Alicia Menendez of MSNOW tells us about the latest lies from Combover Caligula about our veterans and the wars #47 has supposedly won...and we’re also reminded about that ridiculous Arch De Trump he plans to build at Memorial Circle on the way to Arlington (and let's not forget that stinking ballroom also)...nine members of the family of JFK have joined a lawsuit to try and stop this monstrosity...and oh yeah, SecDef Kegseth and his crew dishonored the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a selfie and laughing for some idiotic reason...Menendez is joined by Iraq war vet Paul Rieckhoff along with former DOJ special counsel Brendan Ballou...slightly NSFW/H for Rieckhoff completely speaking the truth about Kegseth (and I would definitely call this a CYA move, though it was the right call I have to admit for sure)...
...and while we’re on the subject, Brian Tyler Cohen informs us that it looks like the attempt to impeach SecDef Kegseth from outgoing Repug U.S. House Rep Thomas Massie was shot down primarily by the “R” team, acting like the typical Trumpist cowards that they are, but I believe it was still worth the effort to bring it to the floor...however, as Cohen notes, 11 Dems didn’t vote on this, including the utterly wretched Haley Stevens and Nancy (“We Need A Strong Republican Party” ) Pelosi, which is definitely NOT a good look for our side (NSFW/H)...
...and U.S. House Dem Jim McGovern of Massachusetts provides a response to “MAGA Mike” Johnson saying voters “made the wrong choice” on Election Day last week...McGovern is right to hold these idiots to account, but he is even MORE correct in saying that Dems need to use the power they will hold to make a difference in our everyday lives...
...and Jesse Dollemore informs us that the “R” team hasn’t learned anything based on the election results, apparently, echoing the prior clip a bit (as well as the Cohen clip)...oh, and “MAGA Mike” Johnson will now be obfuscating and obstructing for Dear Leader on his own time and no longer as a member of the U.S. House, so now, Gym Jordan will be wrestling with the duty of Minority Leader, as it were (and I know Mr. Newberger already alluded to that)...sounds like “that’s life” is going to be the mantra of these lickspittles; all I can say is to keep it up and see what continues to happen to your electoral fortunes...”I’ve never heard the president tell a lie,” huh? Obviously, because you chose not to listen, Gym (NSFW/H also)...
...and as we know, Combover Caligula is nothing but a ridiculous crybaby, but he demonstrated that again at that press conference, deciding he didn’t want to answer the question from the MS NOW reporter...funny to hear all of the pearl clutching, including from Jesse (“WHITES!!!”) Watters...nice job on the wall posters also (and regardless of what Our Ochre Abomination is doing, you can indeed be sure that Natalie isn’t far behind...Steve Harness and Nick Reynolds of Really American tell us about it)...yet another NSFW/H clip...
...and on this day in 1966, The Monkees' self-titled debut album reached the top spot of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, including this number.
David Pakman gives us more details on how Apartheid Clyde lost and is going away, hopefully (setting about $474 mil on fire for the “R” team; MANY arguments for getting rid of Citizens United, but that is the biggest one I've yet heard)...oh, and Musk had enough of a hissy fit to delete election-related posts, huh? Not surprising...and absolutely, all of the DOGE garbage should be looked at from top to bottom, as well as the details on King Elon getting awarded government contracts, as well as the stuff about Musk not enabling Starlink to help Ukraine launch an attack on Russia in Crimea as noted here (I think I got that right)...
...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report bring us Dem U.S. Senator-Elect Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota and that great speech after winning her seat (“We Will Rip ICE Apart” – awesome; hopefully that will take place)...good for Emma to remind everyone about the role Bernie Sanders has played, along with (once more) Elon spending crazy dough in the Wisconsin judiciary contest in ’25 and losing on that also...
...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ lets us know that more votes are coming in for Dems, including maybe up to 259 U.S. House seats, and potentially 56 U.S. Senate seats (including Scott Colom over Cindy Hyde “Pick Another Protein” Smith, and hopefully Mary Peltola also in Alaska)...shouldn’t forget about Repug losses in state legislatures in Flori-DUUH, Texas and Georgia as we learn...victories were by decisive margins for the most part...also shouldn’t discount PO’ed minority voters in Mississippi getting questioned about their voting status...didn’t know an “affidavit” ballot in that state is the same as a provisional ballot (learn something new every day)...also didn’t know that state doesn’t have a recount law (Wonder why? On second thought, maybe I don't need to ask)...
...and I’ll admit that this is kind of a long, wonky clip, but Bernie Sanders lays out a pretty clear policy agenda IMO here...I think the wealth tax of 7% (start with that for negotiation and likely end up at 5%) should be the first item on the agenda since that will be the toughest fight, and it will provide the biggest across-the-board benefit I believe...
...and in case we were expecting an improvement from Don The Con given the midterm results...well, I don’t think we should be expecting a change in behavior, sadly, based on what Mr. Newberger presents here...
...and today would have been the 80th birthday of Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds.
Brian Tyler Cohen tells us that it looks like Bo-Bo Boebert has officially lost her race for re-election in CO-04 according to CNN...sounds like she was trying to “thread the needle” on her boss’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran (in response to the question from Kyle Clark) and her constituents weren’t having it, fortunately...and oh yeah, articles of impeachment against “No Malarkey Joe” because Boebert had hurt fee fees over Afghanistan, huh? Can anyone make this make sense please?...I didn’t know she also voted against legislation having to do with bone marrow and cord blood replacement, as well as baby formula...
...and Chris Hayes has more on “swagger assh*lery rejected” about a week ago...just another reminder that Susie Wiles is out as WH Chief of Staff, in favor of Baby Goebbels, with the typical encouragement from our “low T” Secretary of WOOOAAAARRRR Kegseth (“tore down the sacred cows...of the deep state??” What the everlasting f*ck is he talking about?? Also, his boss didn’t do such a hot job of defending this country against domestic enemies on 1/6/21, amirite?)...additionally, as noted here, outgoing Repug U.S. House Rep Thomas Massie has indeed filed articles of impeachment against Kegseth...oh, and about the elections, Bo-Bo Boebert is done as well as previously noted, and things look bleak also for Virginia (“SHUUUT UUUUPPP!!”) Foxx...good to see Vivek and Max Miller get shown the door also (glad Amy Acton told Vivek to "talk to the hand" over that beyond disgusting campaign ad)...bye bye to that utterly wretched Harmeet Dhillon too...also, “Couch Boy” can try to pivot away from being a sycophant for his boss, but somehow I don’t think that’s going to work...finally, c’est dommage about Elon and his precious cybertruck – way too funny...
...and Brittany Page has more on the “party of Lincoln” scrambling to rebuild after getting nuked in the midterms...cool to see the intra-party squabbling and all the stuff about separating from MAGA or whatever (especially from this Dade Phelan guy in Texas), assuming that’s even possible...pass the popcorn...”how long have we been waiting for this?” indeed – they could have sh*tcanned this bunch of Trumpist grifters and frauds at around the time of the Mueller Report, and the “R” team would have been so much better off (but please don’t think for a minute that I give a rat’s ass about them – like you I’m sure, I care about this country instead)...and again, SecDef Kegseth got hit with Massie’s articles of impeachment, and for more unintentional humor, I give you outgoing Flori-DUUH Guv #DeathSantis trying to distance himself from that electoral butt-kicking...glad to see Page bring back that clip of Pelosi saying that about needing a strong “R” team, or whatever – yeah, I’m sure they all remembered that while their simpatico online scum did their happy dance over her husband nearly getting beaten to death during a home invasion...I think Page is right to be concerned about the just-mentioned online nematodes looking to make hay out of this political slaughter (Nick Fuentes, Tim Pool, Joel Webbon, The Swanson TV Dinner Heir, etc.)...NSFW/H...
...and this New York Times report gives us more on how ICE raids drove a historic shift to Dems in Kansas, profiling the aptly-named town of Liberal in that state; great voting news to be sure (a 52-point shift? Man oh man), but what a damn shame that this is what it took...amazing voter registration work that should serve as a template for organizing throughout the entire country...and Adam Hamilton is the first Dem U.S. Senator elected in about 100 years, believe it or not (I knew it had been a while, but THAT long? Wow)...
...and I’m loathe to attack the “D” team, especially now, but I need to include this from Jon Stewart; definitely not the biggest fan of Hakeem Jeffries, and you can say that cubed against Chuck (“What Do The Bailey’s Think?”) Schumer; I’ve seen a hell of a lot from people I respect (including Jennifer Welch) indicating that Schumer kneecapped Angie Nixon in Flori-DUUH, likely because Nixon didn’t march in lockstep in supporting “Bibi” and Israel...I think Jackson White of Rebel HQ is correct in saying that we’re basically stuck with Schumer and Jeffries for at least the next two years, but credit to Annie Andrews and Peggy Flanagan IMO for standing up on this in support of new leadership...also, any serious person should give zero credence to what Dana Perino or any of those idiots on “The Five” (minus Jessica Tarlov) have to say - NSFW/H also...
I realize this CBC News report was filmed before last Tuesday’s elections, but I still think it contains some cautionary information about what Democratic U.S. House and Senate majorities can and can’t do in response to Mango Mussolini (yep...great that Dems will have congressional control, but I’m sure we can now expect a festival of executive orders also in response, unfortunately)...
...and Tennessee Brando lets us know that the blame game has begun, though Secretary of WOOOAAARRR Kegseth wasn’t the first to get canned in the wake of Tuesday’s blue tsunami; that would be Susie Wiles (and before we think Our Treasonous Orange Pustule is actually mad at Baby Goebbels because of something Melania supposedly said, I should note that he got Wiles’s job as White House Chief of Staff)...I think Brando is right that #47 will never face incarceration either, sadly, though Kegseth should for certain because of the wanton murder of those men on the boats near Ecuador (here) as Brando points out (thought I don’t mean to absolve Cantaloupe Capone for that), along with those Iranian schoolgirls...great that we have Dem governors in every swing state, and I read that every single Repug U.S. House Rep representing a district Kamala Harris won in ’24 (including Bri-Fi) lost last Tuesday...and I can’t tell you how utterly sweet it is to hear the words “John Fetterman no longer matters”...I agree with Brando’s take that impeachment for Don The Con could actually backfire and the “one by one” approach towards going after the cretins in Trumpworld might be the better way to go (NSFW/H)...
...and Farron Cousins lets us know that a big part of MAGA doesn’t seem to get what happened last Tuesday...yes, the Iran war is a big part of this, but there are PLENTY of other reasons, including the economy (along with the stinking tariffs) and the corruption (and indeed, hold that lickspittle Mark Levin up for ridicule for shilling for #47’s Not-So-Excellent Iranian adventure, along with Baby Ben Shapiro)...I think Cousins is basically right about foreign policy never being the #1 issue in a campaign, though it’s pretty high on the list...didn’t know the exact number of jobs lost under Trump 2.0, but 1.1 million is pretty damn bad for sure...
...and Josh Gay of Ring of Fire tells us that Plano, Texas just rejected a bid for public financing to the tune of $700 million for a new arena for the Dallas Stars NHL hockey club and owner Tom Gaglardi (and I definitely share his opinion of Fenway Park FWIW)...also, about $250 million has been diverted from schools for this, which is even more disgusting IMO (corporate welfare indeed)...I honestly don’t know if the Stars hockey team is publicly financed in any way (I suspect they aren’t; one example of a publicly financed team is the Green Bay Packers), but any sports franchise that takes public dough should be structured in such a way that fans could be part owners – they should reap that benefit if their money is part of the deal...
...and the Onion News Network asks Why Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed achieved any of his campaign goals after winning two minutes ago...I’m not laughing too much over this (even though I definitely get the point) because this is pretty close to what Fix Noise, OAN, America’s Voice and wingnut media generally might end up saying anyway in all seriousness...
...and I haven’t seen any U.S. tour dates for this guy in this area including Philly or NYC (focusing on the UK and the EU for now it seems), but I’ll update this post if I find out anything on that.
As long as the dust has settled a bit on the elections for the most part (not completely with some contests in the U.S. House I know, along with the vote count that’s ongoing in the U.S. Senate elections in Alaska and Mississippi), I’d like to say a thing or two about this guy.
My intent here is not to dance on the political grave of Brian Fitzpatrick (besides, the way this stuff generally works, he’ll likely be back for another try at this). As much as I hate to point this out, he has been a canny and resilient political adversary. You don’t manage to last 10 years in office, dispatching a variety of Dem opponents, unless you have some well-honed political instincts. Also (and here’s something else I don’t want to note, but I should), the Republican political organization in this U.S. House district and in Bucks County, PA generally is formidable (our folks work heroically and make all manner of sacrifices, but the “R” team more often than not has their act together on this stuff for sure...I mean, the policies and legislation they support stinks to high heaven, but that's another discussion).
In addition to the reality we all know too well about how badly everything has gone in this country with this wretched Trump 2.0 term (which could have been foreseen by anyone with their eyes open), there have been other reasons why this election cycle was different for sure from those in the past (aging/declining Republican core voter base, a younger and more racially/ethnically diverse voting block that is ascendant, to say nothing of LBGTQ folks and women-single-parent households, all of whom inherently lean to the “D” side for the most part). I wasn’t close enough to the Bob Harvie campaign to know exactly what was going on (unlike in prior years where I was more involved with other candidates – long story there), but they obviously were successful. I also have a feeling that, given the state of things overall with the economy, the Iran war, the corruption and other factors, we’re going to find out that a lot of Republican voters stayed home (no disrespect to the Harvie campaign in saying that).
My main point is that, for a Republican Party that generally knows what they’re doing, they showed an astonishing inability to “read the room” this time around (generally representative of the “Trump Party” overall I admit). We know their policies are utterly indefensible, but Fitzpatrick (as nearly as I could tell) did virtually nothing to try and tout whatever accomplishments he’s managed over the last two years (and again, we’re not talking about much I know). His strategy seemed to be to run and hide (which I tried to point out with those dippy cartoons) while his GOP-aligned front group stuck these ridiculous signs all over the place trying to make Bob Harvie look like a criminal, saying “Release The Bob Harvie Files” (more on that here...Harvie was never the target of an FBI investigation or ever charged with a crime) and “Bob Harvie Voted Himself A Pay Raise” (and again, assuming that’s even true, it’s laughable to think that no other politician has ever done that, including Bri-Fi). It is incomprehensible to me to think that anyone on the other side believed that that could be a winning strategy.
Fortunately, though, everything worked out well and the PA-01 U.S. House seat will be safely represented by our team for at least the next two years.
(Also, when it comes to "not reading the room," I give you this...this too.)
Now to the videos...Kyle Kulinski talks about Michigan Dem Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed’s victory speech calling out his utterly rancid opponent Mike Rogers, along with Couch Boy (oh, and “Haley Who”? Whatsername again?)...I would agree with Kyle’s assessment that millennial politics has finally arrived...”a battle between the money and the many” — nice turn of phrase!...NSFW/H...
..and Belle of the Ranch talks about what Dems can and can’t do...yep, #47 is indeed a lame duck now, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still pretty damn dangerous, unfortunately...great that the Dems will truly have the “power of the purse” now, in addition to other political weapons they could bring to bear (and I agree with Belle’s take that they should force #47 to use that veto pen as much as he wishes to do so)...and oh yeah, oversight will be a big time factor also, along with subpoena power...the ability to block another potential wingnut SCOTUS justice is definitely important also...
...and Farron Cousins lets us know that an international law professor named Jamie Rowen thinks #47 may try to flee the country at the end of his term if the heat gets too much for him, like Flavio Bolsonaro did, maybe to the UAE or Saudi Arabia, trying possibly to stay a step ahead of the ICC (assuming we got involved again with that body I know) - interesting...
...and leave it to Jesse Welles to give us a typically pithy look at what unfolded earlier this week (also NSFW/H)...
...and Seth Meyers gives us A Closer Look...yes, I don’t think it hurts at this point to still do a victory lap, though the much harder work lies ahead of course...still hard for yours truly to get my head around all of the Dem wins, and I don’t think it exactly makes me an expert to point out that that came out of utter disgust with the “party of Lincoln” (and #47) more than anything else...hard to describe the utter delusion of Cantaloupe Capone to be whining about the damn reflecting pool on the eve of last Tuesday’s wipeout (wonder how many on the “R” team wish now that they’d put Don The Con in his place years ago, which they could have done during one of the impeachments? Ooopsie)...and Uday Jr. tells everyone the Dems want to make Ohio a state (#facepalm)...”The emotional palate of a badger” – good one...I know I already had that clip of Our Sweaty Bronzer Boy whining about Fix Noise polling, and here it is again...and leave it to Sean Inanity, who’s spent literally decades propagandizing about Democrats, to say that “the hatred against (Trump) is unprecedented” – pot, meet kettle...and “helicopters on the roof,” huh? Exactly what is front of mind for voters dealing with our awful, non-DOW-and-NASDAQ economy, the Iran war, the stinking tariffs, the unending corruption, ICE, hiding the Epstein files, loss of health care (which is due to kick in even more in January from the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck), and on and on...
...and I know I’m a day behind on this tune in light of this, but better late than never I guess.
(I'll let Markos Moulitsas give his take on last night's historic results here.)
To begin, I give you an NBC 10 report on Bob Harvie’s win in the PA-01 U.S. House contest with Bri-Fi last night (I can't tell you what it means to say that at last)...Josh Shapiro was returned as PA guv also...Bob Brooks also defeated Ryan Mackenzie (another U.S. House win for the “D” team)...so awesome also that that turncoat Jeff Van Drew was sent packing in NJ as well...
...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ gives us more...kind of tells you how epic last night’s results were, so much so that Rupert The Pirate’s vanity rag couldn’t even spin them in a favorable light...great stuff in particular with returning Dem Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, along with Senator-Elect Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota...and oh yeah, let’s blame Susie Wiles for everything last night (#facepalm)...and former Trumpette spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt blames dumb voters and the media – wingnut tears truly taste delicious...oh, and Spray Tan Satan actually thinks he WASN’T on the ballot?? Way too damn funny...I know Ossoff’s political instincts are pretty good and I’m sure his victory speech played pretty well overall, but it sounded a little too “middle of the road” for yours truly to be honest...I think we should put that clip of MAGA Mike Johnson saying he’ll be the speaker in the next Congress in a time capsule – more Republican entitlement on display...
...and Jesse Dollemore continues our coverage, you might say; looks like Cantaloupe Capone lost what’s left of his mind over last night’s results...yep, Greg Abbott is OUT in The Lone Star State; #47 sent out some tweet that was all sweetness and light, and then Don The Con turned on him when results started to go badly (and Bret Baier allows Mango Mussolini to tell another one of his lying “sir” stories because of course)...looks like one of the few blemishes I’ve found so far are assclown Alabama voters electing Tommy Tuberville governor, which isn’t a surprise I know, sadly...Pete Ricketts won in Nebraska, BTW...and I honestly don’t know what that orange dipsh*t is talking about when it comes to the World Trade Center – if he’s talking about 9/11, the Trump Party ended up taking over in the 2002 U.S. Congressional elections (Dennis Hastert became Majority Leader in the House and Bill Frist in the Senate)...also, #47’s approval within his own party is at about 74%, last I checked...Jesse is also completely spot-on to say this fight needs to continue, and it anything, get amped up even more... way beyond awesome that Bo-Bo Boebert may get politically kicked to the curb also...NSFW/H...
...and Thom Hartmann provides more proof that Our Sweaty Bronzer Boy was indeed on the ballot yesterday as already noted, despite his ravings to the contrary, and sitting at a 38 percent approval number...anybody who actually thinks the inhabitant in An Oval Office will work with Democrats must believe in candy cotton ponies and sugar plumb fairies also...of all the U.S. Senate races, aside from Michigan, I was also particularly concerned about New Hampshire, but nice work by Chris Pappas to pull off a win...
...and leave it to Mr. Newberger to give us a catchy tune for us all to dance to...
...and if you want to take or leave the inherently spiritual message of this song, I get it, but I still think it fits for this joyous occasion.
Today is indeed the day to elect Bob Harvie, all you PA-01 folks out there (along with Steve Santarsiero for PA's 10th Senate district, as well as Perry Warren for PA's 31st House district)...
...and Chris Hayes goes over the collection of “cretins, flunkies and psychos” from the “R” team on the ballot...yes, Ken Paxton is truly awful, and Darline Graham really is that clueless as we know, and abuser (allegedly) Max Miller in Ohio is still on the ballot for the U.S. House...oh, and we also learn about this Brandon Herrera U.S. House sociopath in Texas, along with Victor (“Does It Matter If I Killed People As An Adult”) Marx, the evangelical running for Colorado governor who apparently can also perform exorcisms over the phone – uh huh...and there’s also David (“Stolen Valor”) Flippo, along with Trumper Anthony Constantino in New York who’s a big-time data center booster...”a wretched hive of scum and villany” indeed...
...and John and Brett Erlich of The Damage Report inform us on “America Next,” some wingnut Astroturf outfit...sooo, “liberals are the new racists,” huh? Nice job of cranking out AI slop I would say from a Repug org founded for former Repug Louisiana guv Bobby (“Don’t Call Me Piyush”) Jindal, of all people...and yes, the way this outfit is set up, we don’t get to find out who’s actually funding it – nice...
...and this New York Times clip tells us Why Kansas Ranchers Are Turning On Trump, mainly because of the import of “mystery meat” from Argentina earlier this year which ended up costing our cattle ranchers thousands of dollars without making much of a difference in the supermarket price...yes, I know I’ve gone down this road with stories like this in the past and “R” party voters ended up falling in line as usual, but I guess we’ll see if that holds true this time also...
...and Farron Cousins lets us know that someone running a Repug-voter focus group was apparently shocked to find out that those voters actually don’t like billionaires; I would ask that you remember this the next time you hear a corporate media pundit sound off on the left-wing echo chamber, and yes, that is a bit of thing, but there’s NO EQUIVALENCY with how dominant that is on the other side, and I would argue that this is more proof of that...hopefully these disillusioned folks will just sit out this election – I mean, it would be awesome if they voted for Team D, but I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for that (and I agree with Cousins’ assessment about breaking up our two-party duopoly near the end of this clip FWIW)...
...and I think this is a timely tune for today, written by Little Steven of course.
