I'd pay a dollar for that – previous guy sued for $22.9 Million by AAPI group

Trump Sued by Chinese American Civil Rights Coalition Over ‘China Virus’ … and the CACRC wants Trump to cough up $1 for every Asian American and Pacific Islander living in the United States. 29 other suits now currently … Read More

Charlie McCarthy's cousin Kevin rails against 'wokeness' to distract you from the Liz Cheney purge

GQP, the “radical cult that used to be a political party” now attacks “wokeness” to divert attention from their retribution against Liz Cheney’s vote against previous guy during the insurrection. x … Read More

Liz Cheney and the Biden Fist Bump

It’s a sign of the times that Liz Cheney had to explain herself: I disagree strongly w/@JoeBiden policies, but when the President reaches out to greet me in the chamber … Read More

AOC on the first 100 days: 'Biden has definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had'

I’m probably a lot closer on the political spectrum to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than I am to Joe Biden—and not just because I prefer a Starbucks triple venti nonfat soy caramel baby’s blood macchiato to whatever … Read More

previous guy continues to hallucinate a 2020 victory, demands National Guard protect AZ 'audit'

Francisco Franco is still in Madrid waiting for his COVID shot, but previous guy seems full of the usual disinformation. He’s drawing attention away from his failure in Georgia and trying the … Read More

Ted Cruz decries “Democrats' violence” because of his failed violent GQP insurrection

The usual Cruz hypocrisy, the pot calling the kettle violent. Because the final term of Ted Cruz will feature more nonsense serving corporate energy interests among other contradictions. He’s flailing … Read More

Minerva @ Midnight: the MTG versus AOC debate on the GND likely will not happen

This proposed “debate” between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should generate plenty of charitable  pay-per-view revenues. Enough to build a space laser. The outcome should also resemble Bambi meets Godzilla. There’s … Read More

Lindsey Graham fesses up that the climate crisis is real after all.

One of the more despicable senators in the US Senate now acknowledges that climate change is real after four years of kissing Trump’s ass as the know-nothing did all he … Read More

Jen Psaki schools reporter wanting black Ambassador gone for owning our white supremacist genesis

Jen Psaki did not hesitate as she defended UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield for claiming the truth about America’s beginning Jen Psaki schools NewsMax reporter See full episodes here. Psaki defended … Read More

Senate Parliamentarian Rules Democrats Can Pass 2 More Reconciliation Bills, Bypassing Filibuster

The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that Chuck Schumer may be able to use budget reconciliation rules to pass two additional amendments to the 2021 budget bill that was used in enacting Biden’s … Read More

“Politics is downstream from culture”

Who knew, Big Tech is corporate communism, which may explain why there should be a Magnitsky law for the US. A Ghislaine Maxwell pardon could occur if she gave up … Read More

Lara Trump hired by Fox to give her more electoral exposure

Formerly the face of Trump-TV, Lara Trump is now being promoted for her run for the North Carolina Senate by being hired by Fox News. There's a lot of things … Read More

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 exceed the benefits. Austerity would have … Read More

Dr. Joey “Don't Say Gay” Hensley (TN Senate R) tries more mischief for KKK founder bust

A noted piece of work, State Senator Hensley, a Sons of Confederate Veterans member, decided there were so many new ways to get a KKK founder’s statue to stick around in the … Read More

the Grand Hotel Abyss defunded and canceled by Trump's GQP culture war on massage spas

The Atlanta spree killings are unfortunately a story with structural similarity to events elsewhere. How do we know that Robert Long wasn’t on his way to Mar-a-Lago when the cops performed … Read More

the truth of power: Adjunct law professor fired for “reprehensible” comments about Black students (video)

We haven’t gotten past the angst-ridden discourse of privilege and buoyancy even in law schools. Then again E. Jean Carroll really wants that DNA sample from Trump and only good lawyers … Read More

ex-POTUS* RICO Suave wants you to listen to his call to the Georgia Secretary of State Investigator

Because “something bad happened”, the Wall Street Journal has the criminal solicitation tapes: The anti-Slenderman wants you to overturn an election because who would believe that he’d suborn racketeering, or election fraud, … Read More

ex-POTUS* noise increasing because something even worse is coming for him and the GQP

Plenty of dimwittedness to share as Trump demands via a cease and desist order that the GOP not use his likeness or name unless they pay for it. Also, Trump threatens … Read More

A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre

Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future … Read More

Dear President Biden, we're also disappointed

Are we not distracted enough by bombing targets in Syria to know that the White House will do better than the “best path forward”. Pelosi indicates bill expected to pass … Read More

Will insurrection trial let Trump off the hook?

Club rules seem to apply and Democrats don’t have the Senate votes to convict, perhaps wishing to settle for impeaching Trump twice, despite the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol. GQP senators’ cowardice … Read More

“Most grievous constitutional crime ever” because 6 to17 GQP senators won't convict Trump

It is a time for the “most grievous constitutional crime ever”: House impeachment managers slam Trump in final pre-trial brief. He knows he’ll have the votes to defeat a conviction … Read More

Trump runs out of lawyers, or vice-versa, as he can't quit his election-fraud grift of the Big Lie

Perhaps Trump will defend himself rather than have the Federalist Society fire up the bullpen for some strange version of a constitutional law expert. Butch Bowers, Deborah Barbier, Josh Howard, Greg … Read More

The “grievances fired by false narratives” fueled large short position on GameStop's space laser

Large hedge funds representative of fictitious capital aka “dumb money” got screwed by swarming reddit collective action. Numerous “redditors” caused a small scale version of (short) market chaos. WE GOT JON … Read More

insurrection planning took many forms on the eve of 1/6

That constitutional scholar Tommy Tuberville claims he wasn’t at a meeting with Trump the night before. Evidence piles up as the impeachment trial begins. “Lawmakers ‘perturbed’ when House Sergeant-at-Arms told … Read More

like the Trump health plan coming out in two weeks, he'll be inaugurated on 4 March 2021

We’re not even at the Silly Season yet, even as we’re reminded of the predictions of Harold Camping about the end of the world in 2011.  But DHS has taken … Read More

“How about if we’re unified against insurrection? Unity starts with accountability.” GOP gaslighting

Trump may have only toyed with the idea of a third party until he realized how much money he needed to grift up front from people who would need to … Read More

Boebert, bo-bo-bert, Banana republican Greene wants to impeach Biden… because something, something

Hunter Biden disinformation and nonsense will now return because the QAnon idiots elected to Congress want something to counter the second Trump impeachment. Bad, rather than good trouble is coming … Read More

a QAnon supporter, a white supremacist, an Islamophobe, and an anti-Semite walk into a bar…

Hello, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who was Twitter-suspended because of the “borderline monopolistic stranglehold of Big Tech”. Whatever that is. “The radicalization of the Republican Party has altered the … Read More

can Trump lead a My Pillow revolt from the Oval Office with “martial law if necessary”

Clear and present danger seems to remain operative as Mike Lindell was in a meeting at the Oval Office. All Trump has left are conspiracy fantasies fed by a bedding … Read More

Banksters win: Katie Porter excluded from the Financial Services Committee

Howie Klein writes that Katie Porter was denied a waiver in order to serve on the financial services committee. There certainly will be plenty to do on the Oversight and … Read More

This video of people moving their crap out of the White House is like Xanax

I never thought watching people move their shit out of a house could be so calming. It’s way better than whale song or crackling yule log footage. Get out, you … Read More

Al Gore did not mind undergoing security check June 2002. Republicans whining over security ..stupid

These entitiled babies whining over extra security and metal detectors need to pack their bags and go home and hide under their beds with their guns.  They are ridiculous.   We … Read More

Community Live Bloggers: Impeachment debate, House of Representatives.

For those watching it live, perhaps there’s something you’d like to share. x LIVE –> U.S. House: Debate & Vote on Impeachment Resolution Against President Trump https://t.co/hs4hOa7PcF https://t.co/UQdjoZAQHm— CSPAN (@cspan) … Read More

WYFP? Open Thread

What is your f’ing problem? Republican senators say they feel a sense of growing regret over not standing up to President Trump sooner — a day after a violent mob ransacked the … Read More

shades of the Andrew Jackson inaugural, “King Mob the Second” was crowned on Wednesday

Staring at the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office must have had a stochastic effect. Like Nixon talking to portraits, Trump decided he’d go out with a bang. As his hero, … Read More

pipe bombs dropped at DNC and RNC headquarters in DC

There was an attack on the seat of government complete with feces left by some of the insurrectionists. Because Trump must be declared the winner of something, something. Fortunately there was … Read More

Trump continues to speak at rally as Congressional joint session begins. Trumpists storm Capitol.

Two hours after the Trump speech was scheduled, the joint session begins, leaving us to wonder what Trump said to excite the crowd. The big banana wants his republic back. Congress … Read More

Trump’s best defense could be insanity or ignorance as he becomes exposed to criminal prosecution

“Trump at this point should welcome someone using the 25h amendment, an insanity defense is about all he has left.” Trump’s best defense could be insanity or ignorance. x 4 … Read More

more kayfabe: Trump threatens Lando Cotton and the 'Surrender Caucus', because Georgia hype

Because you shouldn’t pay any attention to the attempt to extort votes from Georgia election officials. Remember a current Trump delusion revealed by the latest tape kerfuffle is that because the states near to … Read 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 randy life. In other news, … Read 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 coronavirus pandemic is going to … Read More

Trump forfeiting the security deposit on the White House “Are you still a believer in Santa?”

“Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?” Trump’s pardon spree is a series of corrupt gifts, administrative vandalism on the way out of the … Read More

Melania tries to turn story time at children's hospital into a Trumpian superspreader event

Johnny Virus-seed and his wife, Malaria, have done all they can to spread Christmas cheer and COVID in the past couple of months, and just because we’re about to shove … Read More

Biden winning electoral college as Stephen Miller claims alternative universe electors

“In order to flip the election, Trump would need 37 Biden electors to flip their vote. There have been 16 total since 1900. Being a faithless elector is now illegal in … Read More

Biden speech at 8pm Monday on the Electoral College vote certification

President-elect Biden will give a speech at 8pm EST on Monday, Dec. 14th from Wilmington, DE to talk about “the electoral college vote certification and the strength and resilience of our … Read More

from 18 states to 106 GOP “concerned” members of Congress, the seditious Trump grift continues

The latest GOP logical fallacy is how not finding fraud is proof that there is fraud.  Remember that one of the 17 AGs supporting the Texas AG’s attempt to get a pardon, … Read More

“I put this guy in office. He’s there because of me,” Trump whines 1 hour and 40 minutes on fraud

The grievances continue as Trump imagines offences that only reinforce how much he was thought of as a danger to democracy. “We will find that hundreds of thousands of ballots … Read More

When given the opportunity to purchase additional vaccine doses, Trump passed.

Whether profit or perfidy, count on Trump to do the wrong thing. Now, fewer Americans will be vaccinated before June. What appears to be happening is promotion of those drug … Read More

WaPo asks every GOP member of Congress which reality they inhabit

We know for sure that Mo Brooks lives in the Phantom Zone, or is it on Bizarro World. The Post is asking every Republican member of Congress the same three questions … Read More