Biden blinks, Progressive’s fight to #FreeTheVaccine may yet save the world and the rest of us.
President Joe Biden seems to be doing the right thing. Progressive's fight to #FreeTheVaccine may be realized. This could mitigate COVID-19 worldwide. #FreeTheVaccine may be realized x...
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing those moments of historical contact as acts of...
Businesses must see a “benefit” in fighting climate change.
I was listening to an Apple representative explain this: Apple and partners launch first-ever $200 million Restore Fund to accelerate natural solutions to climate change...
Minerva @ Midnight: Summer augurs a continuation of bad faith and disinformation
Minnesota law enforcement, at its based level exhibits some intersectional issues often represented in fictional culture products like Fargo. Their police forces haven’t learned very much...
The Conversation
White America has been made aware there is a conversation black parents have been compelled to have with their children, literally, for centuries. The conversation,...
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences
Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far...
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...
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...
Seven people died on 1/6. Seven GOP senators voted for justice
The GQP senate is an honor-free zone with pro-wrestling byplay, save the magnificent seven dead. Mitch McConnell is doing his best to keep the reality-TV show...
“…politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude.” even if there was nearly a coup
Ben Sasse is still a RW member of the GQP, but he can still afford to offend his state party. xSen. Ben Sasse to the...
For two years, stranded on an Arctic Circle island, a young Iñupiat woman survived against all odds.
I had never heard the extraordinary story of Ada Blackjack, her Alaskan way of life was transformed into a destitute single woman with a small child...
LA County USC Medical Center Chief Medical Officer slams the American healthcare system. AT LAST!
LA County USC Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brad Spellberg reveals our failed healthcare system's inconvenient truth. A lousy healthcare system kills x x...
GA-Sen A & B: Stacey Abrams Boosts Early Voting GOTV Efforts Ahead Of The Runoff Elections
Received this e-mail today from former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D. GA) on behalf of her organization, Far Fight, in support of Jon...
US Appeals Court rejects Trump's attempt to create a dead zone in the Beaufort Sea.
Donald Trump has been plotting to screw our climate and kill off the diversity of life for four years. This isn’t hyperbole; he has devasted critical...
2020 one of the 3 warmest years on record despite a La Niña typically producing lower temperatures.
We will remember 2020 as the good old days as the climate continues to overheat due to our failure to rein in heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions....
Biden may pull the Amazon back from the tipping point; Hague considers climate crimes at the ICC.
“Until now, Donald Trump served as a support for the Brazilian president to act irresponsibly. Now with the U.S. adding to Europe’s pressure, Brazil is...
Siberia's Laptev and Kara sub-sea methane activated.
“It’s gotten so out of whack that we are now looking at survival for our children, not survival of our grandchildren.”, Peter Carter, M.D., – reviewer for...
Laptev and East Siberian sub-sea methane activated.
“It’s gotten so out of whack that we are now looking at survival for our children, not survival of our grandchildren.”, Peter Carter, M.D., – reviewer for...
Trump's end-game prompts a ruling class survivalism, worrying us looters about possible end-times
Trumpist anti-certifying efforts for the remaining states seem a fools’ errand but Trump and Giuliani seem to be the best fools for it. Regardless, they are chasing...
This is why Americans will DUMP Donald Trump ONCE AND FOR ALL
After looking at the polls, the economy, and the state of COVID-19, it is clear that the only possibility for the survival of America is...
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Après moi, le déluge. Schumpeter's gale, herd immunity as 'dangerous fallacy'
Larry Kudlow continues the underlying theme of Trumpian nihilism and its trickle-down contagion of pixie dust and pseudoscience. Trump continues to see his numbers decline...
Add a climate change enhanced fungal threat to this season's flu and COVID outbreaks.
Candida Auris is an emerging fungal disease that COVID 19 is threatening to force with additional infections because it is common in hospital settings. It...
GOP's view of sacrificing seniors in the name of herd immunity isn't held by all of them, probably
In place of a nationwide policy of social distancing measures, it might be a tough sell to put in place “a risk-based ‘alternative public health approach’ to the...
MI-Sen: John James (R) Received Donations From Militia Members Who Plotted To Kidnap Governor
Donna Provencher at The American Independent has a great piece about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), has been cozening up right-wing extremists...
The Daily Bucket–Soros and my friends, the yellow jackets.
“Oyez! The Summer Session of Frog Court is called to order, Judge Jeramiah Bullfrog presiding,” honked the Bailiff, who was a Canadian goose. In strode...
'Extinction denial' is the new thing for anti-science conspiracy theorists, warn Biologists.
"'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind." William Shakespeare The evil of science deniers recently has been beyond the pale. Not content with killing...
Two Prominent Conservatives Call For the Death of the GOP
It’s no longer unusual to find Jennifer Rubin, one of WaPo’s house conservatives, calling for removing many GOP officials. This morning, however, she went further...
Trump's suburban scares falling short: 'It's appealing to June Cleaver, when June Cleaver is dead'
At some point someone must have told Donald Trump that he needs suburban women to win reelection — and that he’s losing them, badly. If...
another crazy person won their primary yesterday because their grift needs attention
In other GOP nonsense, Trump is spending time in battleground states trying to get airport rallies to substitute for Tulsa-like covid-spreader events. But the marginal...
MS-Sen: Mike Espy's (D) Internal Polling Has A 5 Point Race Between Him & Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
Here’s some encouraging news today out of Mississippi: x#Mississippi Senate Poll:Hyde-Smith (R-Inc) 47%(+5)Espy (D) 42%Garin-Hart-Yang / D Internal— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 13, 2020 An...
Ali Velshi strikes again with an economic truth seldom told on cable
There are few cable or network news hosts willing to go where Ali Velshi goes economically and politically. He has the skill set necessary to get the...
Physicists find deforestation has 90% chance of causing irreparable catastrophic societal collapse.
Human consumption and climate change have sent humanity on a steep, dangerous, and deadly spiral spin toward a “catastrophic collapse” warn researchers. The dire warning is published...
Our climate destiny is grim after 25 top climate scientists rule out best case scenarios.
I keep vigil. I wish I knew how to get people to care, but we seem determined to kill ourselves and ignore all of the code...
J. Rubin Is Moving Away from Conservatism
I used to avoid Jennifer Rubin back in the Obama days, when she could find nothing good to say about the President and nothing bad...
Joe Biden Has The Momentum To Expand His Electoral Map As More States Sour On Trump
The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to not only help Joe Biden take out Trump but also...
Mueller says Stone's still convicted, and Trump's campaign thinks 45* wearing a mask defeats Biden
The Trump crime spree continues and the carnage cannot be commuted because Roger Stone remains a convicted felon. Trump’s minions have all but declared victory...
Denial Don talks about a COVID “99% survival rate” as RWNJs worry about burning flags at Gettysburg
The problem of Trumpian logic and math is that epidemiology has too many syllables. A “99% US survival rate” for Trump is the rhetorical acceptability...
RIP Medical Debt is a blessing to many drowning in medical debt.
RIP Medical Debt is a non-profit that should not need to exist if we had a humane healthcare system. Until then, Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico...
Idiots in charge ! What part of there is no economic recovery if people are sick and dying.
I have never seen such stupidity and idiot leadership in one country in my life. Do I have faith in the American people...
No Equivalency
There is a finger pointing debate raging between conservatives and liberals over who is more responsible for the uptick of the spreading of the Covid-19...
“The outrageousness of [Russia's] behavior is only matched by the outrageousness of…”Traitor Trump
It’s now been confirmed and it was in the Presidential Daily Brief: Trump and Pence knew of the Russian bounty on US troops and did...
Krugman: Denial of Covid-19 Is an American Tradition
Paul Krugman has done it again. His latest column combines the erudition of a Nobel laureate with the plain speaking of an excellent writer: A...
Hottest day ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle; reached 100.4 F. 80 years faster than expected
Even if a small fraction of the Arctic seafloor carbon is released to the atmosphere, we’re fucked. Climatologist Jason Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland...
Hottest day ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle; reached 100.4 F; 80 years faster than expected
Even if a small fraction of the Arctic seafloor carbon is released to the atmosphere, we’re fucked. Climatologist Jason Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland...
The Daily Bucket-The Second Heron
I’d always felt there was more than one heron that’s been visiting my backyard ponds for the last ten years. One would land and catch...
The Pathway Home Goes Through the Democratic Party
I was running down my usual checklist of reminders as to why I cannot vote for a Republican and the list grows daily. Bill Barr...
Slender Man's pizza delivery – was Air Bridge more like DoorDash
Jared Kushner’s Air Bridge may have worked to not only expedite delivery of PPE, but also failed to deliver by hoarding an as yet unaccounted...
Fauci will warn the Senate about “needless suffering and death” with premature opening of US
The new normal is already here, at least for another year. https://twitter.com/SherylNYT/status/1260045522489966593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JillWineBanks/status/1259979514630811648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1260053417076154369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1259912322711056385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1260067698316242944? https://twitter.com/UROCKlive1/status/1260042898076123137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/BryanDawsonUSA/status/1259852802966409216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw “From loose travel bans and untrained personnel handling...
Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt, discusses how he liberates Americans from Medical Debt
Jerry Ashton, Co-Founder and Director of Education & Engagement for the non-profit organization RIP Medical Debt, discusses how they liberate people from strangling medical debt. Jerry...
MSNBC host scolds Las Vegas mayor for survival of fittest policy
MSNBC's Katy Tur interviewed Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, who wants the city and the strip to open with no real plan other than survival...
