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Liz Cheney and the Biden Fist Bump

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1 year ago annieli

Why would right-leaning independents cast votes for Democratic candidates, especially moderates. In what ways will the…

Festivus, but what for the Rest of Us

1 year ago William Owens

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1 year ago smallch

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1 year ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

Donald Trump thinks that somehow the results of a rigged impeachment trial with no witnesses…

Nancy Pelosi: 'I shredded his state of his mind address'

1 year ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

Nancy Pelosi is bringing some righteous fire, yo! Based on these comments, I can only…

Reuters poll: (even) 18% of GOP voters think Trump is guilty, so let Limbaugh pass quietly

1 year ago annieli

Sadopopulism emerges even as Trump honors Rush Limbaugh with a SOTU stunt, because the only…

Juan Guaido got to the Oval Office before Ukraine's Zelensky, is a new coup in the works?

1 year ago annieli

Another, less remarkable stunt last night at the SOTU was the celebrity acknowledgement of Juan…

Fact-checking the SOTU, “a manifesto of mistruths”

1 year ago annieli

SOTU was simply an expanded campaign speech that included a few stunts like a reunion, a…

Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's #SOTU speech on LIVE TV

1 year ago Egberto Willies

Nancy Pelosi immediately tears up Donald Trump's State of the Union speech in the presence…

Trump rips democracy in SOTU but renders a new high in game-show prize reveals

1 year ago annieli

How strange, Lord Haw Haw gets an Iron Cross. There was a scholarship giveaway, a reunion,…

James Carville on 2020: “Wish in one hand, (___) in the other. See which one gets filled first.”

1 year ago annieli

MSNBC had James Carville on to opine on the Iowa caucuses, and he cited a…

The reports of Trump's “strong economy” come from being given a stronger one that he's squandered

1 year ago annieli

Trump may have been squandering Obama’s strong economy. (2018) “The benefits of this strong economy and sound financial…

Trump “…impeach me fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate” because Super Bowl exoneration

1 year ago annieli

Trump communicated to the House — “If you are going to impeach me, impeach me…

Pelosi needs to inform Moscow Mitch that Articles will arrive “imminently” and wait 310 days

1 year ago annieli

Since the concept of imminent has become stretched, so should that compliance, if only to…

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1 year ago annieli

It is looking like there only “might” be witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial as it looks…

Trump's last hurrah could be revealed in the SOTU

1 year ago annieli

E. Howard Hunt’s storytelling could return as one can imagine Trump's last State of the Union…

Impeachment Deux: Pelosi should hold the Articles because the “Merrick Garland rule” was fair?

1 year ago annieli

Could there be a second impeachment: Impeachment2 The interlocked role of trials, evidence, and witnesses seems pretty clear,…

Pelosi is Using Chinese Water Torture on Trump

1 year ago dankoh

The big story right now is about the unredacted memos that Kate Brannan at Just…

Pelosi sends IMPOTUS invitation for State of the Union, making SOTU a ratings bonanza for whining

1 year ago annieli

What an opportunity for Trump to declare a dictatorship during his impeachment trial in the…

Report: Trump to accelerate his anti-choice push

2 years ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

Late-term abortions are extremely rare and are never used for frivolous reasons. They’re often necessary to save…

Stacey Abrams says she hasn't ruled out 2020 presidential run

2 years ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

I know, I know. The upcoming election isn’t a cage match featuring two-dozen Democrats beating…

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 107)

2 years ago smallch

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has…

Coming soon to a Trumper Tantrum near you

2 years ago Joseph Murphy

Well, the walls are closing in on Der Gropinfuror at long last. Which will put…

Parkland Father Fred Guttenberg Replies to drumpf's SOTU – “his made up version of an emergency.”

2 years ago durrati

Fred Guttenberg, who lost his fourteen year old daughter Jaime in the horrific Stoneman-Douglas shooting…

Steve Mnuchin wins prize for dumbest post-SOTU response … maybe ever

2 years ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

Josef Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, Dwight David Eisenhower. One of these kids is…

Stacey Abrams is A Tough Act to Follow, but Pet Shop Boys Try: – “Give Stupidity a Chance.”

2 years ago durrati

No one in their right minds would attempt to top the excellent performance by Stacey…

The Biggest “Loser”

2 years ago Joseph Murphy

I am not going to rehash the insipid intellectual wasteland that was the Trump State…

Before his fake 'call for unity,' Trump viciously trashed Dems at lunch with media

2 years ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

I figured I’d skip tonight’s State of the Union address, for the same reason I’m…

DFA Reminds You To Tune In For Stacey Abrams' (D. GA) SOTU Response On Tuesday, February 5th

2 years ago Sam Sero

Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: Stacey Abrams made history with her historic…

Greg Sargent Details How Pelosi Had to Overcome Charges of Bothsiderism to Make Trump Cave.

2 years ago durrati

Greg Sargent, Washington Post reporter and principal writer for the Post’s influential Plum Line Blog, today tweeted…

What is a Pampers President without the Pampers?

2 years ago Joseph Murphy

What is the sound of one hand clapping? Chinese proverb OK screw it, I was…

Rudy Giuliani: “As far as I know” Trump Didn't Tell Cohen to Lie….

2 years ago durrati

Rudy appeared today on CNN’s State of the Union and spouted a bunch of gobbledygook…

CBN News dunce says Trump is 'playing chess,' gets brutally slapped down

2 years ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

This may very well be the swiftest, most efficient garroting in the history of Twitter:…

Never Forget. 2003 State of the Union.

5 years ago Willinois

We must never forget that a President exploited the tragedy of 9/11 to spread fear,…

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