Minerva @ Midnight: tragedy versus cynicism because Tucker Carlson calls mask-wearing child abuse
Peak cynicism has arrived. Tucker Carlson pimps a version of the nanny-state with more police confrontations because he thinks cops should stop children from wearing...
Minerva @ Midnight: previous guy's now crashing Mar-a-Lago wedding parties to make speeches
He’s now posing as his own Walmart greeter. Trump regularly crashed random wedding receptions at his Bedminster NJ golf club, because he simply likes that opening-the-car-dealership shtick, and copping...
60% of Seniors Now Vaccinated, 123 Million Doses Have Been Delivered in US
The Center for Disease Control reports that 60.1% of US residents over the age of 65 years have been vaccinated with at least one shot of Covid...
Pastor on leave after telling America's wives to look hotter, like Melania Trump
I’m not sure if this is toxic masculinity so much as toxic schlubbery. How women, men, children, or companion animals look in public is pretty...
Myth Busting that the $15h minimum wage would cause job losses.
A worthwhile article in the NYT Some highlights: Amazon has embarked on an advertising blitz this winter, urging Congress to follow the company’s lead and...
GOP Civil War, FBI Bias, Walking while black, & Conservative fighting for green energy
This Green Energy-loving Conservative will impress you. The GOP Civil war is on. Walking while black still an offense? January 6th FBI bias. Conservative fighting...
37 Million Americans Now Vaccinated as Pharmacies Begin Distribution
About 2.2 million Covid shots were given in the US yesterday as a limited number of pharmacies joined in efforts to vaccinate everyone. Pfizer and Moderna are...
McConnell throws Trump, Ted Cruz, & Josh Hawley under the bus on the seditious insurrection.
Mitch McConnell did not hold back as he threw Donald Trump under the bus for the unpatriotic seditious insurrection on the Capitol of the United...
…and Bingo was Trump's name-O.
This is why we’ll have a new POTUS in three weeks, xSo last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000...
MAGAs mad at Walmart over 'sore loser' Twitter comment; now #BoycottWalmart is a thing
Is this like conservatives abandoning Twitter for Parler? Actually, no. Sounds a bit more like people threatening to move to Canada if we pass “socialized”...
Where the votes went as Trump lost the election and the electoral college
Philip Bump has the goods: it is nearly impossible for the fraud claimed by Trumpists to have occurred in 2020. No evidence has emerged to...
This emotional statement from Van Jones after the Biden/ Harris win made me cry and should all of us
Van Jones cried as he expressed the reality for many Americans who feel liberated from a nightmare that engulfed the country for 4 years. Van...
Yeah I am clutching pearls…Nancy, why in the world did you trust a winger? I am speaking out
Look, I know Nancy Pelosi is human but she is also a political genius. What in the world possessed her to trust a RWNJ owner...
A**hole Gives “COVID Hug” to Random Strangers
Sometimes I really wonder if we deserve to survive as a species. CNN is reporting that this guy walked into a Walmart store in Springfield,...
KY, SC & ME-Sen: GOPers Who Denounced Obama's “Executive Overreach” Are Now Praising Trump
Ok, so we know about Trump’s “executive order” on the coronavirus stimulus relief package: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Saturday in an effort...
No Rush There Governor Asa Hutchinson On Mandating Masks.
He isn’t the winner of the Republican asshole of the week, but Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas will be issuing a mandate for wearing masks...
Walmart to Require All US Customers to Wear Masks
www.cnn.com/… Walmart Stores, including Sam’s Clubs, will require all its customers to wear a mask starting July 20. The world’s largest retailer is joining a growing list...
It Is NOT Just Trump Failing With COVID-19. Republican Governors Are Trump Mini-Mees.
Rick Wilson is correct that “Everything Trump touches dies,” but Trump has little helpers — call them Trump Mini-Mees — who assist him in dealing out death...
Ron DeSantis: If you can go to Home Depot during pandemic, kids can 'absolutely' go to school
Ron DeSantis, who’s doing a fantastic job as the Joker’s top henchman but a horrible job as governor of Florida, has OD’d on his crazy...
AZ & GA-Sen B: NYT, “Republican Senators in Arizona and Georgia Have a Problem: The Base”
From The New York Times: As Representative Doug Collins went booth to booth at a recent Republican jamboree in northeast Georgia’s Rabun County, he was...
Reimbursements?
Generational wealth is the key to familial long-term success. Currently, the three richest families in America are the Waltons of Walmart, the Mars Candy family,...
Trump’s Bailout: Big businesses get bigger as small businesses disappear
Stephanie Ruhle made an important point about the Trump bailout stimulus. The big businesses will get bigger as the small businesses disappear. Stephanie Ruhle on the...
Is Hate Ever Appropriate?
No, no we do not hate anybody—we have heard that from our parents, our teachers, and our clergy since we have been able to decipher...
Stephanie Ruhle Of MSNBC Is Reporting Big Business Pushback To Trump's Plan For May 1 Reopening.
No link yet, but Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC is reporting that CEO’s of some major companies are pushing back against Trump’s “plan” to reopen the...
The People Count
I spoke to my brother this morning by phone because he is currently recovering from COVID-19 related pneumonia and I cannot visit him. My nephew...
Two black men kicked out of Illinois Walmart, presumably for wearing protective masks
Everyone! Wear masks! The CDC says you should! To protect yourself and others from the deadly coronavirus! Just do it! (Unless you’re black, of course.)...
#TrumpOwnsEveryDeath “Whatever his tone, it will be a very hard future to sell”
It’s enough to steam your pants. x"He took a gamble and got it wrong." They know he blew it. Now they will spend eight months...
Corona Crisis: On The Front Lines With the Homeless in Berkeley.
What follows are excerpts from four report backs by Andrea Henson, of Where Do We Go Berkeley, (@WhereDoWeGoBerk, Facebook) whom I first spotlighted in October, 2019....
COVIDIOTs everywhere
There’s moron-in chief and then there are morans(sic) on the ground. xTrump dismissing both #ClimateChange AND #Coronavirus as hoaxes. Juxtaposed for your consideration (courtesy of...
Former pandemic team leader details the damage Trump did by kneecapping our response capability
Today, during Donald Trump’s coronavirus press conference/Walmart plug, PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor asked the pr*sident about his administration’s decision to disband the National Security Council’s office...
Response to Medicare for All opponent who thinks the sick brought it on themselves
Many people do not want Medicare for All because they do not believe healthcare is a right and because they feel no responsibility for the sick...
Kentucky Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate: What Are Progressives To Do?
Those outside of Kentucky are already betting heavily on Amy McGrath as the Democratic nominee to take on Moscow Mitch in 2020. However, Kentucky progressives...
THIS is how you beat the NRA!
Everybody gather near. Dyin’ time is here Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome As all of you know, I have been a frequent commentator, and will...
The deceptive corporatist rewriting of the history of the #FlintWaterCrisis is in full swing
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.com During the time when the Flint water crisis was unfolding, right wing conservatives spent a lot of time trying to convince the...
Give me Only your Lively, your Rich?
This morning the acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ken Cuccinelli announced the White House plan for further mistreatment of those most in...
Another Walmart, another man with loaded weapons
this time in Springfield MO. You can read all the details, and see the relevant video, here. A young man drove into the parking lot,...
AZ-Sen: Mark Kelly (D) Puts Pressure On Moscow Mitch To Pass Universal Background Checks
Received this e-mail today from Mark Kelly’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: Mark Kelly (D. AZ) On Saturday, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart...
Trump Effect: He created the atmosphere and catalyst for EL Paso mass shooting.
Another week another mass shooting in America by a white supremacist in America. How long will it take most to recognize the face of terrorism...
“Trump Fatigue”
Remember those two dreaded words? after the intense backlash to Trump’s presidency with the Women’s march, in the months that followed, as atrocity after atrocity...
San Antonio nixes planned Chick-fil-A airport location over company's anti-gay efforts
Even if I ate chicken sandwiches — which I don’t — I’m sure I could find a better place to get them than Chick-fil-A. Like,...
Cold-Blooded Murder – Of a 7 Year Old.
A drive-by murder. Now a manhunt. The father of a 7-year-old girl killed in a drive-by shooting pleaded with the public to help authorities in...
Mr President, meet Medusa. Medusa, meet lunch.
Now I know for sure that I’m getting up there in years, because I find myself ore and more pining for “the good old days.”...
The anti-Semitic history of Fox News' 'War on Christmas'
This year, unlike previous years, it feels particularly egregious to suffer Fox News and their moronic flock’s annual persecution complex over f-ing Starbucks red cups (or...
If we succeed in making a “blue wave,” it'll be bigger than people realize now. Here's why.
Relax. No, I'm not spiking the ball on the 1 yard line, and I'm not slowing down to look for the checkered flag at mile...
The GOP hits the “ground” running. And trips over their shoe laces.
Happy Sunday bunkies! I saw something funny on the news yesterday, so I thought I'd share it with you to lighten up your day before...
Apparently, Trump thinks that EVERYBODY is Stormy Daniels now.
Q: What do Stormy Daniels and soy bean farmers have in common? A: They both got schlonged by Donald Trump The story is like...
The activism is working. A dispatch from the front.
As you read this today (I wrote this last night), we are 108 days away from the November 2018 midterm elections. Polls continue to show...
Publix Just Went All In With the NRA and Bigotry. Parkland Survivor Calls Them Out.
If you live in Florida, you know Publix. It’s a large, regional grocery chain with the overwhelming majority of its stores located here in the...
The real State of our Union is in peril
This morning, the morning after President Donald John Trump gave the constitutionally-mandated State of the Union address, not since the Civil War has the state...
What Convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich Taught Me About Hillary Clinton
With primary season at an end, it appears that Democratic delegates won’t come to their senses and nominate a candidate who can unite the party...
