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President Joe Biden’s original goal of 100 million Covid vaccinations in 100 days was exceeded last month leading him to call for 200 million in 100 days. Today is the day we reach that goal, eight days early. This is Biden’s second huge win after the passage of the Covid...

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  • April 22, 2021

Previous guy and the GQP continue to be weird and entirely predictable. Weird and even entirely predictable — Kim Mangone (@KimMangone) April 4, 2021 Mike Huckabee doubled down on the usual RW hate, timing it for his evangelical Easter program shown on some shopping channels, because there’s no such thing...

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  • April 4, 2021

Vaccinations in the US for Covid-19 should pass 100 Million people of those who have received at least one dose. The CDC report for yesterday shows 30% of all Americans getting at least one jab. For adults, that number is at 38.4% and for seniors, 73.7%. That’s a total of 153.6...

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  • April 1, 2021

Likely there will be Daniel Dale or Aaron Rupar to tweet about the Trump blather. As for the insurrection, it was as if it had never happened. It will shock you how much the it never happened. Tom Cotton inveighed against anti-cop mobs—but only in the context of Portland and without seeming to...

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  • February 28, 2021

Holy shit. This aged worse than the lost wedge of Camembert that’s more or less permanently ensconced in Donald Trump’s clammy, pendulous moob flaps. Yeah, that was gross, I grant you. But I figured you needed to tighten up your gag reflex before you watched this: ”We will not see diseases like the...

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  • February 25, 2021

Apparently Trump may have had nothing to do with the insurrection, according to one of his defense attorneys. Some guy named Grassy Knoll may have done it. x David Schoen floated a strange theory on Sean Hannity's show in defense of the former president. It’s worth unpacking, because it points...

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  • February 12, 2021

Matthew Dowd gets to the core of the reason many participated in the Capitol insurrection. Many fear raising this issue in detail. Matthew Dowd gets it See full episodes here. Matthew Dowd expanded on a question Chris Hayes asked about the state of the GOP appropriately. “I think one of the...

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  • February 10, 2021

The goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans against Covid 19 was finally reached today almost four weeks after the Trump Administration’s goal of 20 million vaccinated in 2020. The Center for Disease Control reports 1,111,640 were vaccinated today. Just as important, about 2.9 million total doses of the two approved vaccines...

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  • January 27, 2021

“Imputation of Guilt”, Flynn’s loss of a 5th Amendment exception could figure in the subsequent, yet unfulfilled prosecution of justice obstruction by the Mueller investigation.  Abuse of power continues, as his pardoning spree further hardens his de facto concession. Trump personally benefits from pardoning Flynn, so the pardon is an abuse of power. Abusing...

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  • November 25, 2020

What do you do when you’re the head of a crime family and all your kids are Fredos? You fail. A lot. Case in point: Eric Trump Of course, we all know Eric has the cognitive ability of a below-average glue-huffing Sea-Monkey, but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t hilarious when...

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  • November 10, 2020

Rick Santorum on CNN [paraphrasing mine] “If the Democrats want to bring the country together they should let the Republican senatorial candidates in Georgia win, if not there will be trouble.” Yep, you got it, we just forget the whole 8 years of Obama where all they did was obstruct,...

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  • November 7, 2020

This evening at 7pm ET there will be another of the usual airport hangar events to pack Trumpists and spread contagion. We’ll see how long he lasts, considering his planned 30 minute speech on Saturday lasted 18 minutes. x This is the line for the Trump Rally in Sanford, FL....

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  • October 12, 2020

A backyard pond turns oily. A DIY oil test confirms it’s more than iron oxide,  I found tiny broken eggs and cat-sized poop nearby (not pictured).  I suspect coon. I found knocked over plants in another pond. I put rounded rocks into abandoned birds’ nests and set them on the...

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  • October 5, 2020

which opened early in-person voting today. Unlike previous years, you do NOT have to fill out a form and give an excuse of why you cannot vote on election day. I was in Arlington County (which is heavily Dem —  Biden will easily carry more than 70% of the vote). ...

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  • September 18, 2020

http://www.monmouth.edu/… Monmouth University Poll gives Joe Biden a 2% edge in Arizona among likely voters but says the race is tied under a lower turnout scenario. Biden leads Trump 48% to 46% with higher turnout, and they are tied at 47% each with lower turnout. The poll says Trump has...

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  • September 17, 2020

http://www.monmouth.edu/… Monmouth University Poll gives Joe Biden a 2% edge in Arizona among likely voters but says the race is tied under a lower turnout scenario. Biden leads Trump 48% to 46% with higher turnout, and they are tied at 47% each with lower turnout. The poll says Trump has...

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  • September 17, 2020

Erm … what? x “President Trump today had a great day. A day that any president could only dream of” pic.twitter.com/gUZHTqGOxF— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) September 9, 2020 LOU DOBBS: “Good evening, everybody. President Trump today had a great day — a day that any president could only dream of. President Trump...

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  • September 9, 2020

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… Almost everybody has gotten into the act today, bringing out a national presidential poll. Biden leads them all, but some readers might want to see how they compare. National Presidential Polls released 9/2/2020 Pollster 538 rating Biden Trump Margin Seltzer & Co. A+ 49 41 8 Suffolk A 50...

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  • September 2, 2020

Wow. And I thought Obama was cool as a cucumber. Please enjoy this short video taken of Kamala Harris before she goes live explaining how to brine a turkey. This woman has been tasked to do nothing less than save our democracy. Meanwhile, the GOP war machine has launched every...

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  • August 16, 2020

Deranged Trump syndrome: a dictatorial Trump now confronts his losing with even more autocratic attempts to consolidate power. Sabotaging the postal service to thwart voting…plus another attempt to loot social security.  Republican scorched earth on the way to the bunker. This defunds Medicare. This defunds Social Security. Tax collection is...

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  • August 8, 2020

even though being moved to the point of tears is not uncommon for me nowadays. I first read John Hershey’s writing about Hiroshima while in high school, from which I graduated in June of 1963. By then I had read widely about the 2nd World War. As a result I...

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  • August 6, 2020

Trump is running out of distractions, as he recycles hydroxycholoroquine “cures” again and criticizes Birx. Backpedaling on TikTok has also some implications for US companies as Trump still wants some retribution for the Tulsa million-ticket stunt. These are meant to draw attention from the Manhattan DA Cy Vance moving forward...

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  • August 3, 2020

At least that’s what he promised two weeks ago when challenged by Fox News’ Chris Wallace over his attempts to scuttle the Affordable Care Act. And, as we all know, Trump always follows through and never, ever lies. This interview aired two weeks ago. Turns out Trump was lying about...

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  • August 2, 2020

Cartoon characters without pants might have to drop drawers as SCOTUS finally rules on Trump’s financial records today. There will be an over/under and perhaps even a split difference, but regardless there will be strong, powerful, or even strongly or powerfully Trump distractions. Bigly matters will at least be referenced...

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  • July 9, 2020

So two DNI directors are lying, because it looks like Trump continues to do Russia’s bidding, however badly. And Trump lies because that’s the default position, because like Sargent Schultz, “he knows nothing”. x The Fake News @ nytimes must reveal its “anonymous” source. Bet they can’t do it, this...

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  • June 28, 2020

Nine new polls find Trump consistently behind in polling. Trump is going to Wisconsin after Pence spoke to evangelical groups there yesterday. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump makes his second trip this week to a crucial battleground state, traveling Thursday to Wisconsin as polls show him losing ground to former Vice President Joe...

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  • June 25, 2020

Golfing during a pandemic, the three day weekend begins for Trump. x According to the pool report, the White House says that Trump has landed at the Bedminster Landing Zone. Trump is staying at one of his own Trump properties, as he used to do on many weekends before the...

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  • June 12, 2020

Trump continued to tweet today, stuck in the White House. He aligned himself with “law and order” and the military. He whined about how his schemes have gotten thwarted. x “We never had cause to use the bunker. We were never that scared. Barack always told me that if there...

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  • June 8, 2020

Received this e-mail today from former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Join us for a special virtual Young Americans Town Hall with Vice President Joe Biden presented by League 46. Joe and Young Americans across the country will talk about the moment gripping our nation, the struggle for justice,...

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  • June 4, 2020

I knew this would happen. Knew it, knew it, knew it. Because Donald Trump’s clear penchant for racism, misogyny, perversion, incompetence, buffoonery, and just plain evil is no longer news, we’re apparently going to put Joe Biden under a microscope and parse every word he utters that isn’t meticulously scripted...

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  • May 22, 2020

Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D. IN), in support of former Vice President, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: I’m reaching out today to let you know about an exciting event. Today, at 4 PM EST, Joe Biden and I will be hosting his campaign’s...

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  • May 22, 2020

Trump’s going to Allentown for another photo-op rather than actually doing his job. “Well, we’re living here in AllentownAnd they’re closing all the factories downOut in Bethlehem, they’re killing timeFilling out formsStanding in line.” More Trump nonsense as Trump does a stunt like in Arizona — perhaps he’ll wear only safety...

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  • May 14, 2020

Trump will present another WH stunt-presser today at 4pm EDT that won’t start on time. It’s meant to divert attention from the now burgeoning COVID-19 contagion within the WH, and assure people that IMPOTUS* is “in charge”. President Trump and members of his administration will hold a press briefing to discuss...

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  • May 11, 2020

Here’s some encouraging news: Six months before Election Day, the coronavirus pandemic has done what impeachment did not: Cost President Donald Trump his advantage over Joe Biden in the 2020 campaign. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows the former vice president leading Trump nationwide by six percentage points, 44%-38%,...

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  • April 27, 2020

Noble gaslight gets the Pulitzer — it’s weirder only because he’s made the same mistakes before and makes his fixations more obvious. x It's “Nobel”, not “Noble.”2. There is no Nobel Prize for journalism. He's confusing it with the Pulitzer Prize.3. Senate Intelligence Committee just unanimously found Russia actively interfered with...

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  • April 26, 2020

LIVE BLOG below  5:30* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Trump may try to double down today, perhaps with some attempt at “sarcasm” in a specific attack on reporters. He may simply cut his losses and even let...

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  • April 24, 2020

Reminder: TODAY Webinar On The Coronavirus Pandemic Solidarity, Mike Hersh and Dr. Bill Honigman for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Donna, Janis, Deb, Bryan, and Kimberly—Your PDA National Team Healthcare Emergency Virtual Online Town Hall / WebinarTODAY, April 5–Click Here To Email Mike Fox And RSVP   Progressive Democrats of America...

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  • April 5, 2020

I wanted to do something special for Sierra.  She is our baby girl, the only  one left at home of the grandkids we adopted.   I have been Mama since she was 3 months old.   She is so smart, so animated, talented and the world today is dark but not for...

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  • March 30, 2020

You’re Invited: TODAY Webinar On The Coronavirus Pandemic Solidarity, Mike Hersh and Dr. Bill Honigman for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Donna, Janis, Deb, Bryan, and Kimberly—Your PDA National Team Healthcare Emergency Virtual Town Hall / WebinarTODAY 3/29–Click Here To Email Mike Fox And RSVP   Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)...

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  • March 29, 2020

Today Is World Water Day: Help Sustain Our Work For Clean Water! In solidarity,  Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Donna, Mike H, Janis, Dan, Dr Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Water Is Life! Please Sustain Our Organizing ForOur Survival By Making Automatic Monthly Gifts Now   Progressive...

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  • March 22, 2020

The ignorance and vindictiveness of Mayor Pam Triolo was met with righteous anger of an amazing man. Commissioner Omari Hardy was beyond livid that the Mayor was allowing the shutting off of people’s electricity during a pandemic. 52 residents had their electricity cut. Commissioner Omari Hardy Hardy accused city manager...

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  • March 22, 2020

Pence (and Mother) will be tested now that one of his staff has contracted COVID-19. Trump continues his inaction on using the Defense Production Act (DPA) during a national emergency. More troubling are charges that his dissembling ‘happy talk’ is part of a re-election strategy favoring states with GOP governors....

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  • March 21, 2020

Arizona, Florida, Illinois Vote TODAY! Solidarity,  Debra Schrishuhn and Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Janis, Dan, Donna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Pitch In Time and/or MoneyTo Elect Progressives   Get On The Phones and/or Donate Now!     Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) urges you...

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  • March 17, 2020

Trump may be responsible for many more untimely deaths, because he wanted to be re-elected (because it’s the stupid, economy). x Today Trump admitted that yesterday’s Press Conference was to lift the Markets. He only cares about the Stock Market!!! You can hear and see how proud of himself he...

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  • March 14, 2020

Seems that Mike Blooomberg literally eclipsed every Democratic candidate today on MNSBC, at least the afternoon shows such as Deadline: WhiteHouse and MTP Daily.  Well, they threw up Bernie Sanders as the kind of polar opposite to Bloomberg, but except for that Joe Biden interview on Nicole Wallace’s show, it...

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  • February 17, 2020

Trump quotes Peter Baker quoting Emerson, as Trump golf trips are 250% of PBO’s at the same moment in their presidencies. x …..biggest test of his presidency emboldened, ready to claim exoneration, and take his case of grievance, persecution and resentment to the campaign trail.” Peter Baker @nytimes The Greatest Witch...

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  • February 15, 2020

Oh, what a difference 21 years and a million Fox News lies make. Here was President Bill Clinton following his acquittal on charges of fibbing about a blow job: x February 12, 1999 – President Bill Clinton following acquittal by the Senate: “I want to say again to the American...

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  • February 2, 2020

Huge Impeach Actions Today Through State Of Union Tues. Join Us! In solidarity with justice,  Mike Fox for Alan, Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The Senate A Sham TrialWill Not Exonerate Trump!   You know this impeachment trial has been a sham,...

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  • January 31, 2020
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