Friday Stuff

K.O. continues to chronicle the utter disintegration of Generalissimo Trump (more on the sanctions vote is here – not sure why Sen. Bernie Sanders voted No, unless it was because sanctions against Iran were included, which I think are a mistake given that no one has produced evidence that they’ve violated the terms of the treaty signed under former Secretary of State John Kerry...anybody remember that one?)…



…and I realize the news wouldn’t be another Trump lie; the “news” would be that he actually told the truth, as Kyle explains, discussing yet another insane interview with Number 45, this time conducted by the Wall Street Journal (NSFW)…



…and gee, not smirking now, are you, “Pharma Bro” (here – and hey, chill on the Vice reporter, OK? Well, maybe he is still smirking a bit - I'm sure he'll eventually "get the memo")...



…and Chris Hayes tells us that the Secret Service has been kicked out of Trump Tower in NYC because the rent is apparently too damn high (definitely emblematic of this regime of idiots and crooks)…



…also, Joy Ann Reid interviews Del Quinton Wilber, the reporter for the aforementioned WSJ who broke the story that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C. (as Wilber says, waay too early to prognosticate here, but this definitely isn’t good for the Gropenfuhrer)…



…and Ali Velshi talks to that disgusting Teahadist Jim Jordan about health care in this country vs. Canada (oh, and as long as I’m including a video from Bernie Sanders, can we PLEEEAAASSSE cease and desist with the circular firing squad about how he is supposedly destroying the Democratic Party? And on the other side of this argument, can we PLEEEAAASSSE cease and desist with the purity tests about how, say, Sen. Kamala Harris is a “CORPORATE DEM WHO MUST BE SHUNNED”?

(I’m not even going to waste my time trying to address people like Jimmy Dore on this, since screaming about “Corporate Dems” is basically their business model.)

With this is mind, Charlie Pierce wrote a great column today about how, if we keep this up, we’re likely to blow the greatest opportunity we’ve ever had for Democrats to win and, thus, govern the way both parties in this country are supposed to (Update 8/7/17 - Uh, yep)…

Why doesn't a profit-driven health care system work? This Canadian businessman explains why. pic.twitter.com/VDDaB198Xh

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 3, 2017

…and speaking of Bernie, he reminds us here about Nissan workers trying to organize in MI – all the best…

It's never easy to stand together and try to form a union. I applaud the Nissan workers in Mississippi fighting for workers' rights. pic.twitter.com/eLqsOrofoK

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 2, 2017

Update 8/5/17: I once had a Nissan, and it was a good car, but I'll never buy another one (here - from what I read, I blame management coercion).

…and I think this is a nice tune and video for a Friday, so here it is (barring news stories, I probably will be going a little overboard with summer songs for a while after this).