Well, That Solves the Problem…?

Much like with the election of Barack Obama, after the Derek Chauvin conviction, America was quick to congratulate itself. The fallacy of a post-racial America turned out to be as … Read More

Activist decimates American policing as systemic problem fatal to black & brown bodies by design

Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham slams police assault on POCs. Union leader/organizer Danny Fetonte explains why Amazon unionization likely failed. Danny Fetonte on Amazon unionization failure x x YouTube Video Politics … Read More

Activist decimates American policing as systemic problem fatal to black & brown bodies by design

Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham did not mince her words or disgust for policing in America that is systemically fatal for people of color. Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham hits the nail … Read More

Republicans are the “Don't” party. And this is a serious problem we must address.

I am overjoyed that Joe Biden won the presidency, but am also aware of the serious damage presented by the Republicans potentially controlling the Senate, giving them a major blocking tool. … Read More

Yes, Trump is a problem. But we have a much larger, enduring problem: the Republican voter.

Yes, Donald Trump is a breathtaking, dumpster fire of a President.  And I could spend paragraphs recounting all of the incompetent, unbalanced and embarrassing things that he does. He is … Read More

IA-Sen: WaPo, “Joni Ernst (R) is now in trouble. Trump is a huge part of her problem.”

Bull shit: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) says she doesn’t think the Supreme Court will overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, even though she signed a brief … Read More

I think I know what his problem is

We have all talked about the man from the orange planet is like he is, but I think I know.  I have not read Mary Trump’s book but after listening … Read More

As COVID surges, Trump zeroes in on the real problem: 'They're not allowing me to have rallies'

I know that focusing on just one portion of an interview that was actually a wire-to-wire cavalcade of fucknuttery may not be fair. I’m taking this clip out of context … Read More

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 a hero, not an insurgent. … Read More

ME, CO, IA, SC, NC & AZ-Sen: Colllins' (R) Brett Kavanaugh Problem Is Also These GOPers Problem

First off, she needs to be called out for her bull shit: Embattled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in a statement Monday that she agreed with the Supreme Court decision … Read More

ME-Sen: Collins' (R) Brett Kavanaugh Problem Just Got A Whole Lot Worse For Her Re-Election Bid

From The Washington Post: x Judge Kavanaugh voted against banning companies from firing employees for being gay or transgender. It's clear that Senator Collins will continue to be a reliable … Read More

We have to expand mail-in voting. But . . . let's be frank about a real problem.

Expanding our voting-by-mail procedures is an absolute imperative and a moral no-brainer in the midst of a national pandemic.  I also am completely unsurprised that President Trump and federal and … Read More

Government is not the problem The financial sector is.

The government is a good boogeyman. But understand what it means because it is the confusion that the plutocracy wants. The government is “we the people” which means if the … Read More

President Trump, Sen. Cornyn, & GOP have Chinese Problem

President Trump came out in a conciliatory manner at a recent press conference urging support for Asian Americans. Unfortunately, his previous Chinese Virus statements may have been the catalyst for … Read More

Trump remains part of the problem of US COVID-19 testing failure.

The usual “anti-government” dismantling of the state preached by Trumpists rationalized their inability to contingency plan for testing failure. It started even before they took office. x There were 3 … Read More

Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: the problem of making small talk

Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More

They're our oligarchs, not the GOP's, but they could still be a problem in 2020

Thankfully it’s still early, but we can see a number of strategies with complicated agendas prior to the primaries for Tom Steyer and Mike Bloomberg. What will their stakes look … Read More

CNN has yet another GOP problem

Last winter, CNN for weeks stood by its extraordinary and inexplicable decision to hire Sarah Isgur Flores, a career Republican Party operative with absolutely no journalism experience, to be the network’s … Read More

CNN's Sean Duffy problem is only going to get worse

How do you solve a problem like Sean Duffy? The former Republican congressman, who was hired by CNN to blindly defend Donald Trump while the impeachment process unfolds, is creating problems for … Read More

Why does The New York Times assume impeachment poses political problem mostly for Democrats?

Adopting a warped view of the Ukraine collusion scandal that's engulfing Donald Trump's presidency, The New York Times seems to think that it's Democrats who are caught in a “tricky” … Read More

The press has a Rudy Giuliani problem

The impeachment battle lines now appear to have been drawn in terms of the unfolding messaging war that will dominate the airwaves for months to come: Democrats are doggedly perusing the … Read More

The Death of Shame Isn't the Problem; It's the Death of Guilt

Bret Stephens has a column in today’s New York Times: Trump and the Annihilation of Shame, which starts from the death of Charles van Doren — back in the 1950s … Read More

Trump's real Michael Cohen problem.

Did any of you guys have a younger brother when you were growing up, or you ladies a younger sister? You’d be hanging with your friends, trying to be all … Read More

Huge problem for Democrats in 2020: We really don't have anyone who speaks at a fourth-grade level

I’m not exactly a fan of political pundit Chris Cillizza by anyone’s imagination, although his piece for CNN’s website about a recent interview Trump did for the Fox “News” Channel … Read More

NYT article on Immigration touches on a much bigger problem.

The New York Times today has a horrifying, yet unsurprising, article about Trump discussing immigration issues in the most racist terms:  “Haiti had sent 15,000 people. They “all have AIDS,” … Read More

What Else Did You Expect? If You think That The US Has An Extreme Right Problem, So Does France.

When the left reacts the same way as the extreme right it is the extreme right that gains She has made political capital from the fact that Hollande’s response to … Read More