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Even though Republicans apparently think that whoever appears to be ahead when they doze off on election night should be declared the winner, that’s not how reality works. And Kyrsten Sinema, … Read More
The only thing Donald Trump likes more than claiming he’s not a racist is being a horrible fucking racist. If Stormfront.org took over the Children’s Television Workshop (or vice versa), … Read More
Scott Walker may have conceded, but his legacy will hang over Wisconsin for decades like a bratwurst fart. The list of things Tony Evers will have to unfuck is long … Read More
It’s a schadenfreude showdown this morning. Do I dance on Scott Walker’s grave?* Do I drink a steaming hot cup of Donald Trump failure? Do I revel in the certainty … Read More
Hopefully this is a good harbinger. From The Hill: About 44 percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while 55 percent disapprove, according to exit … Read More
Openly. Corrupt. From The Washington Post: Ivanka Trump-branded semiconductors and voting machines? In China? That’s an odd, if remote, possibility after Chinese trademark regulators awarded preliminary approval for 16 trademark … Read More
It’s way, way too early to count chickens, but one prognosticator is already saying that you can put at least one House seat in the D column. That would be … Read More
Fearing the prospect of large Democratic gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Donald Trump has been serving a steaming buffet of hate with something to please everyone in his xenophobic base. … Read More
A pair of polls out of Ohio give us a view of Governor’s race in Ohio. First, there’s Emerson’s latest poll: In Ohio, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D) is at … Read More
Another case of driving/walking/speaking/eating/blinking/converting oxygen into carbon dioxide/ordering doughnuts while black. Seriously, why do so many white people glitch out over human beings speaking languages other than Arkansas English? I can’t … Read More
Mitch McConnell probably thought he was being very clever, waiting almost a full year after the passage of the Republican tax scam to blame the resultant budget hole on an … Read More
Okay, Li’l Donny. Whatever you say. From The Daily Beast: Donald Trump caught various West Wing officials off-guard on Tuesday when he decided to describe the woman alleging that they’d … Read More
In March, when 60 Minutes interviewed Trump bête noire Stormy Daniels, the show drew 22 million viewers. By comparison, Trump’s Sunday interview with the news magazine garnered a little more than … Read More
If you happened to read Bob Woodward’s recent Trump book, Fear: Holy Fuck, Holy Fuck, Holy Fuck, Oh Christ, Just Kill Me Now!, you know how obsessed our pr*sident is … Read More
I will vote, I will vote straight D, and I will tell everyone I meet to do likewise between now and November 6. Nothing will stop me. The only decision I … Read More
The long knives butter knives Play-Doh knives are coming out for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who had the temerity to take a DNA test incontrovertibly proving what she’d always said was true, … Read More
Wow, doesn’t this sound familiar? Guess all you need to do to get off scot-free — unless you’re an innocent black teenager, of course — is deny all accusations, and deny them … Read More
Well, maybe they were actually rogue cleaners. I mean, who uses Dixi cleaning solution? What is that, anyway? From Common Dreams: At around the same time Saudi King Salman insisted … Read More
Before we all found out that Brett Kavanaugh was a rapey asshole, we discovered he was just an asshole. When Fred Guttenberg, the father of slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Jaime … Read More
Views on homosexuality differ widely in this country, but the percentage of Americans who think same-sex relations should be flat-out illegal is small and dropping precipitously. Frankly, it’s absurd that … Read More
This is what happens when you put a rapey asshole on the Supreme Court, despite every indication that he’s an angry, victim-blaming drunk who’s never atoned for his past. For … Read More
I don’t believe in magic, miracles, curses, hexes, horoscopes, Ouija boards, the power of prayer, or much of anything supernatural. I believe in technology and phenomena solidly backed by the scientific … Read More
Sometimes he can be irritating, but Steve Kornacki mentioned on “All In with Chris Hayes” that a possible bellwether for the House in this midterm election is KY-6th Congressional District. … Read More
Received this e-mail today from actor and activist, Martin Sheen (NBC’s The West Wing) in support of fellow Ohioan, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign: I'm Martin Sheen. I … Read More
Received this e-mail today from EMILY’s List: New polls are in for three of our critical Senate races: MISSOURI: Claire McCaskill (D) is trailing Josh Hawley (R) by three points, 44% – 47%. … Read More
Some very encouraging news today out of Texas courtesy of Reuters/Ispos latest poll: Among the bright spots for Democrats: U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas had a 2-percentage-point lead over Cruz … Read More
Received two e-mails today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA). The first one in support of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D. OH) … Read More
There’s been chatter in Florida about how the nominees for each party’s Governor might have impacts on their party’s U.S. Senate candidates and other down-ballot races. For example, U.S. Senator … Read More
http://www.mcsweeneys.net “We get it. Men are overly emotional. Just look at Alex Jones and Donald Trump. Ok, don’t. But the point stands. Your reaction to a perceived threat of the … Read More
It’s still an uphill climb, but with the pr*sident of the United States’ brain gradually turning into a sponge cake, the path to a Democratic-controlled Senate is apparently becoming clearer. That’s … Read More
Holy albino ballsack, brother. Mike Pence is a weaselly little turd, but could he have actually written that jaw-dropping New York Times editorial blasting Trump for being an off-the-rails crazy fuck … Read More
If hell existed, Jerry Falwell Jr. would undoubtedly go there. And his official title would be vice president in charge of shoving white-hot flaming pig iron into Jerry Falwell Sr.’s … Read More
If nothing else, Donald Trump is a one-of-a-kind occupant of the Oval Office. His jaw-dropping corruption, staggering incompetence, mind-numbing policy ignorance, puerile penchant for payback, and unprecedented deceit put the … Read More
It will still take a lot of damage before farmers who voted for Trump to think — not publicly admit — that they bet the farm and lost, but the vice president … Read More
As press and cable media scramble to cover President Trump’s antics surrounding presidential pardons — including the possibility that he could use the pardon to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation of … Read More
I’ve long thought that we have crossed the rubicon where it no longer makes any sense for journalists to follow, interview and report on the various Republican office holders. It … Read More
As we all know, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was only confirmed to the Supreme Court after, and as a result of, an unprecedented Republican embargo against President Obama’s nomination of … Read More
This is a major development on Capitol Hill, to put it mildly: Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she may change her vote on the GOP tax overhaul if … Read More
The neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville has spurred calls around the nation for the removal of public statues, monuments, and symbols venerating white supremacy and the “lost cause” of the Confederacy. Those … Read More
In his 2007 book The Assault on Reason, former Vice President Al Gore warned about what he saw as a dire threat to American democracy. “The 'well-informed citizenry,’” Gore fretted, ”is … Read More
Jim Moore, writing at the Huffington Post, chastises the Notre Dame graduating students who turned their backs and walked out as VP Mike Pence began his commencement address: No point … Read More
So, one of the questions that is on a lot of people’s mind lately is whether there’s any way that the Republican Party could somehow divest themselves of Trump at … Read More
You remember this guy. He's the “chief” of a one-man police force in the town of Gilberton, PA who made a series of YouTube videos loaded with swearing, lots of … Read More
Someone is trying to profit by selling a video that claims to show Ashley Biden, daughter of the vice president, snorting cocaine at a party in Delaware this year. … Read More
As noted by Feedback, it appears that the McCain/Palin campaign doesn't intend to make Palin availible to the press. It seems as if Palin is already measuring the drapes for … Read More
