I love hearing Michelle Obama speak. Listening to someone who actually understands and believes what they are talking about (without any overriding political agenda) is so refreshing. Yes, I know a 24-minute video is way too long for our short-attention-span world. But I’m posting this only because you might have noticed this video, but not […]
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 Donald Trump. But did Trump quarantine himself? I’ll give you one guess. According to WaPo, on Thursday “Trump and his entourage flew to New Jersey, where he attended a fundraiser […]
It seems clear that only fanatics or people who are desperate for a job will work for Donald Trump. Here is documentation that all four of the people in this comic are unhinged religious fanatics: Bill Barr — “The attorney general believes the Christian hegemony is essential to American democracy, and wants to leverage state […]
Yet another killer ad from the Lincoln Project, featuring Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. UPDATE: Extra bonus Lincoln Project ad, based on last night’s shit-storm of a debate. Trump interrupted Biden, saying “Don’t ever use the word ‘smart” with me.” Well, ok.
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 if done early. The earlier it is done, and the more severe the lockdown, the easier it is on people. I know this sounds counterintuitive, […]
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 paragraph from it: This, of course, means that Trump is a huge national security risk. He owes money—to whom we don’t know—and he does […]
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, although it does require someone with training to administer (it is not expected that people can […]
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 will it work?“. And EV thinks that there are good reasons why Trump’s plans will fail. I sure hope so, but I’m not as sure as they […]
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 confirming a replacement for RBG. Today Americans were roiled by an article in The Atlantic, detailing the method by which the Trump campaign is planning […]
A remarkably sweet ad from the Lincoln Project celebrating the life of RBG.
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 ram someone through, despite the hypocrisy of sitting on Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for most of a year. In fact, McConnell has already said […]
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 officials who oppose his reelection. We already knew that Biden leads Trump in the key demographic of people who used to work for Trump, but it is interesting that […]
“Biden leads Trump among women, people of color, and former members of the Trump administration.” @WindsorMann “Trump campaign strategy now clear: he’s running against the election itself.” @sbg1 “Is it just me, or did Nixon do a hell of a lot less than Trump at this point?” @chipfranklin
[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 took the Trump IQ Test and she is smarter than the President. You can take the test here. Margaret, there is a new test out to determine if you are […]
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 concrete examples of the company being aware of it being used to spread propaganda, but doing nothing about it. In fact, Facebook and other […]
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