Heatwaves, out of control fires, strong hurricanes, shrinking ice sheets, sea level rise — these are all dangerous effects of global climate change. So how does the Trump administration respond? By appointing climate science denier David Legates to a top post at NOAA, which runs the National Weather Service. The head of NOAA under Barack […]
I know this article is a week old, but there were just too many things going on that pushed this down in my stack. But you really should read this article in The Atlantic titled “Why Trump Supporters Can’t Admit Who He Really Is“. When I’m talking to various liberal people, a common refrain is […]
Although equally tough to feel sorry for this pitiful senator.
The team that blew open Watergate, Carl Bernstein talks about Bob Woodward’s new book about Donald Trump, Rage. Woodward interviewed Trump 18 times and has recordings of Trump.
The Atlantic, which published the article about how Donald Trump calls soldiers in the military “losers” and “suckers”, has published a follow-up article by David Frum titled “Everyone Knows It’s True“. Frum points out that everyone who is claiming the original article is false is deeply beholden to Trump. While everyone who has actual knowledge […]
In fact, today the Trump administration did something that even flabbergasted me. The first two paragraphs say it all: The Justice Department on Tuesday intervened in the defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says President Trump raped her years ago, moving the matter to federal court and signaling it wants to make the U.S. […]
Here are a series of articles about how Donald Trump, Republicans, and right-wing media are trying to destroy our democracy. First is tonight’s article by Heather Cox Richardson. She goes through a list of the things that democracy depends on, and then gives examples of how they are being attacked and even destroyed: The rule […]
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III took to Twitter to condemn Donald Trump for his insults against American soldiers. Sully is the famous pilot who miraculously landed a failing airliner in the Hudson River in 2009, saving all on board. Here are his nine tweets, in order: I am a veteran. I volunteered for military service […]
I love the writing of Matt Taibbi, even if I don’t always agree with him. He has published a very interesting article on Substack, titled “The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over” (subtitled “The race is tightening. Is America sure it’s ready to give up its addiction to crazy?”). Note that new polls […]
Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence? It’s you who have created the hate and division. — Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, OR, quoted in The Atlantic. This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He […]
Heather Cox Richard has the best article about the RNC I’ve seen. I’m including it here because I want everyone to actually read the whole thing. Enjoy! Having moved the RNC from Charlotte, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida, and then having been forced to cancel his plans for a huge rally due to coronavirus, Trump […]
Donald Trump recently said that if he gets reelected, he would terminate the payroll tax. There’s just one tiny little problems. It is the payroll tax that funds both Social Security and Medicare. Today, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration said that if the payroll tax is terminated and Trump doesn’t find another […]
The Republican Party has announced that it will have no platform. The announcement looks like something Donald Trump would write. It is one page of bullet points (but without bullets). It tries to blame everything on the media and “the failed policies of the Obama-Biden administration” (so much for being a “positive” convention). Bottom line: […]
Joe Biden’s convention keynote speech impressed everyone, even pundits who oppose him. Yes, that even includes Fox News hosts. Chris Wallace said “it was an enormously effective speech”). Dana Perino was even more effusive, saying “[Biden] just hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth”. Even Laura Ingraham — one of Trump’s strongest […]
Spread the word. Due to the crippling of the Post Office, other blatant attempts of voter suppression, and (of course) the pandemic, voting has gotten more confusing and complicated. But the vote has never been more important. Luckily, there is help. Two websites, vote.org and represent.us, provide state-by-state information on how to vote so that […]
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