Carnage: previous guy said “China virus” the same night of the Atlanta spa shootings

Carnage could be a permanent condition, but Trump made it a brand. Between April 10, 2020 and January 3, 2021, Donald Trump either tweeted (or retweeted) the term “China Virus” … Read More

damaged bads: ex-POTUS* health continues to deteriorate as justice closes in

CPAC showed that the GQP will go all Weekend at Bernies with Trump’s carcass. Some of us don’t care and hope he’ll be alive enough to get prosecuted. But Trump’s CFO, … Read More

Read this and consider. President Elect and VP Elect Harris know this. Don't panic.

Do you really believe the little turtle and pig Barr and loonie Graham and others will go so far as to try and disenfranchise the first Black /Asian woman VP … Read More

‘Build the Yacht, Build the Yacht'

The man, most responsible for the xenophobic policies of Donald Trump, was arrested yesterday morning. Steve Bannon was probably startled at 7:15 am aboard a 150-foot yacht when agents of the … Read More

Steve Bannon indicted in southern border wall crowdfunding scheme

Crowdfunding campaign grift about a southern border wall financing scheme of $25 million has now generated an indictment of Steve Bannon and others. SDNY is in charge. Wire fraud and … Read More

Reporter: “Do you feel that she's going to turn in powerful men?” Trump: “I wish her well”

Strange day yesterday in the Trump presser. 142,000 Americans have died–there’s still no plan for the #TrumpVirus. Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well. Trump has yet to condemn Russia for bounties … Read More

Today, Unca Donald may get the Money Bin opened-up without the Beagle Boys.

Cartoon characters without pants might have to drop drawers as SCOTUS finally rules on Trump’s financial records today. There will be an over/under and perhaps even a split difference, but … Read More

all those number 6's at the Villages, and Ghislaine made a Dead Pool

How good are the cameras at Rose M. Singer Center (Rikers for Women)? The goods: laundry, baggage, etc. and the tapes, oh so many tapes. Is the GOP “so far … Read More

BREAKING: Trump Personally Fires SDNY DA – Or Did He? [Update 2: Berman Agrees to Leave]

The stories all yesterday and this morning have been that Barr can’t fire Berman at SDNY because he was appointed by the court. There’s been speculation whether Trump can fire … Read More

reaching the bottom of the US sunken place as Superspreader-Trump's cover-up continues

Aside from a provocative trip to Tulsa this afternoon, there were many naked attempts to get reelected despite all the criming going on. So many other potential crimes might get covered … Read More

Donald “Obstruction of justice as a way of life” Trump fires SDNY prosecutor as he leaves for Tulsa

The cover-up continues as Trump tries to disrupt what are continuing investigations into a number of crimes that might ultimately involve IMPOTUS*.  The firing of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman may … Read More

A Timeline for Giuliani

(This diary is based partly on information provided by The Daily 202 and JustSecurity). Often times a timeline is useful in sorting out a complicated story, and Bog knows the … Read More

Arms for Dirt: were the Amigos and Shreks only stooges

Greg Sargent at WaPo writes about the potential for a GOP frame that makes Gordon Sondland the mastermind of the Arms for Dirt plot, rather than Trump. And what deal will … Read More

Is Sondland Throwing Giuliani Under the Bus?

Ever since Parnas and Fruman, Giuliani’s two comrades-in-crime, were arrested as they were preparing to fly Frankfurt (and possibly Vienna) on one-way tickets, there have been reports that Rudy “A … Read More

#KremlinAnnex Saturday protest week 63

x Protestors should interrupt every Trump rally here on out by blowing whistles — Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) September 27, 2019 x Bring your whistle! We need them more than ever … Read More

disarray in White House as its disinformation campaign is an imperfect storm

Even as they fundraise off the Impeachment Inquiry, chaos reigns in the WH. The White House is “paralyzed” and “teetering on the edge of a cliff” in the wake of … Read More

more Arms for Dirt: Giuliani associates arrested while trying to leave the country

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were nabbed at Dulles airport (perhaps) “trying to flee the country” and have been indicted for financial violations but more importantly in connection to Rudy … Read More

So this unequivocal Trump denial sure didn't age well

Granted, “Donald Trump lies” is breaking news in the same way that “Drunk Packers fan still confused about Higgs boson*” is breaking news, but this particular lie is pretty memorable (or … Read More

My Problem With The Senate Democrats Who Voted To Confirm Acosta Secretary of Labor.

Ah the Senate Democrats.  Just a couple of weeks ago they hosed us on that border funding bill.  They voted so overwhelming for McConnell’s bill that it helped jam the … Read More

The “Allred Moment.”

The “Allred Moment.” That’s what Eugene Robinson called it on MSNBC last night, and I couldn’t have put it better meself. Now I know why the guy has a Pulitzer … Read More

The times, they are a-changin'

There is an ill wind blowing in Washington DC right now, and the staff in the west wing had better make sure that all of the windows are closed, or … Read More

Hey Former Congressman Mark Sanford! I Think You Can Be a Little More Critical of Trump Now.

Soon to be former Congressman Mark Sanford of SC-1st was on that bothsiderist TV show Kasie DC on MSNBC, and he was asked about Trump and the SDNY’s sentencing memo … Read More

Trump is doing it again, underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Well, well, well. Another lowlife precinct heard from. Alan Dershowitz, the “crazy Uncle Ernie” at the legal Thanksgiving dinner table, popped his head out of his hole a full two … Read More

COHEN: 2 TRUMP: 0 MUELLER: 10

When it comes to Michael Cohen's guilty plea in federal court the day before yesterday, let's ignore Donald Trump for just a moment. There will be plenty of time to … Read More

The 45 Day Roller Coaster. What To Watch For, And My Dark Horse Pick.

As Sherlock Holmes was wont to say, “The game is afoot Watson!” While the last week or sao may have been a helter skelter, we've worked our way through the … Read More