“Politics is downstream from culture”
Who knew, Big Tech is corporate communism, which may explain why there should be a Magnitsky law for the US. A Ghislaine Maxwell pardon could occur if she gave up … Read More
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WI-Gov: The West Wing's Bradley Whitford Helps Gov. Tony Evers (D) Get Ready To Win Re-Election
Received this e-mail today from actor and activist, Bradley Whitford, in support of Governor Tony Evers’ (D. WI) re-election campaign: Gov. Tony Evers (D. WI) & Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes … 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
arrested developments: which side are you on, GOP members wanting to pack heat in the chamber
Lauren Boebert (R-CO) just had a brief stand off with Capitol police because her emotional support Glock would have set off the metal detectors. or maybe the bag search would … Read More
'Hannity' graphic labels Michigan's UP as Canada. (Sorry, Yoopers, Trump is still your pr*sident)
I’m originally from Wisconsin, and I always wondered why the UP wasn’t part of our state. I mean, look at it. It’s connected and everything. And I’ve been there. To … Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) Endorses 172 Down Ballot Democrats Running For State Legislatures
Now that’s what I’m talking about: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced endorsements for more than 150 Democrats running in local races across the country. Sanders said the 172 contenders he endorsed Friday … Read More
WI Dems Mount Pressure On GOP State Legislature To Pass Legislation Cracking Down On Police Violence
Received this e-mail today from the Wisconsin Democratic Party: In the wake of the horrifying police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, who was shot in the back … Read More
Trump tries to distance himself from 'We Build the Wall,' but 'We Kept the Receipts'
So many people have been coffee boy’d by Donald Trump, you have to seriously wonder how much caffeine a person can safely consume before bleeding out their irises. The latest … Read More
The Daily Bucket–Frog Court Confidential
I’m Red Woodman, Senior Investigator for what we call the “Frog Court.” If I can just get through today, I can retire with a pension. But a whole bunch of new … Read More
Robin Williams Daughter OWNS Eric Trump Over Idiotic Tweet Of Her Father Roasting Joe Biden
First off, I want to say that Robin Williams has been and will forever be my all time favorite comedian. I grew up loving and idolizing Williams as both a … Read More
The Daily Bucket: Good for the Hawk, Bad for the Robin.
Trigger warning for sadness. The sun shown through the russet and tawny and cream of what seemed to be a feathered explosion in the robin’s nest. I watched from a few … Read More
Come on Down
Two of the most iconic voices on tv were a part of two of the most famous programs in television history, The Price is Right and Saturday Night Live. Don … Read More
The Daily Bucket: My Grandson, the fledgling Robin.
I am so happy to walk into the back yard and have fledgling birds whirring about, clumsily. New life! I put extra food on the ground for the dummies. Some … Read More
“The 2016 campaign all over again, …the Muslim ban and the wall, just add Confederate statues”
The real question is whether Republicans are really the “unnerved who have long enabled him but now fear losing power and forever associating their party with his racial animus.” Leaning on … Read More
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” socialist conference 2020
< p class=”AlignCenter”>You may not be interested in the State, but the State is interested in you. Socialism is on the rise in America, specifically Democratic socialism. 43% of Americans now say … Read More
The Daily Bucket–Did Feng Shui Save the Fledglings?
My prodigal son and his advanced science teaching degree came home awhile ago. While schools are closed, He’d been hiking in the Rockies. His discoveries included a pocket full of … Read More
The Daily Bucket–Let all the Little Creatures Come Forth
Multiple robins have occupied my yard for months now. Somehow their presence seemed to make the Spring come a few days sooner. I cannot tell the boys from the girls. … Read More
The Daily Bucket– The Innocence Project Appeals to Frog Court.
I reached for the grimy tumbler. It was empty. Not even any ice. I reached for the whiskey bottle. It was empty too. This was the night the bottle let … Read More
One cannonball is another's CarolynGombellRally as America reaches 100,112 deaths
Summer is the time for distractions from the pandemic. Shuttle launches are also a spectacle that Trump attending makes a distraction from the pandemic. Driving is another distraction, especially road-trips like … Read More
Fox poll shows Americans overwhelmingly support mail-in voting
We already know why Donald Trump hates the idea of mail-in voting. If citizens can easily exercise their right to vote, Republicans won’t do so well. That’s why the GOP is … Read More
The Daily Bucket–The Robins Persist
But just a day or two after Billy Heron, the patriarch of my back yard gardens and ponds left, Cocky Robin brushed aside the murmured objections from the littler birds, … Read More
Joe Biden & Bernie Sanders Reveal The 48 Members Serving On The Joint Policy Task Forces
Huffington Post has an article out about the list of 48 lawmakers, activists, union leaders and academics Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have agreed upon to help craft the Democratic … Read More
a lesser-known but equally clear and durable influence of slavery on US capitalism
Another article from Jacobin magazine worth your reading. The #1619 Project is important for reminding us that while racism is as American as apple pie, its reflexive relationship to modern … Read More
Bone-Spur Trump's Vietnam has arrived: COVID-19 kills more Americans in 10 weeks than 10 year war
Some facts never change. The deaths are still deaths, as COVID-19 has killed more Americans than Vietnam. Oct 14, 2016 x x YouTube Video In a previously unreported 1998 interview … 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
Wisconsin voters are PISSSSSSED off!! They crushed the GOP, and are coming for Trump…
The Wisconsin GOP, in a last ditch effort to save right-wing Justice Dan Kelly, forced an in-person election during the worst pandemic in US history because they admitted a low turnout election … Read More
PCCC Helps The Wisconsin Democratic Party Fight Back Against Voter Suppression In November
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of the Wisconsin Democratic Party: This is Ben Wikler, Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, and longtime progressive … Read More
Multibillionaire David Geffen wishes us well while 'avoiding the virus' on his $400 million yacht
And I thought Ivanka Trump’s faux camping trip with her kids in her posh living room was the most tone-deaf thing I’d see during the coronavirus crisis. x Under the … Read More
#KremlinAnnex protest Week 81 Thursday IMPOTUS* committed a felony (foreign assistance)
x More than a witness! pic.twitter.com/dMOSJHiHZg — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) January 31, 2020 x Bolton Must Testify!Remove45! #KremlinAnnex’s favorite easy song: Subpoena! pic.twitter.com/k32B9KN7aq — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) January 29, 2020 … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: duck, duck, goose, death
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
The Daily Bucket–Surburban Serengeti
The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is especially known for its mammoth annual migrations of 1.5 million wildebeests and 250,000 zebras. It’s on my bucket list. But until I make … Read More
GOP speaker refuses to let paralyzed Wisconsin legislator call into meetings
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly is refusing to allow a paralyzed legislator call into meetings so he can adequately do his job. Rep. Jimmy Anderson has a hard time getting … Read More
Kicking your Way to the Goal of Equity
In the middle of a simmering rape scandal involving writer E. Jean Carroll and a peripheral connection to sex trafficking, with the arrest of Trump friend Jeffrey Epstein, the White … Read More
Do You Agree? We Need Prosperity, Not Austerity!
For Inclusive Prosperity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. PDA Makes Sure Your Voice Is HeardContact Mike Fox … Read More
Making Your Voice Heard!
Pitch In To Help PDA Make It Easy To Contact Congress In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national … Read More
Economists in Support of a Medicare for All Health Care System
Progressive Democrats of America An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States As economists, we understand that a single-payer “Medicare for All” health insurance system for … Read More
Mark Walker (NC CD-6) May Be Latest Republican Congressman Caught in Corruption Scandals
talkingpointsmemo.com/… Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), a member of House GOP leadership, appears to be the unnamed “Public Official A” in a bombshell public corruption probe unsealed on Tuesday. A federal grand jury … Read More
Trump serves yet another championship college football team fast food at the White House
No word on whether they spent any time at the cee-ment pond. Politico: Trump on Monday once again welcomed a college football champion with a spread of fast food, serving … Read More
White House insiders are freaking out over leak of Trump's schedules
Hey, we all pretty much knew Donald Trump spends his days watching the teevee, tweeting gauche non sequiturs, and endlessly funneling beef and carbs into his tender baby-robin maw. But to … Read More
The Daily Bucket–Like a Bird on a Wire
We’ve taken to walks along Springerville Creek, west of Portland Oregon. At some points it’s a quarter mile wide expanse of tall grasses between neighborhoods, with a narrow creek wending … Read More
Notorious RBG Votes From Her Hospital Bed to Stymie Reinstatement of drumpf's Asylum Ban!
Ruth Bader Ginsburg voted from her hospital bed and Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the good guys to turn back Trump’s Justice Department’s attempt to reinstate the ban on … Read More
Crybaby Republicans may try to curb new Wisconsin governor's power in lame-duck session
Scott Walker may have conceded, but his legacy will hang over Wisconsin for decades like a bratwurst fart. The list of things Tony Evers will have to unfuck is long … Read More
Celebrating Organized Labor
By Mike Hersh for Mike F, Janis, Deb, Dan, Dr. Bill, Shayna, Bryan, Kim, Donna, and Judy—your PDA National Team Show You Appreciate Organized Labor Every Day Support PDA’s Organizing with … Read More
You Have To Meet The “Educated” Pro-Trump Republican Candidate
Update: Her campaign Facebook page has been taken down, along with the videos. Meet GOP candidate Melissa Howard, who is running for Florida House District 73. She campaigns on having strong, conservative values. She’s … Read More
Have you heard this about the Republicans' tax bill?
Two years ago, I had a highly recommended post excerpting various pundits on both sides of the aisle forthrightly describing the increasing insanity of the Republican party. The point was that … Read More
