The Emancipation of One Mike Pence?
In full football withdrawal (Pro Bowl, yuck), I spent the weekend rewatching a few of my favorite movies. One of which was Birds of Prey...
The Far Right—Left
When one speaks of the far-right-left, the obvious target for progressives would be Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona....
Bringing a McAuliffe to a Gun Fight
The freshly defeated Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is a lousy politician. Let me preface the past statement with the admission that if...
Opinion: Your Vote Really Counts
The Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races are going to be decided on Tuesday, November 2. Although Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Jack Ciattarrelli are playing...
Conservative Muslim woman’s US journey. Machin says he’s lost. And much more.
This Conservative Muslim reared woman take on the US. Joe Machin seemed confused. But we definitely are not. We know who he is. Conservative Muslim...
Pelosi admonishes Tapper. Senator sours on filibuster, Cheney calls names, Hold media on Virginia.
Pelosi did not allow Tapper to malign progressives. Senator King sours on filibuster. Cheney calls out her party and calls names. Virginia blues. Pelosi comes...
Rudy Giuliani is having another normal one
Apparently, Rudy Giuliani just discovered video filters. Specifically, he found the Planet of the Apes Cornelius filter and added a stovepipe hat. Or maybe it’s Abraham...
Mountainous West Virginia leads the nation in crippling flash floods risk from climate change.
"No, no. There's 52 senators who don't agree, okay, and there's two that want to work something out if possible in a most rational reasonable...
Manchin's response to Bernie's Build Back Better op-ed exposes his stark betrayal of West Virginians
For Christmas (and Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa), Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to give working-class West Virginians a child tax credit, child care assistance, free preschool,...
Coal Baron Joe Manchin is pointing a shotgun at the head of the planet – media needs to point it out
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin just cooked the planet. I don't mean that in a metaphorical sense. I mean that literally. Unless Manchin changes his negotiating position...
The Nazis Burned Books: America is Burning Science
…suppressing your opposition with power; strong regimentation of society and economy, and dictatorial power- Fascism In the collegial setting, politics is taught as a science....
President Biden ends talks with Republicans on infrastructure as he did not fall for their con
Schumer Says White House Talks with GOP on Infrastructure Hit 'a Brick Wall'. Politico reported: Bipartisan infrastructure talks between President Joe Biden and GOP Sen....
Redistricting and Representation
The addition of the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act was a turning point in terms of minority representation. Redistricting is the process of...
RWNJs are workshopping the false dichotomy of 1619/1776 in advance of the mid-term elections.
These are days fraught with political battles over cultural histories abjuring complexity. Today it’s The Wall Street Journal and the reactionary path to critical race theory,...
Godwin’s Law, MTG and the GOP
The simplest explanation for lawyer Michael Godwin’s law is that the longer a debate or disagreement extends, it will eventually devolve into an unfounded comparison...
Rep who scolded reporter for saying she ignored metal detector is fined for ignoring metal detector
Virginia Foxx is a U.S. representative from North Carolina and not, as you might suspect from her name, a now-bitter original member of Emmet Otter’s...
VA-Gov: Trump's Candidate For Governor Kind Of, Sort Of Admits That Biden Legitimately Won
From The Washington Post: Before securing the GOP nomination for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin sidestepped questions about whether President Biden had legitimately won the White...
Former Republican Rep on New Party: Conservative does not mean crazy. Be balanced & not nuts.
In discussing a new party, Former Congressman Denver Riggleman (R-VA) said Conservative does not mean crazy nor being nuts but balanced. Former Republican Congressman why...
VA-Gov: Virginia GOP Picks Their Nominee, Trump Gives Him The Kiss Of Death
So this happened yesterday: Glenn Youngkin, a wealthy first-time candidate who walked a line between his party’s Trump-centric base and appeals to business interests, won...
Vaccinations of Juveniles Will Likely Begin This Week
www.cnn.com/… The Food and Drug Administration is giving emergency approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid Vaccine for use in juveniles from 12 to 15 years old. ...
Democracy For America Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The PRO Act
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: On March 9th the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of...
Biden Sets Goal of 70% of Adults Vaccinated by July 4
President Joe Biden set a new goal of having 70% of adult American vaccinated for Covid (with at least one dose) by the Fourth of...
Open Forum: CALL/Message us. Man who seemed to blame the killed-by-cop, responds. Manchin fails.
Today is an open forum. Give us a call or message us about your thoughts. We hear from Brian Dunn, the lawyer that seems to...
Don’t buy the mainstream media noise Here’s why census data likely better for Democrats
Matthew Dowd analyzes the Census and concludes with something I agree with. While the noise on the mainstream media is that it is a net...
VA-Gov: WaPo Endorses “First-Rate” Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) For The Democratic Nominee
The Washington Post Editorial Board made their endorsement today: IF VIRGINIA governors were allowed consecutive terms in office, Terry McAuliffe could have run for reelection in 2017...
Minerva @ Midnight: GOP states want to suppress protests by deputizing civilian vehicular assault
Only Republicans would encourage running over demonstrators by indemnifying and pitting RWNJs and their vehicles against peaceful crowds. Because who knew that the “unintentional” weaponizing of personal...
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing those moments of historical contact as acts of...
When you don’t get the Colored Gal, you Expected
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was born in the heart of the old Democratic south. He is a devout southerner, born in Mississippi, and attended college...
VA-Gov: GOP's Leading Candidate For Governor Says Derek Chauvin Verdict Makes Her “Sick”
Friendly reminder, there’s a big Governor’s race in Virginia this year: Virginia Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase is no stranger to making provocative statements, and...
'You've done nothing wrong': Virginia cop canned after donating to Kyle Rittenhouse defense fund
You know, I’m happy they were able to take Kyle Rittenhouse into custody after he allegedly shot and killed two people during protests in Kenosha,...
Sen. Mark Warner (D. VA) Helps His Fellow VA Democrats Keep The General Assembly Blue
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D. VA): We've all seen the headlines about Republican state legislatures passing outrageous voter suppression laws...
All Americans Over 16 Can Now Be Vaccinated
President Joe Biden announced today that every state has removed age eligibility for Covid-19 vaccinations so anyone 16 or over can received a Pfizer/BioNtech shot and anyone18 or...
“…active-duty law enforcement…are helping to train us.” Oath Keeper seditionists
A band of brothers that needs to be broken up. On 1/6 there was a plan to bring a substantial firearms cache to the Capitol...
It is Long Past Time to Reimagine Policing in America
The Black Codes of the late 1800s are making a comeback in America. These ordinances were meant to control the free movement of people of...
80% of Seniors Are Vaccinated
Americans over the age of 65 years are now 80% vaccinated with at least one jab of a Covid vaccine. That is according to numbers...
Black U.S. Army officer sues two Virginia cops after violent traffic stop
A U.S. Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers over a violent traffic stop last December. Police body camera video shows the officer in...
PA-Sen: Toomey (R) Wants PA To Adopt GA's Jim Crow Laws Because He “Thinks Black People Do Drive”
Can’t wait to see this asshole go: https://twitter.com/Matt_Maisel/status/1379777588009271304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw In an interview with York, Pa.’s WPMT television station, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Lehigh) was asked about the...
Vaccine Fear
I check off a day every morning on my calendar because I am counting down to the day of my second Covid-19 vaccination. I, like...
Security guy closes door as woman is attacked in front of him
More NYC stories of anti-Asian hate. Because bullies and haters come in all shapes and sizes. TRIGGER WARNING https://twitter.com/CeFaanKim/status/1376698713582796804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/NYPDHateCrimes/status/1376681962086227969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw In case you’d like to...
Meet The Press discusses anti-Asian violence without any invisible model minority… ground Chuck
So much thick-headed media activity this past week. OTOH Chuck Todd panders to the center again, or perhaps it's the college drop-out demographic. xA @MeetThePress...
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...
CA-Gov: NYT, “Gavin Newsom (D) enlists progressive stars to fight an effort to recall him.”
Here’s the latest news on the recall effort in California: The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has gathered over 2 million signatures — a...
“Their stupid is always bigger than their evil” in an ex-POTUS's hope for military coup
Banana Republic is not yet a bankrupt concept in America, although it is being sorely tested. Trump’s 1/6 coup counted on the numbers of RWNJs...
OH-Sen: “Stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us on behalf of the American workers!”
In case you missed this: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) erupted Tuesday on the House floor, imploring his Republican colleagues to stop their obsession with stoking...
Democratic Party: Don't die on the $15/h hill.
The one thing that will directly help the working poor is the $15/h promise. Few Rewards Today, more people than ever are working in jobs...
Greg Kozera on Fossil Fuels & Jobs. So race doesn’t matter? Insurrectionist Senator called out.
Solid discourse with Conservative oilman Greg Kozera on jobs & fossil fuels. Tell me race does not matter. Seditionist Senator Josh Hawley called out. Greg...
MoveOn.org Brings The $15 Minimum Wage Fight To Manchin (D. WV) & Sinema's (D. AZ) Home Turf
Received this e-mail from MoveOn.org: Dear MoveOn member, This is a make-it-or-break-it week for Democrats, who are poised to start voting on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion...
is Joe Manchin canceling Neera Tanden a personal gripe or a test of Biden's bipartisanship
Returning to normal shouldn’t mean returning to gridlock. https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1362893080152662016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The West Virginia senator announced on Friday that he intends to vote against Neera Tanden, President...
AZ-Sen: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) Needs To Join Sen. Mark Kelly (D) In Passing A $15 Minimum Wage
FYI: Kelly also said he supported the need for a federal $15 hourly minimum wage, saying he was flexible on how to implement it but...
CO-Sen: Bennet (D) & Kaine (D. VA) Reintroduce Public Health Insurance Option Medicare-X
Here’s some big news on health care: Sen. Michael Bennet is leading the drive for a public health insurance option in the U.S. The Colorado...
