Unhinged, Angry, Scared White Men: Face Of The GOP
(more…)
Hypocrisy Is Not A Disease, It’s A Life-Style Choice
Senator Chuck Grassley on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas hearings, 1991... Chuck Grassley, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh hearings, 2018... We’ve offered Dr. Ford the opportunity to share…
Cowards
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday: “Even by the far left’s standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. Senate Democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a…
1 Out Of Every 6
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime Perpetrators of sexual violence are less likely to go to jail or prison than…
Hey, It’s 2018! UPDATED
UPDATED. In Solidarity! In cities across the country today from New York to California, women (and some men) walked out of their jobs, homes and schools in support of accusers of Trump Supreme Court…
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy. Part Deux
Leaders are a danger to democracy if they have weak commitments to democratic rules, if they deny opponents legitimacy, if they insinuate or tolerate violence, if they show willingness to curb civil liberties, if…
Monday Ménage
Martin Luther King Jr. Michel Templet. Plato. (more…)
Really, How Hard Can It Be…
We're supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them. How hard can it be to... (more…)
Kavanaugh: Birth Control Is ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’
On the third day of Senate committee hearings, Trump’s pick for a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States of America, Brett Kavanaugh, called women’s birth control ‘abortion-inducing drugs’. Dawn Laguens, executive…
Unidentified Top Admin Official: The Root Of The Problem Is The President’s Amorality. UPDATED
In a blistering Op-Ed in The New York Times, an anonymous “Senior Administration Official” claims he/she is part of an inside ‘resistance’ working in opposition to Trump’s impulses. The root of the problem is…
It’s Closer Than You Think
[junkie-dropcap]A[/junkie-dropcap]ny person who has taken the oath of office of President of the United States of America and then has their electoral legitimacy questioned every week as consequence of a federal investigation into a…
History As Reminder: GOP and Jobs Edition
[junkie-dropcap]P[/junkie-dropcap]resident Barack Obama presented his deficit reduction plan today (19 September 2011) which includes a modest increase in taxes on millionaires and billionaires, closes tax loopholes for profit-heavy corporations and is supported by the…
Choices
America is standing at the abyss. Do we fall in? Do we jump in? Do we continue with eyes closed, minds lost in the chaos, allowing our nation to be simply pushed over the…
Is Sen Schumer ‘Utterly Useless’? For Dems, Yeah, Pretty Much
"Schumer is utterly useless" - A shared response to the Senate Minority Leader’s dealmaking with Mitch McConnell. So useless, this: "Is there a way to impeach Schumer?" (more…)
Free Expression A Human Right. And Then There’s Trump
“His attacks are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts” (more…)
MediCare For All: Americans Think That’s A Good Thing
New Reuters poll out Thursday shows support for 'Medicare for All' at all-time high with 70 percent of all Americans now in favor of a such program, including 84.5% of Democrats and 52% of…
N E X T…
Cohen Bombshell: Trump Directed Hush Money Payments. Manafort Found Guilty On 8 Counts: Faces 80 Years in LockUp. (more…)
U.S. Press Push Back **UPDATED**
(more…)
FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok Fired. **UPDATED**
This decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans. A lengthy investigation and multiple rounds of Congressional testimony failed to produce a shred of evidence that Special Agent Strzok’s personal views ever affected his…
Foreign Agents Spending Big $$ Under Trump
Last week OpenSecrets.org went live with their new project Foreign Lobby Watch. The project configures data from the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). OpenSecrets.org details updated data listing the top countries…
Profiting From Hate
Who’s Taking Blood Money From Hate Groups? Let’s be clear; every dollar these companies make from white supremacists is BLOOD MONEY. Their inaction begs the question: whose side are they on? America is facing…
Thursday Lesson
[junkie-dropcap]A[/junkie-dropcap] little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by…
History As Reminder
President Richard M. Nixon resigned from office 9 August 1974, 44 years ago
Rove To Trump: Stop With The Stalin Thing
Karl Rove, President George W. Bush‘s Deputy Chief of Staff, thinks Trump is sounding too much like Stalin. How bad of an American president do you have to be to have Karl Rove -…
Not Just An Image: This Is Trump’s America
Electoral gains by the far right in Europe have inspired American extremists to exchange their white robes and brown shirts for business suits in a bid to enter mainstream politics. (more…)
Report: Investigate Repubs for Colluding With Trump to Obstruct Justice
The impeachment proceedings would have already started if congressional Republicans weren’t colluding with Trump to obstruct justice. (more…)
Wife of Marine Combat Veteran, Mother of Two, Deported
Pleading and pressure from around the country did not stop the Trump Administration from deporting Alejandra Juarez, the wife of a Marine combat veteran and mother of two young American-born daughters. “I am very…
Politics & Policy
Constitutional America???
~~~
Dead By Cop
Black, Native, Latino Americans Are Killed At A Much Higher Rate Than White Americans
~~~
Hey, US Ed, History Calls
The invasion by Europeans of the ‘New World’ saw the First Nations population go from around 15 million in 1500 to just over 200,000 in 1900. (U.S. only. Does Not include data on First Nations Peoples of Canada).
~~~
Project 2025 & The Military
~~~
Shrewd, SlipUp, Or Just Plain Stupid …
In a meeting with hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals: “It’s unacceptable seeing ‘fat generals and admirals’ in the halls of the Pentagon, and leading commands around the country and the world. It’s a bad look.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Ebony McMorris, reporter for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): “Mr. President, what are your plans for—” McMorris began (one of the few Black reporters in the WH Press Corps). “Quiet. You’re really obnoxious,” said Trump. “I’m not obnoxious, but I’m trying to ask you what about your plans for Memphis, Mr. President?” “You are really obnoxious,” said Trump (president of the USA).
“I think she’s a disgraceful person, you know, I think she’s a disgraceful person, a loser. It’s amazing the way people vote. I know it’s people from her area, maybe of the world, I don’t know. They got here and they vote her in. I don’t know. It’s hard to believe. But I think she’s a disgusting person.”
That’s the President of the United States of America making remarks about seated member of the House, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), to reporters in the Oval Office.
‘If Republicans don’t block voting rights, Democrats will allow “child molesters” and “illegal aliens” to vote and Republicans will be out of power for years’. Ted Cruz, Republican U.S. Senator from Texas. Same Ted Cruz who voted to force changing legal votes of Electoral College. Went so far as to incite an insurrection.
Simple Reminder
Stuff…
News Disorder, It’s A Thing I’m always tired because at night I can’t sleep unless I watch the news. Then I watch the news and can’t sleep.
Your Tingly Leaving You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.
Don’t Wanna Know It is possible to lead a cow upstairs – but – not downstairs. Question: Why in the hell would you want to take a cow upstairs? Wait, no, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.
Kane’s Clinic
Wheel In The Sky
Journey From their album, Infinity – the first album with Steve Perry on lead vocals. Released January 1978.
Going Back Home
Sherman Robertson From the 1998 Rockin’ Blues album (CD) Going Back Home
Out Of The Rain
Etta James From her 1990 Soulful Blues album Stickin’ To My Guns
Dreams
Brandi Carlile * From WFUV LIVE CD (FM 90.7 in the Greater New York City area). Originally on her 2009 folk-rock album Give Up The Ghost.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye Originally On His Landmark 1971 Album What’s Going On
Amigo De Verdad
Gipsyland from their album Viva La Musica. Recorded in Cancoon Studio Paris and DreamHouse Studios London.
Destination
Great Music. Great People.
Visit Daily
