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Disaster, it seems, is the new terra nullius, even as Trump claims that China is to blame rather than 12 weeks of White House incompetence. Still about profit as Trump tried … Read More
The New Republic has a new piece out about how the media is responsible for creating the myth that U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R. ME) is a “moderate”: To portray politics … Read More
If you need a break from the current American confusion, fear and loathing surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, let me suggest as an antidote reading President Roosevelt’s December 9, 1941 “fireside chat” … Read More
Apparently, this guy has known all along that Donald Trump is, as he calls him, “deranged” — but he voted for the ocher abomination in 2016 anyway. He reasoned that … Read More
FiveThirtyEight went there and attacked “party elites” today as the reason for the “inevitable” loss of Warren. It doesn’t make anyone feel better, except that whoever those “party elites” are, … Read More
For the umpteenth time, Donald Trump urges you to join him in his jaw-dropping ignorance: x Trump learns that tens of thousands of Americans die of the flu every year, … Read More
A short-sighted framing of Elizabeth Warren as the “first” intersectional presidential candidate speaks to some problematic fervor, particularly for a tenured feminist professor. Intersectional critique is, after all, “the development … Read More
It was either three years prior to her birth, or when my great-grandmother (GG) was three years old, that the Wright Brothers flew for 12 seconds in a field just … Read More
Republicans up and down the ballot are already casting their Democratic rivals as socialist puppets who would remake the economy in Sanders’ collectivist vision. The play is straightforward: President Donald … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D. HI) in support of Mark Kelly’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: Folks, Multiple independent polls show Democrat Mark Kelly pulling … Read More
I think there will be certain things that are predictable for tomorrow night’s Democratic presidential debate. You know you suck as a moderator when you get panned by both Democrats and … Read More
Some big news out of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati will not seek re-election, he told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. “After 20 years, I always … Read More
Thomas Piketty’s new book, emphasizes the role of ideology in preserving and challenging capitalism even as “multigenerational wealth transfers, combined with high rates of return on capital, will inexorably create an … Read More
Did you know that Michael Bloomberg is the ONLY Democratic presidential contender who knows how to defeat Trump? I do not have the links for now to Nicole Wallace’s Deadline … Read More
Man-child wreaks revenge by reassigning WH and NSC personnel in anticipation of the next outrage. Trimming the NSC staff in certain areas will allow for fewer witnesses when, not if, … Read More
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
The once honorable Senator, then Rep. Lindsey Graham deemed in the 1998 Clinton Impeachment that as president “… your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) presidential campaign: Here are 5 facts to know about Elizabeth Warren. … Read More
Darn those actions in furtherance of crimes, Trump still needs his Roy Cohns, as debate roils on whether to call witnesses. The GOP wants justice by the time the Super … Read More
Some big news out of Iowa today courtesy of the Des Moines Register: The Des Moines Register editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses as the … Read More
Before you start throwing out accusations of violating site rules about using Republican talking points, hear me out. I am providing this link to an opinion piece from the Murdoch … Read More
Overview Since the earliest days of Donald Trump’s Presidency, we have attempted to catalog all of the harmful actions committed by his administration. Furthermore, by categorizing these actions by policy … Read More
The Washington Post has obtained audio of Donald Trump schmoozing his deep-pocketed donors at a Friday night Mar-a-Lago fundraiser, and he made one remark that’s sure to enrage rank-and-file Republicans … Read More
Matt Bevin may no longer be governor of Kentucky, but you can always count on Kentucky Republicans to do what is best for their constituents. /s. Republicans control both houses … Read More
Donald Trump seems to think a healthy U.S. economy should make him immune from impeachment. That’s a little like saying a thief should be let off because he pays his … Read More
The report is out on Donald Trump’s tax cut and it is not pretty. Just as we expected it helped corporations and not the people. David Cay Johnston said the tax … Read More
Archives photo: PDA Executive Director Alan Minsky and Friend In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell … Read More
Unlikely that folding chairs will be thrown at tonight’s Democratic debate in west LA. Included in discussion will be the latest strike at Obamacare and the impeachment of Trump. Darned … Read More
The question of whether the Individual Mandate can be separated from the rest of the ACA (or some parts of the ACA), and therefore whether the entire ACA is unconstitutional, … Read More
This is why I fully support U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in this primary: Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrapped up a three-day swing through southeast Iowa Monday, focusing on rural … Read More
Donald Trump has instigated a level of discussion of the upcoming presidential election that used to be relegated to just political junkies. People are starting to feel the existential nature of … Read More
Hanna Trudo of The Daily Beast thinks that Bloomberg’s entrance into the Democratic presidential race is a “gift” to the Warren and Sander’s campaigns <Yes, I am a Warren supporter.> … Read More
Medicare For All activist, Ady Barkan, who is dying from ALS, released an op-ed piece for The Nation explaining not only why he's endorsing U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) … Read More
Once the tax documents become available, the entirety of the Trump financial empire could unravel with Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC. No different than the LLC that Trump directed Michael Cohen … Read More
I attended public school growing up in Oklahoma. After I graduated from the University of Houston, a public university where tuition cost only $50 a semester, my first job was … Read More
Another election day in Michigan fades from memory and people are either celebrating or trying to figure out what went wrong. In Baldwin, Michigan, dismally low voter turnout sank yet … Read More
Did you know that Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Democratic presidential race upends it? Really. I’m not kidding. I know because the Media tells me so. And it is especially … Read More
So fucking stupid: The White House is sending mixed messages about Louisiana’s economy while President Donald Trump tries to unseat Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. Trump trashed Edwards’ economic performance … Read More
Just when I thought the punditry could not scrape the bottom of the barrel any deeper they have pooled their resources and, well, it is something to behold. We (the … Read More
Here we have another indictment of the collapse and corruption of the mainstream Media: the rehabiliation tour of Steve Schmidt on MSNBC. While his friends in the Media are giving … Read More
For too long the mainstream media has been given a pass for being the patsy of the plutocracy. Many times they ask loaded questions with an intent to mislead and in … Read More
Bullying works. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on a GOP charm offensive, and it seems to be working for the social media behemoth as it makes its allegiance to … Read More
Call private health insurance costs “taxes in everything but name.” Analysis: Americans already pay a "gigantic" hidden health-care tax, economists say. The question of who will foot the bill for … Read More
This claim that Warren must talk about raising taxes for Medicare for All is not going to stop. This is the discourse and the media is not going to veer … Read More
Safe Bets For Tonight: It’s hosted by CNN and NYT, so the questions to the candidates are going to suck. The moderators want this to become a professional wrestling match, … Read More
Rand Paul went on The View to explain the RWNJ critique of “socialism”, hoping he wouldn’t see his neighbor, but didn’t win any support for the notion that rich people … Read More
We did it! Signed, sealed and delivered, letters were received in these last weeks by more than 700 Bay Area residents informing them that … you no longer owe the balance … Read More
now up at the New York Times website and titled The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You. I strongly urge everyone to read it. There is a mobile … Read More
Slowly we turn, step by step. x The other whistleblower: Trump taxes to be investigated by Treasury Department inspector general https://t.co/3xWC9FioQY— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 4, 2019 The inspector general … Read More
http://www.bloomberg.com/… Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal is considering releasing a whistleblower complaint that targets possible misconduct in the auditing of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns. The … Read More
