In the post-insurrection US, air travel remains safe if no one storms the flight deck
One incident occurred just hours ago as a flight gets diverted to OKC because a passenger wanted to step outside. https://twitter.com/StanleyRoberts/status/1403577042088513540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw An earlier flight wound...
Pillow Man reportedly stranded Kristi Noem in Nashville after getting tossed from governors meeting
The most disturbing part about this story is that MyPillow guy Mike Lindell still has a jet. Why hasn’t he been sued into a lukewarm...
Previous guy's an alien, “…because when you're a star they let you do it”
Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP) within 18 days in his last coronavirus relief bill...
Those committed to truth and facts must fight five times harder than the Republicans and their lies.
It depresses me to acknowledge this, but the Republicans’ commitment to blatant and serial lying, and Orwellian “make believe” governing, pose a real threat by overwhelming the public debate...
What Irony: a Cheney being punished for the truth
The Republican members of the House of Representatives convened their star chamber this morning and ousted the most conservative member of their caucus. GOP House...
Previous Guy's Republican States of America: lots of ring-kissing and revenge fantasies
Not prosecuting Trump for what seems to be incontrovertible evidence of his Stormy Daniels payoff seems to be small potatoes only if the big enchiladas...
With his “patio rant”, previous guy's Big Lie is the ultimate deep fake
Like any good con artist Trump now tries to call his losing a “big lie”, because he’s all about the disinformation as he does his lounge...
Minerva @ Midnight: people like Giuliani's records, they're not thinking about the first impeachment
Remember when Trump said: "I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery". Maybe we can finally get to that...
The FBI seizes records from Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment and office.
Feebs are closing in. Rudy’s electronic devices have now been seized in a NYC raid on his Manhattan apartment (and a Park Avenue office location). Darn that...
Vaccinated American Tourists Will Be Allowed in Europe
Europe will start welcoming American tourists who can show they are fully vaccinated, currently 29% of the US population. The American government has provided at least...
Some States Are Vaccinating Foreign Tourists
It may seem paradoxical that with only 41% of the US population having received even one dose of Covid-19 vaccines, some states have been freely...
Minerva @ Midnight: Economy Deficit Disorder
More attention should be paid to an economy that might be in trouble this summer especially as there will be something, something military that will...
Gaetz of Hell-no: it wasn't me, it was the… wait for it… Deep State!
Gaetz made a speech to a Trumpist women’s group at previous guy’s Doral golf club, because that’s the best previous guy can do. The Group W...
Can't say that it Gaetz better, considering he's facing time for something, something
Diverting information foregrounds the developing investigations of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). The pattern is familiar, defenses that try to construct logical fallacies in preparation for...
Minerva @ Midnight: previous guy crashes wedding, then crashes border
Caravan with a drum solo, perhaps Trump will go to the border to help frame what is appearing to be deliberate GOP orchestration of migrant...
Ex-former guy spokesman allegedly lied about employment status to reduce child support payments
Assuming Jason Miller is a real person and not a failed Soviet-era experiment to cross the human genome with the formula for Axe Body Spray,...
Major luxury travel agency dumps the former guy's hotels
So remember that guy who used to be president, but he lost the election and so he tried to incite a mob to overturn the...
the stupid… it burns, Sarah Palin floats a trial balloon for a return to relevance
More like stupid being bigger than evil, a few trial balloons for Sarah Palin have emerged as Trump makes official his promise to campaign against Lisa...
Insurrectionist wants to be tried in Texas, not in the town she terrorized
Hey, I get it. If I’d tried to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States, I probably wouldn’t want to be tried in Washington,...
50.7 Million Now Vaccinated; Only 33% of Republicans Say They Want A Dose
According to a Civiqs Poll released today, most Democrats and Independents are eager to be vaccinated against the virus that has killed over half a...
7-year-old girl sells lemonade to help pay for brain surgeries, but Medicare for All is 'radical'
These kinds of stories drive me up the wall. There’s nothing heartwarming or cute about this, but it’s the kind of thing people in this...
Former CPAC chair: 'The Republican party really no longer stands for any kind of principles'
It’s fitting that this year’s CPAC conference is being held in Orlando, a land of make-believe where thousands of folks travel each year to gawk at a surly, splotchy...
Kayleigh McEnany, one year ago today: 'We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here'
Holy shit. This aged worse than the lost wedge of Camembert that’s more or less permanently ensconced in Donald Trump’s clammy, pendulous moob flaps. Yeah, that...
Ted Cruz attempts to photo-op his way out of hot water
Or maybe I should say “no water,” which is what too many Texans are currently dealing with. After desperately attempting to flee the free-market dystopia he...
Lauren Boebert, Second Amendment warrior, really hates constitutional 'rewrites'
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert needs more attention. First, Marjorie Taylor Greene stole her thunder by trotting out the Jewish space lasers while Boebert was still...
FL-Gov: COVID-19 Grim Reaper Lawyer Launches “Remove Ron” PAC To Take Down Idiot Trumper Governor
This is awesome: As Gov. Ron DeSantis sets his sights on a gubernatorial reelection bid in 2022, an attorney who’s been critical of the governor...
Florida has a new enormous invasive predatory fish likely to devastate its freshwater ecosystem.
Native to the Amazon river basin, the Arapaima is likely the earth's largest freshwater predatory fish at 10 feet and 400 pounds, where they have lived...
Gov. Kristi Noem may have illegally used state airplane to attend right-wing political events
Kristi Noem, the GOP superstar governor who took one of the least densely populated states in the nation and turned it into a big-city-style COVID...
The Rot Goes Much Deeper Than One Man.
I listened to Mitch McConnell’s post impeachment weaselling, he could not refute the impeachment managers accusations or facts, so he then shielded himself behind a...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – happy lunar new year with your instant pot and your go bag
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...
America's dumbest new senator can't comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene because of the weather
Tommy Tuberville, the first member of Congress to be named after the inside of his own head, is at it again. The brand-new Alabama senator...
Arrested insurrectionist who said she'd 'do it again' allowed to go on foreign vacation!
There’s going to be a lot of swearing in this. Let me begin: What the fucking fuck? A woman accused of participating in the Jan. 6...
ex-POTUS* Eddie Haskell lost most demographic categories in 2020, yet still claims victory
“Trump advisers were privately reckoning with his loss even as the former president and many of his supporters engaged in a conspiracy theory-fueled effort to...
Dispatches From Behind Enemy Lines (Biden Edition)
These past Dispatches were obviously a Trump-era commentary. Maybe I need to to come up with a new name. But since the Biden presidency is only...
A corrupt Korean company smuggled workers into Georgia to build an electric car battery plant.
Many Progressives are excited about the upcoming prospective “Green New Deal” which is already taking shape, even before formal Green New Deal legislation. Multi-billion dollar...
maskless Rand Paul sworn as juror, claims 45 GOP senators believe the trial is unconstitutional
Mitch McConnell’s mini-me does his usual reactionary foolishness as the Senators are sworn in for the second Trump trial. “In a 55 to 45 vote...
the Diet Coke button's gone, Trump is golfing in Florida, and Kevin McCarthy tries to revise history
More Charlie than Kevin, McCarthy now tries to polish a turd about the insurrection, tiptoeing a fine line between Trumpists and “post-trumpist” GOP constituencies. McCarthy...
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...
FBI report issued day before riots warned of 'war' at the Capitol
Who could have ever predicted this? I mean, who other than anyone who glimpsed at Parler for five minutes or saw Donald Trump speak before...
VIDEO: Watch big dude insurrectionist cry at airport discovering he's on NO FLY LIST
I wrote a story last week on the insurrectionist Trump supporters begging for mercy now that they discovered their fun little live-streamed coup attempt carries...
the Nashville suicide bomber will remain as one, regardless of a hypothetical terror motive.
Just because he wanted a spectacle that could have resulted in mass casualties and even death doesn’t change the event. Race has little to do...
A Reminder: Healthcare workers.
They are beyond tired, almost beyond human endurance, yet they still go to work. Please show that you care where you can: Don’t travel. Don’t...
On his way out the door, Trump doling out sweet assignments to unqualified loyalists
As he prepares to ride off into the sunset on a screeching, incontinent llama, Donald Trump is wasting no time in abusing his power even more...
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...
Biden inaugural and a bit of the RWNJ ultra-violence
Any Trumpist demonstrations will be easier to monitor and control even if the Proud Boys aren’t wearing their tacky uniforms / kilts. @schwartzbCNBC: Joe Biden's...
How about “Build A Covid Wall”?
Once the vaccine has become globally available say from June 2021 then: To enter any foreign country you need a Covid-19 Certification, similar to yellow...
Anti-Capitalist MeetUp Open Thread
I recently came across a typical Twitter argument about the CIA promoting modern art as propaganda. The usual distorting tweet-discourse occurred but what remained are somewhat paranoid discussions of...
Side Effects
With the ever-climbing coronavirus death rate, families reliant on technology to say goodbye to loved ones, and most of America shopping in disguise, yesterday was...
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....
Gangsters hoarding vaccines. COVID-19 patients in US hospitals surpasses 100,000 for the first time
COVID-19 patients in American hospitals has surpassed 100,000 for the first time as supply networks will be attacked by gangsters hijacking supplies, and there will...
