Self-Inflicted Crisis at the Border

There is an old saw that goes; there is your side, my side, and the truth is in the middle. The liberal perspective advocates a humanitarian view, finding a way … Read More

Mass Shootings: An American Institution | Commentary

Three young men and football players at the University of Virginia lost their lives in a mass shooting that wounded two others returning from a class excursion. The three young … Read More

Sarah Palin might run for Don Young's House seat, proving she learned nothing in 2008

If you’re wondering when the Republican Party first took a hard right turn onto Loopy Lane, you need look no further than 2008, when a desperate Sen. John McCain, trying … Read More

Dave Chappelle Broke the Mirror

I was recently asked; what do you think about the Dave Chappelle controversy? Without explanation, I knew the questioner was referring to his recent Netflix comedy special “The Closer.” I … Read More

Keep Digging…

Senator Lindsey Graham once again exposed Republicans as heartless, racist, xenophobes, bent on winning at all costs. He tried injecting heroism into the actions of border patrol agents who, literally, … Read More

Why must I Wait?

I was born in the 1950s when it was not illegal for black people in the south to vote—it was suicide. Pseudo-laws, tests, intimidation, hoods, ropes, and guns were the … Read More

Trump Change

Donald Trump, the man with gold-plated bathroom fixtures and a 10,000 dollar portrait of himself bought with money donated to his corrupt and now-defunct charity, thinks that the 1.7 million … Read More

Liz Cheney wants to “defeat socialism” without previous guy. Do it for America! More Gaslight!

We now return you to the continuing Big Lie and the punchable face of the GQP. “By deposing @Liz_Cheney they’ve only given her a bigger platform.” And they were so cowardly … Read More

Audit Facebook, regardless of its oversight board decision on previous guy.

Previous guy added a page to his website, one which mimics Twitter and Facebook in its appearance, because the grift needs to be fed. In a related story, Bloomberg reports … Read More

Facebook Oversight Board continues ban of Previous Guy!

The Facebook Oversight Board sustained the ban on Trump — for now. Previous guy added a page to his website, one which mimics Twitter and Facebook in its appearance, because the … Read More

A great feel good post for me that I found after looking foryears.

Ok, this is Sunday and I try to stay away from political posts on Sunday.   Something happened yesterday and took me back 30 years and I smiled.  My car had … Read More

Lindsey Graham is very concerned about Biden's decision to leave a small gap in Trump's useless wall

Apparently Lindsey Graham was none too concerned about the galaxy-sized gap in our nation’s credibility after he voted to acquit Donald John Trump—twice—of eminently impeachable offenses. Moreover, he’s not terribly … Read More

Racism is the Connective Tissue

In 2008 when former President Obama was thrust into one of the biggest financial messes since the depression of 1929, his stated goal was to get us out of the … Read More

The House Impeachment Managers Mistake?

If you take it as given that 17 Republicans senators will not vote to impeach no matter what you present, three of whom actually coached the Orange Mussolini’s useless defence … Read More

Biden to Acquire 200 Million Additional Vaccine Doses

The Washington Post is reporting that the Biden Administration is acquiring an additional 200 million vaccine doses bringing the total to 600 million, enough to vaccine 300 million. This was … Read More

Marjorie Taylor Greene still isn't convinced the Capitol rioters were Trump supporters

Wading into Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account is like walking into a virology lab in a Speedo to draw blood from the Ebola monkeys. If it’s my job, I’ll do … Read More

Fox News contributor blames Barack and Michelle Obama for COVID school closings

Rachel Campos-Duffy is a former reality star … and some other things. Her husband, Sean, is a former GOP congressman from Hayward, Wisconsin, which is way, way up north. I’ve been to … Read More

No vaccines for 2nd dose. Lies about releasing more…imagine that .

Well, this is awful.  All the sleeves rolled up and no more vaccine for the second dose.  What does that mean?  The first does was useless without the second?  Caught … Read More

Patriots coach Bill Belichick rejects Trump's Medal of Freedom offer

Oh, this is so, so sad. No one wants to come to Li’l Donnie’s clubhouse anymore. The Wall Street Journal: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has turned down President Trump’s invitation to … Read More

Scenes from the bunker: Trump plans unironic trip to Alamo, Texas; still furious about Twitter ban

Donald Trump is ending his presidency the way he began it—as a squishy wad of id that just can’t get over how unfairly it’s been treated. Because he has the … Read More

Former WH Chief of Staff John Kelly says he'd vote to remove Trump if he were still in Cabinet

Why do these guys always find their spines when they’re outside Trump’s orbit? (To be frank, everyone is outside Trump’s orbit. His orbit is in a galaxy far, far away. … Read More

Far-Right Websites Urging Protestors to Bring Guns to DC

The Washington Post has put on hip waders and gone on some far-right websites, reporting back that they are encouraging each other to bring guns to DC, discussing how to … Read More

More than 130 Secret Service members quarantining in wake of Trump superspreader rallies

Johnny Virus-seed has really done a number on this country. Not only has he dutifully ignored the now-resurgent pandemic, he’s done everything in his power to personally contribute to it. … Read More

Meet us halfway.

I have republican family members and I know right-wing fellow workers.I researched for the unions in the South for a decade.   I’ve done collective bargaining to protect the health … Read More

“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part deux

This story supports a group reading of Karl Marx’s Capital Vol 1. This covers chapters 11-14. Set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry, Charlotte Brontë’s … Read More

The Supreme Court Precedent Republican are ignoring

and yes, it involves a REPUBLICAN President, one Abraham Lincoln. Chief Justice Roger b Taney, he of the infamous opinion in the Dred Scott case,  died Oct 12, 1864.  Republican … Read More

Tales from the Trump

Trump's followers are operating under a different set of determinants. While most of America and the free world views truth as a factor in defining honesty, Trump sycophancy dictates that … Read More

Pennsylvania is Key to Victory

538 has a new web page up, 2020 Election Forecast, which shows the current state of vote predictions state by state, and is updated daily. It starts with 24 maps … Read More

Super-competent Trump campaign misspells 'Nobel' on official campaign materials

I suppose they didn’t want to “panic” people by announcing that Donald “I Tear-Gas My Own People for Fun” Trump had actually been nominated for a real Nobel Peace Prize. … Read More

CO-Sen: John Hickenlooper (D) Builds Momentum To Pass The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Received this e-mail from John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: Hello, On this day in 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law banning racial discrimination at the ballot box. … Read More

These people couldn't lead a boy scout troop to the toilet. FEMA FUBAR on Covid PPE. Again

I am so Trumped outraged out until I am having to color my hair more often because every day another bunch of grey pops over the color.  HOW STUPID IS … Read More

I Want the Old Normal

Today when we hear the words ‘new normal’ it generally relates to living life with Covid-19. The Coronavirus has altered lives not only in the crowded cities and cozy suburbs … Read More

Mary Trump says Ivanka is worse than useless: 'She doesn’t do anything'

Sun on the patio, a bit of weed, some Daiya vegan cheesecake, and a pinch of piquant Ivanka schadenfreude. It appears that Donald Trump isn’t the only Trump Ms. Mary … Read More

Joe Biden Has The Momentum To Expand His Electoral Map As More States Sour On Trump

The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to not only help Joe Biden take out Trump but also want him to expand the … Read More

Cast your Lot

At the end of the movie Cast Away starring Tom Hanks, in the final scene he is left contemplating his next move after reaching a literal fork in the road. … Read More

North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office building. The Trump Bromance is over

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea, which may be more for domestic consumption, but also signifies the impotence of US-DPRK diplomacy. Easier to develop disinformation … Read More

Trump Demands Tulsa Rally Attendees Hold Him Harmless if They Get Sick

Trump supporters may say the coronavirus is a hoax or a Democratic plot, but Bunker Boy’s campaign knows better. The campaign is requiring everyone who registers to attend the rally … Read More

Imagining a Trump speech on race relations will be a pushover

Trump delivering a White House speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller is like faking a concussion because you’re supposed to be a hard-core member of Antifa. Trump will … Read More

Family fraud, false advertising, and unfair competition: a 2018 IMPOTUS* Ponzi-scheme case proceeds

Like opposition-information for political campaigns, real products of value often have ambiguous, intangible content. See Trump University. While there’s no RICO violation, the recruitment of suckers remains the actionable issue … Read More

AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R) To Arizona Cities, “The cavalry isn’t coming to help you”

Wow: Martha McSally has the solution for Arizona cities that have seen a gaping hole blown in their budgets because of the coronavirus pandemic: Sit tight and hope that the … Read More

Trump's Nazification of the GOP is why there's serious discussion of killing off the 'unfit'

Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party is racing toward a transformation that mimics the greatest evil of the 20th century. Long before the Nazis fully engaged with genocidal murder against the … Read More

2020 is Trump's “Year of Tremendous Death”

Trump claimed cases would go from fifteen to zero on 28 February.  Cases are over a million and he keeps raising his prideful death total now to 60-70,000, Today’s US death … Read More

Trump administration nabs counter-Russia cash to help build southern border wall

Having spectacularly failed to deliver on every POTUS’ tacit promise that he wouldn’t try to kill us all, Donald Trump is desperately trying to keep one of his oldest and … Read More

Republican strategist's advice to candidates: Don't defend Trump, attack China

Donald Trump screwed up our country’s coronavirus response so badly, it could very well prompt his own party to launch several more probes into Hillary Clinton’s email server. Of course, Republicans have … Read More

Confirmation: This Man is not Normal

Before you take a teaspoon of bleach or ask your doctor for a 5cc shot of Lysol, take a moment. I understand for his supporters that waiting on your signed … Read More

TX-Sen: “Coronavirus Cornyn (R)” Tried To Spread False Hope On Twitter & It Did Not Go Well

Kudos to Brad Reed at Raw Story for bringing this to our attention: x #CoronavirusCornyn doesn't mention 26,211 Americans are dead. I guess that's not important. He also doesn't mention … Read More

‘I’m from the Government’

While Republicans work hard to get elected to offices they decry as useless and impediments to success, I am taking a moment to remember the sarcastic critique of the federal … Read More

“You Blew It!” is How to Beat Trump

Three stories caught my attention this morning, all connected in a way. First, IMPOTUS is looking to shift the blame going back to the start of the pandemic: DKos: Trump's … Read More