William Barr is in contempt. Congress should send him to jail. Joel Mathis, The Week. So-called Attorney General William Barr has shown nothing but contempt for the rule of law and time is running…
Monday Ménage
Meg Greenfied. Claire Sargent. Caroline Baum. If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do,…
Do We Really Need Another Old White Guy With Grabby Hands? Really?
Biden enters 2020 race via vid announcement on Thursday. Yay?
Someone Remind Him And His Party
And what you’re seeing is a dictator in the making. David Cay Johnston, journalist and biographer of Donald Trump.
McConnell Threatens To Go Garland If Trump Loses In 2020
I guarantee you that if I'm the last man standing and I'm still the majority leader, it ain't happening. I can promise you. United States Senate majority leader McConnell is speaking about stopping any…
Monday Ménage
Molly Ivins. Will Rogers. Joseph Stalin. I want to point out, there are a lot of politicians who enjoy the political end of politics, but they're not interested in governance. And then, there are…
Never Forget: 19 April 1995
A terrorist attack on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 were injured. It was the deadliest act of…
Slippin’ and Slidin’
Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats or turned so often to private security firms for protection ... the media climate is now classified as ‘problematic'. The United States…
Do We Have The Courage To See
"Before we can win a Green New Deal, we need to be able to close our eyes and imagine it. We can be whatever we have the courage to see." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (more…)
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image – 3
Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image
Donald J. Trump and his team have now openly declared that he is above the law rather than, as our Constitution provides, a public servant whose duty is to faithfully execute the law. His…
McConnell: The Fix Is In
The Battle Goes On... The House of Representatives voted 232 to 190 to pass the Save the Internet Act to restore net neutrality. All 190 no votes were cast by Republicans; one Republican voted…
Even Great Walls Have Go-Arounds
And This One Was 100s Of Years In The Making. Should We Tell Him?
We’re Full. You Can’t Come In.
Your kind are not welcomed in America. You are criminals. Criminals and bad guys. Bad guys. You shit all over us. All over us. Many, many people told me. Many people. And you take…
Authoritarian Guide To Power: “I alone can fix it”
“I like acting because I can move so quickly. It gives me more flexibility.” In July 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared that he alone could fix America’s problems big and small. It was at…
Monday Ménage
Alexandra Adornetto. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in…
Not Just An Image: Ugliness From The Inside Out
Donald Trump renews his ugly attacks on hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico with new and old falsehoods - in stark contrast to his phony, bullshit caring toward disaster-stricken communities in states that voted for him. Also:…
Use It Or Lose It. Democracy Is Funny That Way
Like it or not, and I don’t, Donald Trump is president of the United States of America. In 2016 he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes but received 304 Electoral College votes…
He Likes Me. He Really Likes Me! He Allowed Me In HIS World!
On Wednesday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of Arizona embarrassed himself as never before during an interview on CNN when he declared, maybe begged for is the correct description, lifelong servitude to Donald Trump. Said…
Way-Back Wednesday: Hypocrites & Hacks
On Monday, March 23, 2015, Ted Cruz announced he was running for president of the United States of America. He cried to the audience at conservative Liberty University (where students were told they would…
History As Reminder: Trump & Soldiers
As the Pentagon readies a $1Billion gift to Trump for his ‘wall’, military leaders need to be reminded candidate Trump took the position that soldiers returning from combat with PTSD were ‘not strong’. Here’s…
Shit Ya Can’t Make Up: Death & Taxes Edition
Trump’s Pick For Fed Seat Owes $75,000 in Taxes: IRS Claim. The Guardian newspaper is reporting that “a claim for the debt was filed against (Stephen) Moore by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in…
Trump Admin Uses Courts To Destroy ACA
Protect Our Care Statement on the Trump Administration’s Reckless Decision to Support Ruling to Dismantle the Entire Health Care System. Today, the Trump Administration took their war on health care to a new level…
Russia-Trump-Mueller Timeline: 1998-2019
Maybe, Just Maybe, U.S. Attorney General Barr didn’t take a look at THE GIANT RUSSIA-TRUMP-MUELLER TIMELINE. It Begins... 1998 / Russia defaults on its debt. Wealthy Russians invest overseas. 1999-2000 / Trump considers presidential…
Mueller Report, Barr Whitewash. What Now?
Barr’s letter to congress here
Monday Ménage
Wayne Chirisa. Evita Ochel. Anthony T Hincks. Leaders cannot build a successful nation once they are yoked to these two evils, ignorance and greed. Wayne Chirisa. (more…)
Effect Of Race and Gender On Campaign Fundraising
PRESS RELEASE: OpenSecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics). New report through US 2050 details the effect of race and gender on campaign fundraising. The Center for Responsive Politics is pleased to announce the publication of…













