Yeah, I give you more lies from the Gropenfuhrer – imagine the crowing on Fix Noise if a Democratic president somehow had to have a freaking JOB FAIR to fill White House vacancies (maybe they could host a cruise – heh)…
…and Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us about a detention center for kids – GREAT point by Ana about the $$ this bunch of miscreants called Southwest Key is supposedly making (screw anything approximating human rights - it's all about the almighty buck, of course)…
…and it looks like Joseph DeVito of Staten Island is unhappy with one of his heroes – Michael Brooks of The Majority Report explains (NSFW) – I think he means Jimmy Conway from “Goodfellas”…
…and here’s kind of a trippy video to begin your weekend.
Kyle Kulinski tells us about cartoonist Rob Rogers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, whose work has recently been censored by the paper’s new wingnut conservative publisher (NSFW – GREAT point about Breitbart and The Daily Tucker)…
Update 6/15/18: What a bunch of shit - I hope Rogers sues their asses off (here).
…and Rachel Maddow report on papers getting torn up by the Gropenfuhrer, with Annie Karni of Politico (destroying evidence, huh? Please try to explain to me one more time how this ISN’T how a mobster acts, or, at any rate, somebody trying to hide something)…
…and Francis Maxwell of TYT tells us how Betsy DeVos won’t look into gun violence as part of her supposed commission or whatever on trying to keep kids safe in schools…
…and Farron Cousins tells us about the ongoing big grift of Jared and Ivanka (the day that the entire Trump regime ends up in the gray bar hotel should be declared a national holiday)…
…and David Pakman provides what I would call some clear-headed analysis on the Trump-North Korea scam (yeah, wouldn’t surprise me if Generalissimo Trump lifted sanctions for nothing either)…
…and this song has never been more true for the teenaged one than it is today - congrats to him and the rest of his graduating class.
(A program note – posting may drop off towards week's end…don't know yet…)
Here is some analysis on today’s episode of “Celebrity Apprentice President” in North Korea, with Wendy Sherman and other panelists on MSNBC (Chris Hill puts the kibosh on this, as it were, right away, just one of the panel who I all consider to be SMEs on this – all atmospherics between President Fergus Laing and “Rocket Man”…an utter joke to think our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Dictator will see this through…good points also by Richard Haass in particular…Joe Scar sounds like he could use a shot of caffeine…more here...don't feel confident about this either)…
…and Seth Meyers tells us about Trump vs. Canada (yeah, he’s a “traitor” all right – there are all kinds of repellent video out there with the Gropenfuhrer, and kudos to Meyers for reminding us, as sickening as it is…wasn’t laughing at the end because, unfortunately, the scenario isn’t as far-fetched as it used to be)…
…and in other world news, this tells us about Arkady Babchenko on staging his own "death" from NowThis (great point at about 5:02 about trying to destroy what you could call established norms in a country, which parallels Trump as far as I'm concerned – really sucks that I can’t embed their videos any more from Twitter, by the way)...
…and Kyle K. opines on the “anti-Semitism awareness act” (NSFW)…
…and yes, ICE is still horrible, as Hasan Piker reminds us…
…and Kendrick Lamar was in the area recently, which gives me an excuse to push the musical envelope again (very NSFW)...sure it was a good show – haven’t heard anything yet.
Farron Cousins gives us the gory details of the farce orchestrated by Generalissimo Trump and his minions at the recent G7 summit (I predict more memes from the pic above than Governor Bully and the beach chair, by the way)…
…and in a related story, TYT reports on Canada's tariffs against us (love Josh Fox's comment aboot the "South Park" movie - I think they're beating the "Corporate Democrats" thing to death...not saying they don't have a bit of a point, though...one more thing - when it comes to this country and trade, let's keep this in mind, OK?)...
…and last Friday night on “Real Time,” Bill Maher, in his closing “New Rule,” pointed out that Dems, as far as he’s concerned, are more interested in winning the “culture war” than trying to come up with a responsible approach to governance (should they ever get the opportunity to run Congress, at a minimum, ever again, to say nothing of other branches of government). And today, as if to put an exclamation point on that a bit, we have the story of Robert DeNiro saying “f*ck you” to Trump at the Tony Awards, alongside the story of the Supreme Court ruling, by a 5-4 margin as you might have guessed, that it’s OK for the state of Ohio to continue conducting its voter purges (I know Breyer and Sotomayor dissented, and I’m guessing Ginsburg and Kagan were the other two, but I don’t have a confirmation on that yet).
My point is this – the DeNiro story will probably get more traction, but the voter purge story is one of infinitely greater importance and much more of a threat to the institution of voting in this country. And this suits the Repugs just fine; they can continue pulling this garbage while we continue to distract ourselves as far as they’re concerned (and yes, I know the right-wing outrage machine would have cranked up no matter what DeNiro had said, but something more articulate would have been better all around).
The Repugs know, of course, how to connive themselves into power by playing the voters of this country like the proverbial fiddle with their typical “red meat,” dog whistle BS, and they sure as hell know what to do with that power when they have it (the stolen Merrick Garland Supreme Court seat now occupied by movement right-wing ideologue Neil Gorsuch will be a haunting legacy probably for decades). Oh, but DeNiro sure burned Trump at the Tony Awards, didn’t he?
I think too many on our side assume that, if we keep beating up Trump for voters without articulating as clearly as we can how we are substantially better than the “party of Lincoln,” voters will say, “Oh, I now know how much Trump stinks (in case they hadn’t figured that out already), so I’ll vote Democratic now.” Well, in reality, what happens when we don’t campaign the way we should (and if you’re a Dem and you’re NOT running on the economy, why are you running at all?) is that voters will say instead, “Oh, I now know how much Trump stinks…so I won’t bother to show up on Election Day.” As a case study, all you need to do is look to the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 (notwithstanding the other garbage from Comey, Russia and the “Bernie or bust” crowd, among other culprits).
I know our side is mobilizing for the fall, and we need to keep doing that and redouble our efforts. All I’m saying is that we should all be on the same page when it comes to policy and articulating why we’re infinitely better than the Tiny-Handed, Treasonous Orange Egomaniac currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. And though I respect the hell out of DeNiro, I’m not sure that an F-blast on world-wide TV helps our cause all that much.
So OK, with that admittedly long-winded preamble out of the way, here is what Maher said (NSFW)…
…and Kyle gives us his take on the aforementioned SCOTUS ruling about Ohio (more here – slightly NSFW)…
…and Sam Seder tells us about Mariah Parker, sworn into office as a Athens – Clarke County, Georgia commissioner on a copy of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” which of course caused the heads of wingnuts to automatically explode…
...and RIP Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac (the original version of the band, that is).
What follows is our corporate media glossing over the thoroughly indefensible (but totally typical) act of the Trumpsters to not defend the ACA in a court suit against the individual mandate (I mean, the ACA has been upheld by 2 Supreme Court rulings, but screw the rule of law as far as Generalissimo Trump is concerned) – more of a real-world perspective on this is here (And remember how Alan Grayson was once ridiculed over his “die quickly” remark? I would say that looks eerily prescient now)…
…and RIP Anthony Bourdain; I give him credit for exposing not just different types of food but other cultures also, to say nothing of sustainability and smart food choices (and people, if you feel like you need help, please find a way to get it – we all need to do that from time to time)…
...also, Lawrence O'Donnell tells us that the UN is condemning this country for putting kids in cages - as Atrios would say, we do so love our children (with Maria Teresa Kumar - GREAT point about having to pass comprehensive immigration reform - uh, Democrats? You DNC centrist Beltway LOSERS! Are you paying attention? Maybe you could actually BITCH OUT LOUD ABOUT THIS! Rock-a-bye baby...)...
…and as a bit of a follow-up item, Sam Seder and Michael Brooks present a security border patrol officer fronting for the Gropenfuhrer on Fix and Fiends - sure, like everything else, blame Obama for actually being a decent human being...
...also, Farron Cousins tells us about the woman who apparently said that talking to Trump was like talking to a toddler; I think that’s pretty insulting to toddlers, actually (the stuff on the teacher lockdown drill at the end was particularly powerful, by the way)...
…and I realize that there’s a lot of heavy stuff in this post, and here’s another similar item – Prince would have been 60 yesterday.
I’m taking a break from the usual back-and-forth in the news to observe the 50th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy – here is a Pathe report on his funeral…
…and here is the report from ABC News, including a portion of Ted Kennedy’s eulogy, repeating the quote from Shaw noted in the clip above (which, I think, DESERVES repeating)…
…and on the PBS Newshour, Judy Woodruff speaks with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and filmmaker Dawn Porter about Robert Kennedy’s legacy…
…and I know she wrote this song for Dylan, but whenever I hear it, I think of RFK also.
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.
