2021-08-25 19:38
I am a heartless bastard and I don't care what happens to these people:At least 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in El Cajon and 16 parents are stranded in Afghanistan… Read More
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2021-08-19 23:47
Here's a classic example of modern American political discourse:A man with a history of supporting former President Donald Trump and who has said "all Democrats need to step down" was arrest… Read More
2021-08-13 16:07
The inevitable has begun to happen and Pakistan is now supporting the Taliban's effort to take over Afghanistan. This is an outcome that was decided decades ago but delayed because the Unite… Read More
2021-08-12 03:35
Steve Bannon says Mike Lindell hasn't proved there was voter fraud.Right-wing media figure Steve Bannon has slammed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's cyber symposium for failing to present evidenc… Read More
2021-08-10 16:27
And he resigned. Amazing.I thought he was going to fight until impeached and removed, but he resigned.Oh well, here's what I wrote earlier:It is absolutely clear from today's "statement" fro… Read More
2021-08-09 16:07
For context, this is a photograph taken in Portland, Oregon over the weekend. It features reporters and bystanders in proximity to a person dressed up in the costume of a cosplay warrior hol… Read More
2021-08-04 21:37
This is not indicative of everyone who said "COVID-19 is a hoax" or "quit wearing a mask and don't get the vaccine, you moron," but it is a testament to what happens when karma smacks you in… Read More
2021-08-04 15:17
The Supreme Court's standing with the American people is much higher than it should be:The Supreme Court’s standing with the American public has dipped over the past year, as the high… Read More
2021-07-29 04:26
Everyone likes to pile on Joe Manchin for being the Republican Party's favorite Democrat, but I would submit to you that Senator Kyrsten Sinema is the real traitor to the cause of responsibl… Read More
2021-07-22 23:17
Brett Kavanaugh is sitting on the United States Supreme Court and there is probably a good deal of evidence that will show that this is the last place he needs to be. In fact, he is likely t… Read More
2021-07-20 15:39
Eric Boehlert correctly identifies the media's disgust with anything that fouls up their narratives:In the real world, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are leading an effective, consequential adm… Read More
2021-07-18 02:11
It's well past time to put a stop to this bullshit:The US government is investigating a series of health incidents in the Austrian capital Vienna involving its diplomats and other administra… Read More
2021-07-13 23:37
What's really funny about this story is that Trump was the sort of Jamaica Estates failson who probably thought he had the power to have people executed:Trump, along with then-first lady Mel… Read More
2021-07-05 05:26
This is pure, unadulterated bullshit:Congressional Democrats are having to balance escalating calls to investigate whether Covid-19 escaped from a lab in China with their efforts to highligh… Read More
2021-07-02 05:02
The hype that surrounds the indictment of Allen Weisselberg and "the Trump Organization" has dominated the news for most of the day. Essentially, it amounts to an allegation that Trump paid… Read More
2021-07-01 21:02
I have no idea what's going on anymore. I sit down, ready to write something and it all goes sideways. So, instead of all the usual blog bullshit and the fake outrage and the exhortations to… Read More
2021-06-21 05:11
Poor, poor Joshy. He just wanted to fit in and be heard and be like all the other people. And when he joined a violent, fascist movement called The Proud Boys and went to the United States C… Read More
2021-06-19 22:20
What is this horseshit?More than 100,000 names will be removed from Georgia’s voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state’s voter files “up to date,” Geo… Read More
2021-06-13 17:25
Any theory pushed by Mike Pompeo has to be taken with a grain of salt because he's a self-serving, lying piece of shit:Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted on Sunday that Covid-19… Read More
2021-06-11 20:55
There are many ways to take away your right to vote. If you live in a state run by Republicans, they're looking for every conceivable way to deny Americans their right to vote by inventing s… Read More
2021-06-11 14:41
The guy who whined about how the Democrats spied on his campaign (they didn't) decided to spy on his enemies and used the Department of Justice to accomplish his task:Prosecutors in the Trum… Read More
2021-06-04 19:11
Jamie Dimon is the public face of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company and this is a huge deal:JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) will resume making political donations to U.S. lawmakers but will no… Read More
2021-06-04 13:32
The great loser of Jamaica Estates is headed towards a post-presidential career that features looking like a mannequin stuffed with rancid cheese and wallowing in self-pity:A cadre of aides… Read More
2021-05-31 05:52
So, this was said recently, in public, by a man who should know better:Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn:“I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen he… Read More
2021-05-31 04:57
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden went to Virginia today to spread the word about their initiative to deliver on the promise of giving people access to free community college educati… Read More
2021-05-31 04:57
Hey, here's some racist claptrap from someone who doesn't realize that they have been living in a major American city:Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It’s where… Read More
2021-05-31 04:57
The only thing the GOP has going for it is the ability to suppress the vote.Ground zero in the fight to suppress the vote is the state of Georgia. Citing concerns about election integrity, G… Read More
2021-05-31 04:57
If Representative Katie Porter unearths some incompetence, malfeasance, or debauchery as a result of performing oversight on the Biden Administration, too damned bad:Democrats loved watching… Read More
2021-05-31 04:36
Still not sure where I am, but it's no longer Maryland, my Maryland Read More
2021-05-16 20:44
Once in a while, someone in the media is able to put our current political situation into words. This gets at the transformative and substantive changes that President Joe Biden is putting i… Read More
2021-05-11 04:24
The story of Liz Cheney and her fealty to the "old" Republican Party and her "principled" stand against Trumpism is laughable and ridiculous. You can be well assured that House Minority Lead… Read More
2021-05-03 17:28
Vladimir Putin is responsible for an untold number of murders. He kills his own people. He kills people who aren't even Russian citizens. He kills because the West lets him get away with it… Read More
2021-04-27 20:33
This is the guy who hid in a toilet stall with a Civil War era sword when the U.S. Capitol was invaded by Trump supporters:U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas hid on a toilet with a sword… Read More
2021-04-23 03:34
The disparities between the poor and the rich in places like Mexico are laid out for you if you know where to look. On one side you have luxury and on the other side you have falling-down sl… Read More
2021-04-17 04:23
The absolute worst coverage of the Biden Presidency is actually coming from Politico these days. To be fair, most of the coverage is of low quality and ignores Republican obstructionis… Read More
2021-04-12 18:41
Senator John Cornyn is upset that President Joe Biden is a stable, functioning adult:For some people, this historic defeat of American fascism last November left them with a bad taste in the… Read More
2021-04-08 18:44
You can't expect a bunch of rich white racists to not flip on one another:At least one of the Capitol riot defendants has flipped against the Proud Boys, agreeing to provide information that… Read More
2021-04-03 22:44
Finally, something that I can support. Finally, a great idea from Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. And, finally, a great idea is resurrected by two of the stupidest Senators to ever serve.This is basi… Read More
2021-04-02 21:24
I'm going to give you one guess when it comes to Henry Olsen's party affiliation:Good Friday’s jobs report was good for the country. But it may be bad news for President Biden’s… Read More
2021-04-02 03:23
When this appeared on social media last November, people were rightfully disgusted by how a sitting member of Congress could get away with leering at the president's daughter. It seemed to e… Read More
2021-03-31 18:41
The American media complex is never going to fully accept that it created a situation where Trump could be president and usher in four straight years of criminal activity. It will never acce… Read More
2021-03-30 03:06
The Derek Chauvin trial is probably going to tear the city of Minneapolis apart.All eyes are on Minnesota this week as the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin gets underway.Mr Chauv… Read More
2021-03-26 15:51
This is a terrific primer on democracy and freedom in Hong Kong:Beijing has been chipping away at Hong Kong’s freedoms since the handover, experts say. Over the years, its attempts to… Read More
2021-03-26 15:35
Georgia is all-in on the suppression of the vote and the disenfranchisement of African-Americans:Former President Donald Trump's campaign of lies about a stolen election just delivered a hug… Read More
2021-03-22 23:30
You knew there were going to be days like this:President Joe Biden is dispatching top U.S. officials to Mexico and Central America as a crisis on the southern U.S. border persists with… Read More
2021-03-21 03:24
There is a sickness to the Internet that needs to be fixed and cured:After his team's loss to Oral Roberts in the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell says h… Read More
2021-03-18 20:44
We used to talk about these things all of the time because it really does matter when a majority of the American people do not approve of the job a president is doing. It matters because Pre… Read More
2021-03-16 14:29
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse would not be saying these things unless someone had already tipped him off:The FBI is facing new scrutiny for its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh, the sup… Read More
2021-03-15 16:21
The great John Oliver has correctly identified Tucker Carlson's White Power Hour as a blight on our country's political discourse:Last night, John Oliver addressed the elephant (farting) in… Read More
2021-03-14 04:12
The daughter-in-law of a Jamaica Estates man who once was president just got caught stealing from a dog rescue organization and what's funny is that we don't have a corrupt Attorney General… Read More
2021-03-12 19:19
It's time for the Andrew Cuomo show to come to an unceremonious end:The majority of House Democrats from New York on Friday called on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign from office in th… Read More
2021-03-11 18:41
The American people need help so President Joe Biden is going to sign the COVID-19 relief package into law as soon as possible.President Joe Biden will sign his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid… Read More
2021-03-10 19:25
Let us now praise the New York Times for framing this in exactly the right way. Congress has approved the bill and the benefits are going to hundreds of millions of Americans. This is not a… Read More
2021-03-09 15:41
The only way that Politico can tell this story is to frame it as a "risk" to the future of the Democratic Party because they cannot conceive of a reality where being a party full of horrible… Read More
2021-03-09 04:14
An ex-president of the United States usually entertains a lot of lucrative offers after leaving office. The book deals alone are worth considering to be the crowning achievement of a life sp… Read More
2021-03-08 15:44
Meghan Markle did not discover or reveal anything that was not already known about the British Royal Family. They are insanely racist and in cahoots with the British tabloid press. The only… Read More
2021-03-05 20:52
At eighteen years of age, Bruno Joseph Cua has already gotten himself into a lot of trouble. Here he is in the Capitol itself on January 6. Right-wing garbage outlets like American Grea… Read More
2021-03-05 02:22
Photo by Leah Millis / ReutersThis is an actual photo of Trump supporters gathered outside of the perimeter of the Capitol and they told people that they were waiting to see evidence that th… Read More
2021-03-03 20:58
President Joe Biden is correct. Rolling back the mandate on masks and opening everything up is foolish and stupid. Ignoring health experts is ass backwards. And doing this on the heels of a… Read More
2021-03-02 20:36
Is there any job in politics that is guaranteed to be the end of your career? It looks to me like getting elected Governor of the State of New York is a sure fire way to end up in oblivion.J… Read More
2021-03-01 20:23
Some Republicans are just too toxic for companies to be affiliated with:With every pull-up, power snatch, and hotel-room burpee, Marjorie Taylor Greene used CrossFit to build… Read More
2021-03-01 19:45
It is pretty shocking to see that the President of the United States has made a pro-labor pronouncement in the media. It shouldn't be, but it is:In a statement aimed at Amazon, US President… Read More
2021-02-24 22:03
If you're mad at President Joe Biden because he hasn't made everything happen all at once, I feel for you right now. It probably looks like he is stuck in low gear, trying to get on the free… Read More
2021-02-22 22:22
There are going to be days like this:A seriously deluded ex-president is forced to confront the reality of having to live at Mar-a-Lago and deal with the fact that he is completely irrelevan… Read More
2021-02-20 20:45
The Democratic Party is the party of family values. When your family is in trouble, Democrats are there to help.Two politicians are helping to provide resources for residents in Texas who we… Read More
2021-02-19 14:32
This is probably a big deal, but I can't get over the fact that the Representatives and Senators who openly sided with the assholes who stormed the Capitol are still allowed into the buildin… Read More
2021-02-17 19:40
There is no reason to show Rush Limbaugh any consideration or kindness. He lived far too long. He had a long life in American media that was undeserved and did tremendous damage to our count… Read More
2021-02-16 16:41
I just don't know if this is the thing that will do what decades of neglect and incompetence couldn't do:Elijah Dorminy's family has depended on their generator to make it through the deadly… Read More
2021-02-16 04:44
This is what you get when a Republican-controlled Congress insists on preventing the Federal government from investigating white supremacists and hate groups. You end up with the Oath Keeper… Read More
2021-02-15 21:59
You could call it a shit show and you wouldn't be exaggerating at all:The Lincoln Project’s fundraising page has been shut down, following a wave of scandals which continue to engulf t… Read More
2021-02-15 19:54
It is incredibly UNFAIR that President Joe Biden actually reads things and processes information like a normal human being. This is destroying any chance of Trump being elected in 2024, or s… Read More
2021-02-14 04:52
I suppose I could pick on CNN here, but, really, the whole sorry television and print media business is guilty of sustaining the legitimacy of a Republican Party that is perfectly okay with… Read More
2021-02-10 04:19
Yeah it's probably nothing but holy shit nonetheless.Few Trump-era mysteries are as intriguing as what the 45th president said to Vladimir Putin in at least a dozen rambling, off-the-cuff ca… Read More
2021-02-02 04:16
It is pretty clear to me that a number of Democratic House members came very close to being murdered on January 6. These individuals need help and understanding and I doubt very much that we… Read More
2021-01-31 17:47
When you ask a Republican politician if one of their own, who has called for the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is fit to serve, and if they give you this mealy-mouthed type of ans… Read More
2021-01-28 21:50
Welcome to your future, Republicans:Statement from President.Trump’s Save America PAC says he and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met today. “President Trump’s popular… Read More
2021-01-28 13:57
The Democratic Party has been trying to give people jobs, health care and a clean environment for what seems like forever. The Republican Party gives you a ransacked Capitol and some jackass… Read More
2021-01-27 02:54
Greg Gutfeld, ladies and gentlemen:There's an obvious difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Donald Trump is the cheerleader. Right? Let's get this thing done, it's the primary reaso… Read More
2021-01-25 18:30
Major shade from the people who witnessed many, many meltdowns and screaming matches before the Biden showed up with dogs to make the place normal again:The new President and first lady sett… Read More
2021-01-23 22:53
It's like the media can't help itself anymore. As soon as there was a Republican in the White House, you couldn't help but hear stories about white Americans who needed to be heard. Now, as… Read More
2021-01-23 14:34
This is what everyone needs to fight for if they want to have their country back:President Joe Biden on Friday is expected to introduce his proposal to raise the federal hourly minimum wage… Read More
2021-01-21 03:39
Normalcy returns, and I'm fine with that.That's it, that's the post Read More
2021-01-19 16:42
We should only consider Trump in the past tense. He has no future, no promise, no possibility of redeeming himself. There is still one more full day to consider him in the present tense… Read More
2021-01-18 05:23
Whose idea was it to put these troops out there? We don't have a functioning Department of Defense leadership team. We barely have anything that resembles a government right now. What you're… Read More
2021-01-14 20:27
I have no evidence that they are, in fact, stealing the property of the American people at the White House. This is really something that is probably being looked at by the people who run th… Read More
2021-01-13 16:36
Oh shit, they have the receipts from your almost successful attempt at staging a coup that would have assassinated at least three members of the presidential line of succession:Campaign fina… Read More
2021-01-11 15:26
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning for the post-Trump era. She is preparing her caucus for a round of legislating that will restore the economy, deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and secu… Read More
2021-01-08 22:03
I could write about any one of those stories and still not capture the entirety of this shameful week of American history.Trump's four years in office will go down as the most reprehensible… Read More
2021-01-07 21:49
As that great political scientist Richard Nixon said today, thanks to a thousand years of English Common Law, no man may be his own judge.To a fumbledick autocrat, there is no question… Read More
2021-01-06 21:55
2021-01-02 18:02
I'm starting to think it would just be easier to pay these guys a few million dollars to leave Russia and come work for us:Microsoft said Thursday that suspected Russian hackers who targeted… Read More
2020-12-31 23:35
When Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to adopt the Sedition Act, he could not have imagined a case where the members of the party that opposed him would openly act against democracy itself.Two… Read More
2020-12-28 15:29
There's no point betting on Trump's political future anymore. This abandonment of America's worst president ever is not an accidental thing. This is part of a plan to purge Trumpism and shif… Read More
2020-12-21 21:22
I never know how angry I'm supposed to get but this is pretty infuriating:As Americans celebrate the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine, many of the doctors and nurses first in line for inocul… Read More
2020-12-21 13:39
Every access journalist in Washington D.C. is being inundated by panicked Trump Regime employees and no one knows what to do about it:A meeting President Donald Trump held to discuss overtur… Read More
2020-12-16 12:25
Millions and millions of Americans are suffering but Trump only cares about his latest grievance against the world:The US Department of Energy on Tuesday finalized a pair of new rules rollin… Read More
2020-12-09 16:36
It will be hard to convince people that the Trump family will leave the White House without stealing government property, if only because they seem like the sort of people who are into that… Read More
2020-12-08 16:48
Gretchen Whitmer is the best governor in the country. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration is extending a three-week closure of bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, movie theaters and t… Read More
2020-12-06 07:12
Do you know what did not happen today?A post-election President Elect named Joe Biden didn't go to Georgia and hold a pity party with a bunch of idiots. He continued working on his new admin… Read More
2020-12-02 03:33
File this in the category of oh my fucking God:The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in excha… Read More
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