WaPo: Trump hits 20,000 lies… Ho-Hum?
The rate of lies doubled as soon as Trump began the Ukraine shake-down and the Mueller Report was thwarted. Try to remember the lies of the Obama administration, just as a … Read More
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Trump Once Again Lets Dictators Silence Their Critics in the US
We are still carrying the raw wound of the brazen Saudi dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post correspondent — and lawful permanent resident of the United States — who … Read More
Trump is Giving the GOP Long-term Shpilkes
“Shpilkes” is a good old Yiddish word meaning “agita” — which is a good old Italian word meaning nerves, anxiety, agitation, butterflies in the stomach. In whatever language, it’s what … Read More
“The 2016 campaign all over again, …the Muslim ban and the wall, just add Confederate statues”
The real question is whether Republicans are really the “unnerved who have long enabled him but now fear losing power and forever associating their party with his racial animus.” Leaning on … Read More
Trump's Racism Could Cost Him the Election – In Fact, It has To Do So
Trump got himself elected in large part by playing on this country’s racism, exploiting resentment over Barack Obama for not only being the nation’s first Black president, but for being … Read More
so many Masks and Beards, Lies and Retaliation in the Trump era
So much more than meets the eye, and then there’s stupid fruit of the loins. So much lying and falsehoods in a masque of masks. x Kellyanne Conway: “People are … Read More
Lawn Order: in New Jersey it's wet, in DC it's golf
x Photos of Trump today – from @tru62. pic.twitter.com/dVVHvwUG9q — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 27, 2020 x In white polo shirt and red cap, Pres Trump returns to WH from … Read More
NOAA Admits It Was Wrong to Back Sharpiegate
Last September, as Hurricane Dorian was heading for Florida, Bunker Boy (as he has since come to be known) warned people in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama to brace themselves for … Read More
Melania saddled taxpayers with millions in security costs so she could renegotiate her prenup
She’s a Trump, after all. A new book by Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan — titled For the Last Time, Keep That Tang-Hued Monstrosity Out of Me … er, The Art of … Read More
10,000 Soldiers On the Streets of DC – Almost Happened [Update: Why Milley Wore Fatigues]
Several stories have been appearing in the media in the past few days about how Trump really wanted to put active-duty soldiers, lots of them, on the streets of the … Read More
A day after WaPo wrote about people penetrating Trump's wall, Trump claimed it's impenetrable
During the Sad Man Rambles Show yesterday, Donald Trump brain-farted out something about his vanity wall, which has evoked a steady stream of lies and misinformation since he first claimed Mexico … Read More
Murkowski Endorses Mattis's Rebuke of Trump
I have read the Washington Post front page story Murkowski calls Mattis’s rebuke of Trump true as many Republicans distance themselves from the former defense secretary and it shows that … Read More
New ABC News/WaPo National Poll Gives Joe Biden A 10 Point Lead Over Trump
Here’s some encouraging news: Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, but that’s sliced in half among those certain to … Read More
GOP discredits 2020 scrutiny of Russian election intervention by making us relive 2016
We should not get fatigued since there are only 185 days left. The GOP will go Benghazi/Hunter Biden until the election, even as with the attempt to free Flynn. it … Read More
Michigan's Man of the Year threatens funding to Michigan while floods hit a Michigan town
Trump: “I was honored as the Man of the Year in Michigan… 5 or 6 years before I even thought about running for President.” x Here's my old fact check … Read More
Obama is Baiting Trump
Two columns and a Facebook post caught my attention this morning: Obama Lives in Trump’s Head by Charles Blow (NYT) This is why Trump is back to attacking Obama by … Read More
Trump jeopardizes his own re-election as electric car sweaters are pilling up in swing-state America
Fred Hiatt in WaPo speculates on why Trump is engaging in self-destructive behavior by inciting the defiance of isolation orders. So here’s another theory. Trump and his team realized weeks … Read More
Bigly-gate: lending a dishonest weaponizing of information any aura of credibility is disinformation
Greg Sargent in a WaPo op-ed blames journalistic conventions for amplifying Trump’s recycling nonsense, but the institutional problem is that there are media outlets for whom this is their stock in … Read More
from Red Lobster to Red Herring, will we learn about the deal Flynn made with Kislyak, Oh Mother…
Hot, polluted water is identified in a WaPo op-ed by John Gleeson, David O’Neil and Marshall Miller, on the withdrawal of Michael Flynn charges. What will knowing the content of the … Read More
291 Trump lies: “We had probably the best economy in the history of the world…bigger than anybody”
WaPo made an adjustment and Trump has now lied 18,000 times. The comparison is staggering on Trump’s economic claims. APR 03 2020 “Again, we had the strongest economy in the … Read More
Bay of (split) Wigs: what a service contract to perform a coup d'etat looks like
Jordan Goudreau’s Silvercorp is a US mercenary corporation based in Florida. Two of their American operatives were arrested in Venezuela. WaPo got a copy of a coup d’etat contract. The video begins with … Read More
a new episode of the Trump show: “It's a comeback!”
Paul Waldman at WaPo hits the latest version of the post-prime-time presser Trump show, as Kayleigh “Kayfabe” McEnany does another Vanna White presser. The last six months of Trump terror … Read More
Trump hopes to win in November by trading your health for a reopened economy
Robert Reich tells the truth in an op-ed at the Guardian: Trump wants you to choose between your job or your life — because work makes you free. Trump preferred “cheering an … Read More
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CDC Updates Its List of Covid-19 Symptoms [Update: Seems the Guidelines Were Buried – Maybe]
A new story on top of WaPo has an updated list of the most common coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms: CDC confirms six coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients over and over … Read More
CDC Director Contradicts Trump to His Face
Yesterday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned in a Washington Post interview that we need to prepare for a second coronavirus wave … Read More
ME, AZ, NC, CO, KY, SC, MT & KS-Sen: WaPo's Jennifer Rubin, “GOP should worry about the Senate”
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has a new piece out that highlights how certain U.S. Senate races are shaping up to put Moscow Mitch’s GOP majority in danger: Sen. Susan … Read More
Republicans Endorse Biden
Lots of stories out about former President Obama endorsing Joe Biden, Bernie endorsing Biden, Warren endorsing Biden, pretty much every Democratic candidate for the nomination has stepped up to endorse … Read More
Trump, WHO, and China: A Timeline
I often find, in history as well as in current events, that having a timeline can be very useful in sorting out just what happened and when, and for judging … Read More
I'm Not Really a Dictator; I Just Play One on TV
While everyone is running around screaming that Trump’s acting unconstitutionally (which is is), they shouldn’t worry too much that Trump is effectively calling himself a dictator. He doesn’t really want … Read More
WaPo ranks the top 11 VP picks for Biden, because 'most logical'
The reasons are actually well considered, even as there are consensus picks. It could even be “that woman”. WaPo’s Aaron Blake ranks the players.
Bernie's Campaign Manager, Top Strategist, Think It's Time to Go
Latest reporting from WaPo: Some top Sanders advisers urge him to consider withdrawing “Top Sanders advisers” includes his own campaign manager and his strategist: A small group of Bernie Sanders’s … Read More
WHY Won't Trump Use the DPA?
Greg Sargent has this column up in today’s WaPo: The big question looming over Trump’s coronavirus disaster Why is it falling to Democrats to beg, cajole and try to force … Read More
Trump's favorite network (no, not Fox) endorsed theory that Tony Fauci engineered coronavirus
Fox News may need to step up its game, because One America News has proven itself to be far more fawning, dangerous, disingenuous, and cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs than the … Read More
late-responder Trump won't even catch that election Hail Mary javelin if COVID-19 lasts 18 months
The only re-election path Trump may have is to invoke yet again some image as a “war-time president” even if the enemy is his incompetence. In the post-impeachment period, this … Read More
The Face of Evil
It’s been clear since October 2016 that Vladimir Putin has been interfering in our elections, and that he’s planning to do it again. Even if he can’t get Trump re-selected, … Read More
Color-Coding the latest Trump disinformation from his Wednesday Night Address on COVID-19
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller, the Sam Johnson and Jimmy Boswell of the Trump regime wrote a ten-minute Trump address worth diagramming. Unfortunately Trump mumbled his way through it on … Read More
Bernie Is Preparing to Drop Out
Yesterday I posted this diary, Prediction: Bernie Drops Out After Next Tuesday, in which I argued that Bernie was going to stay in long enough to have his one-on-one debate … Read More
Top Virus Expert Told to Shut Up
Anthony Fauci is the premier public health expert on viruses and their spread. He has been the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a branch … Read More
Trump Threatens Schiff, Who Is Not Impressed
A WaPo story just out: Trump makes veiled threat toward Schiff over classified briefing on Russian 2020 election interference President Trump on Sunday made a veiled threat toward House Intelligence … Read More
Nunes denies he told Trump about House Intel briefing, threatens to sue WaPo
The ever-litigious Devin Nunes, fresh off losing a nuisance suit, tells Fox News he’s going to sue the Washington Post. Moo. The official, Shelby Pierson, said several times during the … Read More
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Barr Says He May Quit. Really??? [UPD*2: Did Barr Box Himself In?]
Breaking from WaPo about 6:20 PST: Barr has told those close to Trump he is considering quitting over the president’s tweets about Justice Dept. investigations Attorney General William P. Barr … Read More
McCabe Will NOT Be Charged [UPDATE: Vindman Also Won't be Investigated]
WaPo is breaking the news: Justice Dept. won’t charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump The Justice Department will not bring charges against … Read More
Trump Don't Know Much About Geography
On the eve of Trump’s State of the Union paean to himself, it may help to be reminded of all the ways in which the Guy Who Knows Everything doesn’t … Read More
1st Coronavirus P-to-P Xmission in US [Update*5: State Dept Puts All China on Level 4 Status]
I’m editing this so as to start with the most important information: The best prevention advice is to WASH YOUR HANDS. FREQUENTLY. See the diary and comments for more details. … Read More
Having your cake in time for World War Six
Every GOP senator is getting a delivery and demonstrations are scheduled. But will Lev Parnas and his ankle monitor get past the security checkpoint at the Capitol. Trump was tweeting at … Read More
Parnas, Guiliani, Yovanovitch, and Trump: A Timeline and a Theory
Philip Bump has an analysis in this morning’s WaPo — Four significant questions raised by the newly released recording of Trump and Lev Parnas — which goes into details of … Read More
Dershowitz Says He Would Be UNHAPPY if Trump is Acquitted
Yes, you read that right. According to the UK Guardian: Alan Dershowitz: Trump impeachment acquittal would make me unhappy The Harvard legal scholar Alan Dershowitz, a member of Donald Trump’s … Read More
Trump Wants House Clowns on His Impeachment Defense Team
WaPo Politics has a new story out: GOP leaders spar over adding House members to Trump’s impeachment defense team A turf war over who should defend President Trump in a … Read More
POTUS may have also been triggered by Instagram memes rather than any dog-wagging
IMPOTUS has just made a statement attempting to justify the killing of Qasem Soleimani, and like other presidential fantasies about moving Seoul or invading Venezuela, Trump made his decision without … Read More
context begins to catch up to the Giuliani propaganda
Politicians thinking of entering the recent Giuliani Ukraine “documentary” piece into trial evidence, need to first read this WaPo article by Ian Bateson. x Opinion: What Rudy Giuliani’s version of reality … Read More
