As of this writing, Anne Applebaum's article has largely been overtaken by events. It raises a good point though:I don’t know for certain that Emily Murphy gets up in the morning, look… Read More
There is no post, only an observation that I am fucking ready for normalcy.I want to be able to sit and watch stupid shit on television and not wonder what's in the news. I want to have that… Read More
There has never been anything decent or redeeming about the Republican Party:Barack Obama directly confronts the racist politics of President Donald Trump in the first volume of his post-pre… Read More
When you see stories like this, it's easy to forget that America has enemies that will strike at us if they feel like they can get away with it. There is no downside to attacking American in… Read More
Now, this is a helluva thing.The Democratic Party is in the stronger political position--count the votes. Do it fairly. Let the people decide.The Republican Party is in a weaker position. PA… Read More
Given everything that has happened over the past four years, you would think that a decent country that believe in justice and the rule of law would have buried Trump in a landslide.Yeah, so… Read More
I guess I'm not seeing a reason to worry about the election right now.There are always going to be media entities that want you to believe that every presidential election is a horse race. I… Read More
There are plenty of people in this country who are stupid enough to believe that doctors "get more money if someone dies from COVID" and that's why you can't ignore what Trump said today in… Read More
I think the coverage of this year's presidential campaign has been awful for a lot of reasons. One, it is impossible to properly campaign if you're trying to mitigate the impact of a terribl… Read More
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are probably not going to go down as two of the most inept ratfuckers this country has ever seen:Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been ind… Read More
The entire conservative media establishment lives in a reality bubble that cannot be pierced.Welcome to the final week of one of the most vengeful and acrimonious elections in our country&rs&hell…Read More
Oh my God:The reputation of Rudy Giuliani could be set for a further blow with the release of highly embarrassing footage in Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat.In the film, release… Read More
America's toothless, confused, doddering old Department of Justice has to turn to prosecutors in Pittsburgh in order to go after a rag-tag bunch of Russian hackers.Six current and former Rus… Read More
I think we have to stop expecting Republicans to do the right thing:With less than three weeks until the election, Bush—as the only living former Republican president—would be in… Read More
The minute Trump is hurled out of office, Amy Coney Barrett will align herself with whatever ultra-conservative entity replaces him. My money is on Senator Mike Lee and a newfound appr… Read More
Politico is your go-to source for whiny Republicans who are being destroyed by Democrats who are able to raise tens of millions of dollars:The online fundraising edge that Democrats have enj… Read More
Mark Meadows may be the Chief of Staff for Donald Trump's White House, but did you know he's also an asshole with no common sense?When asked by a reporter to speak to the media outside of th… Read More
Trump is sick and everyone is lying to cover it up:President Donald Trump interrupted himself during a call-in interview on Fox News Thursday night to clear his throat to the point of a stif… Read More
Low energy sex drone Vice President Mike Pence did very little this evening to thwart the rise of Kamala Harris to the exalted position of the nation's greatest auntie and the center of a ne… Read More
A snippet of good news:A grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey Tuesday on charges of exhibiting guns at protesters in a June incident in their [St. Louis] neighborhood. Additi… Read More
Is there a word for a president who doesn't give a shit about anything and just does whatever he wants and acts like a fucking toddler?That would be our president. Here's Trump, standing on… Read More
This is just a snippet of Trump's Monday morning Twitter meltdown. He is being treated with a steroid that can induce mania and hyperactivity in adults. He is nonsensically tweeting out catc… Read More
Trump is hospitalized this evening and this is all likely due to a chain of events that are an indication of how incredibly stupid and irresponsible his entire "regime" truly is:The White Ho… Read More
Trump and his only significant inner circle confidante have tested positive for COVID-19. I'm not sure why it is relevant to point out that First Lady Melania Trump has it as well. When did… Read More
You're just going to have to get used to the idea that 42% of the American people are going to look at Trump and see someone "strong" and "presidential." He is none of those things. He is a… Read More
What the fuck?Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes whatsoever in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000 because he reported losing significantly more than he made, according to an explosi… Read More
Andrew Kimmel is covering today's white nationalism rally in Portland, Oregon. The Proud Boys have come from all over to carry out acts of provocative violence against American citizens who… Read More
There are a number of reasons to oppose Amy Coney Barrett but the simplest reason is right in front of everyone's faces.She's an extremist.She holds extreme views that are out of the mainstr… Read More
If you are not in their tribe, they want to see you serving their needs and paying the price for their success in this world:The Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police Department is looking into… Read More
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is up to his neck in criminal mischief:Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a judge the U.S. Postal Service can’t reassemble the hundreds of high speed ma… Read More
No one in the Trump Regime is defending this country against our enemies:Nine current and former officials said in interviews that CIA Director Gina Haspel has become extremely cautious abou… Read More
This is what you get when a lifelong Republican is tasked with investigating a Republican president:Nobody in the GOP believes in the rule of law or the idea of America. Those are convenient… Read More
You peasants are lucky that the Trump family even lets you live in their country:Eric Trump is willing to be interviewed by the New York State Attorney General's Officefor its investigation… Read More
The fix has always been in:As the pandemic deaths mount, huge sections of the West Coast burn, Trump threatens military action against possible post-election protesters, and the U.S. economy… Read More
I find it hard to believe that Trump would tolerate what Mike Pompeo is doing right out in the open like this:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is quietly relaunching his extravagant, taxpayer… Read More
The Scottish people are going to find a way to become independent of what's destroying England right now:Ewan McGregor has shared his support for the Scottish independence campaign, in a U-t… Read More
The Russians have been attacking the Biden campaign for months:(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main elec… Read More
Ken Cuccinelli couldn't get elected dog catcher so he ended up working for Trump in the Department of Homeland Security. Instead of functioning more or less like a normal American offi… Read More
Tonight, an American city of over 80,000 people is burning. As fire ravages the cities of Phoenix and Talent, a new blaze started in north Medford.The fire was first reported at about 8… Read More
Look what the crazy QAnon lady from Georgia did now.Marjorie Taylor Greene, the House candidate and professed QAnon acolyte whom President Trump called “a future Republican star,&rdquo&hell…Read More
There have been so many warning signs, all of them ignored by people who call themselves Americans.We knew in the early days of Trump's campaign and Trump's presidency that he was a bum. He… Read More
The political fortunes of the Republican Party in Texas are beginning to collapse. People are dying, the economy is coming apart, and voters are starting to realize that the GOP doesn't care… Read More
If you were lucky enough to see even a small part of Trump's acceptance speech/white grievance address at the Republican National Convention last night, you already know that that was some w… Read More
Russian troops in Syria are apparently trying to kill Americans and collect bounties:U.S. service members were injured after an altercation with Russian forces in northeast Syria this week… Read More
Miles Taylor used to go into meetings with Trump and hear things that would make a normal person leave the room screaming.The national security official couldn’t get through a meeting… Read More
This is a poll result that I really don't understand.By any objective measure, the United States is not better off than it was four years ago. In terms of unemployment alone, no one can say… Read More
This election season is supercharged with passion, negativity, and white hot anger. Plus, everyone's been cooped up for months and families have been screaming at each other over mundane thi… Read More
When you're out there doing crimes, make sure you already have a presidential pardon in your hip pocket: New York federal prosecutors on Thursday charged President Donald Trump's f… Read More
It is clear to everyone who notices these things that Trump cannot put his hands on Melania without causing her to turn, pull away and reject his attempts to hold on to her. This is due to s… Read More
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time that the National Weather Service has ever issued a warning for a tornado made of fire.Fire.This is a fire tornado warning.Holy cow Read More
If you were waiting around to see what the right-wing media complex would coalesce around in terms of opposing Senator Kamala Harris, look no further:Interestingly, this recitation of the or… Read More
When I look at this picture of Kamala Harris, it tells me that this is the country I want to live in.It tells me that this is a person who was brought into this world and given the slimmest… Read More
Making sure that old people starve to death and live in abject poverty is just one of those added features of having Trump as your president:his executive action suspending collection of pay… Read More
Years ago, a delusional nut job named Dana Loesch was trying to get herself a new line of work.Loesch has fast gained notoriety as the NRA spokeswoman representing the organization amid… Read More
Senator Richard Blumenthal is probably not the best messenger for this type of warning, but it is interesting to note that someone is at least trying to cut through the noise and static and… Read More
Because you and tens of thousands of dead Americans don't matter, Trump is on his way to his personal golf club in Sterling, Virginia:These are the actions of a man who knows that the fix is… Read More
Each and every action reveals that Vladimir Putin owns Trump lock, stock and barrel:The US is moving forward with President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany… Read More
This is roughly the moment when America realizes that COVID-19 is not going away and has to be taken seriously. If you live in the right state, you already know this. If you don't, welcome t… Read More
You can follow this link to a clip of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking on the floor of the House and, by the end of the day, there will be more such clips. But let's unpack w… Read More
Sarah Cooper is ripping Trump to shreds before our very eyes, and her ability to mock and satirize him is stealing his powers of persuasion.Cooper’s disdain for Trump is clear, MAGA tr… Read More
By now, we should all recognize the pattern in what Trump does.Is there a serious, complicated problem facing the American people? If so, attack it with an army of incompetent, poorly-traine… Read More
Normally, I wouldn't celebrate the destruction of someone's tenuous grasp on reality, but life comes at you fast when you're in denial:Former game show host Chuck Woolery announced Wednesday… Read More
Dianna Ploss is a bag of nuts:A New Hampshire radio station cut ties with a conservative host after she filmed herself verbally attacking landscapers who were speaking Spanish.Dianna Ploss… Read More
This is what it looks like when you hand the country over to an incompetent boob:None of that is true, of course, and the fact that Trump retweeted and endorsed this message indicates that t… Read More
Trump says that Russian financial support for the Taliban is a hoax. In and of itself, that should have been the moment where Mike Pence becomes president until next January. I mean, wow. Th… Read More
The Supreme Court delivered their (long overdue) decisions regarding Trump's tax returns this morning and it was a predictable shit storm of bad takes and questionable analysis. I think we n… Read More
This is a picture of Senator Tammy Duckworth. This is from when she was learning to walk again after Iraqi insurgents shot down the Blackhawk helicopter that she was flying in combat.This is… Read More
Unpopular area man still believes he has a chance at getting re-elected:President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to 38 percent, according to Gallup’s latest poll, with signific… Read More
Back when there was such a thing as political accountability, this would be a career-ending decision. In the Trump era, it's just a Friday, man.This is just not the sort of thing we should j… Read More
The woman on the left is Ghislaine Maxwell and the Southern District of New York has quite an indictment of her out today:Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidante who ha… Read More
It would appear that the people who have been working for Trump really don't think much of his skills as a negotiator or a diplomat:In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign… Read More
Republicans want more Americans to go without health care and that's all there is to it:In the midst of a global pandemic with the presidential election just months away, the Justice Departm… Read More
I'm not exaggerating. This guy is effing crazy:The White House's nominee for a top Pentagon post repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that a former CIA director tried to overthrow President… Read More
This is an incredible story, and the reporting here is worthy of awards and praise:Eight minority Ramsey County corrections officers have filed discrimination charges with the state’s… Read More
Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post is one of the most important writers in America, and she asks a very important question about what Trump and Mnuchin did with your money.What ar… Read More
I wouldn't confuse Neil Gorsuch with Earl Warren, but this is stunning:Many conservatives were in a state of shock on Monday morning when they learned that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch… Read More
That's it.That's the craziest fucking thing he's tweeted today.I certainly hope that Mr. Gugino has already been contacted by a very fine and reputable lawyer and can begin the process of su… Read More
I really don't know what to make of this. Anyone who believes that they can engineer an electoral college victory out of being insanely unpopular for every day of his presidency has to be co… Read More
Make no mistake about it. When William Barr ordered that the area around St. John's Church should be "cleared" for Trump, it was a crime against humanity.Attorney General William Barr defend… Read More
So, what happened today?Trump had the area around the White House cleared so that he could take this photo. It is, without getting too graphic, a perfect example of an image of "war porn" as… Read More
Buried in today's "transcript" or "retelling" of the call that Trump had today with the nation's governors is a plea from the governor of Maine to stay the hell away because he is a toxic st… Read More
Do you hear or see anyone asking the right questions?Why is this happening? That's what Chris Hayes on MSNBC tries to ask each week. That's what you see Don Lemon trying to figure out each t… Read More
Here's the Vice President of the United States of America, out and about during a global pandemic, ordering food in a restaurant that is half-assing its way into oblivion.Not only is this ir… Read More
No one really pretended that George W. Bush "liked" the Clintons. The scene shown above is from the summer of 2004, and the supposed niceties of this event were probably strained. We know th… Read More
I could watch this again and again all damned day long.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) described President Donald Trump as “morbidly obese” during an interview Monday night wit… Read More
A comparison of deaths between the United States and South Korea is a way to frame the debate as to what's happening in this country right now.We are witnessing one of the greatest crimes of… Read More
Does Trump even know what a double standard is?In this short video, you will see the entirety of his character reveal itself. He hates women who stand up to him.REPORTER: Isn't there a doubl… Read More
Joe Lockhart seems pretty naive to me:By the height of the Watergate scandal in 1974, virtually every major newspaper in America had called for President Richard Nixon's resignation. During… Read More
This photo was taken today somewhere in Virginia. It's a picture of a classically attired stumblebum demonstrating his rights under the U.S. Constitution in a way that looks as ridiculous as… Read More
James Carville rightly points out that the Trump Re-election campaign is largely a useless exercise now that the bottom has completely fallen out of the economy. There is virtually no chance… Read More
This is an example of the poor leadership being provided by Republicans in this country.It's an appearance by Missouri Governor Mike Parson. He is visiting a facility run by disabled veteran… Read More
Vice President Joe Biden went out and hired a bunch of worthless advisors and now you see the results of his decision to listen to them and talk to the media about Tara Reade. He does not ha… Read More
Mrs. Lion and I watched a PBS program on the Vatican, and we saw this scene from the program. Pope Francis washes the feet of prisoners as an act of grace and humility, and this explains the… Read More