When Someone Tells You, Shows You, Who And What They Are, Believe Them In a leaked video, Republican Representative Chip Roy of Texas at an event hosted by far-right Patriot Voices admits his party…
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Coincidence? There's No Coincidence In Politics! On 6 July in 1854, the Republican Party was officially organized in Jackson, Michigan. On 6 July 1923, the Central Executive Committee accepted the Treaty of Union and…

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,…

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…

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…

Joe Biden Reveals His Tale To Joe Manchin And NoChin McConnell About The True Meaning of Bipartisanship And What A Story It Is! Really, Just SO. DAMN. SAD. (more…)

So, Senate Republicans kill For the People Act, the legislation that promised to protect American citizens' right to vote, thereby saving a fragile U.S. democracy. But all 50 senate Republicans said NO! All 50…

Moscow Mitch Has A Question For Joey From WV   Senate Minority Leader 'Moscow' Mitch McConnell, Republican from Kentucky, on Tuesday announced he is against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. No one was…

  During His Long Reign of Terror, Murderous Paranoid Psychopath Joseph Stalin Often Got 100% of The Vote. He Once Got 103%.     Establishment Democrats' Dribble, 'Oh My, What Can We Do...'  

An article in The Guardian asks: Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy? I offer once again these reminders as among possible answers to that question.…

Hey Joes, You Can't Blame Mitch   As expected, on Friday Senate Republicans killed legislation to put in place an independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the 6 January 2021 day-long domestic terrorist attack on…

Reminders     “The radicalization of the Republican Party has outpaced what even most critical observers imagined. We need to grapple with what that should mean for our expectations going forward and start thinking…

The Big Lie Or The Truth. Decisions, Decisions   Tuesday, 19 January 2021: "The mob was fed lies, they were provoked by [Trump]." Senator Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor. Tuesday, 18 May 2021:…

  Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post sums it up, perfectly:   The greatest threat to our nation’s future is not covid-19 or the rise of China or even the existential challenge of climate…

Republicans don't like it when voting is easy for U.S. citizens. Because, as we all know, when casting a vote is unrestricted, Democrats out-vote Republicans. So, Republicans, especially at the state level, are passing…

Enemies Of The People   It’s hard to overstate how dangerous this is, and what its consequences might entail in the very near future. As Greg Sargent notes, the 'GOP appears to be plunging…

  Lindsey Graham: Sick, Twisted, Flat Out POS Coward   Can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I’ve always liked Liz Cheney but she’s made a determination that the Republican…

America Rising Medicare For All / Paid Maternity Leave Supremes Expanded / Citizens United Gone Police Reformed / Gun Shops Closed Minimum Wage Up / Economy Grows Wall Street Breaking Records Right-Wing Heads Explode,…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun law case challenging New York law which prohibits carrying concealed handguns outside the home without a license. This post is just one of many offering a…

While former Speaker John Boehner continues on his 'I have a new book coming out' rehabilitation tour, beltway press and media pundits laugh at his wine-flavoured jokes about past and current people in politics…

“Our ultimate goal should be to restore bipartisan faith in our voting process by assuring all Americans that their votes will be counted, secured and protected”. Senator Joe Manchin in Washington Post op-ed offering…

Hypocrite of the year award, and there's no close second, goes to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell for lecturing corporate CEOs for speaking out against, and one taking direct action against, voter suppression laws in…

Ain't History Somethin'   1513 * Ponce de León lands near present-day St. Augustine, claims Florida for Spain. Looking at Florida today, Spain says it was a really good move in 1819 selling Florida…

  1 Week. 2 Mass Murders. 18 Dead.   Assault On America Lives And Democracy   When Democrats passed the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994, the number of mass shootings went down by 37%.…