Ideology Over Country
The media should set an example for public discourse. No, I do not mean shaping a monolith of Democratic or Republican philosophy, we have that...
I am Masked and Fully Vaccinated
I took my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine two days after my birthday. I had my second shot 21 days later, and I am...
As another school year comes to a close
I step back to reflect on many things, including this strangest year of my more than 2 ½ decades as a classroom teacher. It is...
Rick Santorum explains how white Christians built this country all by themselves
Most of my immigrant ancestors came here from Germany in the 1860s and 1870s. I have no idea why they came. They probably wanted to...
The GOP and TrumpWorld appear to be bailing on Gross Gaetz
I’m not sure what Matt Gaetz expected. After all, the only exercise Donald Trump ever gets involves golf, languorous coitusTM, and throwing former “friends” under...
Remember the Wisconsin pharmacist who deliberately ruined vaccines? Yeah, he's a flat-Earther
Lately, I feel like the whole world is Green Acres and I’m Mr. Douglas. (I grant you my references are ancient. Is there a more...
deurbanizing because of Trumpism and pandemic includes Trump hating on a remodeled Mar-A-Lago
A grumpy Trumpy arrived at his new domicile and got depressed over not having enough gaudy gold surroundings to remind him of his earlier, more...
surviving the next month of COVID-19: “You have to assume pandemic is going to get worse” -Fauci
Meanwhile, Trump’s on the golf course today. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said on Tuesday that America has to assume that the...
Evangelical Leaders claiming ignorance after their words continue to kill many. Dead parents enough?
If there is a hell, that is where these evangelical leaders belong. They are singularly responsible for the deaths of thousands. Unfortunately, if natural selection was perfectly...
The herd market for immunity was also about denying every American a mask in March
Crimes against humanity by needless deaths, because sending Americans a check with his name on it obligated a vote. Trump needed anti-masking reactionaries and antivaxxers...
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle gets real after her entire family got infected with COVID-19
Stephanie Ruhle did not hold back as she excoriated the government's response to COVID. Her empathy for the plight of most is unparalleled. Stephanie Ruhle...
Think about this when you are deciding whether or not to vote in Ga
I have had a very hard week this past week. I heard two weeks ago about my classmate Willard was being hospitalized in my hometown...
had a Trump joke to tell but it's really hard to recount because it's lost its appeal
Perhaps it’s the pandemic or Thanksgiving but this type of tweet has now become Twitter’s new version of the Dad joke. It’s not yet a genre and doesn’t...
Trump tweets the most absurd OANN propaganda you'll see, well, this week
I’m convinced Rupert Murdoch secretly launched One America News Network in secret to make Fox News appear sane. Though he probably didn’t expect Donald Trump...
Trump's goading toward war or Iran's waiting for a new nuclear agreement after January
Trump really wants Iran to do something stupid before he leaves office, whether it’s a terrorist strike by proxies or something, something Revolutionary Guard attack....
now 1-38 “Voters, not lawyers, choose the president,” the appeals court said.
Merit-free futility: “Voters, not lawyers, choose the president,” the appeals court said. x"Voters, not lawyers, choose the President. Ballots, not briefs, decide elections." — Third...
Joe Scarborough scorches GOP, COVID-afflicted star loves Canada’s Medicare for All & more
Joe Scarborough stumbles onto some truths. West Wing star tells the truth about Canada’s Medicare-for-All. Americans are suffering. Does Joe Scarborough have an inconvenient truth?...
Alex Trebek prerecorded a Thanksgiving message, and it's exactly what you need right now
I’ll take “Potent Quotables” for $1,000, Alex ... https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1332077946463539207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw “Happy Thanksgiving, ladies and gentlemen. You know, in spite of what America and the rest of...
Doctor on Trump’s Thanksgiving advice: ‘Absolute abject failure of the leadership’ of Trump.'
The CDC and Dr. Fauci advised on how to prevent Thanksgiving from becoming a super spreader event. Doctor scolds Trump on his. Trump Thanksgiving Fail...
as Trump is my witness, I thought turkeys could gather “in homes and places of worship” today
Because "freedom" means having the right to kill the grans at Thanksgiving https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1332012457825628170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw President Trump issued a proclamation encouraging Americans to gather “in homes and places of...
How to cook a turkey and steal an election, by Donny Trump, age 5
There’s something undeniably hilarious about those classic late night talk show segments in which kids are asked to relate the instructions (as they see them)...
On Thanksgiving, some reflections
This is the first time I have posted here in more than 2 weeks. I have read some of what others have offered, but have...
Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe with the turkey as well
To all my friends, this year has been a doozy but no matter how you spend Thanksgiving….Be safe. Don’t gather in large crowds or even...
Kasich on Flynn pardon: ‘Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving, Can We Just Move On a Little Bit?’
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want John Kasich to be nominated for a Biden cabinet position. His chants of “Lock her up” during...
Thank you, America
Throughout the Democratic primaries, the dueling campaigns, and finally the day of November 3rd, I feared the United States would let me down. I have...
The lost cause has yet to be found as Trump goes to PA Wednesday in search of 2020 election fraud
There’s a meeting of Trump and GOP lawmakers in Gettysburg PA where they will discuss a fraud to which Rudy has yet to admit under oath...
Boycott Florida. PLEASE ! DeSantis is trying to kill us all for a dollar.
Ron Desantis makes Rick Scott look like a saint. Seriously, who would have thought such a thing. He hasn’t done squat over Hurricane damage and...
GA-Sen A & B: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA) Refuses To Let Moscow Mitch Obstruct President Biden
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA-04) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S....
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday… everyone needs a teacup holster at Zoom Thanksgiving
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t...
Jim Jordan just got the scorching of a lifetime on Twitter
I live in Oregon. My Thanksgiving is likely to be just my wife and me eating either a vegan roast or, if we’re too lazy...
Can President Jim Crow pardon himself like a turkey
Trump could try to pardon himself, but it is more likely that he could resign and VP Pence could pardon him, much like the ceremony...
Scott Atlas Wants You to Have a Final Thanksgiving
Prisoners about to be executed are sometimes asked what they want for their last meal. (I used to fantasize about what I would want —...
GA-Sen A & B: Joe Biden Is Coming Back To Georgia To Get His Senate Majority
I’m all in for this: President-elect Joe Biden will join the lineup of influential Democrats involved in Georgia's ongoing senatorial campaigns, according to his recently-named...
Detroit LiveBlog Community Live Bloggers: Biden and Obama together again on stage with #StevieWonder
Biden-Obama speech scheduled at 530pm ET. A Stanford study shows Trump rallies have killed 700 people so far. x YouTube Video Trump remains 10% behind...
The “Negro National Hymn” to be sung before the first NFL games – reactionaries haz a sad
It is a surprise to some who haven’t spent time in African-American cultural institutions that Lift Every Voice and Sing is a standard for many...
close to the zenith of Trump derangement: Your enthusiasm is being dampened
With the latest CNN poll showing Trump nationally behind Biden by 14 points, Philip Bump does an interesting take on Trump’s need to believe his...
You’ve been Warren(ed)
At the Democratic Presidential debate Wednesday night, former NY City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacted as if Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought a nice chianti and fava...
Pelosi on Trump's 'Nervous Nancy' dis: 'Pfft. He's nervous. He's always projecting'
It’s no secret that Donald Trump is a master projector. The media are “liars” and “fake.” Bernie Sanders is “crazy.” Hillary was “crooked.” He makes...
Changes During Public Impeachment Hearings (Part II)
As we discussed in our previous post, Trendency has been tracking the opinions of registered voters on the impeachment of President Donald Trump since the...
Happy Xmas, Trump digs lumps of coal
https://twitter.com/mattrindge/status/1203556607033929729? Failing to win the “war on Thanksgiving” we’re all just smoking coal or is it “smocking” coal as Trump repeats a spelling error. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1203532188886687744?...
“Cancel Culture” as self-fulfilling crowd & mob behaviors manipulated politically
Whether among a family, in the workplace, or on the web, gossip operates as cancel culture and at scale is easily monetized by tabloid media....
CO, AZ, NC, ME, IA, GA, KS, TX & KY-Sen: Rolling Stone Shows Us The Path For A Senate Majority
First off, I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving break. I was back in Pittsburgh this past week (currently in San Diego visiting relatives,...
Trump outs us at rally, forces us to abort plan to rename Thanksgiving
I was at my local hipster coffee shop, where I was calling several members of the Deep State. Our plan for world domination completely hinges...
Ah say failson culture, son…
Darn those portmanteaus and neologisms. “...failson status is earned through a display of equal parts incompetence, stupidity, and arrogance.” Don Jr. is no Prince Andrew....
My great Thanksgiving political slugfest you missed
I’m somewhat active in a local veteran’s organization, which hosted a Thanksgiving potluck. The food was fantastic, and the people are fun to talk to—normally....
It's still early for time to be running out
There have been some challenges for the Harris campaign, including some being framed by RW and MSM, with a recent staff shake-up. Some of us...
wasn't the war on Thanksgiving won when Plymouth Rock landed on us
“On July 4, 1834, Plymouth Rock was on the move again, this time a few blocks north to the front lawn of the Pilgrim Hall Museum. And once again, the boulder...
Donald Trump Jr. is encouraging conservatives to pick fights with their families on Thanksgiving
I haven’t read Donald Trump Jr.’s new book, Daddy, Look at Me!, but I imagine it’s loaded with a Trumpload of sophistry, casuistry, and garden-variety...
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 149)
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...
Drop the Money Turkey, You are Free to Go?
If the cops walk in, while I am in the middle of a bank robbery and I pull off my mask, drop my gun and...
