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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s (D. ND) re-election campaign: My friend and fellow Democrat, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: DFA members have been on the forefront of the fight to expand Social Security for years. This week, that fight took a HUGE step forward: Sen. … Read More
Here’s the latest news out of Montana courtesy of the latest CBS News/YouGov poll: Several incumbent Democratic senators are trying to win re-election in states that typically vote for Republicans, … Read More
How many people does Donald Trump have to screw over financially before we all stop believing him? If he were selling a couch on Craiglist I’d bring a Taser and a … Read More
Like a recurring biblical plague, they descend across the country. Despite the repeated warnings from both experts and lay persons of good faith and common sense, the media and tens … Read More
Republicans must be taking former Governor Phil Bredesen’s campaign to win retiring Senator Bob Corker’s seat in TN seriously because I just saw an attack ad from the Senate Leadership … Read More
Kudos to The Daily Beast for catching this: Before the National Rifle Association dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to flip a competitive, Democratic-held Senate seat, the gun-rights group’s chief … Read More
He’s really getting desperate: Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters at a rally on Saturday that Democrats wanted to make Texas like California and listed off a few things … Read More
Trump is threating China with more tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. Essentially, Trump would place tariffs on ALL Chinese goods. Trump said Friday he’s willing to slap tariffs on an … Read More
Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of how much the electric vehicle market has been changing year to year. Not only are growth rates spectacular — 54% annually globally — but … Read More
By Mike Hersh for Mike F, Janis, Deb, Dan, Dr. Bill, Shayna, Bryan, Kim, Donna, and Judy—your PDA National Team Show You Appreciate Organized Labor Every Day Support PDA’s Organizing with … Read More
Well, looky here. Republicans’ favorite sport has long been accusing Democrats of harboring a secret animus toward working-class people, even as those same Democrats valiantly fought for their interests and Republicans specialized … Read More
Well, this is a big Fuck You to the Separation of Church & State: Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley supports repealing a provision in the federal tax code that bars … Read More
Does it strike anyone as just bizarre or fantastical that Republicans have compiled a spreadsheet of what they think Democrats are going to investigate about the Trump Administration if Democrats retake … Read More
I’m not a lawyer, but can a federal prosecutor, say Mueller, help a felon like Manafort out with state charges? I got to thinking about this question after reading the … Read More
So remember when this happened a few weeks ago? x Am no fan of Jones — among other things he has a habit of repeatedly slandering my Dad by falsely … Read More
First, drumpf pulled out the Al Capone reference, earlier this month applying the example of prosecutors putting the Chicago gangster in stir using the paper trail of his fraudulent tax … Read More
One thing about having Netroots Nation in New Orleans: I was reminded how friendly, tolerant, and open people can be. Now I’m back home, and have to deal with a$$hats … Read More
I've said for months now that the ultimate Democratic secret weapon in the 2018 midterms is the $1 Store Caligula himself. And with his frenzied, vicious response to Omarosa's digs … Read More
Donald Trump said the Republican tax bill would boost the average family’s disposable income by $4,000. Donald Trump said wealthy people like him would lose big after the bill was passed. … Read More
I’m a big fan of Ben Folds, like I am, you’ll want to go to this: Singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and Ben Folds are set to headline a special event in support … Read More
t it NOW! Queen Please Dios, if you have any mercy, let His Lowness keep his promise, and campaign tirelessly for the last 45 days of the campaign, especially … Read More
FAIL! The top Senate candidate’s website is replete with Getty stock images from around the globe, from Serbia to Indonesia, Hungary to the United Kingdom, to illustrate his made-in-America political … Read More
This came out today: The off-road accessory was shipped in a box emblazoned with the logo of an auto parts brand owned by Mike Braun, a multimillionaire businessman who often … Read More
The Nation has a great piece exposing GOP nominee for Governor, Bill Schuette’s (R. MI) awful, bigoted record as Attorney General of Michigan and how he is the farthest thing … Read More
The Koch Brothers are passing on trying to unseat U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D. PA) but they are now making a late entrance into the Pennsylvania Governor’s race: In … Read More
Former GOP, and now independent operative Steve Schmidt was blunt and to the point last week. He foresees nothing short of a blue wave in November. One of his strongest … Read More
God/Yahweh has not blessed the Noah’s Ark theme park in Kentucky with a deluge of visitors. The Ark Encounter sold a little more than 860,000 tickets between July 2017 and … Read More
Business Insider “Paul Manafort spent thousands on his menswear collection, including a $15,000 purchase of a jacket “made from an ostrich,” prosecutors revealed in opening statements in his high-profile trialon Tuesday. … Read More
I’ve seen two ads from a dark money organization called One Nation pushing the Republican tax cuts as GREAT and bashing Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana for not voting … Read More
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District appears to be aping Donald Trump when it comes to the Russians: Twelve days after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the … Read More
Q: What do Stormy Daniels and soy bean farmers have in common? A: They both got schlonged by Donald Trump The story is like a cross between a Mel … Read More
I was a wee bit inspired by all the diaries today about being #uncivil in the supermarket checkout line. #Uncivil, of course, is what Trump supporters call anyone who speaks … Read More
Let's start our Saturday rime together off on a lighter note. By far and away, my choice for “Comment of the Week” goes to Chuck Rosenberg, a former federal prosecutor. … Read More
While I was writing my latest diary about Trump’s plan to place a 20% tariff on auto parts imports from the EU, I had wondered if those proposed tariffs would … Read More
Is there anything we as progressives and Americans can do about the traitor Trump that we are not already doing? I’m not asking this as some rhetorical question. I realize … Read More
A diary has been sitting around on the rec list all evening, and anyone just looking at the rec list would be given the impression that Elon Musk is a secret … Read More
AUTHOR’S NOTE: North Dakota is one of two states, the other being Minnesota, in which the state chapter of the Democratic Party operates under a different name. While most of … Read More
OK gang, hop into my trusty wayback machine with me, and let's return briefly to the dark day of November 9th, 2016. I want to do a quick comparison of … Read More
In the spring of 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised Americans he would eliminate the entire $19 trillion national debt of the United States “say over a period of eight years.” … Read More
Right now, Rick Scott and Bill Nelson are tied in the polls for a Senate seat. How this is possible after all of the horrible things Rick Scott has done to … Read More
Already branded by a survey of historians as America’s worst ever, the presidency of Donald Trump may also live in infamy as the most ironic. After all, the man who … Read More
Upfront: If you think that anything is justified against a person simply because that person is wealthy, this is not an article for you. If you think it’s okay to … Read More
Dear MoveOn member, The year so far has, of course, been shaped by Trump and the GOP’s ongoing and deeply destructive cyclone of chaos. But it has also been deeply … Read More
Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have flooded Florida out of desperation in the wake of the Trump administration’s shameful response. Trump, who doesn’t even know where Puerto Rico is, … Read More
Cross-posted from Eclectablog. It’s no secret that Michigan Republicans are deeply in the pocket of corporations in our state. One of their first orders of business after taking control of … Read More
Has this contemptible carney family stopped even bothering to try to appear non-corrupt? Ivanka Trump‘s clothing manufacturing company will be exempt from new proposed tariffs against China. Just like Donald … Read More
I bear no particular grudge against Alice M. Rivlin. She appears to have led a fine life of public service, and, as discussed below, considers herself a “moderate Democrat.” She … Read More
Campaign Action During the run-up to the passage of the “Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” late last year, one technical paper from the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Analysis suddenly … Read More
So, 13 months after Donald Trump took the oath of office, it’s come to this for the Republican Party. Its putative leader used to be pro-choice. He routinely boasted about … Read More
