2020-10-31 14:10
Politico has a very interesting opinion article by a retired general who believes that if Donald Trump loses the election, there is a very good chance he will flee the US to avoid humiliatio… Read More
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2020-10-30 09:16
I have to hand it to Donald Trump. He is working very hard to make Hallowe’en as scary as possible.
© Tom Tomorrow
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2020-10-29 15:53
Alternative facts? How about Alternative Acronyms?
Democratic UndergroundIn a week, I hope we can change the “Make” to “Made”.
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2020-10-29 15:17
How can you have a safe Hallowe’en? I’m not sure. I have decorated my house, but I’m not planning on having any trick-or-treaters as my county is strongly discouraging it… Read More
2020-10-28 23:45
Jim Wright (of Stonekettle Station) published this on Twitter today:
Physical therapy this morning, 30 minutes into a treadmill that’s kicking my ass, doctor comes in:“I see y… Read More
2020-10-28 09:23
I’m always amazed at how much attention the rest of the world gives to US politics, especially considering how little attention Americans pay to the rest of the world.
Here’s… Read More
2020-10-26 15:49
This must be what Americans look like to the rest of the world.
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2020-10-25 22:02
This is absolutely brilliant.
For better or (likely) for worse, even if Trump isn’t president anymore, he isn’t going to go gently into the night. Trump can still bark even… Read More
2020-10-24 09:43
I don’t normally post things sent to me, but this illustrated timeline of Trump’s lies about the coronavirus by Noreen Graf is definitely worth sharing.
© Noreen Graf
Rel… Read More
2020-10-23 18:41
Thursday, the same day as the final presidential debate, the US set a new all-time record for the most number of new Covid-19 cases in a single day.
The benchmark was hit as the pandemic… Read More
2020-10-22 09:05
Back in April, I posted “Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight)” by Roy Zimmerman. Here’s a new song from him, performed virtually with some friends:
Remember to vote… Read More
2020-10-22 04:38
Just when you think that this election can’t get any more insane, Sacha Baron Cohen releases a new movie, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm“. In it is a scene where Donald Trump… Read More
2020-10-21 09:38
You know you are in trouble when even your own lawyers don’t like you.
Lawyers at Jones Day, which has earned millions as outside counsel to President Trump’s re-election camp… Read More
2020-10-21 00:25
The election happens in two weeks. Maybe, if we are lucky, we will know the results within two weeks after that. Republicans are starting to flee Trumpism, sensing that their leader has beco… Read More
2020-10-17 09:10
Assuming that there is a final presidential debate, teacher Gerry Brooks has an excellent set of proposed procedures for keeping it from going off the rails like the first debate did.
… Read More
2020-10-16 12:17
The idea of “court packing” the US Supreme Court has been getting attention lately, in the wake of Mitch McConnell and the Republican controlled Senate ramming through the confir… Read More
2020-10-15 09:43
This ad by the Lincoln Project has a sense of humor. Methinks that they are starting to gloat just a little.
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2020-10-14 09:29
This is a fascinating interactive visualization of Covid-19 by state over time, created by Dan Goodspeed. The color of the bar indicates whether the state is “blue” or “red… Read More
2020-10-12 09:28
Trump is the first president in over a century who doesn’t have a dog.
What I want to know is, in the clip of Trump saying he doesn’t want a dog, why are all those supporter… Read More
2020-10-11 09:17
This is absolutely hilarious.
whoever is responsible for this deserves a medal pic.twitter.com/3VpJ1PAFht— Kevin Hague (@kevverage) October 10, 2020
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2020-10-09 09:17
There is an interesting article in Time Magazine by Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Ali G, etc.) titled “We Must Save Democracy from Conspiracies”. Here’s a sample:
Using unhi… Read More
2020-10-08 11:40
There are so many reasons to vote during this presidential election. Which of these are included in your reasons?
© Jen Sorensen
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2020-10-07 21:14
If you are suffering from Trump Fatigue, you aren’t alone. Just think of how nice it might be if we never had to hear from him again.
So peaceful.
Another great video from Rand… Read More
2020-10-07 04:11
I love hearing Michelle Obama talk. Listening to someone who actually understands and believes what they are talking about (without any overriding political agenda) is so refreshing.
Yes… Read More
2020-10-06 02:33
And just in time. Here’s the cold open from last night. It starts out a little rough but has a good finish.
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2020-10-04 09:48
As someone who really misses the comic “Calvin and Hobbes”, I take solace in Ruben Bolling’s occasional “Donald and John” strip:
© Ruben Bolling
Relate… Read More
2020-10-03 20:45
Yes, Donald Trump knew that Hope Hicks had Covid-19 and that he had been exposed to her many times. And yet he still attended a fundraising event on Thursday with 30-50 donors (who paid as m… Read More
2020-10-02 23:01
Yes, I know that this is in bad taste, but this has been an election that has broken all existing rules of taste and decorum. So why not make some jokes to have some fun?
Just remember th… Read More
2020-10-02 06:21
I hope everyone notes that Hope Hicks was showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was diagnosed Wednesday night. She had been in frequent close contact with the Donald Trump. But did Trump quaranti… Read More
2020-10-01 12:12
It seems clear that only fanatics or people who are desperate for a job will work for Donald Trump.
© Jen SorensenHere is documentation that all four of the people in this comic are… Read More
2020-10-01 00:52
Donald Trump agreed to a set of rules for a debate, but then just ignored them. He not only lies, he breaks his promises.
The debates don’t need a moderator, they need a referee. Th… Read More
2020-09-30 09:19
Yet another killer ad from the Lincoln Project, featuring Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
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2020-09-29 13:50
I’ve said this before, and many times, but it bears repeating. Especially with new direct evidence.
Strict lockdowns are the best (if not the only) way to beat Covid-19. Especially… Read More
2020-09-28 15:42
I’ve waded through the entire (very long) NY Times article about Trump’s taxes, but I have to say that Heather Cox Richardson has a much better summary of it.
Here’s one… Read More
2020-09-27 05:00
A little over a week ago I read about a new Covid-19 test that can provide good results in as little as 15 minutes. It is also less expensive because it does not require being sent to a lab… Read More
2020-09-26 05:05
Today’s edition of Electoral-Vote starts off by talking about Donald Trump’s attempts to steal the election (as talked about in my post yesterday). But then they ask “But w… Read More
2020-09-24 11:44
Here are parts of last night’s post from Heather Cox Richardson. You should read the whole thing. This is important news that is being overshadowed by the fight over nominating and con… Read More
2020-09-23 19:25
This video is an oldie but goodie, and bears repeating.
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2020-09-22 18:48
Not a single spine among the lot of them.
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2020-09-21 12:42
A remarkably sweet ad from the Lincoln Project celebrating the life of RBG.
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2020-09-20 15:39
This is hilarious:
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2020-09-19 15:42
Ok, this is pretty gross, but fascinating and oh so apropos. It is a portrait of Donald Trump, made entirely from pig entrails. And apparently they used a pig’s anus for the mouth… Read More
2020-09-19 01:22
Thing that I expect will happen:
Evangelicals will claim that God killed Ruth Bader Ginsburg so that Republicans can appoint another arch conservative to the court.Mitch McConnell will ra… Read More
2020-09-18 20:18
Last week, former DHS officials Miles Taylor and Elizabeth Neumann formed the REpublican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform (REPAIR), consisting of current and former Trump official… Read More
2020-09-18 09:55
“Biden leads Trump among women, people of color, and former members of the Trump administration.” @WindsorMann
“Trump campaign strategy now clear: he’s running a… Read More
2020-09-17 17:03
[I can’t resist reprinting today’s entire post from Helen Philpot, she of the wonderful blog “Margaret and Helen“. It is epic. Enjoy! –iron]
This old lady to… Read More
2020-09-16 21:30
Daniel Dale fact-checks claims made by Donald Trump during the ABC town hall. It has gotten to the point that the majority of what Trump says is a baldfaced lie.
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2020-09-15 17:20
I believe that social media has become the most powerful and potent purveyor of propaganda in existence.
A memo written by a now-former data scientist at Facebook is full of multiple conc… Read More
2020-09-14 17:01
Donald Trump claiming that he totally downplayed the seriousness of Covid-19 and the pandemic to “prevent panic” is one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard come out of… Read More
2020-09-13 22:42
Heatwaves, out of control fires, strong hurricanes, shrinking ice sheets, sea level rise — these are all dangerous effects of global climate change. So how does the Trump administratio… Read More
2020-09-12 11:41
Last weekend there was a boat parade in support of Donald Trump on Lake Travis near Austin, Texas. But high winds caused havoc with many boats taking on water, engines stalling, and boats ca… Read More
2020-09-11 14:03
I know this article is a week old, but there were just too many things going on that pushed this down in my stack. But you really should read this article in The Atlantic titled “Why T… Read More
2020-09-10 21:44
Although equally tough to feel sorry for this pitiful senator.
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2020-09-10 01:28
The team that blew open Watergate, Carl Bernstein talks about Bob Woodward’s new book about Donald Trump, Rage. Woodward interviewed Trump 18 times and has recordings of Trump.
R… Read More
2020-09-09 16:51
The Atlantic, which published the article about how Donald Trump calls soldiers in the military “losers” and “suckers”, has published a follow-up article by David Fru… Read More
2020-09-09 04:56
© Tom TomorrowIn fact, today the Trump administration did something that even flabbergasted me. The first two paragraphs say it all:
The Justice Department on Tuesday intervened in t… Read More
2020-09-07 21:46
Today I learned that Ted Cruz is a huge fan of The Princess Bride. He frequently quotes lines from the movie, and even occasionally has done impressions of characters from it.
However, ap… Read More
2020-09-07 05:15
Here are a series of articles about how Donald Trump, Republicans, and right-wing media are trying to destroy our democracy.
First is tonight’s article by Heather Cox Richardson. Sh… Read More
2020-09-05 11:51
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III took to Twitter to condemn Donald Trump for his insults against American soldiers. Sully is the famous pilot who miraculously landed a fail… Read More
2020-09-04 10:57
Everyone has probably heard that Trump told Republicans in North Carolina to vote twice, once by absentee ballot and once in person. That’s actually a Class I felony in North Carolina… Read More
2020-09-04 04:40
I love the writing of Matt Tabbi, even if I don’t always agree with him. He has published a very interesting article on Substack, titled “The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over… Read More
2020-09-03 04:16
© Jen SorensenI think a better example of this would be talking about the American Revolution and how Trump would have responded to it. Like calling the (real) Boston Tea Partiers &ldqu&hell…Read More
2020-09-01 08:56
Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence? It’s you who have created the hate and division.— Ted… Read More
2020-08-31 00:56
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2020-08-30 17:00
If you take the letters in “Republican National Convention” and rearrange them, you can spell “Con Vulnerable Nation into Panic”.
Coincidence? I think not.
No rel… Read More
2020-08-29 09:22
Heather Cox Richard has the best article about the RNC I’ve seen. I’m including it here because I want everyone to actually read the whole thing. Enjoy!
Having moved the RNC f… Read More
2020-08-28 15:47
Donald Trump lies. A lot. That has been going on for a long time.
However, Trump is now approaching a new state of negative enlightenment where he virtually never says anything that is ac… Read More
2020-08-28 02:04
I haven’t been watching Stephen Colbert as much as I used to, as he seems to have lost some of his biting wit when he lost his live audience due to the pandemic. But last night’s… Read More
2020-08-27 09:14
The Hatch Act is a law from 1939, which prohibits federal employees from political campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime. That means not on government time, nor using government property… Read More
2020-08-26 09:29
© Mike ThompsonD-liver D-letter, D-sooner D-better!
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2020-08-25 20:55
Donald Trump recently said that if he gets reelected, he would terminate the payroll tax.
There’s just one tiny little problems. It is the payroll tax that funds both Social Secur… Read More
2020-08-25 09:25
This might just work. And it will put all those old racist statues and monuments to a good use.
© Mike Luckovich
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2020-08-24 08:52
The Republican Party has announced that it will have no platform. The announcement looks like something Donald Trump would write. It is one page of bullet points (but without bullets). It tr… Read More
2020-08-23 09:10
Republicans on Fox News are downplaying Biden’s speech, saying that any idiot can read a speech off a teleprompter.
I guess Donald Trump doesn’t qualify as even an idiot… Read More
2020-08-22 08:09
Joe Biden’s convention keynote speech impressed everyone, even pundits who oppose him. Yes, that even includes Fox News hosts. Chris Wallace said “it was an enormously effective… Read More
2020-08-22 03:44
Another meme. Even if this isn’t a real T-shirt, it is still funny.
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2020-08-21 09:09
What’s a MAGA to Do? Meanwhile, Republicans continue to stoke fears about voter fraud, especially for mail-in voting.
Minimum presidential qualification:
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2020-08-21 03:49
I love this segment from Trevor Noah, pointing out the hypocrisy of conservative blowhards who question whether Kamala Harris is “black enough”.
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2020-08-19 21:10
This hilarious video comes from Stephen Colbert:
Can you tell who everyone is (both Avenger and Democratic leader)?
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2020-08-19 13:18
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan‘s speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. She was the first Black and the first woman to deliver a keynote address.
Coincidentally, she was… Read More
2020-08-18 15:36
On Sunday, the Washington Post published an op-ed from retired navy admiral William McRaven titled “Trump is actively working to undermine the Postal Service — and every major U… Read More
2020-08-17 22:20
A new ad from the Republican Voters Against Trump features the former Chief of Staff for Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
He published an even more damning ar… Read More
2020-08-17 15:51
Donald Trump’s attempt to throw the election by destroying the US Post Office is already backfiring. Here are articles from a number of key swing states:
Arizona Republic: “Po… Read More
2020-08-16 14:58
© Tom TomorrowDonald Trump has nothing left to run his campaign on, except fear and hatred. As they say, will he be able to fool America twice? If he does, then shame on us.
The New… Read More
2020-08-15 15:50
I assume that only people who have been avoiding the news don’t know that the Republicans are trying to throw the election by screwing with the US Postal Service. Trump has literally a… Read More
2020-08-15 09:04
Donald Trump’s senior legal advisor made a dig at Kamala Harris, by saying that she sounded like Marge Simpson. Marge fired back.
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2020-08-14 22:51
What do Trump’s own staff say about him?
And there are plenty more where those came from:
© Pat Bagley
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2020-08-14 09:50
In only took a couple of days for Donald Trump to start spreading rumors that Kamala Harris does not meet the constitutional qualifications to be Vice President (and President for that matte… Read More
2020-08-11 14:38
© Jen SorensenThere are two good articles out recently, detailing exactly how Donald Trump screwed up the response to the Coronavirus, and his staff enabled him. You may think you alrea… Read More
2020-08-10 20:06
A cute song from Randy Rainbow:
I know this has been around for over a month, but I just found out about it. And it is never too late to start wearing a mask!
He has done plenty more… Read More
2020-08-10 09:00
Yes, it is possible, and not even all that hard to defeat the coronavirus. New Zealand did it — they just celebrated 100 days (more than three months) without anyone inside NZ catching… Read More
2020-08-09 08:36
Today, Donald Trump signed several executive orders to provide economic relief for the coronavirus pandemic. Let’s ignore the fact that the constitution says that only Congress (and in… Read More
2020-08-07 18:26
Heather Cox Richardson had a great article yesterday about blatant corruption in the Trump administration. But what I found interesting was that she started the article with this sentence:… Read More
2020-08-06 08:45
Only Donald Trump could lose an argument with himself.
This takeoff is a heavily modified version of the disaster of an interview that Trump did with Jonathan Swan of Axios, which was s… Read More
2020-08-05 02:01
© Nick AndersonThat’s right, 4 cases of voter fraud found in the 2016 election. Out of around 129 million votes cast. That’s 0.000003 percent. Ten times more people die from… Read More
2020-08-04 04:09
Ammon Bundy, the anti-government activist who led the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016, declared that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement. He also expressed s… Read More
2020-08-02 09:56
No comment needed:
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2020-08-02 09:16
What a fantastic summary of what is going on in our country. This must have been made a few days ago, because they left off the part about Trump and the Republicans massively screwing around… Read More
2020-08-01 09:19
This is a new kind of ad from The Lincoln Project. It is 6 minutes long, so it likely won’t be shown on TV. And it uses actors, rather than the usual politicians saying and doing thing… Read More
2020-07-31 21:30
Last night was the first night that the federal agents sent to Portland by Donald Trump were removed from the job. Instead, the governor of Oregon had state police guard federal property, wi… Read More
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