CNN and Anderson Cooper tell us about the Gropenfuhrer deciding to uninvite your Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles to the White House, with Jim Acosta, David Gergen and Marc Lamont Hill (I thought Gergen was shockingly sensible in this segment)…
…and with the prior clip in mind, I give you Jason Kelce’s very NSFW response from the parade…
…also, Farron Cousins tells us Trumpian lackey Paul Manafort now faces accusations of witness tampering – typical for this bunch of crooks…
…and kudos to Dem U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley for trying to figure out what’s going on with this “resettlement center” for kids in Brownsville, TX (and keeping kids in cages, huh? God almighty, what kind of a nightmare are we living in?)…
…and Kyle K. brings us the story of the murdered Palestinian medical aid worker…more here (NSFW of course)…
…and with the lead story in mind, I give you this tune which I didn’t get to when I did my “green” selections earlier this year (and in a bit of a related item, I'll eventually finish this good book).
Kyle K. discusses our treasonous, tiny-handed orange dictator saying he can pardon himself – NSFW (I’m not sure what constitutional crisis we suffered under Obama, but I’m willing to listen to intelligent arguments on that)…
…and Rachel Maddow introduces us to North Korean Gen. Kim Yong-Chol, who, for my money, is one of the scariest people on earth based on this report, which tells us why (not surprising that the Gropenfuhrer tends to gravitate towards tyrants given his behavior…and for what it’s worth, I thought “The Interview” was hilarious)…
…and Chris Hayes reminds us that Generalissimo Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits cost more than the Mueller probe – just sayin’…
…and I can’t really explain it, but I just felt like hearing this song (maybe based on the news).
Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us about the typically disgusting legal machinations of the Trumpsters against the Election Day protesters in D.C. (more here, and that bastard James O’Keefe is affiliated with these maggots at Project Veritas, let’s not forget…more on Jennifer Kerkhoff is here)…
…and Michael Brooks of The Majority Report talks with Eric Levitz and reminds us that Puerto Rico is still suffering in what you could argue are Biblical proportions at the hands of Generalissimo Trump and his gang (to be fair, though, extracting from Puerto Rico is a politically bipartisan offense – all totally unnecessary; this is what happens when you put people in charge of government who REALLY SUCK AT government)…
…and Rachel Maddow speaks with Dem Danica Roem, who supported Medicaid expansion in VA, which just passed (elections indeed have consequences…I would ask that you pay particular attention to this clip from about 4:45 to the end)…
Update 6/4/18: And when it comes to activism, let's not forget this too.
…and for the completely wrong-headed and diametrically opposed point of view, I give you this report from Kyle K. (NSFW of course…and to tell Repug Rep Bill Carrico what you think of his “you’re gonna die” comment, click here)…
…and Trevor Noah tells us how the Gropenfuhrer recently met with “reality TV” star Kim Kardashian and, perhaps, took away the completely wrong lesson as you might expect (namely, his pardoning of Dinesh D’Felon)…
…and I’m definitely overdue with this, but here it is anyway, namely, the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 5/30/08, in which I present the tune that swept the nation at the time – heh…(yeah, the “stim” from Dubya ended up being worth about as much as our Tiny-Handed Treasonous Orange Dictator’s tax scam will likely turn out to be, happily signed off on by Bri-Fi in PA-01…to do something about it, click here)…
…oh, and while everyone is mad at Sam Bee for what she said about Ivanka Trump, I thought I’d bring you this bit from the show which has been overshadowed I’m sure (based on this – and by the way, in the context of this brouhaha, let’s not forget this too)…
…and I can’t say if I’m “electrified” or not, but since it’s the weekend, give me a few hours and I might end up a little “baked” (hey now!).
(In the upper left corner, the wording says “Bad Hombres” from our Tiny-Handed, Treasonous Orange Dictator of course.)
(Oh, and it seems that what Sam Bee said on her show last night is the latest excuse for right-wing faux indignation. Yeah, maybe she went a bit far using an obscenity on television, but as far as I’m concerned, whenever I see Number 45, I’m already looking at an obscenity on television.)
To begin (with the pic in mind), Rachel Maddow talks with Dem U.S. House Rep Ted Lieu about the ridiculous and cruel policy of the Trumpsters of separating immigrant kids from their parents at the U.S. border (And by the way, there is NO “Democrat” component to this, as noted here – this is Generalissimo Trump’s fault ALL THE WAY)…
…and, in continuing to gin up his base, the Gropenfuhrer keeps revving up the insanity, this time in saying that Nancy Pelosi loves the terror group MS-13...more here (gee, any actual, y’know, GROWNUPS in the “party of Lincoln” to rein in this lunatic? Guess not…)…
…and I know I’m behind on the videos when it comes to the latest media outrages so I missed all the Roseann Barr stuff (and again, this woman has been nutty on Twitter for years), so I’ll attempt to make up for that here (by the way, there was a great discussion on “All In” with Chris Hayes about this where Jennifer Rubin actually owed up to covering up for the troglodytes in her party – kudos to her – and Sam Seder traced all of this back to Flush Limbore…it actually goes back further than that, but good for him also…but of course the video isn’t available from the web site of The Comcast Network…I look at it this way; you want to defend Barr? Then defend Kathy Griffin too – and by the way, I’m not willing to do either)…
…and happy belated 60th birthday to Neil Finn of Crowded House (and joining Fleetwood Mac on tour – should be interesting).
Alex Jones may be the very lowest of the low-hanging fruit, and he should be treated accordingly, but once in a while he says something too offensive to ignore IMHO, as he did in this case about Pope Frank, as Kyle K. tells us (NSFW – the Pontiff followed his enlightened words with this, it should be noted…report apparently has not been confirmed)…
…and this BBC report tells us that the abortion referendum in Ireland to overturn the ban passed recently (and of course, there was the predictable rhetoric about “culture of death” and “Satan winning this battle, but Jesus will win the war” from the pulpit yesterday – you see, according to the Church, abortion is the fault only of the woman, and not the man who impregnates her, the doctor who harangues her, or certainly not the cleric who harrumphs at her…the church will always believe it has the right to regulate women’s bodies for them; by the way, as you watch this video, I would ask that you read this also, which states, among other things, that women can be prosecuted in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and elsewhere if they obtain an abortion, which is exactly what “social conservatives” in this country want…as I’ve said many times, Bill Clinton once said abortion should be safe, legal and rare, and I think that nails it...this does too)…
…and since it is Memorial Day after all, I present the following…
…and I think this suffices as a song for the occasion.
(By the way, posting may be sporadic this week – we’ll see.)
Gee, I guess the Gropenfuhrer thought he wasn’t going to get the ratings he wanted for his North Korea reality TV show episode, so he had a hissy fit, picked up his toys and went home (I have to admit that I’m getting a little tired at this point of people like Andrew Ross Sorkin acting polite in the face of this craziness, including this)…
…and yeah, nothing to see here, just the sitting President of the U.S. trying to subvert the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as David Kris, former assistant attorney general for national security, tells us (yeah, Emmet Flood, Trump’s lawyer, was just there to “facilitate”…yeah, that’s the ticket)…
…all of which puts an exclamation point, as far as I’m concerned, on this recent “New Rule” from Bill Maher…
…oh, and let’s shed a tear for the poor deluded saps who pissed away their vote for our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed, Impulse-Control-Issue Orange Dictator (sorry, but I’m all out of compassion for these jokers)…
…however, as Mike Malloy tells us, Number 45 has no shortage of compassion for workers…in China (very NSFW, though I think Malloy is absolutely right…an update is here)…
…and I thought this was a nice new tune from a longtime singer who, I’m sure, has weathered a few travails but has still managed to do good work.
I give you another less-than-shining moment from Sarah Huckabilly Sanders, as Farron Cousins explains…
…which I guess isn’t surprising given that her boss has only a 13 percent honesty and trustworthiness rating, as Kyle K. points out (almost not NSFW, but then it was)…
…and in connection with Generalissimo Trump, Rachel Maddow gives us a lesson on Russian attempts to interfere in our elections; I think these historical segments are fascinating (by the way, if you thought Adlai Stevenson was nothing but a milquetoast, watch the great movie “13 Days” to get an appreciation for his UN performance during the Cuban Missile Crisis)…
…and Chris Hayes points out yet again what an utter scam the whole “tax cuts creates jobs” nonsense truly is…
…and apparently the NRA is now promoting the “School Shield Program” in response to the Santa Fe shooting, and yeah, it’s about as pathetic as you can imagine, as Sam Seder explains…
…and I had a more current musical selection in mind, but gosh darn it, the weather is just too nice in these parts not to hear this song.
(Pic is related to this item, by the way – take a guess how fast this self-entitled individual would have been pinned to the ground and/or carted off to God knows where if she had been anyone else but the favored child of white privilege.)
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now talks about the murdering coward of a shooter, this time in Santa Fe, TX of course, who apparently was turned down by a girl he later (allegedly) shot to death (Goodman talks with Soraya Chemaly and Murtaza Hussain)…
…also, Cenk tells us here that (surprise!) Pete Hegseth of Fix Noise doesn’t care about innocent kids getting killed (re, Palestinian protests against the Trumpsters moving our embassy to Jerusalem)…
…and yes, wage theft is still very much of a problem in this country…
…and Farron Cousins of “Ring of Fire” talks about Trump using an unsecure phone (uh, yep –as usual, a Repug looks in the mirror and sees everyone’s reflection but their own)…
…also, Seth Meyers brings us the latest, including the Gropenfuhrer’s “demand” (oh yes, what a clever, dastardly plot by Obama to plant someone in the Trump campaign to make sure Hillary lost…of all of the Trumpsters going to jail, Uday Jr. should go first – I give Meyers credit for still being able to mine humor out of this utterly ridiculous and dangerous mess)…
…and as noted here, today is the 60th anniversary of the day that Jerry Lee Lewis admitted that he had an under-age bride and subsequently wrecked his career – I can’t think of too many of the folks from the Sun Records days who are still with us; kudos to “The Killer” for longevity if nothing else (tune ends at about 1:55).
Despite the fact that the Morning Jo(ke) gang are interviewing former DOJ prosecutor Sally Yates as well as Michelle Nunn, I just can’t help but feel that they’re looking for ways to legitimize our Tiny-Handed, Impulse-Control-Issue, Dictatorial Child-in-Chief (and I love the way Mika manages to report this typically crazy nonsense with the Gropenfuhrer and Amazon with a straight face)…
…and here’s how our friends to the north are reporting this lunacy…
…turning back to the recent Santa Fe shooting, Chris Hayes talks with CT Dem governor Dannel Malloy (heartening a bit to see what’s been happening on the state level, but federal legislation is what matters, and good luck with that absent putting the Dems back in charge of Congress)…
…and Kyle K. tells us about the Repug candidate proposing euthanasia for disabled people (yeah, typically crazy – NSFW)…
…and given all this, it looks like the “party of Lincoln” is having a problem trying to find a city that will host its 2020 presidential convention – surprised? (NSFW also)...
…and here’s another seasonal selection for this time of year.
Looks like it’s another day in America not to politicize gun violence (more here, and the usual bad actors who are partly responsible IMHO are here)…
…and with that in mind, I give you this ad from Pat Davis, running for Congress in New Mexico (profanity is self-defeating I know, but sometimes, there are no other words that are appropriate as far as I’m concerned)…
…and I realized I’m laughing through tears a little with this, but I think this calls for this clip from The Eternal George Carlin on the NRA (maybe a little callous, but this man paid his dues and then some as far as I’m concerned...NSFW)…
…and I know we went over the Palestinian attacks in response to the ridiculously stupid decision to move our Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, but I don’t think this great moment from Eddie Glaude, Jr. should be overlooked in any way; I’m a little more sympathetic to Katy Tur because she can’t lose sight of the fact that she works for The Comcast Network (NSFW also)…
…and I give you another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 5/18/11, in which Ed Schultz tells us the harrowing truth about income inequality in this country, which will no doubt only get worse with the awful tax bill supported by Bri-Fi, among many others in his party (to do something about that, click here), up for re-election this year (parroting what Kyle K. said previously, maybe this is why Ed is a former MSNBC host)…
…and Cenk and TYT talk about the other progressive victories last Tuesday besides that of Scott Wallace, including that of John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pa…
…and Seth Meyers tells us the latest on Generalissimo Trump and North Korea; yeah, it sounds like somebody is practicing “the art of the deal,” but it isn’t our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Egomaniac…
...and given the Texas carnage earlier today, I went through my list of anti-gun songs and came up with this one.
It looks like a bill to keep Net Neutrality has passed the Senate (and kudos to Sens. Collins, Murkowski and John N. Kennedy in particular); Cenk is right – we need to keep fighting – but yeah, it faces long odds in the House, and I think we pretty much know what the Gropenfuhrer will do if it reaches his desk (hey Bri-Fi…how about a little help here? And what say you too, Scott Wallace, the Dem nominee for the PA-01 seat in the fall?)…
…and yeah, the wheel of karma sure turns slow all right, especially in the case of the disgraced Blake Farenthold – the comeuppance apparently will be delayed for former Repug TX congressman “ducky jams” (more here)…
…and it also appears that that same wheel is also taking its time with Repug Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who has beaten a big rap for now, but he may yet be impeached – we’ll see (more here)…
…and I know we’re still barely past midweek, but as far as I’m concerned, that doesn’t mean that we still can’t go to “church.”
This tells us that today marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the World War I-era Sedition Act into law – I’ve defended President Woodrow Wilson on other occasions (here), but not this time…could definitely happen again, people, especially with the bunch we have in charge now…
…and I give retired GA cop Tom McCain credit for fighting the good fight on pot decriminalization…
‘It’s just stupid to keep locking people up for marijuana’ — This former police officer is now a cannabis activist fighting for legalization pic.twitter.com/nVZ7XMDZOR
…and if you want hear something crazier on this subject than having somebody serving a prison sentence over a pot bust, give a listen to this insanity in Illinois (slightly NSFW)…
…and yes, I give you The Putin Network once more, but Lee Camp tells us that Cambridge Analytica is OUTTA HERE…though, of course, they’re apparently just going to do what all bad corporate actors do, and that is to rebrand (very NSFW)…
…and usually I wait until Friday to put up a video from the prior week by Bill Maher, but I thought this was too good to wait any longer (nice job on the Brando riff, though I think Maher is going to take a step back by having Bari Weiss on again – oh well...NSFW also)…
…which leads me to recall this tune in a similar theme.
Kyle Kulinski gave us what I thought was an interesting in-depth commentary on the U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem (yep, not dog whistles but a f*cking foghorn indeed, though there are issues with the Palestinians here, specifically with Hamas, that Kyle glosses over a bit IMHO - pretty good summary on this that wraps up at about 3:08 by the way – once again, take a bow, all you Trumpster asshats, Bernie-or-bust clowns and fools who decided not to vote at all, let alone for HRC, who helped bring us this mess two years ago...NSFW)...
...and with the same story in mind, Cenk takes a cold, hard look at the true craziness of the so-called fundamentalist "Christians" (and I’m not a life sciences professional, and I don’t even play one on TV so I’m not qualified to make this diagnosis, but as far as I’m concerned, Jeanine Pirro is certifiably insane)...
…and Joy Reid talks with Evan Osnos of The New Yorker about more Nixonian garbage from Generalissimo Trump, in particular demoting Obama-era staffers to the so-called “turkey farm”…Osnos refers to these displaced folks handling FOIA requests, and I think this is what he’s talking about…
...and kudos to Costa Rica for pledging to ban fossil fuels (yes, they may not make it I realize, but at least they’re going to try)...
…and today is primary election day in PA, and in the newly formed PA-01 district, I’m endorsing Scott Wallace (like my “endorsement” means a hill of beans I realize)…on balance, I like what I hear from Wallace on the issues that matter, and challenger Rachel Reddick started out OK, but I don’t like her last-minute turn towards negativity…Wallace pointed out that she was a registered Republican, which is no crime I know, but she responded with stuff about Wallace having a mansion in Maryland and resident status in South Africa or something, which are stupid charges as far as I’m concerned, and also implying that Wallace maligned her military service, and I saw no evidence of that – Steve Bacher is also running for the nomination…
(Oh, and it looks like all of that sweet, sweet Koch Bros. cash from that scam tax cut bill is being used for crappy YouTube promos for Bri-Fi fighting the supposed scourge of “sanctuary cities,” when in fact conservatives want the Trumpian model of “detention cities” typical for a dictatorship where someone from INS can detain you because they don’t like your looks or the color of your skin…oh, but Bri-Fi is a “moderate” – GMAFB!)
Here he comes to save the day – and that would be none other than Billo rushing to defend Sarah Huckabilly Sanders, as Farron Cousins tells us…
…and I’m a week late with this I know, but I give you another installment of “This Day in Doomsy History” from 5/7/14 with former Sen. Al Franken telling us about the importance of Net Neutrality and thus preserving a free and open internet, which Trumpster and FCC head Ajit Pai wants to kill of course (here)…scumbag…
…and I’m with Cenk a little on this story when it comes to Kirstjen Nielsen of the DHS trying to prevent immigrant families from being separated at our border, which of course met with the predictable tantrum from Generalissimo Trump…
…and Joy Reid tells us about the effort to keep idiot congressional Republicans from totally screwing up Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump and Russia (and more on that turd Mark Meadows is here, and Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao is no better of course)…
…and Seth Meyers brings us the latest news, including a mention for Mother’s Day…
…and yeah, sorry I’m late with this too – hope it was a good day for all the moms out there.
Yeah, I think we can pretty much equate some of our more sleazier lowlifes in Big Pharma with other infamous lawbreakers; as Don Henley once wrote, a man with a briefcase will steal more money than any man with a gun (to say nothing of stealing lives)…
America's most dangerous drug dealers aren't the ones selling weed on the streets — they're the billionaires pushing pharmaceuticals pic.twitter.com/fKAWikSffx
…and William Johnson is my hero of the day for this item, giving immunity gnome Jeff Sessions what he deserves for the latest wretched efforts by the Trumpsters to separate immigrant families…
'Do you have a heart? Do you have a soul?' — Jeff Sessions got heckled while announcing an immigration plan that will separate families pic.twitter.com/hr30jjmXwI
…and I think Ari Melber did a good job here highlighting what could be the most insidious activity of this ruinous “administration,” and of course that’s to pack appellate courts with an assortment of wingnut ideologues – sorry, don’t know who Melber spoke to next…
…and I have to admit that I didn’t have a clue as to who Trumpette Kelly Sadler was, but boy, I sure know about her now (here...and yes, I realize this isn’t meant as an automatic exculpation of John McCain, but let’s be decent here, people – and that goes for this creep also, who went too far even for Fix Noise…and by the way, can we cease to be actually surprised by the garbage that routinely spews forth from these executive branch maggots? We had PLENTY of warning that this would happen during the 2016 presidential campaign)…
...and I think this is a nice little tune to kick-start the weekend.
David Pakman tells us that, apparently, it took Generalissimo Trump 4 hours to answer 2 questions in a “mock” Mueller probe; no wonder Trump’s minions are scared for him to testify (and that was an uncanny riff IMHO by Pakman on our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Delusional Maniac – more on the pic is here, by the way)…
…and what a sterling candidate Gina Haspel is for heading the CIA under the Gropenfuhrer; definitely fits the horrific mold (and good call by Cenk to stop taking that utterly ridiculous Rand Paul seriously)...
…and while we quite rightly are focused on the Haspel nom, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the acting EPA head just said that weed kills people; as I’ve said before, this subject is a bit of a slippery slope with yours truly when it comes to legalization (definitely in favor of decriminalization, though), but it’s still a vox populi thing as far as I’m concerned…if states want it, it should be treated like alcohol and they should have it, but it’s just that those who are opposed to it seem to make arguments that are utterly ridiculous…
…and yes, I know this clip comes from The Putin Network, but I think Lee Camp is on the proverbial beam with these remarks (about us and the Iran treaty and Puerto Rico...slightly NSFW)…
…and TMR/Sam Seder tell us about the counter-protestors called “the proud boys” who, apparently, were responding to a pro-immigration march in Seattle on May Day (heh – borderline NSFW also…God, this is funny!)…
…and please don’t forget that this week is National Nurse’s Week; time to pay tribute to one profession in particular that should get our thanks and gratitude every day…here is a tune for the occasion.
I realize most of us have had a laugh or two over the stupidity of our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed, Reality-Challenged Orange Dictator and his cabal of fools, frauds and crooks, but even though Number 45 gave every signal in the world that he would walk away from the Iran treaty, guess what? Shit just got real, people (and let’s keep this in mind too as we pillory the usual corporate media culprits)…
BREAKING: President Trump says he will withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal, according to the NY Times pic.twitter.com/plOTL9TVlU
…and in a related story, Rachel Maddow reports that an Israeli “intelligence” firm was hired to smear proponents of the Iran nuke deal; typical behavior from our “ally”…and the cherry on the icing on this shit cake as far as I’m concerned is the relationship by this “Black Cube” outfit both between Harvey Weinstein trying to smear his accusers and those who support the Iran treaty (and yeah, by walking away from the deal, President Fergus Laing will make the world a much more dangerous place as a result...before the commercial break, she was referring to this, by the way)…
…and Cenk and TYT tell us how Neil Cavuto kinda sorta called out the Gropenfuhrer recently– and how funny is it when Cavuto says “Now I’m not calling you a liar…” HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
…and Kyle K. tells us about Don Blankenship running for the Repug U.S. Senate nomination in West Virginia (NSFW)…and I think it’s important to keep this in mind also (more here)…and I think Blankenship’s highlighting of the drug issue with Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao and family actually helps to trivialize it (and leave it to Drudgico, per Nate Silver here, to try and create a “horserace” where one doesn’t appear to exist)…
…and Farron Cousins gets in the face of those who still support our current occupant of An Oval Office (any actual numbers to support that “plenty on the left” claim, by the way?)...
…and given the lead video, I had this song very much in mind (can’t believe it’s 40 years old).
Total Lack of Self-Reflection Example #1, in the matter of NOTHING WHATSOEVER being the fault of Generalissimo Trump – and yeah, I guess it is pretty much a given that it involves Fix Noise…
Fox News under Obama: Don't blame Bush for Obama's problems.
…and as long as we’re on the fourth estate, I give you another chapter of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less), and we’re just taking a short trip this time back a year to 5/8/17; K.O. takes a shot at the media for trying to normalize Number 45, including Philadelphia’s conservative newspaper of record (I really miss these commentaries, but I can’t blame him for saying he’d had enough)…
…and Farron Cousins tells us that that allegedly upstanding Catholic, Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv, is going to lose another battle, this time with the House chaplain; unfortunately, Ryan still has the potential to do more damage until he slithers out of office once and for all (Total Lack of Self-Reflection Example #2)…
…and I thought this was some interesting history on the Nobel Peace Prize, and as I watch it, I wonder if the Gropenfuhrer might actually find a way to bag it in spite of everything – dear God, I hope not…
…and in Total Lack of Self-Reflection Example #3, Cenk reminds us about Ollie North and the Bowe Bergdahl thing as a lead-in to recounting North’s role in the Iran-Contra scandal (timely given this darkly humorous turn)…
…and happy belated 81st birthday to Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar.
Lissette Padilla, Maytha Alhassen, and Mark Thompson of TYT talk about Iowa’s abortion bill – typical for Not Your Father’s Republican Party; and what does it tell you that Sharia Law could actually be preferable on this subject? And yes, the last minute or so of this is spot-on about Former President Hopey Changey – Number 44 did a lot of good, and boy is he missed now, but I wish he and our side had come out with “guns blazing” on so many issues that matter the way the Trumpsters have...
…and Kyle K. tells us that 9 Democrats actually supported a bill to allow “serial offender” banks like Wells Fargo to actually seize your car under the flimsiest of pretexts IMHO and not let the CFPB do anything about it in response (great…more here; NSFW of course)…
…and Farron Cousins tells us about how Sam Bee recently called out Sarah Huckabilly Sanders (NSFW…and mentioning “Hillz” and “BENGHAZI!!!” – HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!)…
…and I’m not exactly going to say that Al Jazeera is a totally impartial observer here, but I think this is factual reporting that we would do well to keep in mind (and Boris Yeltsin helped bring us our formerly ol’ buddy Vlad Putin, let’s not forget)…
The US and Russia have both meddled in other countries’ elections, as well as each others.’
…and is anybodty out there in the mood for kind of a heavy poem about guns? Well, here it is anyway…
‘From Parkland, to Newtown, to Baltimore, don’t you see? You’ve raised a generation fluent in mourning.’ — Poet Eileen Huang’s chilling piece about gun violence in America pic.twitter.com/Dk5Fc9hqvt
I know it’s hard to keep up with all of the scandals surrounding our Tiny-Handed, Treasonous Orange Delusional Maniac in An Oval Office, but I thought this was important to note from last night; basically, that Ukraine blew up an investigation into former (?) Trumpster Paul Manafort in order to buy U.S. Missiles – how con-vee-nient…and the follow-up to this was a report from Ken Vogel about a key Mueller witness high-tailing it back to Russia…
…and I don’t know why anyone continues to be shocked at this point as to why a Trumpster would hob-knob with a criminal like Manafort, or this guy; definitely a feature, not a bug…
Mike Pence heaped praise on ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio — a man who boasted about creating a 'concentration camp' for prisoners pic.twitter.com/b795hTQ64S
…but I guess someone getting played by our ruling executive cabal on Arpaio and the other usual conservative suspects would also believe that environmental regs are actually bad for you…uh huh…
…and I thought this was kind of a nice, spring-ish, pre-summer kind of tune.
Yep, I think it’s pretty safe to say at this point that we know exactly what Number 45 is – and yet again, I say to any Democrat running for office anywhere that you should make your Repug opponent - including this fathead - sign a promise to make sure they campaign with this reality-challenged narcissistic fraud; tie Trump like an anvil around the neck of your opponent…
President Trump made over 3,000 false claims since taking office (about 6.5 lies per day) pic.twitter.com/m0HVZFLTd3
…and given the corporate media histrionics over comedienne Michelle Wolf at the “nerd prom,” it’s easy to lose track of the typically unhinged rally that President Fergus Laing conducted in Michigan at about the same time, but fortunately, Seth Meyers didn’t forget to remind us…
…and Chris Hayes points out yet again that “Bibi” Netanyahu is an utterly disgusting, repugnant liar (also noted here), and we all already know what the “Gropenfuhrer” is (on the Iran nuke deal…even the brief clips shown here of our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Dictator are enough to turn my stomach)…
…and Stephen Colbert tells us about Dr. Harold Bornstein – yeah, “Jackson,” “Johnson”…what’s the dif? (I liked the commentary on “All In” on this last night where the panelists basically said straight up that the way Trump acted in seizing the medical records is the way a mob boss acts – ya’ think? Of course, good luck finding the video at MSNBC’s site)…
...and oopsie! It looks like Uday Trump Jr. accidentally admitted to a crime also, and the House Repugs were dumb enough to recently spill the proverbial beans on it (Farron Cousins explains)...
…and I think the title of this song contains some pretty sage advice (wonder if Finley's doctor is named "Jackson" or "Johnson"...heh).
This tells us that no guns will be let in at the upcoming NRA ammo-sexual convention (yes, I know it’s a Secret Service thing, but I still think it’s hilarious)…
Guns are banned during Mike Pence's speech at the NRA. Do these guys not see the irony??? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/wEgldvBz3J
…and from the ridiculous to the even more ridiculous, I give you this, where the Repug leader of voter disenfranchisement (word?), none other than Kris “Contempt of Court” Kobach, believes that he has the right to impart a civics lesson to students protesting our insane gun policy…
…and I know I didn’t have anything to say about the terror attack in Toronto, so I think I should do so now - definitely not intentional on my part and sympathies to the victims of course (And the “incel” movement? Another brand of murdering cowards)…
…and kudos to Bernie Sanders for making us keep our eye on the proverbial ball about the link between tax cuts and decreased funding for public education, among other economic casualties in the name of coddling the “one percent”…
We have a crisis of public education funding in this country. Twenty-nine states gave less money to schools in 2015 than they did before the recession. That is outrageous. @IPS_DCpic.twitter.com/mj43e1lQbA
...and Dubya's “Mission Accomplished” speech was 15 years ago today; what follows is a prior commentary on this from Keith Olbermann...
…and speaking of milestones, we recently observed the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Broadway musical “Hair.” (I once saw a great Showtime doc on The Cowsills – God, what a star-crossed bunch they were; another band of talented kids who, as far as I’m concerned, had a father who let celebrity go to his head).
(Russert had his issues, but there were plenty of times, like this one, where he was "on the beam" too.)
I guess, given all the kerfuffle at the “nerd prom” on Saturday, I’m almost obligated to comment on it somehow, so here’s a NowThis video on comedienne Michelle Wolf…
'You helped create this monster, and now you're profiting off of him.' — Michelle Wolf *grilled* the media at The White House Correspondents' Dinner pic.twitter.com/W1r1jeuNeD
…as well as Farron Cousins of Ring of Fire (more here, here, here, here, and here – basically, I’ve spent so much time and wasted so many calories – and probably killed a few brain cells – documenting wingnut outrage that I honestly can’t believe that there are some who claim to be on our side who keep falling for this con over and over...and how predictable is this anyway? And I thought this was noteworthy also.)…
(Oh, and as long as I’m on the subject, here’s a “hot take” I’m sure nobody cares about, but I’ll lay it on you anyway. I don’t know what the hell Joy Reid said in prior blog posts, and I don’t care...well, I care very little in the context of the good work Reid has done. The only slight qualm I have with her is that, when in doubt, she and her network tend to marginalize people like Cenk and TYT, Sam Seder, and Kyle Kulinski under the guise of allegedly being a progressive. However, she has to make a living at The Comcast Network, and I know that’s just the price of doing business, sadly. In her favor, she’s fought the good fight plenty of times, and if anybody out there has forgotten that, then they’re stupid. Besides, I GUARANTEE you that, if you’re enough of a masochist to go back through almost 8,000 posts at this site and about 936 at the Wordpress site, you WILL find something objectionable that I’m not proud of, and I’m sorry about that. When you put your opinion out there for better or worse, that’s the price you have to pay sometimes, and I wish Reid’s detractors would keep that in mind.)
…and speaking of Cenk and TYT, he talks with progressive Andrew Sneathern, running in VA’s 5th congressional district which includes Charlottesville – yeah, I think electing a progressive for that district is a great way to extend a middle digit on high to all of the tiki-torch-bearing neo-nazis and other crazies who protested last August…
…and if this isn’t a warning to Dems, I don’t know what is; try coming up with concrete policy proposals, please (and John Jackson is totally wrong, but this gives you an idea of what we’re up against…of course, if our utterly useless corporate media were doing their jobs instead of looking for the fainting couch in response to a woman comedian at that stupid dinner, then voters might know that, but we also can’t use that as an excuse)…
…and this CBC report tells us about the so-called “migrant caravan” on its way to this country (which of course will be met with the predictable outrage from the Gropenfuhrer and his pals, including the subject of this post)…
…and happy 85th birthday to the one and only Willie Nelson.
I didn’t think it was possible for Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv to sink any lower than he already has, but somehow he managed to do it in getting rid of the Jesuit chaplain of the U.S. House (more here and here…and any word from this guy about it, by the way?)…
…and it looks like our Tiny-Handed, Treasonous Orange Dictator went on Fix and Fiends and made an ass out of himself yet again recently, as Michael Brooks of The Majority Report tells us (more here)…
…and The Guardian provides a primer on the 25th Amendment – I think we’re definitely “in the zone” for that, but it will never happen with anyone from the “party of Lincoln” currently taking up space in our nation’s capital; the grift is apparently still good business, good of the country be damned of course…
…and this video is at least a week old, but I think it’s instructive in pointing out how Arizona and other states have ended up in such dire fiscal circumstances, to the point where teachers have to take matters into their own hands (titled “When Tax Cuts Failed,” discussing Sam Brownback and Kansas – to me, that begs a question: when have tax cuts actually ever succeeded, in helping anyone but the ultra-rich I mean? And yeah yeah, I know some businesses made upgrades, but the whole damn scheme was still a flop - a related story is here)…
…and nice work by Dem U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, proposing post office banking for all, as John and Cenk of TYT tell us…
…and given the events of yet another bonkers week, Seth Meyers tries to sum up Generalissimo Trump’s thoroughly incoherent foreign policy (yeah, good luck with that)…
…and I know I’m overdue for some good new music, and I hope this will suffice from someone who I guess is a “gray beard” by now – still has his chops of course.
Oh, and yeah, we know about the Gropenfuhrer’s recent antics while Emmanuel Macron visits our country, but the French president also gave a speech that I think we should all pay attention to – oh, for us to be governed by responsible adults again one day…
…and it looks like Generalissimo Trump’s mouthpiece is going to take the fifth in the civil lawsuit from Stormy Daniels (yeah, karma sure is a bitch, isn’t it, Number 45? And by the way, I recently noticed a YUUUGE billboard on 95 here near So. Philly advertising Daniels coming to Club Risqué…way too damn funny)……
…and I personally think legalizing pot isn’t a panacea, but if 64 percent of this country approves, then maybe that’s the direction we should go (DEFINITELY in favor of decriminalizing, though I want to emphasize that I have NO COMMON GROUND WHATSOEVER with these Fix Noise idiots…and it’s really telling how much the utter chauvinism of that network comes through even when they accidentally make some common sense - NSFW)…
…and o-ho the Wells Fargo wagon is a-comin’ down the street – to rip us off once again!...
The Trump tax cuts are rewarding Wells Fargo—the bank that defrauded millions of customers last year—with $3.7 billion. How does that make sense? pic.twitter.com/quWkIAUCsv
You know, in the back of my mind, I thought he might actually beat the rap, but I believe justice needed to be served, and this it seems was the only way to do that (and as a Temple grad, I’m definitely not going to dance all over anyone’s misfortune here).
He’ll die in prison. And he knows it. And he’ll have a lot of time to think about Andrea Constand. And only he and God know if he preyed upon other women and did similar things, but if he did, he’ll have time to think about that too.
And of course, the Greek chorus of frauds and fools has to be represented by someone (here – and I don’t mean Markos or Mueller).
Update 2: I would be remiss if I didn't include this.
'It is not just a victory for the 62 of us publicly known Cosby survivors...It is also a victory for womanhood, and it is a victory for all sexual assault survivors, female and male.' — Lili Bernard after Cosby was found guilty pic.twitter.com/mMqOxnn7dQ
Trevor Noah tells us about Number 45’s potential “bromance” with French President Emmanuel Macron; yes, we can focus on the “dandruff” thing and all of its absurdity, but trying to save the Iran nuke deal is a deadly serious endeavor, and one which, had we an executive branch that was actually sane and rational, we wouldn’t need to engage in of course…
...and Farron Cousins tells us about the doctor of the Gropenfuhrer accused of drinking on the job and over-medicating patients (nice – what else can we expect from an acolyte of Generalissimo Trump? And I thought this was the appropriate "take")...
…and who could actually STILL be supporting our current occupant of An Oval Office at this point (something to keep in mind considering this and this)? Well, probably too many elderly conservative life forms such as the character depicted in this video from 4/25/10…yeah, you guessed it – time for the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (and before he became part of the “Fix The Debt” scam, former Philly mayor and PA guv Ed Rendell was on the proverbial beam here)…
…and Kyle tells us about actress Natalie Portman declining to accept an award for recent events in Israel – good job by Kyle to remind everyone of Netanyahu’s conduct in 2014 which, as far as I’m concerned, constitutes war crimes (more BDS info is here) – NSFW of course…
…and speaking of strong women, I know I’m a little behind the curve on the video about this brave little girl standing up to bullying, but I couldn’t forget to include it (and kudos to the New York Yankees who replied in support, as well as actor Hugh Jackman)…
Bullying victim Cassidy Slater is getting some support from the NY Yankees ❤️ pic.twitter.com/p7OVHleUlP
...and I was tempted to put up that great song by The Grateful Dead as a bit of a reply, but I did that earlier, so I'm opting for this instead, which I also think is highly appropriate.
