JRB's Song To America. It's All About Love. (more…)
Da Dems. That’s All Folks.
Dems Fighting Over ‘Virtual Roll Call’ To Nominate Joe Biden Before Convention ~ The Democratic National Committee says its virtual roll call will start next month. Some elected Democrats say it’s an effort to…
Psychological Warfare. Happy Labour Day 2023
‘This is psychological warfare’: Starbucks workers allege anti-union firings The National Labor Relations Board has reinstated 28 of the more than 200 pro-union workers fired since late 2021 According to the NLRB, decisions by…
Friday Serenade: Budget Lonely
'We Don't Have a Plan B': Top Treasury Official Says Biden Won't Invoke 14th Amendment Numerous progressive lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups have implored the president to use his authority under the 14th…
Friday Serenade: Losing The Love
Losing The Love - When You Don't Fight For It There is “a sharp decline in enthusiasm among the people who put the White House and Congress in Democratic hands, contributing significantly to…
Prez Gave His Speech. It Was A Nice Speech. We Like Nice Speeches
President Joe Biden on Tuesday gave a speech in Atlanta endorsing eliminating the filibuster for the passage of voting rights bills. The speech had its moments. But speeches alone will not save U.S. democracy.…
Unguarded Moments
The Resemblance Is Uncanny ~~ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: I am "100 percent" focused "on stopping" President Joe Biden's administration
Friday Serenade: Bipartisan Replay Replay, Part Infinity
Joe Biden Tells Joe Manchin and NoChin McConnell About The Real Meaning of Bipartisanship And What A Story It Is! Really, Just SO. DAMN. PATHETIC. ~~ And In Related News... 'Act of Cowardice': Biden…
Corp Dems Pushing Right-Wing Budget Scam
Legacies, Reelections, And, Oh Yeah, The American People The infrastructure bill was signed on Monday. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Friday will score the $1.85 billion Build Back Better Act. The 'score' is…
A Happy Guy
Happy UnHappy President Joe Biden was a happy guy when the House late Friday night passed his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The bill now is waiting for his signature. The bill passed with help…
Wednesday WayBack: Promises Broken. Elections Lost!
It Is What It Is On Tuesday, Republican Glenn Youngkin, a career private equity executive running his first campaign, defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in not even a close race for Governor in Virginia. Youngkin…
Dem Rep. Cori Bush Takes Down That Phony Little Joey
Democratic Representative Cori Bush of Missouri did not hold back (she rarely does) when on Monday she told the country just what she thought about Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his…
When A Image Tells The Whole Sad Story: Part Infinity
Top Democrats Spend Weekend Talking Amongst Themselves While Mitch McConnell And Top Republicans Wait In The Bushes, Ready To Pounce, Ready To Eat Dems' Lunch. Again! (more…)
Friday Serenade: Same Old D-Crap
Can't Step Out of The Fantasy Many campaign promises fail to make the Biden BBB framework as Democrats coming to terms with shrinking agenda The new $1.75 trillion framework and Biden’s morning…
Da Dems…
Prescription Drug Reforms Are Out Of The Spending Deal, At Least For Now No reforms would be a major setback for Democrats, a big victory for the drug industry — and a loss for…
An Image of Our Very Near Future
Biden/Manchin HC Compromise Joe Biden, who received over 81 million American votes giving him that seat in the Oval Office, and the senator from West Virginia who makes millions from coal, Joe Manchin, came…
DINO Manchin Likes Coal, Yachts, Big Money, But Not West Virginians
C'mon Joe. Man Up! West Virginia is a red state. Seventy-nine percent of West Virginians want the Biden Build Back Better Bill. West Virginia's Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is blocking passage of that bill.…
Daniel Foote Wrote A Letter
Appointed by President Joe Biden just two months ago to serve as Special Envoy for Haiti, Daniel Foote has submitted his resignation, effective immediately. The letter is addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Americans Struggling, With HUNGER
"While hunger was already a massive, systemic problem in all 50 states before Covid-19 hit the U.S., domestic hunger surged during the pandemic." Joel Berg, Hunger Free America. Nearly 40 million Americans…
Statement By President Joe Biden On Texas Law SB8
01 September, 2021 Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.…
Fall Of The Empire
On 24 August in the year 410, Rome was overrun for the first time in almost 1000 years. Visigoths led by Alaric I sacked Rome completely. Shocked cable news pundits at the time opined…
Marketability Is Master
Read Eric Boehlert (Pressrun) The media's weird obsession with Biden Delaware trips This is the Beltway press returning to normalcy after four years of deliberate chaos. And normalcy for the D.C. media means…
Wait! WHAT???
Yeah, Many Of Us Had The Same Reaction My nephew's reaction when he heard Joe Biden on television saying that as President he couldn't do anything about the end of the nationwide eviction moratorium…
Stop Being His Puppy Dog
You're Not A Senator. Haven't Been For A While. Since January of this year, at least 14 Republican-led states have gone after the voting rights of American citizens with a vengeance. At least…
A Chilling Reminder
Last month, when Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell blocked passage of a bill to create an independent investigation into the January 6 rightwing insurrection/deadly riot – five dead and 140 police officers injured,…
You Get One Big Shot
Don't Mess It Up! OC Warns Against Being 'Limited' by GOP The president shouldn't let Republicans obstruct the possibility of enacting sweeping measures [like infrastructure legislation], "particularly when we have a House…
The Red Wall
U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), at times called 'Moscow Mitch' – and this is one of those times, has filibustered voting rights legislation, halted a pay gap measure, threatened to block a…
And In This Corner…
The frenzied coverage by news outlets of the upcoming Biden – Putin meetup can give one the impression that it is a battle on the scale of a once in a lifetime heavyweight boxing…
Hey, The Other Joe, Wake Up!
Progressive Caucus Says Biden Would Be 'Foolish' to Keep Pursuing GOP Votes on Infrastructure These are the same Republican senators who refused to vote for the American Rescue Plan even if some touted…