So apparently Generalissimo Trump, as we near the impeachment vote, wrote some gonzo letter to Dem U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – lather, rinse, repeat…
…and Sam and the TMR crew comment on the New York Times apparently walking back, albeit slightly, their hit piece on Cenk Uygur saying he gave de facto support to David Duke – yeah, tell me again how “liberal” The Old Gray Lady really is (more here)…
This is the clip I was looking for about the recently passed NDAA bill, the alleged “compromise” signed off on by the Democratic U.S. House “leadership” and quite rightly criticized by Bernie Sanders and Dem U.S. Rep Ro Khanna…I’ll remember this the next time I get an Email from Nancy Pelosi screaming for money and reminding me how many times she has already asked…
…and Farron Cousins tells us about AOC criticizing the fact that health insurance lobbyists took 40 congressional staffers on a spa retreat (and both Repugs AND Dems, sadly – how the hell is that NOT illegal?)...
...and here are more seasonal selections, including another new item...
David Pakman tells us that a federal judge ruled against the Gropenfuhrer trying to use military funds for his stoo-pid border wall - lots of good points about immigration in this clip also…
…and Kyle presents the Bernie Sanders video on the Naval Air Force vet who wanted to kill himself (and I know HRC hasn't covered herself in glory lately, but I think Kyle is being a little too dismissive here for what it’s worth...tremendous stories like this are a big reason why I get so pissed off at all of the “horse race” political coverage in this country at the expense of stories like this about how people are helped or, in this case, hurt by actual policy, and I know I’m not alone on that...)...
…and as far as I’m concerned, not only is former-Dem-turncoat-U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew a coward, but he’s a lousy political strategist also, as noted here (Van Drew is the guy who bailed over the impeachment vote...more here and here)…
…and Thom Hartmann gives us his take on the UK election and why he thinks it's different from the US campaign; more baggage for Corbyn vs. Bernie and less for Johnson vs. Generalissimo Trump (though targeted ads on social media are sure a common denominator of course)...
Stephen Colbert gives the Gropenfuhrer and his minions the treatment they deserve in light on 45’s typically disgusting attack against Greta Thunberg, recently named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year as we know by now…
…and I thought it was telling that Huckleberry Graham got up and walked away while Dick Durbin, while questioning IG Michael Horowitz on alleged political bias of FBI investigators getting in the way of them doing their duty as professionals, basically blasted Graham’s idiotic statement to pieces (and yeah, I would say that Graham’s screed is a preview of the show trial Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao will concoct shortly to absolve Mango Mussolini)…
…and Emma Vigeland of Rebel HQ gave us what I thought was a pretty good take on the recently-passed “compromise” defense budget that I alluded to earlier this week, the one that Ro Khanna spoke out against in much the same manner as Vigeland does here…
…and I applaud Farron Cousins’s support here for Bernie of course (re, workers dying and contemplating suicide at Amazon warehouses), but it’s going to take more than one person to fix the mess we’re in, and I’m afraid it’s going take a lot more than one presidential term of office…
...and the prior clip alluded somewhat to holiday shopping by mentioning Amazon I know, which is probably an OK segue into some seasonal stuff, so here it is.
(I know I said earlier in the week that I couldn’t find a video on the Pensacola shooting that gave the context I was looking for – also, I know there was another mass shooting in Jersey City recently, though it looks like the details are still being sorted out. Well, Dem U.S. House Rep Ro Khanna, who continues to impress, gave a speech in response to the rubber-stamped-by-U.S.-House-Dems defense budget including the Gropenfuhrer’s “Space Force” and MORE $$ for defense…what he said in protest was spot-on big time, and if I can find something on it, I’ll put it up here - I’d be shocked if Kyle K. didn’t have a video on it.)
In the meantime, Farron Cousins tells us here about a video featuring impeachment-butt-hurt Trumpsters in Hershey, PA “talkin’ ‘bout a revolution,” you might say, and I think Cousins’s response is spot-on…
Update: Yeah, there always seems to be more to this stuff (here).
…and David Doel shows us AOC doing what she does best, and that is to stick up for working people in this country, on the issue of paid parental leave in particular here (not surprised at how well Iceland is managing this stuff…and I understand Doel’s point about the idiocy of putting this family leave bill in an “omnibus” bill of sorts, but hey – let’s thank everyone in this country who stupidly votes for Republicans and makes us settle for half a loaf, as it were, which is probably appropriate context for what Khanna said also…as Atrios sez, we do so love our children, don’t we?)…
...and here are more seasonal selections, including a number I haven't put up here in a little while.
Cenk and Ana tell us about the latest, typical Trumpian imbecilic garbage; leave it the “party of Lincoln” to not understand what actually happens in “Endgame” after that scene, as Cenk says (and just imagine the caterwauling if, say, Obama had come out with an ad like this against Boehner, Cantor, Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao, etc. – he'd be laughed at, quite rightly)…
...and Kyle K. tells us more about FDR and support for Social Security, even from a Republican president (and by the way, the top end marginal tax rate under Ike was 90 percent - I wish Kyle didn’t have that “Tulsi” blind spot, but nobody’s perfect – “a massive shift of the Overton Window to the left” indeed)...
...and here are more seasonal tunes...
...and I never had an issue with this song, by the way...
…and does anyone have a bicarbonate of soda (for all the times the Trump regime makes us sick to our stomachs)?
It appears Lee Fang caught Devin Nunes (R-Cow) off guard a bit with a question about Nunes’s calls to Lev Parnas – hmm, do I smell another nuisance lawsuit from Nunes coming up? (here)…
…and Farron Cousins tells us that soybean farmer Chris Gibbs has decided to run as an independent against Gym Jordan for the latter’s U.S. House seat (here)…
…and it’s getting to the point where, as the song goes a bit, I have so many issues with Mayor Pete that I can’t catalog them all, but I think Cenk, Ana and Emma Vigeland touch on a big one here with Buttigieg and the South Bend, Indiana police force…
…and I would laugh more at this if it weren’t for the fact that our tax dollars are being used to fund this idiocy…
(By the way, I cannot locate for the moment a video on the Pensacola Navy shooting and the suspect in custody who's apparently a radicalized Saudi – at least, I can’t track one down that doesn’t include Mango Mussolini – but I’ll keep trying, and if I can find something, I’ll put it up here.)
Apparently Bill Hemmer is going to get the slot on Fix Noise formerly held by Shep Smith (here), which, as far as I’m concerned, is yet another indicator that what passes for legitimate journalism on that network is on the equivalent of life support with a thread of a pulse (basically, if Chris Wallace goes, they’ve flat lined in that regard)…
…and normally I don’t put up videos of hosts speaking with callers unless they’re particular subject matter experts on something, but I thought this was a great exchange between Thom Hartmann and a gentleman from North Carolina about taxation and the economy of this country vs. Scandinavia (and bless you for supporting expanded health care, Barry)…
…and I know I put up the Michael Brooks video on Hillary Clinton and Howard Stern last Friday, but I happen to know of a particularly ridiculous Twitter spat or two that broke out over the weekend blaming Bernie Sanders for this somehow, and I think David Doel quite rightly brings the receipts on this whole thing, you might say – don’t think I’ve ever seen him so disgusted, and for good reason (and as for Stern, one of the reasons why he may just be the best interviewer out there is that he manages to get scalps, you might say, and he did it here with HRC)…
…and I absolutely cannot let this day pass without wishing a happy 103rd * (!) birthday to a true patriot and hero in our midst, and that would be none other than the one and only Kirk Douglas; he helped to break the Hollywood black list by hiring Dalton Trumbo to write the screen play for this movie (and credit also to Otto Preminger for hiring Trumbo to do the same for Exodus)…
...and it's time once more for some holiday selections.
...and I know I'm a day late with this selection, but I still didn't want to forget it.
Every once in awhile Lawrence O’Donnell completely nails it on an issue, and I would say he definitely did that here with Mayor Pete and the latter’s idiocy over the Dems and deficits (all politicians are opportunists I know, but it’s amazing to me in spite of it all what kind of a pass Buttigieg is getting from our corporate media otherwise, which makes O’Donnell’s piece all the more commendable)…
…and I know I’ve given the Clintons a pass a lot of times because I think it was completely deserved (I’m not sure how much you remember, but I remember how they were RELENTLESSLY ATTACKED for all 8 years of President Clinton’s term, usually for utter nonsense), and I think Michael Brooks needs to look a bit more at the context of the Clinton Administration trying to get ANYTHING done with the Dole/Gingrich Repug congress of that era, but I also think he’s fundamentally right to criticize them on the issues of crime and welfare reform (Should the legislation have been passed? Hindsight is 20-20 I know and maybe there were good goals and intentions at the time, but I’d like to see more self-examination and criticism from the Clintons on that)…all of that being said, I should tell you that my grace period, if you will, for HRC just ended with a thud over her recent interview on Howard Stern (the guy is funny at times as far as I’m concerned, though usually I don’t care to hear him – however, only an idiot would argue that he isn’t formidable at his job)…to me, she didn’t really attack Bernie Sanders directly but just treated him and his candidacy with some kind of effete disregard, as if she was trying to swat a fly, which may actually be worse than attacking him – given what I just said about the Clintons and the 90s, you would think they would understand the importance of the Sanders campaign…I think Brooks also makes a good point about how she took three years too long to appear on Stern’s program, when maybe appearing during the ’16 campaign would have made her more approachable to people somehow…amazing to me that HRC has either forgotten or somehow didn’t know about Sanders’s appearances for her during when she was the nominee – she was poorly served but she also shot herself in the foot too, and this is an example of that (also, there's a brief swear word at the very end FWIW)…
Update 12/7/19: I know this may come as a shock, but Sanders actually has plans for how he would fund his proposals (here is an example, in response to this).
Keep digging, Hillz.
...and here are more seasonal selections, starting with a number that I probably should have had in the past also, but here it is now.
Awww, it looks like Generalissimo Trump haz a sad at the recent NATO conference, with Justin Trudeau getting in his shots; yes, they’re all acting like a bunch of heathers, as it were, I know, but hey, if you want to play with the big boys and girls, this is the way it is (and I’m sure Our Treasonous, Tiny Handed Orange Dictator will run crying to Fix Noise over it all eventually)…
…and the prior clip was comically stupid, but this one is positively infuriating; Cenk, Ana and Emma Vigeland (whose anger is totally justified) tell us that George Zimmerman is suing the family of Trayvon Martin…yeah, you read that right (and yeah, hold up Larry Klayman and Joel Gilbert to be publicly excoriated over it too - more here; the next time you hear somebody criticize Black Lives Matter, show them this clip)…
...and I don't know about you, but I definitely need some seasonal tunes as a palate cleanser of sorts, especially after that last item.
David Doel presents a CNN clip of Bernie Sanders supporters in Kentucky – yes, you read that right; and yes, as Doel points out, if our news organizations with initials for names were truly doing their jobs, this wouldn’t be one bit surprising…
…and I have to give our former ol’ buddy Vlad Putin props here for not appearing to pull the strings on our Repug politicians, including the Gropenfuhrer of course (here)…
…and it must be nice to have so much leftover $$ to spend stupidly like this (that is, Chris Hayes and Nick Confessore tell us about the sales of Uday Trump Jr.’s book)…
…and in a way, I didn’t want to highlight the garbage from this Daniella Stella person against Dem U.S. House Rep Ilhan Omar, but I think that she (Stella I mean) and this other monster named Patrick Carlineo need to be called out (God, parts of this country are truly sick – more on Stella is here; what a charming individual)…
Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew tell us that “Bedbug Bret” Stephens of The Old Gray Lady leapt to the defense of billionaires again recently here…
…and Kyle brings us this report from The Intercept about protestors charged with “felony rioting” in AZ when they exercised their lawful right of free speech (more here)…
…and Farron Cousins tells us about how Gym Jordan and the rest of the U.S. House Repugs just released their 123-page fantasy report exonerating the Gropenfuhrer…and yeah, I would say it’s a bit premature also for them to be concocting this dreck…
…and I thought this was a reasonable take by our friends to the north on why Sen. Kamala Harris just dropped out of the Democratic presidential race, even though I don’t see a path for Amy Klobuchar either; for whatever my take on this is worth, I write this off to “death by centrism” and Bloomberg/Steyer/”insert your millionaire candidate name here” big money…
Update: What Mr. Pierce sez here (may need to subscribe)...
John I. and Brooke Thomas of “The Damage Report” push back on the “do-nothing Dems” idiocy from the Gropenfuhrer in light of the impeachment proceedings (and why am I not the least bit surprised that AOC has been so productive?)…
…and nice job by DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake to tell Fix Noise humanoid Bill Hemmer just how unconscionable he and his network of cretins really are (speaking of pushing back…and yeah, looks like somebody was “triggered,” you might say, and it wasn’t Blake)…
...and here's the first batch of holiday selections (playing with this list a bit).
Farron Cousins tells us that Generalissimo Trump got a bit of a temporary reprieve recently from the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR in the matter of handing over his tax returns to the U.S. House Dems (and yeah, it’s truly scary to contemplate that The Supremes could give a ruling that would make our orange nightmare a dictator for real – never, EVER vote for Repugs, people; that’s the only way to try and stop this garbage)…
…and Ana, Jayar Jackson and Adrienne Lawrence tell us about the latest Trumpian numbskull, some life form named Clarence Mason Weaver (can't imagine what it takes to dig up characters like this misogynist a-hole, and hopefully I never will)…
…and this tells us about ICE and the fake Michigan university they came up with to lure people in so they could be deported - I think our corporate media in this country was a little slow to report on this since I found some YouTube clips from overseas that were months older...aside from the typically stupid Trumpster cruelty behind this, nonsense like this is only going to accelerate the "brain drain" of foreign students choosing to study elsewhere, with some of them likely becoming entrepreneurs who will create tomorrow's jobs in other countries instead of here…
…and leading into overseas-related stuff, this NYT clip tells us that Mango Mussolini wants to save the oil from Syria of course (saying the quiet part out loud again), but our military is trying to defeat the reconstituted version of ISIS, with their metaphorical hands tied a bit somewhat by our Russian Operative in An Oval Office…
…and in a related vein, I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less), and this time we’re only going around the block to 11/28 last year, with Kyle K. reporting on the Yemen Massacre (more here – an update is here)…
…and Thom Hartmann speaks with journalist Jamal Abdi – Iran, Lebanon and Iraq are apparently experiencing turmoil (I have no faith whatsoever that the imbeciles in charge of our federal government have a clue as to what could come next, which is all the more terrifying)…
…returning to this country and lightening things up a bit, Ali Velshi gives us a bit of a history lesson involving FDR when it comes to the holiday we just observed (and of course, The Gropenfuhrer is trying to exploit it as per usual)…
…and given that it’s Black Friday, I guess it really is that time of year again – dear God.
I got a kick out of this pic, I have to admit (courtesy of Pixdaus and Daily Kos)...
...and here's another holiday fave, with an intro by Seth MacFarlane as Stewie Griffin (and again, the captions make this hilarious as far as I'm concerned)...
...and here's more holiday fun...
...and I kind of liked this also (hat tip for this to Daily Kos)...
...and here's a Thanksgiving message for those wonderful folks at the TSA.
Update 1: And here is another late addition.
Update 2: Might as well add this too.
Update 3: Imagine all the people that can be fed for $35 grand (here, getting serious for a minute).
Update 4: And since I add to this list every year, I might as well include this too (hasta la vista, baby!).
Update 5: And I suppose this is an apropos item for the era of the Gropenfuhrer.
…and thank goodness the “culture warriors” of Fix Noise are trying to protect the holiday (more here)…
…and I guess this is an appropriate tune for the day...
…and you know what? The John Hiatt tune is great IMHO, but here is another one that fits in as far as I'm concerned.
(Sorry I messed up the day – the L-Tryptophan kicked in a little early.)...Kyle Kulinski tells us that, according to Rick “Goodhair” Perry, the Gropenfuhrer has been chosen by God, and no, I don’t think it’s correct to say any political leader has been chosen by The Almighty (Perry does have that whole "fundie" rap down pat, though, I have to admit - pardon me while I vomit in my mouth)…
…and Michael Brooks tells us that House Ranking Member Devin Nunes (on the Intel Committee…yeah, Nunes is pretty “rank” all right) is suing everybody – too funny (more here - NSFW)…
…and TYT tells us how Steve Schmidt of MSNBC is turning on Bernie – love the order of Schmidt’s coalition by the way, meaning the Dems are the last on the list with Repugs first and then independents; I reluctantly agree with Schmidt’s assertion that we shouldn’t take Trump for granted, but that’s about it; I definitely agree with Cenk and Ana’s assessment of Schmidt – and by the way, speaking of corrupt millionaires running for office, I give you this (and GREAT points by Cenk about Caribou Barbie and Alaskan “socialism,” as well as Claire McCaskill)…
…and speaking of MSNBC, the more I see of “Mayor Pete,” the more I blame that allegedly “liberal” network for “riding the tire swing” with him to prop him up and crowd people like Julian Castro and Kamala Harris off the stage (great takedown here by David Doel – more here; yeah, I think he wants to “get out of South Bend” too)…
Update 11/27/19: In the matter of “sensible centrist” Democrats, I think this is a great post (and sadly true as far as I can see). And you’d better believe the “party of Lincoln” knows all about the fissure between the true Democratic base (as far as I’m concerned) embracing Bernie, Warren, and maybe Yang/Castro/Harris at this point, and the corporatist crowd who just loves Biden and Mayor Pete (and this guy). Also, if you don’t think the Repugs are working on a strategy to exploit that divide and turn it into a chasm next year, then I’ve got a bridge to one of the five New York boroughs to sell you.
…and Robert Reich asks who’s worse – Mango Mussolini or Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao (tough call)…
…and happy 80th birthday to the former Anna Mae Bullock of Nutbush, Tennessee.
Farron Cousins tells us about a life form named Ken LaCorte, who, it seems, is running a “fake news farm” in Macedonia (didn’t believe there was such a thing either, and yeah, I’m sure it’s legal because you have to prove intent somehow – doesn’t make it any less disgusting, though)…
…and God, was this funny – and richly deserved too…
…and Rudy has “insurance”? You mean, like a mobster? I hope one day Rudy ends up doing a “perp walk”…
…and David Doel tells us about Bernie trending upward in the polls; and yeah, Biden is “The scourge of cable news” indeed…I’m starting to understand how the phrase “OK, boomer” became a thing…
…and Kyle tells us the latest about the coup in Bolivia – yep, scary stuff…
…and I’m not exactly sure where I’ll be this Thursday or what I’ll be doing (well, aside from the usual for the holiday), but I definitely didn’t want to forget about this song.
Sam Seder and the TMR crew tell us about the push-back from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman against Gym Jordan – by the way, I hope everyone who has trashed the Dems at various points for handling this hearing on the Gropenfuhrer’s illegality with Ukraine will give them credit for basically burying Number 45, if you will, through expert testimony…yes, I think they should have managed to work in the emoluments violations also, but they need to keep this as simple as they can for the American voter; sorry if that sounds snarky, but it’s true…
…and this WaPo clip is a bit of a compilation of Dr. Fiona Hill’s testimony yesterday (more here)…
…and Robert Reich provides some historical context on this here (and speaking of presidents, I haven’t forgotten about this)…
…and speaking of Mango Mussolini, I’m sure Susan Collins will be “very disappointed” to hear about this (to help Collins feel even more disappointed, click here)…
…and in the matter of our Orange Pestilence and elections, Farron Cousins tells us that Trump recently endorsed LA gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone, who ended up losing to Dem incumbent John Bel Edwards…
…and Kyle K. gives us an example of Bernie Sanders absolutely nailing it in the recent Dem candidates presidential debate on a question about Afghanistan and how our military is so badly over-extended…
…and this TYT clip tells us that Tweety thinks BERNIE IS TOOO STROOOONG!!! (truly hilarious – a little surprised to see Cenk on the panel since he’s a declared political candidate at this point, but I’m OK with that)…
...and happy birthday to Tina Weymouth of The Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads.
It looks like Gordon Sondland put the entire ruling Trump regime, along with RoJo as well apparently, into a little box titled “quid pro quo” wrapped in a ribbon with Putin’s face on it (possibly - more here)…
…and Seth Meyers tells us about prior hearings with Jennifer Williams and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman…
…and it’s probably too much to ask for Mike Pompeo to go to prison just like his criminally stupid and inept boss, but it sure would be sweet if he did, as Brian Tyler Cohen tells us (this clip is particularly good because of the push-back against the scurrilous attacks against the Obama Administration on Ukraine, among Pompeo’s avalanche of utter lies - oh, and isn't this interesting?)...
…and I definitely thought this was more than a little bit of insight into “Mayor Pete” from John I. and Ana of TYT featuring a clip of the South Bend mayor talking to some Teahadists back in the day…
…and gosh, color me not shocked; the “Morning Jo(ke)” crew just loves them some Buttigieg big time anyway (and on the Indiana mayor and SC, I give you this once more)…
…and I keep telling the title of this song to myself whenever I contemplate the utter nightmare of alleged “governance” going on in this country thanks to the MAGA crowd and various other complicit bad actors, including, once more, this guy, who remains silent as death on the subject.
It’s kind of late in the game for this as far as I’m concerned, but kudos to Dem U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for refusing to let the so-called "party of Lincoln" propagate their typical “Don’t look there! Look over there instead!” nonsense, which they’ve been practicing for at least 30 years, but the difference this time is that the stakes for our democracy have truly never been higher in the matter of the Gropenfuhrer’s impeachment hearing, as Brian Tyler Cohen explains…
…and Andrew Ross Sorkin, among others, has been an apologist for the “one percent” for a little while now, so this behavior is par for his own wretched course, if you will; the story has to do with CNBC apparently getting ready for the fainting couch over Dem U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren going after billionaires on tax policy...
…and as Kyle tells us, it looks like Cenk Uygur is running for Congress to fill Katie Hill’s seat (I think this is some particularly astute commentary from Kyle about income levels in voting districts – to help Cenk, click here)…
…and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 11/18/09, with a Brave New Films segment called “16 Deaths Per Day” (here) having to do with workplace safety violations.
To update this somewhat, I should point out that OSHA is under the DOL run by Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, who worked hard to overturn a Clinton-era law to protect workers against repetitive strain injuries in the workplace, and he defended SeaWorld when a killer whale killed a trainer (both noted here). However, this tells us that some former DOL officials have said that Scalia has been "very supportive of enforcement litigation to vindicate the rights of workers, both at the trial and appellate levels," to be fair. The Wikipedia article, though, also tells us Scalia “has a long record of defending major corporations against financial and labor regulations” and “Since 2003, he has defended Wall Street firms against financial oversight.”
There are a lot of links out there to worker accidents and citations against companies for safety violations, but I really couldn’t come up with data indicating any trends. I mean, I’d love to think that the number of workplace incidents have decreased, but given that we’re living under the Trump regime, I’m skeptical of that claim for that reason alone (though this was a recent related story that was positive IMHO)…
…and as somewhat of a lapsed NHL fan, I had a bit of passing interest in the latest drama involving Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry, but for all of the reasons David Doel so astutely notes, Cherry’s comeuppance was LOOONG overdue (and this was about as predictable as flatulence after an attack of indigestion)…
I give Seth Meyers credit for keeping us focused on the utterly wretched individuals finding their way onto our federal courts courtesy of
Generalissimo Trump and Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao…I know we touched on the Van Dyke stuff earlier – the laughter in response to the Van Dyke clip is thoroughly deserved as far as I’m concerned (the Meyers clip is timely in light of this – so fed up with going through the exercise of fighting these cretins only to see Repugs force them onto courts all over this country anyway because they can)…
…and for more emphasis on what a POS Menashi is, I give you this clip from Dem U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Menashi was confirmed by every Repug U.S. senator except Susan Collins, who only voted the way she did because she’s probably in the political fight of her life for voting for “Schlitz” Kavanaugh)…
...and every time I hear our utterly craven, bought-and-paid-for corporate media gush about Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, or whichever billionaire or former politician has decided to run for the Dem presidential nomination over the last 24 hours, I want to take my PC monitor and throw it out the window because, unfortunately, it’s helping to suck the life out of the Kamala Harris campaign…yes, I know she had some missteps during those debates, but as far as I’m concerned, she’s rock solid on the issues that matter, as noted here on the recent CA mass shooting…
Update: As noted here (with the Senate Majority Leader trying to make some kind of a typically stoo-pid joke at the expense of the Dems, which wasn't even factually correct), #MoscowMitch is sitting on an extended background check bill that passed the U.S. House on February 27th.
…and speaking of trying to suck the life out of something, David Pakman tells us here about the issues his show is having with CNN and Facebook; I usually try to avoid “meta” stuff like this, but I think this is a cautionary tale for anyone trying to generate and post content online – also, if this helps his show get more subscribers, all the better…
…and as Farron Cousins tells us, it looks like wingnut U.S. House Rep. Matt Gaetz wants a jail sentence for the woman who tossed a red liquid at him – typical…good point about Daddy Gaetz getting his worthless progeny to blow off his own DUI cases…
...and John I. and Michael Brooks bring us up to date on some world stuff, including the coup in Bolivia which I'd heard of but really didn't understand until I saw this, though it is sadly predictable I realize (the Marshall Islands stuff and true cost of the GWOT post-9/11 are stomach-churning also)...
…and there’s definitely no way I could let this week come to an end without including this clip – I have to admit that I hadn’t paid attention to John Oliver for a little while, but this is an absolutely magnificent takedown of West Virginia’s Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy…builds up to one of the all-time-great roasts, and Oliver manages to come up with a terrific report on SLAPP lawsuits also (just assume the whole thing is NSFW and keep your headphones on, or watch at home)…
...and I realize this is perilously close to actual country music, but I thought this was a neat, relatively new tune, so here it is.
Yep, just another chapter of Life In These United States, Part The Infinity as Charlie Pierce might say – based on this, apparently there is a suspect in custody (and never forget this either...and please don't feed the trolls...this proves Cenk's point as far as I'm concerned, meaning that NOTHING happened following the story in August)…
…and Dem U.S. House Rep Peter Welch of the great state of Vermont is my hero of the day for this (responding to that fraud Gym Jordan as noted here)…
…and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about the testimony of U.S. Ambassador Bill Taylor at the impeachment hearing for the Gropenfuhrer yesterday – drip, drip, drip…
…and Sam and the crew from TMR tell us that Bret the Bedbug and “The Mooch” have a new man-crush, this time on Michael Bloomberg apparently running for president – yeah, let’s just push this stoo-pid new narrative to try and crowd Bernie, Warren, Harris etc. off the stage once more (and I think Sam nailed it with that proposed slogan at the end)…
…and I have to admit that I’m shocked to hear that Jimmy Dore actually did something constructive, and with that in mind, I give you Kyle K. showing a clip of JFK long ago talking about universal health care in MSG (and yeah, if you want to criticize Bill Clinton for all the “Third Way” stuff, go ahead, but don’t try to erase the fact that HRC fought for universal health care in the ‘90s…and yeah, maybe Obama could have done more, but look at the insanity he was dealing with on the other side and give him a little credit, OK?)…
…and happy belated birthday to Neil Young – definitely mindful of the first clip in this post for this selection.
Pete Williams of NBC News reports on the Supreme Court hearing a case from our ruling regime to close down the DACA program and the related protests; yes, good point that this is the oral arguments stage and we’re months away from a ruling, but better to make noise about this now than to keep quiet about it…
Update: If the Dems get control of federal government again, pack the Court - enough of this shit (here).
…and Thom Hartmann tells us how the Gropenfuhrer’s corruption is being reported by our friends “across the pond,” in particular on the story of raiding his charity for his 2016 presidential campaign (the report from CREW that Thom sites is pretty damning also)…
…and nice work by Dem U.S. House Rep Jim Himes of CT here pushing back on Chuck Todd and that lying fraud Rand Paul…
…and kudos to Dem U.S. House Rep Elaine Luria for this, given our observance yesterday (and many thanks for her service)…
Update 11/13/19: I should probably have already linked to this site before, but please allow me to do so now (here).
…and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 11/11/15, which is another reminder of the obscene wealth inequality in this country (and I’m sure the numbers have only gotten worse since this video was put together – if you’re a Dem and you don’t support foundational, structural change in our economy to level the playing field, then you shouldn’t be running for anything)…
...and with yesterday's holiday in mind as well as the prior two clips (as well as this), I give you this selection which also would have worked for yesterday, though the Springsteen cover worked out fine as far as I'm concerned.
This clip from NowThis features individuals who served in our military who want to see the Gropenfuhrer impeached – gee, I wonder how many people out there still have their “Support Our Troops” ribbons on their vehicles? If you don’t support these brave men and women for real, then your “patriotism” is as worthless as your bumper sticker…
…and it may be sacrilegious to talk about the vacuous spawn of our Russian Operative In Chief on this day of all days, but sometimes his callow stupidity screams out for a response, as I believe it does today…
…and Farron Cousins tells us that the Kentucky GOP is trying to get a radio person named Matt Jones disqualified from running for the Dem nomination vs. Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao – interesting look at legal ramifications for the other side too from Cousins who, let’s not forget, is an attorney…
...and Leon Cooperman can cry me a bleeping river, as David Doel explains...
…and in his apparently ongoing quest to afflict the afflicted and comfort the comfortable, it looks like Sen. “No Corporate Tax” Pat Toomey of PA (R-Worthless) is trying to get some kind of a law passed to keep presidents from banning fracking, which of course is aimed right at the Dems (here) – many reasons why this is a stupid gesture, but here’s one; I have not found any indication that any Dem presidential candidate actually wants to do this, but even if they did, it surely would be overturned in court, despite the fact that I and many others would support it of course…Toomey may think presidents can rule arbitrarily after witnessing Generalissimo Trump, the head of his party, but Dems, for all their failings, actually know how government is supposed to work, and apparently Toomey doesn’t…here is a bit of a reminder on this subject which needs to be updated of course (more here)…
…and I know there are all kinds of tunes that fit for this day, but here’s a cautionary tale if ever there was one.
