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2023-07-18 20:48
Why, America's the only free nation on earth. Besides! Country's too big for a revolution. No, no! Couldn't happen here! -- Sinclair LewisWhether or not you app… Read More
2020-11-06 17:35
For years I've regarded his very existence as a monument to all the rancid genes and broken chromosomes that corrupt the possibilities of the American Dream; he was a foul caricature of hims… Read More
2020-03-05 02:00
With the notable exception of Barack Obama, no one I've supported to win the Democratic primary has ever won it (except for George McGovern when I was 12 -- and that didn't turn out so well)… Read More
2019-08-05 16:04
Viewers watching the recent network-sponsored debates, with the focus on spectacle and conflict, could be forgiven for failing to absorb a key point missing from most of the coverage: … Read More
2019-06-28 23:49
The Mets are really bad at honoring their history. Given that the franchise is younger than me with only two World Series wins and a handful (or two) of iconic players, it shouldn't be… Read More
2019-05-24 18:29
The press is the enemy of the people and can be prosecuted for espionage if they publish leaked national security information. Federal law enforcement officials are traitors who can be… Read More
2019-05-22 17:45
It is incumbent upon parents to teach their children core values: love, kindness, self-respect and respect for others, fairness and justice, family culture/tradition and tolerance for thos… Read More
2019-05-03 01:31
With the daily onslaught of lies, corruption and abuse of power from the Trump Administration, it is not possible to maintain a meaningful perspective on the scope and magnitude of its horro… Read More
2019-03-13 17:18
Thank you Gavin Newsom for imposing a moratorium on the death penalty in California. And thank you to all my friends, colleagues, comrades who worked so hard for so long to create the polit… Read More
2019-03-08 20:58
"There is actually a good argument that Tom Seaver should be regarded as the greatest pitcher of all time ... Seaver pitched for eight losing teams, several of them really terrible, and four… Read More
2019-02-25 18:25
It remains to be seen who will be the best candidate to take on the malevolent orange shit-gibbon in the general election. All those who have declared or are likely to declare have bag… Read More
2019-01-29 22:01
I met Kamala Harris about 15 years ago and she was very impressive. I was on the board of an anti-death penalty organization that gave her an award when she was the San Francisco D.A. for co… Read More
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2019-01-18 01:28
Many of us fantasize that Special Counsel Mueller will soon wrap up his investigation and produce a wide-ranging and scathing report that will result in Trump's ignominious demise. I s… Read More
2019-01-11 20:23
Revised from January 2, 2018But Trump is anything but a regular politician and this has been anything but a regular election. Trump will be only the fourth candidate in history and the secon… Read More
2018-12-03 20:54
Hagiography of dead U.S. presidents is a long-held tradition (see, e.g., St. Ronnie). But at least we used to have Hunter S. Thompson around as a necessary corrective. His off-th… Read More
2018-09-28 22:02
Originally posted at Daily KosThe questioning of Brett Kavanaugh before the Judiciary Committee was painful to watch — and not just because he came across as an evasive, entitled, in… Read More
2018-09-28 00:49
Brett Kavanaugh railed angrily against the Democrats who "borked" him during the first round of confirmation hearings and tearfully protested that, worse than that, he was now the sad victim… Read More
2018-09-21 20:31
The confirmation of Clarence Thomas provides the closest parallel. The demeaning treatment of Anita Hill by a condescending bunch of misogynists on the Judiciary Committee whose failur… Read More
2018-09-18 22:01
Brett Kavanaugh was hand-picked by the Federalist Society to provide a fifth vote on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and protect Big Business from regulation and accountability.&nb&hell…Read More
2018-09-12 19:27
Baseball is filled with heartbreaking stories about potential superstars who never reach the promise that seems within their grasp. The Mets have had their share. Dwight Gooden w… Read More
2018-09-03 16:56
Senate Republicans are rushing ahead to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court Justice without allowing Democrats -- or the American people -- to know the content of hundreds o… Read More
2018-08-30 15:34
The malevolent orange __________ continues to degrade the office of the presidency. Rather than reading his briefing memos and relying on the intelligence agencies at his disposal, he… Read More
2018-08-24 22:11
What will happen if the Republicans retain the House and Senate in November -- if some combination of gerrymandering, voter suppression, race baiting, third-party malfeasance, media fail and… Read More
2018-08-23 21:47
I sent the following letter to my Democratic Senators in California:First, I want to thank you for taking such a strong, principled stand in opposing Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Su… Read More
2018-08-10 22:25
I have never voted Democrat in a Federal election in my life ... This year, for the first time, I will vote for a Democrat candidate in a Federal election ... I will do so for t… Read More
2018-07-27 20:40
Let's assume that Michael Cohen will testify that Trump was aware of and approved ahead of time the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting where his son and other campaign officials met with… Read More
2018-06-28 21:10
There are plenty of compelling reasons why the Senate should refuse to act on whoever Trump nominates to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Of course, there is the fact that… Read More
2018-05-16 21:40
The Democrats in Congress continue to go about the business of governing as a respectful minority party. They express concern about the degradation of our politics, ask pointed questio… Read More
2018-03-29 15:02
The Mets have made a lot of disastrous trades over their ignominious history. Fans can cite the familiar litany that includes trading Nolan Ryan for a washed up Jim Fregosi; Amos… Read More
2018-03-23 21:55
[Dr. Frankenstein and Igor are digging up a body from a graveyard] Dr. Frankenstein: What a filthy job. Igor: Could be worse. Dr. Frankenstein: How? Igor: Could be rainin… Read More
2018-03-14 15:28
Gina Haspel oversaw a secret prison in Thailand where she approved the torture of detainees, including the waterboarding of one suspect at least 83 times until it was determined he had… Read More
2018-02-28 15:23
Monarchs and dictators name relatives to high-level government positions regardless of their qualifications. Presidents in democratic countries not so much. JFK received all kind… Read More
2018-02-18 23:11
"For god's sake, somebody tell him the mess boys ate the strawberries." -- Charles PierceIt is hard not to draw parallels to Nixon's unravelling in the waning days of Watergate, when Tricky… Read More
2018-02-16 18:20
Mitt Romney has announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate in the State of Utah (it must be nice having residences in multiple states). It is a sign of how de… Read More
2018-02-15 22:07
"[T]here are many reasons you might have for voting for candidates of one or the other party that have nothing to do with guns. But the fact is that one of our two parties has in recent year… Read More
2018-02-09 15:41
Rob Porter could not get a security clearance from the FBI because of accusations from two ex-wives that he physically abused them. Neither his conduct nor his lack of a clearance matt… Read More
2018-02-08 15:36
Guest Post by Marisa HandlerI come from a city surrounded by water. Cape Town sits at the tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet. In precolonial times, the indi… Read More
2018-02-01 22:32
“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” When President Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for "all offenses against the United States," he stated that it wa… Read More
2018-01-26 23:07
This piece is about baseball, not politics, but if I may digress for a moment -- The Orange #Shithole who resides at the White House has degraded the Office of the Presidency so thoroughly w… Read More
2018-01-08 18:56
“Voting shall be based on the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, their contributions to the team on which the player played.” -- BWAA's Hall o… Read More
2018-01-02 18:32
But Trump is anything but a regular politician and this has been anything but a regular election. Trump will be only the fourth candidate in history and the second in more than a century to… Read More
2017-12-20 22:32
Fair and Unbalanced fans will recall my open letter to the senior senator from California in which I expressed my outrage regarding her comments to the San Francisco… Read More
2017-12-18 15:33
The stories of (alleged) sexual harassment and misconduct committed by Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski have almost all prefaced details of his disturbingly inappropriate behavior with refe… Read More
2017-12-14 22:50
Joe Biden was the chair of the Senate's Judiciary Committee during Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings in 1991. In contrast to his more recent incarnation as the beloved elder… Read More
2017-12-08 20:47
James O'Keefe's most recent stunt attempted to discredit the Washington Post's credible reporting on Roy Moore's sexual improprieties with underage girls. O'Keefe hoped to sh… Read More
2017-11-20 21:15
Sexual misconduct does not have a party affiliation. It is all about power, and white men -- Democrat and Republican -- have long wielded it. So, at this moment when women are finally… Read More
2017-11-17 15:50
"I am blessed to have played this game for 20 years. I am blessed to have played for so many great organizations. I am blessed to have shared all of my experiences with my wife an… Read More
2017-11-14 19:50
Let This Flood of Women’s Stories Never CeaseGuest Post by Rebecca SolnitThere’s a problem with the way feminism moves forward in reaction to breaking news stories. It brings foc… Read More
2017-11-13 22:13
First, there's your former judge whose Senate campaign is in jeopardy, not because he is a racist, homophobic, religious bigot who was twice removed from the bench but because he is a pedoph… Read More
2017-11-11 05:17
If it turns out to be true that Roy Moore preyed on young girls, Republicans would demand he withdraw from the Alabama Senate race.If it turns out to be true that Donald Trump groped, grabbe… Read More
2017-11-08 22:05
Republicans may believe -- in the face of all historical evidence, from Reagan to Brownback -- that massive tax cuts to wealthy business owners spur the economy and create job… Read More
2017-11-06 23:42
But Trump is anything but a regular politician and this has been anything but a regular election. Trump will be only the fourth candidate in history and the second in more than a century to… Read More
2017-11-04 16:29
University of Missouri Law Professor Frank Bowman writes a blog, Impeachable Offenses, that should be essential reading as we try to sort through and process the myriad outrages committed al… Read More
2017-11-02 18:58
The malevolent orange shit gibbon immediately seized upon the truck attack by an immigrant from Uzbekistan to bash Democrats, condemn immigration policies and call for shipping the perp… Read More
2017-10-31 14:39
Every October, no matter how bitter and broken I am from suffering through another dismal Met season, I take a few days to shake it off (this year, admittedly, it took more than a… Read More
2017-10-27 21:14
Sponsored by Death Penalty Focus, the undeniably greying but still vital and passionate stalwarts of California's death penalty community with whom I've toiled for over a quarter century gat… Read More
2017-10-25 23:14
The Trump Administration is so brazenly corrupt, so completely devoid of ethics, so contemptuous of our institutions and so cynical about governing that its scandalous behavior comes at us a… Read More
2017-10-19 23:55
Senator Leahy Can Go Fuck HimselfPatrick Leahy of Vermont is the longest serving Democratic Senator. His liberal bona fides are beyond dispute. Throughout his tenure he… Read More
2017-10-12 19:43
Guest Post by Rebecca SolnitHarvey Weinstein is Hillary Clinton’s fault, we have learned from many sources. So is eczema and the Civil War and the fact that your child refuses to learn… Read More
2017-10-10 22:04
In an emperor's new clothes moment for the GOP, Republican chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Corker, stated that the White House has become “an adult day care c… Read More
2017-10-04 20:30
What do you call an ignorant, lying, malignant narcissistic bigot who happened to get elected President of the United States? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls him a "mentally dera… Read More
2017-10-04 17:53
The Human Rights Counsel of the United Nations passed a death penalty resolution on Friday that had very reasonable, modest and non-controversial goals. It didn't call for the abolitio… Read More
2017-10-02 17:42
"The main policy response to mass shootings is to lower the flag to half-staff." -- Ryan LizzaThoughts and prayers and calls for unity when the shooter is white and the victi… Read More
2017-09-27 18:55
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereofYou might think that the establishment clause means that the government… Read More
2017-09-26 00:56
Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull,Pale ravener of horrible meat.-- from Herman Melville's "The Maldive Shark"Kim Jong-un was on to something when he recently called Trump &hell…Read More
2017-09-02 05:53
In 2013, Matt Harvey emerged as one of the great young pitchers in baseball -- a dynamic force who appeared on his way to becoming one of the most exciting players in Met… Read More
2017-08-31 21:18
Dear Senator Feinstein:I am outraged by your recent comments at a Commonwealth Club event in San Francisco urging patience for Donald Trump. You note that it has only been eight m… Read More
2017-08-29 23:43
Don't get me wrong. I welcome the condemnation of the malevolent orange shit-gibbon from many sides. It is admirable that conservatives are (finally) speaking out about his … Read More
2017-08-24 20:46
[Dr. Frankenstein and Igor are digging up a body from a graveyard] Dr. Frankenstein: What a filthy job. Igor: Could be worse. Dr. Frankenstein: How? Igor: Could be rainin… Read More
2017-08-22 14:16
Being somewhat of a late adopter, a couple of weeks ago I finally signed up for a music streaming service that, lo and behold, gives me access to just about all the music I co… Read More
2017-08-16 17:48
"Does anyone know I own a house in Charlottesville? It is in Charlottesville. You’ll see.... It is the winery. I mean, I know a lot about Charlottesville. Charlottesville is a gr… Read More
2017-08-14 16:36
You start out in 1954 by saying, "Ni***r, ni***r, ni***r." By 1968, you can't say "ni***r" — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that… Read More
2017-08-10 17:36
While the Special Counsel continues to gather evidence that may ultimately doom Trump's presidency, it is becoming disturbingly clear that this may not happen soon enough. Ev… Read More
2017-08-08 15:26
The imperturbable Robert Mueller has reportedly convened a grand jury in Washington D.C. This implies that the Special Counsel's probe is ramping up, not winding down, a… Read More
2017-08-04 19:51
“Come on down, baby. Come on down.”As my wife and daughters well know, if we ever had a boy, he would likely have been named Cleon, for Cleon Jones.In 1969, the year of the Mirac… Read More
2017-08-04 01:36
"We do not have to make compromises on protecting women’s health to win back the House or Senate." -- Senator Kirsten GillibrandWhat is it about (white, male) Democrats who alway… Read More
2017-07-25 02:38
It is hard to look away from the train wreck that comprised Trump's interview with the New York Times last week. It is hard not to feel both fear and loathing from the now familia… Read More
2017-07-20 19:50
The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name… Read More
2017-07-14 01:00
Scharlette Holdman, a true hero in the death penalty community and a friend and mentor to me, died yesterday. Scharlette came to California in the early 1990s, where she taug… Read More
2017-06-27 21:05
This is the final, febrile end-stage of the prion disease that has afflicted the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan first fed it the monkeybrains in 1981. -- Charles PierceThe Senate's hea… Read More
2017-06-23 22:14
Yes, the Democrats just lost two special elections for House seats -- in Georgia and South Carolina. Together with earlier losses in Montana and Kansas, the Dems ar… Read More
2017-06-15 22:18
"There is actually a good argument that Tom Seaver should be regarded as the greatest pitcher of all time ... Seaver pitched for eight losing teams, several of them really terrible, and four… Read More
2017-06-15 00:57
When witnesses are called before a Congressional committee to testify under oath, they are required to answer the questions put to them unless they can assert a legal bas… Read More
2017-06-07 22:50
James Comey’s seven-page written statement, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee this afternoon in connection with Comey’s impending testimony tomorrow . . . is the most… Read More
2017-06-06 23:40
“I want the world to know that people like me who have returned from the half-world of mental oblivion are not forever contaminated." -- Jimmy PiersallIn 1952, at the age of 22 a… Read More
2017-05-30 17:50
Guest Post by Rebecca SolnitOnce upon a time, a child was born into wealth and wanted for nothing, but he was possessed by bottomless, endless, grating, grasping wanting, and wanted more, an… Read More
2017-05-25 15:46
As we brace for the next revelation to contribute to Trump's "downward spiral," as Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn) put it, let's not lose sight of the unmitigated and long-lasting da… Read More
2017-05-18 19:27
Donald Trump is mentally, intellectually and moral unfit to be president. His ignorant and erratic behavior is a threat to our national security, as most recently shown by his perhaps… Read More
2017-05-17 19:09
Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn): "What did the president know and when did he know it?""Nixon’s tactics backfired because the system of checks and balances clicked into place; the public de… Read More
2017-05-15 16:54
The modern Republican party controls all three branches of government, and it is demonstrating quite clearly that it is not up to even the most essential task of protecting the institutions… Read More
2017-05-01 21:06
Every time Trump does a TV interview it's like an infomercial for the 25th Amendment. -- Andy BorowitzHe is a pathological liar. The Washington Post has documented 488 lies in the… Read More
2017-04-29 06:54
"Doc didn’t get the accolade that day in 1986, that parade, he didn’t get to stand here with teammates and Mayor Koch. We’re going to fix that right now, 30 years late… Read More
2017-04-27 17:36
In 1961, Yankee slugger Roger Maris was threatening to break Babe Ruth's then-hallowed record of 60 home runs in a season. That year teams played more games than ever before as&nb&hell…Read More
2017-04-25 15:20
I would so much rather talk about Ella Fitzgerald's 100 years (she was born on April 25, 1917) than Donald Trump's 100 days. The rap on Ella was that she couldn't sing the blues. … Read More
2017-04-20 21:02
"Freedom of speech is something that represents the very dignity of what a human being is. If you cannot speak... I mean, that's what marks us off. That's what marks us off from the stones a… Read More
2017-04-12 00:11
Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. -- The Big LebowskiPassover is a celebration of the liberation of the Jewish people from Egypt three thousand y… Read More
2017-03-25 00:46
The FBI is investigating a sitting president to determine whether his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. As CNN reported, U.S. officials have indicated that… Read More
2017-03-20 17:34
FBI Director James Comey, testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, acknowledged the existence of what the Washington Post described as "a counterintelligence invest… Read More
2017-03-17 18:17
"We promote what Thomas Jefferson described as "the most sacred of the duties of government," which is "to provide equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." And we do it at a cost t… Read More
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