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…
Bipartisan Serenade
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…)
Blue and Red: The Game
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…
Friday Reality Strikes. It’s Hard
Sad Serenade And Tear Drops Same Ol' Mitch Lets Little Joe Know (more…)
McConnell Has Another Grab-For-Power Orgasm
Determined To Reach That Pleasure Spot It's The Only Thing That Matters To Him During an interview with a conservative radio show, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave notice that he will repeat…
Oh Joey…
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…
Joe Manchin, Meet Neville Chamberlain
So, Joe, you wrote an op-ed stating you are a 'No' for the voting rights bill – For the People Act. You say, Joe, you're against the legislation because it ran through the House…
Voting Voters and Their Votes
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...'
Where Is America Heading?
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.…
Let The Spin Begin
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…
Danger Ahead: Anti-Democracy Drift
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…
Hey Repubs, What Have Ya Got To Lose
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:…
Will This Nation Survive
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…
He’s Still At It
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…
Danger Ahead
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…
Is This The End Or The Beginning
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…
100 Days 2025
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,…
Repost: The American Normal UPDATED
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…
History As Reminder: GOP Jobs Edition
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…
Joe Manchin, Pretend Democrat
“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…
Mitch, A Special Place In Hell Awaits You
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…
History: On This Day 04.02
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…
Republicans. Guns. Votes. The Numbers
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%.…
Pissing At Windmills
I'll Turn The Senate Into A “100-Car Pileup” - Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell added, “I want our colleagues to imagine a world where every single task, every one of them, requires a…
Day 49 Not Like 51
* BFD. One Not Like The Other * Just about every person in the world by now knows about the Democrats' $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, and, yes, it was a big fuking deal…
What A Guy
“Former President Trump's actions that preceded the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day": Mitch McConnell, 13 February 2021. When…
The Coup Acquittal. Their Mission In Play.
It Could Not Be Any Clearer They Are Following The Playbook