Lara Trump appears to mock Joe Biden over stutter

A Trump — a Trump — is making fun of someone else’s speaking prowess. A couple of days ago at a Women for Trump event — which undoubtedly doubles as … Read More

American Healthcare: No insurance in Texas. Her breast cancer removed. Her outcome left to chance.

She could not afford insurance but was not poor enough to get Medicaid for her breast cancer. A doctor cut off her breast but she was forced into massive debt … Read More

Happy New Year, Decade, Etc.

Archives In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Dan, Donna, and Janis—your PDA national team. It’s the Last Chance to Give This Decade! Support … Read More

State Department went on witch hunt to find out who liked Chelsea Clinton's anti-Trump tweet

It really kills Donald Trump that the U.S. doesn’t have labor camps to send truculent dissenters to. If he had his way, no doubt Chelsea Clinton would be hauling Chicken … Read More

a fair trial, if you can ensure it – “a republic, if you can keep it.”

For the habitual liar who whines weekly of the unfairness of the truth confronting his follies. fairness should be what Trump wants from his “rigged” Senate trial. Reading Lawrence Tribe’s … Read More

Dear future Trump rally attendees, please save gas, stay home and read Trump's sad, aggrieved letter

Assuming you’re not a cult follower, and that you as a Trumper want to learn something, today’s six page letter covers all the themes in a typical Trump rally speech for the next few … Read More

The New York Times' impeachment coverage devolves into Republican talking points

Firmly adopting Republican spin as the best way to view the House impeachment of Donald Trump, The New York Times in recent days appears to have forfeited much of its … Read More

The conspiracy theories are coming from inside the (White) House

It is a sad anniversary for #SandyHook but is also a reminder that nothing has changed about the spread of RWNJ CTs that conform to propaganda models. What happened in … Read More

Stock Market booming. Unemployment low. Yet there’s another sad reality for most.

I received a meme in my Facebook feed recently about the record high stock market as it relates to what real people are going through. I addressed it on my Politics … Read More

New GOP argument against impeachment: It will ruin Christmas

You may remember Matt Whitaker as the bald dude who was Trump’s acting attorney general for a couple of months for some reason. No one really knew why. It sure remains … Read More

Even in 'defeat,' Kamala Harris can still burn Trump

It’s a sad day for Kamala Harris and her supporters. I was an early Harris supporter, and up until her announcement today, she remained one of my top candidates. (Full … Read More

GA-Sen B: Sean Hannity Now Jumping In To Screw Up The GOP's Chances Of Holding Onto This Seat

Earlier this week, I highlighted how one of Trump’s favorite loyalists was jumping in to screw up the GOP’s chances of holding onto retiring U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson’s (R. GA) … Read More

Kentucky Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate: What Are Progressives To Do?

Those outside of Kentucky are already betting heavily on Amy McGrath as the Democratic nominee to take on Moscow Mitch in 2020.  However, Kentucky progressives are not happy with McGrath, … Read More

“A senior Deutsche Bank executive who signed off on major Trump loans killed himself in California”

(Trigger warnings) The boss of Donald Trump’s personal banker at Deutsche Bank has committed suicide. x In case you missed the breaking news from late last night: A former Deutsche … Read More

This week features “First-Hand Testimony” in the Arms for Dirt scandal … #OKTrumper

Pudding, proof, eating. x My favorite part about the Republicans' whole “you can't trust anyone who doesn't have first-hand knowledge” excuse is that the *very next witnesses* (Vindman and Williams) … Read More

Did the held-up Ukraine military aid consist of any actual “dollars” going to Ukraine?

All of the reporting on Ukraine-gate deliberately discusses the held up military aid in terms of dollars, specifically $391 million – and reports the story in terms of holding up “funds” … Read More

Vlad’s Boys, Vlad’s Boys—Whatcha Gonna Do…

On July 27, 2016 Donald Trump asked the Russians to help him defeat Hillary Clinton. The infamous comment by Mr. Trump was “I will tell you this: Russia if you’re … Read More

Looks Like House Democrats Are SERIOUS On Public Impeachment Hearings.

What do I mean by serious?  The House Rules Committee passed a resolution for how the next phase of the impeachment inquiry will be held, and the resolution makes it … Read More

Facebook and the shameful media tradition of enabling Breitbart hate

Here we go again: Facebook just became the latest traditional media player to enable the right-wing hate of Breitbart News. Unveiling its news tab initiative last week, on which Facebook is … Read More

POTUS* flipped the bird at Astronaut Jessica Meir

Donald Trump, sad man-baby, had another episode of the continuing meltdown yesterday as he flipped the bird at a woman who showed him up. This display of passive-aggressive nonverbal anger … Read More

Trump tried to tweet #StopTheCoup and got pwnd … #ThePresidentIsACrybaby

Yesterday, PABOTUS tried to get the #StopTheCoup trending, only to be met with #ThePresidentIsACrybaby. x Actually, there is a coup going on, only it's not coming from outside the Trump … Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Elijah Cummings Dies at 68

My sympathies are felt for all in his district, a great loss to our country and especially to the families of a great legislator and human full of compassion and … Read More

We Must Protect Swing District Dems With Impeachment Actions. You In?

In solidarity,  Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Let’s Outnumber The Crowds At Republican Pro-Trump Rallies!   There is … Read More

Chuck Todd performs an actual act of journalism, slaps down Ron Johnson on 'Meet the Press'

As Donald Trump’s guilt becomes more and more apparent, the deflections and obfuscations his defenders engage in have gone further and further off the rails. Today on Meet the Press, … Read More

Trump Lied To GOP Sad Sack Senator Ron Johnson About Ukraine…but He's Fine With it.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin, has Ukraine as a part of his portfolio of the Foreign Relations committee. When he mentioned to Trump that he’d heard about his shenanigans … Read More

We’ve Been For Impeachment For Years. Will You Help Us Now?

In solidarity,  Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends … Read More

No, the GOP won't abandon Trump no matter what for one reason: he's the last.

Long before Trump, today’s GOP lost any ability to be constructive on just about anything. If something is good, they reflexively oppose it.  People having healthcare? Oppose. People going to … Read More

Convicted Felon Dinesh D’Souza Calls Greta Thunberg a Nazi, Twitter Responds.

Let’s see… Nordic — Check. Heathy glow — Check. Pigtails — Check. Gotta be a Nazi.… x Children—notably Nordic white girls with braids and red cheeks—were often used in Nazi propaganda. … Read More

Trump can't stop obsessing over Elizabeth Warren's crowd sizes

Master projectionist Donald Trump isn’t buying estimates of Elizabeth Warren’s crowd sizes. According to the Warren campaign, she drew a massive 20,000 supporters to a rally in New York on … Read More

Milo Yiannopoulos is having a sad over his plunging popularity, savings account

Happy Monday! Here’s a bracing dose of schadenfreude to perk you up as you start your workweek. Right-wing troll asshole fuckface shit-for-brains intestinal fluke gutter weasel provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is whinging … Read More

Trump insists he knows more about hurricanes than the National Weather Service

Oh, those pencil-necked eggheads who study things and use science and shit instead of their gut instincts. Now they think they know more about weather and where Alabama is than … Read More

Videos trickle out of the northern Bahamas; Donation links.

My local news channel just reported that a church filled with people riding out the storm together has had storm surge up to the rafters. No word on casualties. Rumors … Read More

Check out this very, very sad turnout at Donald Trump Jr. event in Kentucky

Please clap … Ryland Barton is a statehouse reporter for Kentucky Public Radio, and he’s got the scoop from today’s “Puppet Show and Donald Trump Jr.” event in Pikeville, Kentucky: x Organizers have … Read More

GA-Sen: Jennifer Rubin, “Republicans should worry about the Senate. A lot.”

Washington Post columnist, Jennifer Rubin, has a piece out about how Moscow Mitch’s Senate Majority is really in trouble now following the announcement of U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson’s (R. GA) … Read More

Poll: Half of Trump voters would blame him for a recession

Donald Trump has taken credit for the Obama recovery ad nauseam, and like the sad Lilliputian he is, he’s now desperately looking for scapegoats in the event the economy goes … Read More

Key manufacturing index signals contraction for the first time since 2009

In the latest indication that Donald Trump’s casino-killing magic has at last gone global, the U.S. manufacturing PMI recently shrunk to its lowest level since September 2009. You’ll recall that … Read More

Granting Permission

We had two more highly publicized incidents of terror this past weekend, both of which warranted nationwide and worldwide attention.  Of course, Trump’s janitors of word cleanup, took to the … Read More

Greenland melt makes the NY Times front page (I know), and mesmerizing tweets from the ground zero.

More images and videos out of Greenland. A lot of damage has been done to the ice and snow. x Into the Ice @LarsOstenfeld @lundbeckfonden https://t.co/rOLfmiunnG— Caspar Haarløv (@haarloev) August … Read More

We definitely shouldn't keep this #MoscowMitch thing going until he bakes to death inside his shell

I’ve seen numerous recent reports saying that Mitch McConnell is really, really upset about his brand-new hashtag #MoscowMitch. It’s a disgrace what we’re doing, because Mitch McConnell loves America — or at … Read More

This is not a movie. This is our constitution. Tired of the complaints of optics.

People are addicted to theatrics, not fact.  This is sad to see so many, especially the media criticizing Bob Mueller.  The man is a man of honor and fact finding.  … Read More

How the press rewards GOP cowardice in the age of Trump

After Donald Trump ignited a firestorm by launching a racist attack on four Democratic members of Congress, the Beltway press last week temporarily revised a time-honored journalism tradition of forcing members … Read More

A photographer got a shot of Trump's racist notes on AOC, 'The Squad' from today's presser

Can’t this idiot remember his own racist dog whistles? Someone has to write them down for him? Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford apparently got a snap today of Trump’s crib … Read More

Geraldo Rivera just found out Trump is a racist

So if you had one of the most fatuous, lurid, crass, and tasteless shows of the ‘90s, for Christ’s sake, and you were best known for opening a vault on … Read More

Russian state media openly mocks Trump's sad Fourth of July party

Having handpicked the biggest idiot on the planet as our leader, Russia has missed no opportunity to yuck it up at our expense. It’s kind of like plopping a flaming … Read More

WH officials worried 'Salute to America' will be an inauguration-like flop: 'Heads are spinning'

How sad when the circus comes to town and nobody attends. Sad, sad clowns all around. White House officials are reportedly concerned that tomorrow’s Nuremberg Rally Salute to America event … Read More

‘Tanks’ for the Memories

The day before the historic streets of my hometown of Washington D.C. are possibly pulverized, by Donald Trump’s request for “Sherman tanks,” longtime childhood conflicts for me and many Black Americans … Read More

Right-wing media are now brainwashing young and old alike

Being brainwashed isn't just for elderly Fox News viewers anymore. After two decades of successfully transforming portions of the Greatest Generation into robotic Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity fans, the … Read More

Politics meets ideology. A match made in hell.

I’m getting too old for this shit. When i began obsessing on politics, back in my teens, following the game the way other guys followed box scores, and housewives followed … Read More