist Chat supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. #GoodMorningMarx #WeeklyMarx Reproduction and accumulation Capital is “self-valorising value”. But for capital to continue to generate … Read More
GA-Sen A & B: Jordan Peele & Bradley Whitford Launch “Get Out” The Vote Event
Received this e-mail today from actor Bradley Whitford on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) Hey there. Happy New … Read More
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President in 19 days.
Don’t listen to any lizard people this year. x Greetings from the White House. Trump appears to be tweeting and watching OANN from the Oval Office this New Year’s Day. … Read More
