So far Elizabeth Warren is having a spectacular first week
Elizabeth Warren has always been my first choice for president and I was disappointed when she decided not to run in 2016, but I understood. I know corporate America fears … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 102)
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
Kathy Griffin has the best response to Ocasio-Cortez DanceGate
If you want the background on this, take a look-see at Jessica Sutherland’s diary from earlier today. Long story short, some anonymous idiot on Twitter thought he’d shame “commie” (actually … Read More
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x Trump just posted this to his official Instagram account. pic.twitter.com/3pCWpi6qf0 — Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) January 3, 2019 x Nancy Pelosi be like… pic.twitter.com/Vh4fqQi2i4 — JustaTech🇨🇦 (@bluesboi) January 3, 2019 … Read More
Now you can get actual flip-flops made from Trump's glaring Twitter contradictions
Trump lies so often and so brazenly he can’t keep his falsehoods straight. After all, he can’t even recall that he has one of the world’s best memories. And now … Read More
Tucker Carlson: When women make more than men, everything goes to hell
Oh, Tucker. Turns out women’s 70 cents on the dollar (or whatever the latest figure might be) is just way, way too much. Because when women make more money than men, … Read More
Sign Up Now For A Bernie Stream Party Jan. 12th. Get Free Swag!
Photo: Bernie and PDA Exec. Dir. Alan Minsky at the recent Sanders Institute event. In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan., Mike H., Dr. Bill, Dan, Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, and … Read More
Mitch McConnell is the key, right? Right?
OK, look, I know that I’m not the sharpest scalpel on the surgical tray, but even I can see a pattern emerging when it’s a 20’x20’ checkerboard. In several recent … Read More
The Democratic Presidential Primary “Wild Card”
There ya all go, trying to think along with me again. What a waste of time. By now, you should all know that my mind is wired like a telephone … Read More
Moving Up On the Charts – Barack Obama with “Hamilton” Cast Members “One Last Time.”
# 22 on the R&B Charts and moving up…. x x YouTube Video President Obama didn’t display his singing skills here, he recites a passage from George Washington’s 1796 farewell address … Read More
GM Hits 200,000th Electric Vehicle Sale in Q4; Tax Credit Phaseout Now Hindering US Vs. Competition
Congratulations to GM! And also, my sympathies. Because in late Q4, GM sold its 200,000th electric vehicle, triggering the start of tax credit phaseouts for GM electric vehicles. The timing appears … Read More
A 'very high number' of workers at Trump's golf club were undocumented
While there’s actually been a net outflow of undocumented workers from the U.S. to Mexico over the past several years, they’re still pouring over the border of Donald Trump’s New … Read More
Trump's shutdown might delay your tax refund — unless you're rich, of course
This is what happens when Donald Trump’s brain farts in an airtight room and no one is allowed to open a window. You get screwed, while his wealthy friends skate … Read More
Romney's Criticism of drumpf Has Caused the GOP to Lose What's Left of Their G#*&!D#! Minds.
Mitt Romneys rather mild criticism of Goldilocks, in which he said drumpf’s character, (not to mention near everything else) falls a little short of Presidential, has caused the GOP to cast … Read More
Kellyanne's husband torches Trump on Twitter. Again
Oil and gas prices are low right now for a lot of reasons. And it’s not necessarily a good sign for our country’s or the world’s economy. Nor is it … Read More
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 the manhunt for a gunman … Read More
Trump's AG pick thought a border wall was an idiotic idea when Pat Buchanan proposed it
Back in 1992, Pat Buchanan primaried incumbent President George H.W. Bush because, apparently, Bush wasn’t nearly racist enough. You may remember Buchanan. He was a nativist, xenophobic tub of nut butters who … Read More
Why did y'all do it so early?
CRASH!!! Ohhh, sorry about that. I didn’t mean to knock over that china cabinet, but you looked so funny, laying there on the sofa with your eyes closed, moaning and rubbing your … Read More
National parks become a metaphor for Trump administration, as chaos reigns and toilets overflow
First comes the shutdown, then follows the shit-dawn. Three and a half years after Donald Trump’s mouth started overflowing with feces, he’s finally begun to work his magic on some … Read More
Demented Dotard Tweets about Wheels and Walls…Enjoy Some Responses.
Rabbit, rabbit. x pic.twitter.com/saWqPGOfKU — Norristache (@norristache) January 1, 2019 x Walls and wheels! Brilliant. Profound. I really wish we could laugh at what a fucking moron you are instead … Read More
That wall around Obama's home Trump used to argue for his BIG WALL? It doesn't exist
I have to apologize. Yesterday I wrote a diary about Trump’s latest flabby argument for building his southern border wall: namely that the Obamas have a wall around their home, … Read More
LOUIS C.K. Goes Full Jerk-off.
Well, this is disgusting. And vile. And disgustingly vile. x i mean he's like a RW comic now. hes milo pic.twitter.com/QYOGI7TrGa — jack allison (@jackallisonLOL) December 31, 2018 TMZ “The … Read More
It's Not Like I Do Not Trust You Senator Graham…
But no one in their right mind trusts Donald Trump to negotiate in good faith or keep an agreement. Trump whisperer Senator Lindsey Graham is telling the world that Trump … Read More
Trump: Obamas' home-security wall and the southern border wall are the 'same thing'
Um … x President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same … Read More
Fed up: It’s time for Republicans to end their hypocrisy on interest rates
As 2018 draws to a close, there is growing concern about what the next year will bring for the American economy. President Trump’s twin self-inflicted wounds of an ongoing trade … Read More
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Whoo boy, just when you think you’ve heard it all… x Candace Owens Claims Trump's Popular With The Youth Generation Because He's 'Punk Rock' https://t.co/6GJgoNtI4b pic.twitter.com/fAvmuXX0PG — Contemptor (@TheContemptor) December … Read More
CREDO Action Pressures The Incoming Congress To Pass The Federal Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights
Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: They clean houses. Care for seniors. Nurse the sick. Raise children. But the reward for the hard work of our nation's more than … Read More
Retired top general: Trump is 'dishonest,' 'immoral'
Trump loves him some generals. They allow him to look tough in a vicarious sort of way. Since Trump has no discipline, brains, courage, heart, willpower, probity, honor, impulse control, … Read More
Trump approved extra $129M to help House investigate Hillary. Now Pelosi has it.
2019 is going to be great. 2020 even better. Yeah, the shutdown sucks, but I imagine it can only last so long—Trump’s 54,000 border patrol agents are currently not getting paid, … Read More
Legacy of a Nerd
This article was first published on Up North Progressive on December 29, 2018 On Christmas Eve Rick Snyder closed the citizen’s input hotline early to ensure Michigan taxpayers could no … Read More
Amid shutdown, government helps fund Trump's private New Year's party
It’s not much money in the grand scheme of things, but it’s definitely more than most federal workers could make from loofah-ing dead skin off the buttocks of their landlords. … Read More
Fox News Asks to Use Vid of Con Ed Explosion Taken by An Epic Hero, Gets Told “F**k No…swine.” U/D
An epic hero, Justin Bolognino of Brooklyn N.Y., got some amazing video of the Con Ed transformer explosion Thursday night… Pajiba.com x So this is happening in #LongIslandCity #Queens #LIC … Read More
Non-furloughed workers can’t take vacation during a shutdown—unless their names are Jared or Ivanka
Putting aside Donald Trump’s ridiculously authoritarian decision to put his freaking kids in top White House positions, the fact remains that they are federal employees. When Ivanka Trump was made “Special Counsel” … Read More
Can They Approve Judges During a Government Shutdown?
I can’t find any information on this topic yet, but I was wondering if the U.S. Senate can approve Trump’s judicial nominees while there is a partial government shutdown? The … Read More
2018 MoveOn Year In Review
In 2018, MoveOn members helped power spectacular victories at the ballot box, fought back against attacks on our democracy, and provided critical aid to those facing humanitarian crises at home … Read More
Wait a tick! In 2016, Michael Cohen admitted he had been to Prague
In the wake of McClatchy’s bombshell story about Michael Cohen’s cell phone being used near Prague in the summer of 2016, Cohen himself categorically denied — three times via Twitter — … Read More
Betrayed by Trump, Kurdish Fighters Forced to Ask Assad for Support.
Forced into choosing between the Devil and the deep blue sea by Trump’s abandonment of them earlier this month, Kurdish forces in the Northern Syria city of Manbij have chosen … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 101)
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
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He’s denying it but…. lets have some fun anyway…. Cohen In Prague x And then, Michael Cohen used his cellphone in Prague to book an Uber to pay cash for … Read More
MSNBC tops Fox in key ratings for first time since 2000
This can’t all be the result of my hiding my mom’s TV remote over Christmas, but I’m sure that made a huge dent.* From The Hill: MSNBC beat out Fox News last … Read More
Another kid dies in custody. This will end badly for you, and 'following orders' won't cut it
Under Trump, we went from a few dozen in shelters to 14,300 toddlers, children and teens being packed in detention centers. The centers are so horrifying that public officials aren’t … Read More
Trump lies to the troops about their own salaries
After forcing hundreds of thousands of federal employees to go without pay for the holidays so he can make the vertiginous syphilis fever dream he once had about a giant wall worth … Read More
Dumba** drumpf Revealed Identity of Seal Team in Iraq, But I Won't. Update.
During his brief visit to Iraq today drumpf manage to reveal the identity of a covert Seal Team deployed there, information that is usually carefully guarded. Newsweek “President Donald Trump … Read More
Point and laugh at these conservatives and their stupid 2018 predictions
Politico has a fun bit of schadenfreude-fluff on its website today. It’s a retrospective of the shittiest political predictions from 2018. Now, everyone screws up badly from time to time … Read More
ME-Sen: “Susan Collins (R) Delivered 2018’s Most Shameful Hijacking Of Feminism”
First off, I hope all of my fellow Kossacks had a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Hannukah. As we get ready to close out 2018, Lauren Sandler’s op-ed in the … Read More
Now Trump is screwing up the Asian markets too
In the wake of media reports that China imported exactly zero U.S. soybeans in November (down from 4.7 million tons in November 2017) because of Donald Trump’s regrettable trade war … Read More
“A Very Special Counsel Christmas.” Colbert, Kringle and Mueller Bust Trump.
You’ve all been very good this year, so, as the mango miscreant pity tweets in the Oval, I bring you good tidings of great joy and merriment: x x YouTube … Read More
'Shutdown money': Trump really thinks he can keep the money from stiffing federal employees
I didn’t believe it, but here it is. Trump just said that he can treat the federal workforce exactly like he treated all of his real estate contractors: x The … Read More
Since Trump tweeted 'more good news is coming' for the market, S&P is down 19 percent
For most of his presidency — when it came to the economy, at least — Donald Trump was like a toddler sitting in one of those car seats with a fake Fisher Price steering wheel that made … Read More
Shutdown Shmutdown! Lowlights From This Trump Shutdown.
If you are a Republican president, you know you have shit on yourself when TigerBeat On the Potomac has this for a headline: 'Hunker down like a jackass': Shutdown could … Read More
