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By Alan Minsky and Mike Fox for Mike H., Janis, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Dan, Shayna, and Dr. Bill — your PDA national team. Hold A House Party Or Public Viewing … Read More
Tulsi Gabbard weirdly supports GOP spin on Mueller report; veteran journalist bites back
Last I checked, Tulsi Gabbard was running for president as a Democrat. But if I didn’t know better, I’d think she was angling for a Trump administration cabinet position. Maybe … Read More
McConnell Goes Into His Shell and Tells Trump To Come Up With His Own Replacement for the ACA.
Just as with Trump’s government shutdown, McConnell has decided to go into his shell and wait for Trump to come up with a “replacement” plan for the ACA. Instead, McConnell … Read More
NM & TX-Sen: “There are only 4 Latino senators. Will more be joining them after 2020?”
We received some very big news in New Mexico yesterday: Rep. Ben Ray Luján plans to run for the Senate in New Mexico and is set to officially announce his candidacy Monday, … Read More
AOC called it: the incumbent she defeated is now a lobbyist promoting Trump's trade deal
“It’s not so much left vs. right as it is top vs. bottom…” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joe Crowley was moving up the line to become Speaker, but he should never have … Read More
Congressman's statement on Trump's Special Olympics 180: 'Can someone pull Betsy from under the bus?
They got caught being soulless ghouls again, and unwilling to withstand another news cycle in which they’re painted (quite accurately) as insensitive toward some of our country’s most vulnerable children, … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 114)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D. PA) Helps These Democrats Flip The Pennsylvania State Senate
Received this e-mail today from Lt. Governor John Fetterman (D. PA): Last November, Pennsylvania voters put progressive leaders in office at all levels of government — leaders who fight every … Read More
The Real Border Crisis Is Humanitarian
By Mike Hersh for Alan, Dan, Deb, Mike F, Janis, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Tell Congress Not to Fund the Border Wall theREAL Emergency is … Read More
Paul Krugman shows just how badly West Virginians screwed themselves by voting for Trump
Trump promised to bring back coal, an energy source that’s becoming increasingly less viable by the day. And largely because of this, he won West Virginia in a landslide. Of course, … Read More
Republican Kevin McCarthy warns Trump the latest attempt to kill Obamacare is a huge mistake
Once again Trump has stepped on his own dictatorship. Now Republicans are frustrated with the wobbly orange Jell-O mold over his Justice Department’s decision to support removing Obamacare root and branch. … Read More
Uncle Joe Still Has Bad Judgement and Arrogance to Boot.
Joe Biden has not done himself any favors in the last day. First up, he has demonstrated again that he has bad political judgement, arrogance, and won’t acknowledge, “I fucked … Read More
Uncle Joe Still Has Bad Judgment and Arrogance to Boot.
Joe Biden has not done himself any favors in the last day. First up, he has demonstrated again that he has bad political judgement, arrogance, and won’t acknowledge, “I fucked … Read More
The Mad King Continues to Scare Republican Senators.
Some of the gutless GOP Senators decided to blab to the Washington Post and Politico about the latest meeting they had with the Mad King Trump. The Mad King is … Read More
Tell Congress: Release The Full Report
Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F, Deb, Janis, Dan, Bryan, Kim, Dr. Bill, and Shayna—your PDA National Team The Trump regime has been waging war on progress since day one, … Read More
Republicans and “Political Capital.”
Give Republicans a victory, and they think they have “political capital” to gut the social safety net. Crooks and Liars has this link to the latest version of the Tigerbeat … Read More
Barr: White House will have chance to edit Mueller Report before it's public
The fix is in, folks. We have a rigged system, believe me. Business Insider: Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr told him he … Read More
We're Gonna Eliminate Millions in Medical Debt for People in the Bay Area!
It sounds crazy, but it really works. With the right knowledge, licensing and doggedness, a group can buy up medical debt for pennies of the dollar and then, literally, RIP. … Read More
Fact-checking two Tulsi Gabbard claims about the Barr Letter and the Mueller Report
Republished from Apollo Corner Yesterday, U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, claimed that now-former Special Counsel Robert “Bob” Mueller found that no collusion took … Read More
NH-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Jeanne Shaheen (D) Get Ready To Win Her 2020 Re-Election Bid
Received this e-mail today from Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator, Kamala Harris (D. CA), in support of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s (D. NH) re-election campaign: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D. NH) … Read More
Are we winning yet? U.S. posts largest budget deficit on record, thanks to Trump
In 2016, Trump said he would eliminate our national debt. How’s that going? The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record (in February), amid a 20 percent drop in corporate … Read More
The Trump Campaign Tipped Their Mitts. And Nobody Noticed.
For the last 22 months, Robert S Mueller III’s trump-Russia investigation has been a political total eclipse. It has spent that time blotting the sun out from pretty much everything … Read More
A Lawyer's Reading of the Barr Letter
Amid all the sturm and drang (on all sides and in all directions) over the Barr Letter on the Mueller Report, I came across this WaPo op-ed by Henry Olsen, … Read More
TX-Sen: Latino Victory Fund Wastes No Time Building A Grassroots Movement For Joaquin Castro (D)
I’m loving this: Texas Democrats are waiting for the news from U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro on whether they’ll have another competitive Senate race this year. There is anticipation that he’ll … Read More
LA-Gov: GOPer Caught On Tape Trashing Medicaid Recipients “Voting for a Living Instead of Working”
Asshole: During a $250 a plate luncheon on March 19th in Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham (R- LA-05) claimed that rising healthcare costs are the result of the economically disadvantaged … Read More
Everything changed, except nothing did.
Apparently the world as we know it came to an end on Friday, not that I knew anything about it. For me, these last 4 days are my World Series … Read More
Daily Beast: Moscow 'in ecstasy' over Barr letter
Apparently, Trump’s toadies and hangers-on aren’t the only ones deliberately misinterpreting AG William Barr’s four-page summary of the Mueller Report. Russian media and state officials are right behind them. The … Read More
Nunes speaking engagement canceled over credible threats of mooing, cowbells (seriously)
If a conservative ever, ever, ever calls you a snowflake, show them this. (No, seriously, print it out, stick it in your wallet, give it to them, and just walk … Read More
Jim Jordan says 'everyone in town' was confident in Mueller; he's 'right next to Jesus'
Now that the Mueller report is completed there’s no need to harass and bully him anymore? Republican Rep. Jim Jordan was on ABC’s This Week this morning to send a … Read More
The Daily Bucket: The Chorus Frogs Mate at the Spring Equinox.
The chorus frogs have returned to the Frog Mitigation Area again this Spring. These tiny native frogs first occupied two small ponds in my backyard five years ago. The males … Read More
What the GOP learned when the wealthy tried to overthrow FDR and install a fascist dictator
In 1933, a group of very wealthy bankers on Wall Street were mortified with FDR. He gave government jobs to many unemployed, ended the gold standard, and was planning on … Read More
Murdoch channel pulled off air in NZ over its coverage of Christchurch massacre
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News Australia has been bounced off the air by Sky New Zealand over its refusal to stop broadcasting graphic video from the shooter who killed 50 people … Read More
Murdoch channel was pulled off air in NZ over its coverage of Christchurch massacre
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News Australia was recently bounced off the air for five days by Sky New Zealand over its refusal to stop broadcasting graphic video from the shooter who … Read More
GOP candidate for NC-9 seat tries to Photoshop AOC, fails hilariously
Okay, so a bunch of candidates are stepping up to fill Mark Harris’ shady shoes in the North Carolina District 9 take-two election, and one, Matthew Ridenhour, is attempting to make … Read More
2020 Candidates Skip AIPAC!
After MoveOn members asked candidates to skip the AIPAC conference, no 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are yet publicly committed to attend the AIPAC conference in DC this weekend! The story … Read More
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, say, a Hardee’s dumpster. Or … Read More
Help Progressive Marc Friedenberg For Congress. Special Election In May
Onward to victory for Marc and us all! Mike Fox for Alan, Dr. Bill, Dan, Janis, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike H. and Shayna — your PDA National Team Support This … Read More
Let's keep a running count of how many times media mentions Whatsapp as opposed to Hillary's emails
So Jared was using Whatsapp to communicate sensitive government business. I don’t use it by my students do and its a fun application. It’s like “Hey everybody, let’s get together … Read More
Let's keep a running count of how many times media mentions Whatsapp as opposed to Hillary's emails
So Jared was using Whatsapp to communicate sensitive government business. I don’t use it by my students do and its a fun application. It’s like “Hey everybody, let’s get together … Read More
Ohio is being destroyed under Trump, and it's about to get a lot worse
While a lot of states are turning blue, Ohio is one of the few states getting redder—but that is only because so many people are leaving. With the exception of … Read More
You simply will not believe this Scott Walker tweet
Uh … x It is my honor to help lead @TheNRRT as we counter the efforts of the far Left to try and gerrymander their way into permanent control of … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 113)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
Tell Congress No Prescription Exploitation!
In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Dr. Bill, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Dan, Kim, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Click Here to Tell Congress We DemandThe End Of Exploitative … Read More
Forbes: $1.3 million of campaign donor cash has gone directly into Trump's own pocket
Personally, I’d rather hitchhike to Branson, Missouri, with a syphilitic fruit bat duct-taped to my genitals than give Donald Trump’s reelection campaign a dime of my money. But some idiots … Read More
TX-Sen: Joaquin Castro (D) Already Has John Cornyn (R) Running Scared
While Beto O’Rourke is passing on another U.S. Senate run, you should still be super excited about this U.S. Senate race because we are going to be landing one Hell … Read More
Gov. Matt Bevin of KY EXPOSED His Kids to Chickenpox Instead of Vaccinating Them.
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin exposed his kids to chickenpox instead of getting them vaccinated. “Every single one of my kids had the chickenpox,” Bevin said in an interview with WKCT, … Read More
Amid Trump's attacks on McCain, woman sends his widow note calling her the c-word
I don’t know for sure that this woman is a Trump supporter, but come on, how could she not be? Glad to see our pr*sident’s sterling example continues to make … Read More
AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R) Praises John McCain But Is Too Chicken S*** To Rebuke Trump's Attacks
Coward: Arizona Sen. Martha McSally (R) offered praise for the late Sen. John McCain in response to Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks against him but stopped short of condemning the president’s … Read More
NC-Gov: Gov. Roy Cooper (D) Fights Back Against GOP Legislatures' Idiotic Plan To Arm Teachers
Received this e-mail today from Governor Roy Cooper’s (D. NC) re-election campaign: It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. A message from a son or daughter saying they love you, but there’s … Read More
CO-Sen: Denver Post, “Our endorsement of Cory Gardner (R) was a mistake”
When you Google search U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R. CO), this piece from The Denver Post is the top search result: We endorsed Sen. Cory Gardner in 2014 because we believed he’d … Read More
