An Englishman Scolds Anti-Trump Americans
You know what America? Stop whinging. You’re giving the world earache. Donald Trump IS your President. It isn’t anyone else’s fault. Your version of democracy landed you with him so just buckle up, learn the British stiff upper lip method and get on with it!
Stop Being Conned By the Regressive Right
Stripping a man of his constitutionally ordained duty so you can put an anti-abortionist in the Supreme Court is pretty rude. Calling a man’s children “apes,” and “Monkeys” is pretty rude. Calling his wife an “ape in heels” is worse than just rude. Eight years of lying about a man’s birthplace is rude.
Republicans Drift Further Away From their Principles
Here we are…still. Nothing much has changed, but there are some fairly perverse things that are taking place in America these days. At one time or another one or more of us have in some way mention some of these things but they haven’t yet been put all together in a single package. What is so strange is that certain groups are actually turning against themselves probably without realizing it.
Colorado GOP Group: Republicans Hate Poor People Because ‘Dignity of Man Is Above Being Poor’
A Colorado-based GOP group issued a public apology yesterday for a social media post that claimed “Republicans hate poor people.” The Alamosa County Republicans took to Facebook to apologize for the comments on Friday, which urged Americans to be Republicans “out of self-respect.” “Democrats love poor people because they think that poor people will vote Democrat.…
Robert Reich: Is Trump The Worst President In History?
America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump have we had a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.
Congress Bars ‘Atheist’ From Serving As Navy Chaplain
The Navy appeared on its way to accepting a non-theist as its chaplain—until Congress stepped in. A Navy board determined that Jason Heap, a secular...
Why Liberals Cannot Afford To Apply Ideological Purity Tests
Cities will vote Democratic no matter what, so Democrats can afford to be ultra-progressive when they campaign there. But, as Hillary found out, you can’t just win in all the urban areas and lose everywhere else. You also can’t run as a far-left progressive in a red state that’s not heavily urbanized.
FEMA Removes Climate Change Reference in Four-Year Plan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) strategic plan for the next four years omits references to climate change after the United States was hit with a record number of weather- and climate-related events in the past year but eliminated references to global warming, sea…
Pennsylvania Election Too Close to Call
Democrat Conor Lamb has claimed victory in Pennsylvania’s special election, but his rival Republican Rick Saccone says he’s not giving up yet. And no matter who is announced the victor, analysts are at odds over what the race means for the rest of the country in the midterm elections. The latest polling shows Lamb at 49.8…
Congressman: Betsy DeVos is “Rich, White, and Dumber Than A Bag Of Hammers”
The public displays of acrimony between California lawmakers and President Donald Trump’s administration continued on Sunday, with Representative Jared Huffman labeling Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as “rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers.” Huffman, a Democrat who represents Northern California, tweeted the insult from his personal account and directed it at Trump. “Dear President…
Kasich Calls for Congress to ‘Wake Up’ After Shooting
The Republican Party needs to “wake up” and consider “common sense gun laws” in response to the latest mass shooting in Florida, Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich said Sunday. In an interview on CNN, Kasich condemned Congress for not acting in response to the shooting in a high school in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, in which 17…
Democrat Opponent Grateful Nunes Is a Nut
Watching the Devin Nunes memo blow up like a trick cigar a few weeks ago, Andrew Janz called himself, “probably the happiest man in the country.” An assistant district attorney vying to oust Nunes from his California congressional seat, Janz said last week that his campaign war chest had more than tripled since Nunes announced he…
How Democrats Could Blow The 2018 Elections
A month ago, Democrats were growing more confident they would have a great election year in 2018. Between the president's dismal approval rating; big wins...
The Best Campaign Ad So Far In 2018: Flip Texas Blue!
Jason Westin is a Democratic candidate for the TX07 House of Representatives. His campaign ad is going viral, and for good reason. Transcript: Giving someone a diagnosis is never easy. Telling them they have cancer is hard. You know that their lives will be forever changed, that nothing will ever be the same. I know a…