Yeah, it appears that Larry Kudlow is every bit the type of miscreant that you would expect to populate the Gropenfuhrer’s cabinet of fools and frauds (and a snowflake to boot based on this)…
Update 8/22/18: Only on a news day as utterly unbelievable as yesterday could this story be put on the proverbial back burner.
…and of all the Trump criminals in our ruling regime, I think we need to pay more attention to this Elliott Broidy character – I’ll admit that paying off the women Trump cheated with may be low-hanging fruit, as it were, by comparison with the mountain of other garbage, and as much as I detest Trump I’m still not hearing proof that he knocked up somebody and paid for an abortion, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it eventually turned out to be true…
…and Farron Cousins talks about a Robert Reich column about how Generalissimo Trump is trying to abolish every regulation that he can, although this is definitely a “team R,” thing overall if you will (and Cousins doesn’t provide any proof that it’s partly a “team D” thing as well, unfortunately, though I’m sure he could back up that claim)…
…and speaking of Reich, he tells us why our Treasonous, Tiny Handed Orange Egomaniac’s trade war is ruinous for this country…
…and I hope you’re up for an encore of Aretha Franklin tunes, because here it comes (and of all of her legendary recordings, “Think” may be the most transcendent as far as I’m concerned).
Cenk and Ana of TYT discuss Generalissimo Trump and revoking the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan - all of the people who've had their clearance removed by Trump, including Brennan, have worked with Comey and/or have some relationship to the Russia investigation (and that goes for more people who could also have their clearances taken away, which Trump is making noise about of course)…if these people don’t have their clearances, then they can’t prepare for testimony, including before Congress and/or Mueller…fortunately, people like Dem U.S. Senator Mark Warner are wise to this; of course, trying to stop it is another story (Rachel Maddow had a good video on that last night, but if you want to try and find it at MSNBC’s site, be my guest…this was the story Cenk teased a bit at the end, by the way…kudos to Adm. McRaven)…
…and a lot of this is echoed by Ari Melber, author and former CIA analyst David Priess and Tim O’Brien of Bloomberg News (and yeah, we know what Sarah Hillbilly Sanders and Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv truly are, but since we’re talking about our thoroughly compromised corporate courtier media here, Heaven forbid that they don’t get their faces on TV)…
…and staying with national security and international stuff, Kyle K. tells us how pulling out of the Iran nuke deal has been disastrous (NSFW at the very end)…
…and happy 75th birthday to legendary Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro (and, as we know, DACA turned out to be yet another Trump lie – “Part The Infinity” as Charlie Pierce might say…I would say that, given what has passed since these questions were first asked not quite a year ago, Poppy Harlow looks like an idiot)…
…and here are two more musical selections to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin (more here).
By the way, good job by newspapers to push back against the “fake news” idiocy from the Gropenfuhrer today; the CNN story is here, and nice work by The Intelligencer in these parts is here (but Eric Boehlert is correct IMHO here too).
Update 8/17/18: Yes, Jack Shafer made a good point here that the press blew it in covering our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Dictator, but are they now supposed to do NOTHING in response? I was always taught that you're supposed to stand up to bullies.
Now, turning to our demented orange child king…Seth Meyers gets into some Omarosa-related stuff here (again, I don’t care about the “N” word tape, not because it isn’t bad but because you’d have to be stoo-pid at this point to think Trump ISN’T a racist)…
…and Brett Erlich and Ana of TYT tell us about the one racist guy getting yelled at by his dad and the other one complaining about life on his boat, or something…
…and I thought this was a hilarious idea from Frederick Joseph, even though he was trying to make a serious point, but of course there was nothing even remotely funny about some of the reactions he got for it…
…and RIP to the Queen of Soul, remembered by critic Jon Pareles in this fine New York Times feature (more here - for what it’s worth, Elvis passed on this day in history too)…
…and trying to highlight her best work over only the next couple of days is a fool’s errand I know, but here are a couple of selections we know well.
What follows is a CBS report of PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaking about the grand jury report that named 300 priests in allegations of sexual misconduct – Shapiro uses the phrase “the weaponization of faith” which, sadly, is totally apropos I believe…at about 8:16, Shapiro admits that “we don’t think we got them all,” despite the incredibly exhausting and commendable work by the grand jury on this (more here)…
…and even though, as far as I’m concerned, the grand jury report is an earthquake by comparison, I know I have to keep an eye on the political stuff too, so I give you the following from Stephen Colbert about Generalissimo Trump’s latest idiocy…
…and TYT with Cenk and Ana tell us about Ted Cruz wanting the Gropenfuhrer’s help in his U.S. Senate campaign against Beto O’Rourke (yeah, it would be pretty funny if Cruz was doing that shimmy also…and when we’re talking Number 45, let’s not forget this too)…
…and continuing with our ruling regime of frauds and criminals, Mike Malloy gives us the following about Melania’s family and "chain migration" (and by the way, she gets no pass whatsoever from yours truly – and concerning a not-directly-connected story, I could care less if Omarosa has tapes or not…we know what our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Egomaniac truly is – let’s get over our case of “shiny object syndrome” and pay attention to what matters, OK…and yes, that’s aimed primarily at our thoroughly useless corporate media - NSFW)…
…and Hasan Piker claps back on some wingnut yelling in his car about NFL protests…
…and even though I believe the tragedy discussed in the first video is man-made and a deity isn’t responsible, I still felt like hearing this song.
Oops! It looks like Betsy DeVos is BUSTED (as TYT tells us), caught not paying taxes and flying the flag of the Cayman Islands on one of her 10 yachts – womp womp (sometimes David Sirota pisses me off with his CORPORATE DEMS! CORPORATE DEMS! CORPORATE DEMS! CORPORATE DEMS! act, but I have no issues whatsoever with his first-class reporting, and this is an example…Ana is on fire at about 4:20 or so, and Cenk is later, and they’re both spot-on…and as much as this is awful wretched excess on DeVos’s part of course, I don’t favor vandalism either)…
(And by the way, speaking of “Corporate Dems”…no, I don’t like the fact that corporations have an outsized say in our politics either. But like many of you I’m sure, I get BOMBARDED with soliticitations from candidates, and more often than not, I’m unable to throw them anything. Basically, even though I don’t like it of course (and I admit I don’t know from firsthand experience), I don’t know how you can possibly run a political campaign WITHOUT corporate contributions. That’s why, aside from anything related to our health and that of our planet, campaign finance reform and TOTAL PUBLIC FUNDING OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS MUST BE the most important issue…but good luck getting the vast majority of the American sheeple to support it. The candidates need to earn my trust, though, to convince me that they won't do the bidding of corporations at my expense.)
…back to the videos – and kudos to Dem U.S. House Rep (and vet) Ruben Gallego for standing up to the right-wing nut jobs out there; this is how it’s done (again, with the recent one-year anniversary in Charlottesville in mind…nice job with a bit of trolling by Gallego, and I think Gallego did a good job of fending off those idiotic Avenatti questions; haven’t we gotten into enough trouble with ONE TV personality already??!!)…
…and I think the prior video (with the Pelosi question) is actually a pretty good lead in to the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 8/12/12 – the next time you hear anybody bitching about the U.S. House Dem Minority Leader (while some in our party wrongly “measure the drapes,” and a GREAT recent column on this from Prof. Krugman is here), keep in mind that she had A LOT to do with the legislative accomplishments Rachel Maddow notes here, the last time Dems ran all branches of the federal government...I know this originally aired late in October/early in November 2010 of course – and by the way, I will NEVER accept the supposed choice between using political capital just for the sake of politics and consolidating power (as Repugs do) vs. using political capital to get stuff done but losing for it at the ballot box (Dems); as far as I’m concerned, use political capital to get stuff done, make the case to the voters that you’re better than the other guy because of it, and see if you win re-election or not…
..and Velshi and Ruhle tell us that it looks like all of this “winning” under the Gropenfuhrer may be slowing down as we get closer to the end of the year – but I’m sure he’ll find a way to blame Former President Hopey Changey anyway…
…and Thom Hartmann talks with Wendell Potter, formerly of CIGNA, about how healthcare interests (pharma and insurers) are trying to scare us out of universal health care – great job by Thom and WP to talk about the $32 trillion vs. $49 trillion health care expenditure in this country over the next 10 years; I think this is an example of the campaign they’re talking about (gee, how about rolling back the exemption noted here for starters instead?)…
…and happy belated 75th birthday to Jim Kale, bassist for The Guess Who; he and drummer Garry Peterson had kind of a nasty legal spat with Cummings and Bachman over playing under the name of the band with just Kale and Peterson…as far as I’m concerned, C&B should let bygones be bygones, but what do I know?
Update: Right now, for what it’s worth, my reaction is shock and horror. The anger will come later.
No wonder they worked so hard to keep the report from being released.
To note the recent anniversary of the Charlottesville protest and the killing of Heather Heyer, Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, James Thompson, and Adrienne Lawrence of TYT give us an example of what I think can best be called “white privilege in action” (more here – heh)…
…and Rachel Maddow tells us Dem U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida's quote about Russia having “free rein” to move around in that state’s election infrastructure (and OF COURSE Lex Luthor Scott would think it’s a joke; when these Russian hacks actually benefit DEMOCRATS, let me know, OK? And I didn't see the follow-up segment.)…
…and if Peter Strzok was fired only because of the texts about Trump, then that’s total garbage – apparently there was new stuff out there that FBI director Christopher Wray mentioned, however…we’ll find out if that’s just cover or not – Pete Williams of NBC reports to Velshi and Ruhle here…
…and this BBC story tells us about a conference of young progressives in New Orleans… I think the guy at about 1:31 is spot-on…get Dems elected, get a taste of power (dare I hope?) and THEN remake the party to be more representative of the country as a whole.
(…and here’s another thing to consider – Elizabeth Warren is great, and if she somehow ends up as the Dem prez nominee of course she’d have my support, but last I checked, MA guv Charlie Baker is a Repug, so our team would lose Warren’s seat for sure, and the Senate might be too close for comfort on that…just “spitballing” here…)
…and of all of the Gropenfuhrer’s utterly baldfaced lies, maybe the one about him supposedly being such a good deal maker may be the worst – maybe, as Robert Reich explains…
…and I don’t have to put the NSFW label for a song very often, but I do here – nice rockin’ tune all the same.
Yeah, blame those damn tree huggers for the CA wildfires all right – of course, that’s typical Trumpian nonsense, as Farron Cousins tells us…
…and I think that’s the best possible segue I could ask for to the latest installment of “This Day in Doomsy History” (more or less) from 8/9/13, in which we learn about Chucky and Davey Koch and their climate change denial apparatus – more here…
..and yeah, I think Jimmy Kimmel gives the whole “Space Force” thing the treatment it deserves here, though I can never tell if Fred Willard is joking or if he’s serious (I actually posted about this here, believe it or not, bringing back the Wordpress site at least for now)…
…and Kyle K. tells us that the so-called “Right (Not) to Work” law in Missouri was rejected this week – hooray for our side! (NSFW – the last minute or so of this is particularly good IMHO)...
…and I didn’t want the week to end without this “New Rule” from Bill Maher…
…and I think this is a good summer tune for a sunny Friday in these parts.
Gee, isn’t it nice when one of the leading industrialized nations speaks out for human rights? You know, like WE used to do (leading to the expulsion of Canada’s ambassador Chrystia Freeland, discussed here by Gordon Duff of Veterans Today…yes, PressTV is partly funded by the Iranian government, but I don’t think that de-legitimizes the story…more here, here and here)…
…and Chris Hayes tells us about Trumpster FCC head Ajit Pai lying again, this time about their site crashing again in response to a call from John Oliver to try and save Net Neutrality (I have a feeling this will be the very last video I ever use from MSNBC’s site, though I may use what I can from YouTube instead – MSNBC’s site has been horrible forever, and it just keeps getting worse and worse, so I’m done)…
…and gosh, it looks like Generalissimo Trump is trying to find a new way to kill us (I think some important context on this is here, by the way)…
…and I don’t totally agree with Kyle’s assessment of religion, though he’s right that too many people have used it to justify all kinds of crap, but I think the statement from Pope Francis about the death penalty is noteworthy (still thinking about it to be honest, though it does show more consistency from the Catholic Church on this when you think about the whole "pro-life" thing too - as I said, I'm still pondering it), so that’s mainly why I’m including this (could also do without Kyle’s inane references to a “sky wizard,” though I know that’s just how he rolls, you might say – NSFW)…
…and Hasan Piker of TYT brings us the “breakdown” on Stuart Varney of Fix Noise caterwauling about “SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM!” in Venezuela, though, as you might expect, “socialism” is in the eye of the beholder, you might say…I agree with Piker’s analysis, except for the part about Maduro and the alleged “drone strike” (here - mildly NSFW also)…
…and yesterday was International Cat Day I know…well, today is International Book Lovers Day – never thought I’d have an excuse for this tune, but I’m glad that I do at long last.
Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us about the segment Alisyn Camerota of CNN recently hosted that highlighted an apparent rift between MAGA nitwits who, for my money, refuse to see reality, and Trump voters with genuine regrets; yes, I’m tempted to trash the latter group too, but if someone’s making a good faith effort to “make straight their path,” then that would be wrong on my part (Cenk is ON FIRE at the end, and boy is he right)…
…and Lawrence O’Donnell hosts retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey and Jason Johnson here; I honestly try to avoid much of the “Trump is crazy!” stuff because I think that issue was settled long ago, but I think McCaffrey has a unique and important perspective, though I greatly disagree with him about Mike Pompeo… GREAT point by Johnson at the end about Trump’s racism basically being a national security issue…
…and Farron Cousins of “Ring of Fire” tells us that half of all Repugs polled think Trump should be allowed to shut down media outlets…and how the hell am I supposed to find some kind of common ground with these life forms? And I’d also like to find out more about this “12 percent of Dems” who actually agree with our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Dictator on this.
(Also, though I agree with Cousins’ assessment of the corporate media overall, I think he’s wrong to say that the California wildfires have been ignored - though maybe you could argue “under-reported” instead – and yes, while MSNBC continues to report on RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA for ratings I realize, I think it’s also important that they keep doing what they’re doing because the story warrants this kind of coverage.)
(In addition, this segment is kind of funny in a “gallows humor” kind of way when you consider how our conservative house organs masquerading as newspapers in this area – and yes, I’m talking about the Inky and the Bucks County Courier Times – cater so slavishly to the right wing, lizard-brained bipeds who would so quickly throw them over if “Dear Leader” ever gave them the word.)...
…and, as a bit of a change of pace, allow me to point out that today is International Cat Day (kind of makes me want to hear this tune from one of the silliest movies ever made – but still fun in a ‘60s, hare-brained kind of way).
Gosh, it looks like the NRA is getting hammered for some, shall we say, record-keeping irregularities in New York, though, to be fair, it’s more than a little hypocritical I think for Cenk to bash MSNBC for “All Russia, All The Time” (here) when he also reports on what that country’s up to here…
…and Farron Cousins tells us just how sick our health care system in this country truly is…
…and Seth Meyers brings us up to date on the latest insanity from Generalissimo Trump (and EVERY Repug who fails to speak out against all of this shares some measure of guilt for this nightmare as far as I’m concerned, including this fraud, who of course refuses to breathe a word about this also - to do something about that in PA-01, click here)…
…and as anyone with at least a double-digit IQ has figured out, the point of the Iran nuclear deal was to stop its manufacture and proliferation of NUKES, NOT to stop its support of terrorism and its other bad behavior; I realize the Gropenfuhrer and his lizard-brained minions don’t understand this, but actual adults know that there are times when you can’t get every stinking thing that you want and you have to settle for half a loaf for now and try to get the rest later…yeah yeah, I bleeping know…MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA!!!!!!!...
…and I actually have to give the “Morning Joe” bunch (and CNN) credit for unearthing this clip about Mike Pence, though I think it’s more than a little sickening to hear religious pontification from Scarborough, who made his bones hating every single stinking thing the Clintons ever did…and Mika B.’s comment about 5:25 about Pence supposedly forgetting what he is is truly uproarious – THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PENCE IS AND WHAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN – A DISGUSTING, MISOGYNIST (and probably other stuff) HYPOCRITE!!! And even though everyone on this show is fundamentally right IMHO, I can’t think of a word to describe my disgust over the fact that nobody really paid attention to our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Orange Dictator like this in 2016 when they should have done so…
Update 8/11/18: This should be required reading for every time you see Scarborough, Jennifer Rubin, Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace, Rick Wilson, etc. on TV (h/t Bob Cesca).
…and I’ve been meaning to get around to this tune from Jonatha Brooke’s “The Works” project about unpublished Woody Guthrie songs – hope you like it.
I thought this was a good editorial from Katy Tur of NBC News, though it's absolutely pathetic that she needed to say these words (here)...
…and Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us more about the Gropenfuhrer trying to roll back Obama-era rules, this time on car pollution (great points about certainty and also the laughable claim that the Repugs support “states rights”)...
…and I know this is shocking, people, but guess what – the vast majority of this country got hosed on the Repugs’ latest tax scam (and yes, it bears repeating I know – Farron Cousins explains)…
…and Nancy MacLean of Duke University sounded the alarm about the potential for an “Article V” convention on “Real Time With Bill Maher” recently, and here’s more on why we must oppose that from Robert Reich (yes, believe me I know it’s exhausting to fight battles day and night like this, but forget the damn tweets for a second – THIS is the “long game,” people)…
…oh, and speaking of the most recent episode of “Real Time,” I think these words from Steve Schmidt should be played on a 24/7/365 rotation from now until November 6th at a minimum…
…and given the heat index outside, I think this is as good a time for this tune as any.
Michael Brooks of The Majority Report leads off with the latest from the life forms supporting our Treasonous, Tiny Handed Orange Dictator Wannabe in Tampa (and the Seth Rich stuff was particularly odious even for them…and why do I have a feeling that the Rolling Stones tune “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” playing in the background is yet another goof aimed at these imbeciles…NSFW)…
…and Chris Hayes has more on this QAnon idiocy (oh, right…more baseless fringe media conspiracy garbage to benefit Trump – got it…with Sam Seder, and of course Reddit loves it; kind of explains the point of the Gropenfuhrer’s latest brown shirt rally…and by the way, when someone presents a crazy lefty idea, I promise I’ll give it the treatment it deserves)…
…and Ali Velshi talks with Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, one of the plaintiffs in a suit against the Gropenfuhrer who continues to do his best to undercut the Affordable Care Law (and imagine somebody DYING because they couldn’t get dental care – are you freaking kidding me?)…
…and in a related item, Kyle K. tells us about how Medicare for All could potentially save a net of about $17 trillion over the next 10 years (more here – this isn’t really a new story, but it definitely bears repeating - NSFW again)…
…and with the Rob Rogers cartoon at the top of this post in mind, I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 8/1/07; yep, we’re going back a bit for this “Back Talk” segment (this was the first, and I believe there were three total…and gee, I hear Dubya complaining about the “investigation” into Harriet Miers at that time also, kind of like the Gropenfuhrer complaining about Robert Mueller now…ah, but maybe it’s just me, right?)…of course, Dumbya thinks Brett Kavanaugh would be just peachy for the Supreme Court (here), with Repug U.S. Senator and Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley all set to ramrod Kavanaugh through at the earliest possible moment, as noted here…
…and happy 55th birthday to James Hetfield; as I’ve said, there’s no such thing as a bad time to hear Metallica (had this tune in mind for the first two videos in particular).
Farron Cousins tells us about the hissy fit between Generalissimo Trump and Chucky and Davey Koch – yep, more misdirection from the “haves” at the expense of the “have nots”…
…probably to try and make us not pay attention to garbage like this - Stephanie Ruhle speaks with Dan Nathan, co-founder and editor of RiskReversal.com, and Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, about another potential Trumpian tax giveaway for the one percent (Nail. Hammer. Head. by Brown at about 4:45…a little bit more of an in-depth takedown of the perpetual con of “trickle on down” economics)…
…and Cenk and Ana tells us more contemptible garbage that the Sandy Hook parents have to deal with; yes, do whatever it takes within reason to hold that disgusting life form Alex Jones to account, and anyone who continues to give a social media platform of any time whatsoever to Jones is a miserable coward, but I actually am a little concerned about the precedent that could be established here if Jones loses in court, which he should…the emphasis must be on the threats of violence and the harm he has caused to the Pozners, among the other families (and don’t give me this “politically” shit when he’s making the gun motion with his finger and thumb...Mueller has more guts in his cuticle than Jones has in his entire body)…Jones definitely fails the “yelling fire in a crowded theater” test IMHO (more here, and this is predictable too I guess)…
…and nothing whatsoever against TYT, but I feel like I need a bit of a palate cleanser after that last item – hopefully this summer tune will do (I always loved this cover maybe just as much as the original).
Nice to see some genuine outrage from Chris Hayes here in light of the Trumpian HHS official who raised concerns about his regime’s family separation policy; Hayes speaks with Dem U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii (no particular reason why I'm leading off with Hayes for the second night in a row other than the fact that's his videos have been really good lately)…
...and leave it to Rudy 9iu11ani to move the metaphorical goalposts once again on his boss's collusion with Russia...
…and Ali Velshi tells us about this Cody Wilson nut trying to print 3-D guns; I don’t know why the hell Wilson isn’t in jail already for this (and don’t seriously expect me to feel sorry for the NRA – they, among others, let this demonic genie out of the metaphorical bottle…I’d really like to learn more about what the Obama Administration did and didn’t do on this…also surprised to hear about our beloved commonwealth of PA showing some common sense on a gun issue for a change)…
…and Kyle K. tells us about Repug U.S. House Rep Jason Lewis of Minnesota 2nd District calling welfare recipients “parasites” (NSFW – to do something about it, click here)…
…and yeah, when all else fails, it looks like it’s time for our beloved corporate media to bash millennials again, as Hasan Piker tells us…
…and the prior two clips put me in a bit of a mind to hear this tune.
Kudos to Chris Hayes for this, given his recent comment about how any story on climate change equals sucky ratings; again, not blaming Hayes so much as I am anyone who thinks this is a “ho-hum” story…
…and Stephen Colbert gave us this segment last Thursday on the most recent Trumpian media garbage (don’t want to imagine how stoo-pid the life forms are who continually praise the “hate pumpkin,” as Hunter of Daily Kos called him not long ago – and apparently our Treasonous, Tiny Handed Dictator Wannabe and his lizard-brained minions were at it again tonight, as noted here and, in particular, here...spoiler alert:you don't need an ID to buy groceries)…
...and Ari Melber talks with Dara Lind, senior reporter for Vox, on the latest immigration/asylum nightmare from Generalissimo Trump (hard to keep all of this insanity straight at this point, I have to admit; the Trumpsters obviously had no stinking clue about what to do when their actions were inevitably proven to be wrong – the “liberals rejoice” news turned out to be this, by the way)…
…and TYT’s Francis Maxwell tells us about the Gropenfuhrer’s “Religious Liberty Task Force” – uh, yeah…you wanna try to explain to me how they’re NOT the “American Taliban”?...
…and RIP Dem Congressman Ron Dellums…Rachel Maddow spoke with Dellums about five years ago, on the occasion of the death of Nelson Mandela in 2013 (important history here for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is to recall how truly insidious The Sainted Ronnie R actually was despite his ridiculous smiling façade)…
…and happy upcoming 60th birthday to Michael Penn.
Farron Cousins tells us that that utterly ridiculous evangelical fraud Franklin Graham is telling us that we can’t call out the Gropenfuhrer or else we’ll risk incurring God’s wrath (more here, and more on F. Graham is here…mildly NSFW)…
…and Ari Melber talks with Ken Dilanian of NBC News about the utter non-appearance of anything approximating urgency from our supposedly Godly preznit over the ongoing interference by Russia in our elections…
...and some of this on Generalissimo Trump's ruinous tariffs and the farm $12 bil payoff is old news I know, but I still think it's noteworthy to point out that our neighbors to the north aren't fooled in any way, shape or form ("socialism in full force" - uh, yep, though good "socialism" is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose)...
…and Rachel Maddow talks with immigration attorney Lee Gelernt about the 700-900 kids separated from their families by the Trumpsters who still have not been re-unified (and let’s not forget the silence, in essence, from the entire “party of Lincoln” in response)…
…and as far as I’m concerned, Dem Congressman Ro Khanna continues to impress for the reasons Kyle notes in this clip; yeah, our ridiculous defense spending is the most wasteful of our expenditures, but if you say something about that, yeah, you’d better watch your back (not sure if it’s NSFW or not, but it probably is)…
...and I know I'm falling behind on my summer tunes again, so here's another one.
Well well, it looks like the case alleging that the Gropenfuhrer is in violation of the Emoluments clause of the Constitution can go forward, as Kyle K. tells us (NSFW)…
…and Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us about those lunatics in the U.S. House “Freedom Caucus” trying to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein – yep, when all else fails, just keep trying to stoke the fires, if you will, with their beloved “base” which will buy any Repug BS whatsoever apparently (not sure I'm totally OK with "fire your congressman.com," but the sentiment definitely has merit)…
…and Elizabeth Holtzman is my badass of the week for this, as Thom Hartmann explains (more here)…
…and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 7/28/12, in which the “I’m Just A Bill” cartoon from “Schoolhouse Rock!” was updated in accordance with the odious tactics from ALEC…clever stuff by Mark Fiore (and the “stand your ground” reference at the end is particularly vile given this recent update – not blaming Fiore; all he’s doing is holding up a mirror to the utterly contemptible tactics of Chucky and Davey Koch, first and foremost…more here)…
…and I know I said something about Maria Butina earlier, but I think it’s fair to revisit this subject given Sam Bee’s commentary (here); besides, why not give the NRA and the “prayer breakfast” another well-deserved slap? (love the parody ad at the end!)…
(By the way, the sign in the pic above was once located not too far from Le Manse Doomsy. However, it was pulled awhile ago, when the “party of Lincoln” realized how toxic it really was, and not just for “Bri-Fi”.)
And with that in mind…gosh, color me shocked – you mean that, for the Repugs, maybe tax cuts aren’t their “Jesus” after all, as actor Bradley Whtiford once so correctly put it on “Real Time With Bill Maher”? Wow, so all of their amazing polling and marketing data, cross tabs and all, isn’t worth bupkes if the voters aren’t buying their snake oil any more, huh?...
By the way, I sure hope Cenk and Ana are right, but we still need to make it happen...
…and Farron Cousins tells us what MSNBC’s Chris Hayes recently had to say about stories on climate change, and I also give Hayes credit for telling the truth – I think Cousins’ take here is exactly right, and I hope nothing happens to Hayes either…
…and speaking of MSNBC, Rachel Maddow talks with Rebecca O’Brien of the WSJ about Generalissimo Trump’s real or alleged involvement with a publisher that must have paid off someone named Karen McDougal and what that might entail from a legal point of view; I’m old enough to remember when the phrase “bimbo alert” was rightly or wrongly associated with our 42nd president – may be time to dust that off once more for our Orange Nightmare…
…and Sam Seder, Michael Brooks and company on “The Majority Report” tell us the latest on Little Sean Spicer…apparently his book isn’t getting good reviews – c’est dommage…the stuff about Mark Foley shouldn’t be funny, but as far as I’m concerned, it is (more here)…
…and Kyle K. tells us about Repug U.S. House rep Keith Rothfus of our beloved commonwealth acting like a total tool about THE HORRORS OF SOCIALISM!!! (NSFW – to do something about it, click here…Rothfus is apparently running against Conor Lamb – uh, yep)...
…and I don’t know about you, but I’m in the mood to hear a summer song, particularly since the sun has made a return appearance in these parts.
Stephanie Ruhle brings the receipts, you might say, when it comes to “who’s monetizing who” in Generalissimo Trump’s White House (here)…
…and Ana and Brett Erlich of TYT tell us about the bribekickback reimbursement of about $12 billion that our Tiny Handed, Treasonous Orange Dictator wants to give to farmers to offset the effect of his typically ruinous tariffs…
…and Mike Malloy tells us how our ruling regime doesn’t even understand how NATO works, which shouldn’t be surprising since it was obvious during the presidential campaign (remember?)…oh, but the Gropenfuhrer was ratings gold, and that’s all that mattered (then as now) as far as our utterly useless corporate media is concerned (very NSFW)…
…and I thought this was a pretty cool new tune, so here it is.
Seth Meyers tells us about Generalissimo Trump’s latest rage tweets, as well as Michael Cohen’s recordings – this might be the slowest slow-motion metaphorical train wreck I, for one, have ever seen…
…and when it comes to the Trumpsters, I’m sorry, but Shirley Stigall doesn’t get sympathy points from yours truly…
…and Lawrence O’Donnell and John Heilemann tell us about how most of this country isn’t with the Gropenfuhrer (here, and no, I don’t think our corporate media needs to focus so much on the damn Trump voter…yes, they’re white and “disaffected,” probably pretty damn stoo-pid too…let’s move on, OK?...abrupt video cut at end)…
…and Robert Reich tells us that, even though you can’t exactly nail down the definition, it’s safe to say that we’re in the midst of a constitutional crisis all right…
…and Thom Hartmann speaks with author Thomas Frank about what we can do about it (Frank draws a line all the way back from now to infamous Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, even though he probably could go back further still)…
…and I’ll bet you didn’t know that today was National Tequila Day –not sure why they didn’t just combine it with Cinco De Mayo and save everyone the trouble; here’s a tune for the occasion that I’m sure you’ve guessed by now, and celebrating its 60th birthday too (and with Pee Wee Herman nowhere in sight, I should add).
