Ted Cruz's latest straight-faced dishonesty: 'You didn't see us try to pack the court'
Ted Cruz has been accused of a lot of things: being the Zodiac Killer; being from Canada; being a churlish Sea Monkey that grew out of control...
Not so Proud Trump supporter allegedly said he was disguising himself as an Antifa member
Because Trumpists are all about the cosplay: Person Woman Man Camera TV. Aren’t we in an age where US Senators pretend to be patriots while...
Lindsey Graham scolds Democrats over sexual harassment allegations: 'Follow the Republican model'
Is Lindsey Graham for real? No, that’s a serious question. Because he looks like a Rankin-Bass Claymation character to me. Lindsey, the misfit Christmas elf...
Trump Calmly and Graciously Accepts SCOTUS Decision – NOT!
After the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s latest attempt to bar the Manhattan DA from getting his tax returns and other financial records, the disgraced, twice-impeached,...
Trump loses again – SCOTUS allows his tax returns to be made available to NY Grand Jury
A legal Bassmaster always wins the fishing expedition, even with all those witches and their lures. Tax and accounting records will go to the Manhattan DA. Trump...
SCOTUS nudges churches' flocks to the slaughter once again
The Supreme Court heard another case pitting religious “liberty” against science and—hey, ho!—science lost again. Religious liberty is a bedrock American value. It doesn’t simply...
Why McConnell wants to keep the filibuster
It really has little to do with most legislation. Hell, he might not even whip his caucus on a lot of what Biden wants to...
Hi, Mitch. Say hello to Attorney General Merrick Garland
This is too, too much. The schadenfreude! The sheer, sheer joy! CNN: President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general,...
So Moscow Mitch can convince his lackeys to steal a SCOTUS seat but not to *not* steal an election?
So by now you’ve heard that 12 angry phlegms are going to keep pretending through January 6 and beyond that something untoward occurred during the...
Trump attacks on US democratic institutions create a “pretty good sedition case against himself”
Aside from the usual caveats, Trump continues to act seditious. The GOP is plunging into open warfare over President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory — with...
Trump Threatens SCOTUS with “Disruption” If They Don't Take His Case
Trump is once again asking the Supreme Court (PDF) to overturn the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s multiple rulings on the mail-in ballots in the election. Rick...
Biden speech at 8pm Monday on the Electoral College vote certification
President-elect Biden will give a speech at 8pm EST on Monday, Dec. 14th from Wilmington, DE to talk about “the electoral college vote certification and the...
18 GOP Reps Said Their Elections Were Illegal – So Don't Seat Them
There’s been a lot of talk here about refusing to seat the 126 GOP Congresspersons who signed that amicus brief to the Texas petition to...
SCOTUS: A Bunch of Pinko Commie Fascist RINOs!
After a brief dip in the right-wing swamp, ick. I am not surprised that the wingnuts are wiling not only to dump the concept of...
a Confederacy of Dunces reigns as the Texas GOP considers secession after its sedition stunt fails
The apartheid country of Trumpland’s confederated states seems still an idea in its infancy. The chairman of the Texas GOP floats secession after SCOTUS loss:...
It's mid-December, SCOTUS just slapped down Trump, and he's still running weird campaign ads
Schaden-Friday never fails! Needless to say, this is one of the more bizarre (and sad) things I’ve ever seen. xpic.twitter.com/GgwnkrGz9U— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December...
SCOTUS rejects Texas suit supported by the Kraken Caucus and its 'unelected dictator'
Lack of standing is the reason for SCOTUS dismissing the Ken Paxton suit to overturn the votes of four states. Meritless frivolity remains. x#BREAKING: #SCOTUS throws...
(Make America Kittens Again) as Biden-Harris are the Time magazine 'person(s) of the year'
All votes have been certified and Biden has still won. “...is this the moment when the G.O.P. abandons its belief in democracy” xMy timeline: Dec 11,...
The Kraken Caucus in a GOP Congress joins the sedition parade of losers
The Kraken Caucus makes itself known. GOP sedition messaging harkens back to the 19th Century, except Trump's lost cause won't rise again. This time it’s...
Banana Republicans
To define exactly what I mean: Banana Republicans: An exploitative party that functions purblindly, often reliant upon and disproportionately benefiting a corrupt individual with the...
pathetic 'Lost Cause' Trump threatens Georgia AG to not rally other Republicans against TX lawsuit
Because if 17 GOP states want to overthrow the nation’s choice of POTUS, they should? Trump thinks tenacity is more important than democracy, as the COVID...
States can sue states now? OK, GOP! Let's sue some states for voter suppression and no mask mandates
Texas is making the case to the Supreme Court that its citizens were damaged by how other states conducted their elections. They are seeking to throw...
America just dodged a GOP bullet from Trump's abuse of power as he does another PR stunt for COVID
The Biden-Harris pandemic team is introduced today, covered live by MSNBC and CNN, and no one is covering the Trump “vaccine summit” event at the White...
Trumpery: State of Texas sues Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin *directly* in #SCOTUS.
The latest bit of gross stupidity and waste of state taxpayer funds is one state suing others because fraud, something, something…. abstracting from actual votes...
more problems of Democracy: Neal Katyal defends corporate slavery because it's complicated
“America is advanced citizenship” -The American President The Age of Citizens United continues. xEven Barrett asksQ: So could you sue on torture?A: YesQ: But not...
Federal judge in PA dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit argued by Rudy Giuliani. Now 2-34 in lawsuits
Total Landscape losing with “strained legal arguments”, free of factual proof. xJudge in the Pennsylvania case really took the Trump team to the woodshed. https://t.co/IXyeyjuiM0...
“Growing Discomfort” as Obamacare faces Supreme Court remade by Trump
The lawfare against the ACA now being heard in SCOTUS now resembles the attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election. Scorched earth and...
Why is it that the “left” always have to be the healers?
It seems that every time the nutty right loses it is the “left” that “must do the healing” for the sake of the nation? I...
the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot returns, GOP operatives protest at Michigan counting site
Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: xWow. Actually identical now to the Bush 2000 playbook. https://t.co/zTtsayW1a4— Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) November 4, 2020 GOP...
GOP wants a 2000, but chads aren't hung this time “There are still millions of ballots left”
Idiocracy declared victory at 2 am. Didn’t happen. Trump and the GOP want the courts to intervene before counting is finished. Voting is done, counting’s not finished....
Trump thinks the idea of running a Biden bus off the road is… 'hot'
A theater of the absurd: fascinating are the last hours of the Trump administration’s disinformation campaign, as Trump goes round the bend. He now complains...
There's no such thing as a principled 'pro-lifer'
I’ve argued with many a conservative over the years. No matter what the argument, be it violence against women, kids in cages, killing old people to...
There are many ways to rebalance the GOP-packed courts that go beyond expansion
Rather than any legitimate interpretation of constitutional law, all of the outcomes you can expect from the Supreme Court will now be solely based on...
Trump's Ballot-Hiding Games May Be Hurting . . . Trump
There have been a lot of stories about how Trump is screwing around with the ballots, especially in Pennsylvania, where he and the GOP-controlled legislature...
Thinking moving towards landslide
because I am seeing more and more evidence that political professionals who have access to internal polls are seeing it. There is chatter that Trump...
Trump claims a corner has been turned – it's upward again, flying a white flag of surrender
The hope for a post-Trump era will bring with it already growing challenges to democracy. Along with $3 for a glass of water. xPres. Obama...
Terrifying video shows #WhatsAtStake if we allow SCOTUS to remain stolen
Donald Trump in 2016: There has to be some form of punishment for the woman. x📺 NEW VIDEOThis is #WhatsAtStake pic.twitter.com/LSUCYRcSaU— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 27,...
TX-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Confirms A Toss Up Race Between MJ Hegar (D) & John Cornyn (R)
Some very encouraging news today out of Texas: x🚨New Poll - TEXAS🚨Biden 49 / Trump 48Hegar 46 / Cornyn 48https://t.co/OCRMOhwGdJ— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) October...
I will never trust republicans of any “type”.
I try to keep out of American politics as I have been an expat for over half my life [passed that milestone last month] and...
stark contrasts: Biden Presidential town hall in Pennsylvania versus Trump in Florida
Several things became clearer tonight with dueling town halls. Trump cannot disavow the support he gets from the QAnon cult even as it now consorts...
Dangerous conspiracy theory, Senators drive Democratic message w/SCOTUS hearing, TX Voter Sup. Fight
Democrats made great use of the SCOTUS nominee hearing to drive their message. Will conspiracy and voter suppression be enough for Trump? SCOTUS Nominee hearing...
SCOTUS nominee a danger, Georgia senate candidate, Ted Cruz outsmarts himself.
SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a danger to most Americans that do not fit a certain profile or religion. Tamara Shealey update. Sad Ted...
SCOTUS Nominee Amy Coney Barrett in her own words makes it clear she's a danger to most Americans
Make no mistake, Amy Coney Barrett is not ashamed to make her positions clear, if not explicitly, implicitly, and she is a danger to most....
Pete Buttigieg slaps back at Amy Coney Barrett's not-so-subtle homophobic slur
We all pretty much know who Amy Coney Barrett is. I see such super-Catholics on my social media feeds pretty regularly because, well, I went...
Graham Goes There: He TELLS Barrett to Kill the ACA
Sen. Lindsey Graham (T-SC) (T for Trump) spilled the beans in his opening statement at the Barrett confirmation hearing. Judges and justices are supposed to...
stop water from reaching the ocean, vote Trump, because it's for the little tiny fishes
Will Trumpian domestic terror’s “strategy of tension” for the next decade ultimately be predicated upon the little tiny fishes, or the strawberries, or the tow...
Packing the Court?
The Republican Party is in a tizzy over the prospect of Joe Biden being in favor of expanding the Supreme Court while they have packed...
Branch Covidians: Typhoid GOP Senators and their court-packing attempts
The GOP Senate mischief continues, as the GOP’s rush to endanger the women’s health of at least 17 states and 30 million people also continues....
vindictive Trump won't support covid stimulus vote until after election day, could tank the economy
Looking more like pathological Trump is going full scorched earth, not caring whether his “Trump checks” will get to potential voters. The economy will likely tank (more),...
Community Live Bloggers: Joe Biden Town Hall (NBC) in Miami
Lots of social distancing and challenging sound with an outdoor setting bordering a highway. Biden did well in terms of relating to the questions and the questioners....