Wolves in the Democratic Henhouse
In nineteen seventy-four, I reached three milestones in my life. In March of that year, I turned eighteen; ten days later, I registered with selective...
Chevron, not the DOJ, prosecutes a human rights activist, successfully sentencing him to prison.
"Today's sentencing of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger should be front-page news ringing alarm bells anywhere people are concerned about democracy, abuses of corporate power,...
Silent Majority, Moral Majority, Silent Majority
From that moment in November of 1969, when former President Richard Nixon asked for a “silent majority” to support his ‘Vietnamization’ effort, utilizing the peace...
Former WH adviser Fiona Hill considered pulling a fire alarm during Helsinki Summit—to shut Trump up
I don’t know about you, but I used to feel pretty on edge whenever Donald Trump left the country. As bad as it was having...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed Chase CEO Jamie Dimon for fleecing customers during the pandemic.
Senator Elizabeth Warren was not kind to Chase CEO Jamie Dimon for fleecing Americans with overdrafts during the pandemic. Elizabeth Warren took no prisoners https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNkq1ShWJs4...
Godwin’s Law, MTG and the GOP
The simplest explanation for lawyer Michael Godwin’s law is that the longer a debate or disagreement extends, it will eventually devolve into an unfounded comparison...
WITCH HUNT! Trump's Victim-Whining Over the Criminal Probe in New York Shows How Scared He Is
Throughout the one-term presidency of Donald Trump, he has been implicated in numerous criminal activities. They include making hush money payments to porn porn stars,...
The Truth is an Easier Master to Serve
Voter rights legislation is winding its way through Congress with the foregone conclusion that Senate Republicans will scuttle it. Equitable voting rights legislation for blacks...
Closing in on Rudy's multiple crimes as previous guy might be cutting him loose
Marcy Wheeler is showing how lawfare is not helping Rudy Giuliani as the Daily Beast now indicates that Trump may be cutting Rudy loose, perhaps explaining...
VA-Gov: Virginia GOP Picks Their Nominee, Trump Gives Him The Kiss Of Death
So this happened yesterday: Glenn Youngkin, a wealthy first-time candidate who walked a line between his party’s Trump-centric base and appeals to business interests, won...
FL-Gov: “It's him and Casey. But everyone else is like a disposable piece of garbage.”
Not surprised by this: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a rising star in the Republican Party. But many of his former staffers told Politico they...
Ha ha ha ha – Charles M Blow Remembers Liz Cheney The Same Way I Do: As A Nasty Piece Of Work.
[note to bubba for the title copyright infringement, so sorry] It is like the G-Dubya soft focus nostalgia trip, yuk. The Good Republicans, argh, Now...
Tiffany Cross: Tim Scott embarrassingly on the wrong side of history. 2 sides to every token. OUCH!
Senator Tim Scott was willing to allow the Republican Party to make him a sacrificial lamb. Tiffany Cross called out Scott like no other. Tiffany...
MO-Sen: Lucas Kunce (D) Turns Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The PRO Act
Received this e-mail today from Marine Veteran Lucas Kunce’s (D. MO) U.S. Senate campaign: President Biden, labor activists, and everyday workers across the country are...
previous guy lies low because he really wants back on Facebook, not because of snitches
Previous guy always expects the loyalty of mob silence Omertà, even when he throws everyone under the bus, it’s part of his personality disorder. The real...
GA-Sen: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The For The People Act
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) re-election campaign: This is urgent: Republican lawmakers in Georgia just enacted one of the most...
Minerva @ Midnight: Venmo receipts and an enemy at the Gaetz
Is Matt Gaetz a stalking horse for the even more extensive crimes of the previous guy, whose silence so far is staggering. A plea deal...
Infrastructure bill complaining Republicans lie, Roland Martin, slams Evangelicals, Minimum Wage.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and Senator Roger Wicker criticized the infrastructure bill as their citizens desperately need it. Roland Martin slams Evangelicals. Minimum Wage hoax....
Economics: The Key to Voter Justice
It is exceedingly disturbing that media outlets are playing the game of ‘Where’s QAnon,’ searching to unravel the GOP’s puzzle of voter restrictions. The use...
FL-Gov: St. Pete Poll Shows A Toss Up Race With Ron DeSantis (R) & Nikki Fried (D) At 45-45
Here’s some big news out of Florida: https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1375230872996229122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Should Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried run for Florida Governor, she starts in a statistical tie with Gov....
the previous guy said, “I like taking the guns early”
Concealability had nothing to do with Monday’s massacre in Boulder, Colorado, but the details tell us more about the marketability of semi-automatic firearms using high-capacity magazines. Discussing...
To: Republicans–the Silent Filibuster is not Governance
In September of 2013, Republicans attempted to curtail full funding of the Affordable Care Act but their efforts came to an absurd end. Senator Ted...
Vaccinations Are Averaging More Than 2 Million a Day; Trump Finally Supports Vaccines
More than 110 million Covid-19 vaccinations have taken place in the United States, of which about 90 million happened after Joe Biden took office. The...
CA-Gov: NYT, “Gavin Newsom (D) enlists progressive stars to fight an effort to recall him.”
Here’s the latest news on the recall effort in California: The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has gathered over 2 million signatures — a...
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...
ex-POTUS* vaccination silence aiding false narratives about Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
Always ready with useful idiocy, Trump’s inaction on COVID while POTUS* was beyond negligence and continues by keeping his own vaccination secret from his supporters....
Rahm Emanuel slams Christie on Republican racism: You will not lecture me on anti-Semitism
Rahm Emanuel did not allow Chris Christie to avoid sugarcoating Republican racism, anti-Semitism, and lack of principles. Rahm Emanuel calls out current Republican orthodoxy https://youtube.com/watch?v=gRLIqC1LYAY...
human trafficking and Comfort Women at Harvard Law – call off your old, tired ethics
Recovering memory and historical revisionism in sex work might be the sad product of many repressive regimes. What becomes worse is the complicity of academic...
Was Trump allowed to believe things that weren't true or is there an insanity (or inanity) defense
Reminder: Donald Trump and his allies lost 64 cases in the post-election. They won one. “...if the official had a defense." xMental health expert explains...
The NYT still doesn't get it.
The editorial board after highlighting the crazy that is Marjorie Taylor Greene and wondering why the Republican Party is failing to act, comes to these...
If You Want Us to Believe You've Been Silenced, Then SHUT UP ALREADY!
Every time someone objects to the right-wing nonsense, they respond by whining we’re trying to censor them. Marjorie Taylor Greene of QAnon asshole fame even...
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...
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: ‘There are legitimate white supremacists sympathizers’ in Congress
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez let excoriated the Republican politicians for their failure to take responsibility for the insurrection and more. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez justifiable rant https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOMpsfIQtbo See full episodes...
U.N.I.T.Y.
Now everybody knows there’s exceptions to this rule, Now don’t be getting’ mad, when we playin’; it’s cool Rapper and actor Queen Latifah, wrote those...
The Muck Spreader has been silenced.
It’s quite soothing not to read about his latest idiocy on Twitter etc. It’s a joy not to see him at all. He wants a...
The weirdest Trump scandal: His Russian counter-intelligence investigation was secretly blocked
As Trump’s one term winds to a thankful close, one of the largest scandals remains seemingly forgotten and bizarrely unexplained. There not only has never...
Stephanie Ruhle: Her story just made me think about privilege. Sad reality/truth.
MSNBC hosts Stephanie Ruhle and Chris Jansing show an understanding of their privilege that clearly makes them more credible journalists. They acknowledge their privilege. Refreshing....
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....
On Dec 19, Trump tweeted, “Wait until January 6! It's going to be wild!”
It’s not the Bastille. Trump did incite a riotous mob to disrupt the legislative branch. People died. Trump got excited about the chaos he’d caused....
Chuck Todd gets Trump's COVID response in the gravest terms to date. This must continue because …
Chuck Todd has been covering the pandemic and Republican failures in a more realistic manner. Americans need this for several reasons. Chuck Todd did well with...
former POTUS* “Товарищ Трамп” may miraculously float into Moscow, to 'destroy the GOP'
C’mon Trumpers, boycott that 5 January election in Georgia. #destroyGOP xomfg pic.twitter.com/iRCoRbYOaY— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 13, 2020 Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump...
Trump: “2 + 2 = 5!” GOP: “Yes, sir!”
In 1984, George Orwell used the line “two plus two equals 5 . . . or sometimes 3. . . .” as one of his...
The Lowest Common Denominator
On March 25, 1965, eleven days after the candles were blown out on my birthday cake, Ms. Viola Liuzzo was gunned down in her car...
Anti-Capitalist MeetUp Open Thread
I recently came across a typical Twitter argument about the CIA promoting modern art as propaganda. The usual distorting tweet-discourse occurred but what remained are somewhat paranoid discussions of...
“I’ve probably worked harder in the last three weeks than I ever have in my life.” -Trump
Out of 249 Congressional Republicans, only 27 acknowledge Biden’s win, measuring their fear and/or loyalty to Trump. Thus around 10% can answer truthfully, aside from Trump...
WaPo asked every GOP member of Congress if Biden won. Just 26 said yes
Imagine being scared shitless of the half-literate tweets of the most witless man on the planet. That’s where Republicans clearly are right now, and it’s more...
Ali Velshi destroys GOP: Hope to rebuild & wash off Trump’s stench? We'll remember your silence.
Ali Velshi, in a vicious deconstruction of Trump and the GOP's lies, dereliction of duty, and unpatriotic vile, speaks the necessary truth. Ali Velshi exposes...
Side Effects
With the ever-climbing coronavirus death rate, families reliant on technology to say goodbye to loved ones, and most of America shopping in disguise, yesterday was...
Mike Flynn loses his mind post-pardon, calls for martial law and new elections
So this is why all decent candidates have graciously conceded in the past. When you don’t, you really stir up the crazies. One of those...
F*** your f*c*ed-up theories. An ode to data.
The world seems full of blathering babble And everyone has their own pet hypothesis. Deliberately misinterpreting the data Based solely upon their own needs. Now...