I thought this was a pretty “no BS” commentary on Generalissimo Trump from Lawrence O’Donnell…
…and Kyle stands up to defend millennials; totally deserved as far as I'm concerned (NSFW of course – kicks ass over the last minute and a half)…
…and I know this happened this week also; we know what kind of individuals are in charge of Iran, but their long-suffering people deserve MUCH better (and you know that saying about a stopped clock being right twice a day? I think you can put Trump’s statement in that category)…
…and I’m sure it doesn’t bother this Clay Higgins life form that he’s pretty much emulating the ISIS mentality here…
…and RIP Adam West – as far as I’m concerned, with all of the stuff going on in the ‘60s (some great, some interesting, some both, and some genuinely scary), he was one of the people who made sure we had fun also along the way (hat tip to Bob Cesca on Twitter for the cartoon)…
…and as long as we’re back in that era, I should note that we recently observed the 50th anniversary of the release of this recording, which featured the following tune.
I think Rachel Maddow takes a minute or two to get going here, but when she does, it’s worth it – her summation at the end is what matters…we’re almost leaving behind the question of what it is or isn’t that Generalissimo Trump has going on with Russia; the obstruction at this point should be enough by itself to get his ass impeached…
...a point echoed by K.O. here…
…oh, and I think it should be noted that, lost in the kerfuffle over his gratuitous use of the “N” word last week, Bill Maher made a GREAT point about how Democrats should respond to this and basically all of the garbage and nonsense from the “party of Lincoln” here (and I thought this was a good post about Gianforte here – yeah, nothing like the “rich white guy” punishment is there, which isn’t even a slap on the wrist, as opposed to everybody else, which would be a one-way ticket to the gray bar hotel...NSFW I believe)…
…and maybe Dem Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill saw Maher’s segment, because this was a great moment with her giving it to “Saint Orrin” Hatch over the Repugs and their attempt to railroad “Trump-scam-care” in the U.S. Senate…
This senator ripped Republicans for trying to rush their health care bill without a hearing pic.twitter.com/i7yKtNNOMt
…and speaking of “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” the incredibly-inaptly-named Repug Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy (ugh) compared public schools to mayonnaise here…
...and as I've said before, we in the "great 48" could learn a thing or two from the Brits and the "in your face" nature of their politics (we may have dueling political and media consultants, but our corporate puppet masters don't want their bought-and-paid-for office holders to act quite so independently, or ferociously - might wake up the American "sheeple," you see...but yeah, I think it's safe to say that Theresa May metaphorically "screwed the pooch" - good luck trying to form a coalition government with this bunch)...
…and I’m also behind on this great commentary from John Oliver about the “Gropenfuhrer” pulling out of the Paris climate accord (noteworthy for a few reasons, not the least of which is Oliver’s thoroughly appropriate smack down of Scott Wagner...seems pretty far in the rear view mirror with everything going on I know...NSFW also)…
…and speaking of climate/weather, the summer season may have come to our area at long last, so maybe I’ll kick off my typical selections for this time of year with this one.
As far as I’m concerned, only the most craven and idiotic of partisans basically oppose impeachment of Number 45 at this point (here); do you seriously want to imagine what would happen if we were somehow talking about a Democrat?...
'So why did he kick everybody out of the Oval Office?' — a key question from James Comey during Thursday's testimony pic.twitter.com/Ki4zEjOK6L
…and sorry I’m a little late with this item from Maine Sen. Angus King yesterday – nice work to go after Coats and Rogers like that; what a pair of compromised idiots, like the rest of our outlaw executive regime…
This Senator grilled America's top intelligence chiefs for refusing to answer questions about Trump’s ties to Russia pic.twitter.com/MjXueUaxtA
…and I thought this was an interesting bit of history – on this day 50 years ago, our “ally” Israel attacked the U.S.S. Liberty; kind of sickening behavior I must admit (and this was an odd bit of a coincidence I would say)…
…and as long as we’re “setting the wayback,” I give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (a bit late I know) from 6/7/08 (Amy Goodman talks with Josh Silver and Bob McChesney at a conference on media consolidation…yep, “Straight Talk” McCain caved as usual – and apparently enough he didn’t distinguish himself here either; more important to watch a baseball game than to be ready for the Comey hearing I guess – and it’s funny to hear that O’Reilly comment now, but NOT FUNNY when you realize what kind of a battle we have to fight against the Trumpsters to keep the Internet as equal for everybody as possible…and good point, sadly, about Clinton/Gore and the ’96 telecomm bill – never a good ending when a Dem caves on an issue as important as that one)…
…oh, and I guess I committed a bit of a faux pas by not wishing VP Mike Pence a happy birthday yesterday; please allow me to do so with this (and boy, is John Iadarola right at about 6:15…that point by Cenk about Generalissimo Trump’s attitude of only he being allowed to win is well made, and the Democrats should have echoed that OVER AND OVER AND OVER during the campaign...and by the way, about Pence's cap-and-trade denigration, I give you this)...
…and I never thought I would have a reason to put up this tune, but I’m glad to be wrong; happy what-would-have-been 150th birthday to architect extraordinaire Frank Lloyd Wright.
It’s becoming more and more of a challenge to keep up with the flood of sludge generated from the Trumpsters, but I’ll continue to try my best (f Hillary Clinton or ANY Democrat had engaged in this kind of behavior, they would be in jail by now, having been impeached already)…
…and aside from the illegality, there’s the matter of the fact that our ruling cabal of idiots are truly scummy people, as noted below (more here – oh, and Democrats supposedly aren’t “human”? Doesn’t mean much coming from a scumwadlike you, does it, Eric?)…
…and this is, for my money, a really toned-down report on Generalissimo Trump’s decision to single out Qatar as a country that aids terrorism (no word on what kind of impact our estimated military force of about 11,000 will have to deal with in response...not encouraging to see anyone giving credence to Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao on this issue as well as any other) – no clue as to how guilty Qatar is or isn't, but I’m not making that charge; President Big Orange Cheetoh is the one doing that (a MUCH BETTER segment on this issue aired last night on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell talking with Wendy Sherman and Graeme Wood, but good luck finding it on MSNBC’s utterly wretched web site - more here)…
…and speaking of the Senate “leader,” it looks like he’s going to try and railroad “Trump-Scam-Care” through the U.S. Senate (here), and Dem Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire reminds us why that is a terrible idea (she speaks out in defense of the ACA and against the garbage from the “Gropenfuhrer”...and yes, I know his name is “Mick” Mulvaney)…
…and it’s almost refreshing to hear the honesty of the Dickensian point of view of Repuglican shill Karen Handel in the GA-06 congressional election (more on how horrible a $15-an-hour minimum wage supposedly is can be found here, and to help Jon Ossoff, click here...and nice work by Ossoff here)…
'I do not support a livable wage' — an actual Republican candidate running for Congress pic.twitter.com/yPVLMnbGFW
Yeah, I’m not sure what else needs to be pointed out about our Problem-Child-In-Chief considering the pic above and the following video – would be nice if the outrage were universal across this country and the 30-percent-or-so “bitter enders” would actually join us, but of course that would mean making common political cause with a DEMOCRAT, and we know what chance there is that THAT will happen…
The @AP fact checked President Trump, and guess what? Barely anything he tweets is accurate pic.twitter.com/XFl4oVfB6r
…and I kind of get the impression that K.O. has had enough of Generalissimo Trump – as far as I’m concerned, anyone with a functioning cerebral cortex should feel that way also…
…and I thought this was an interesting report by Joy Reid with NBC security reporter Ken Dilanian about the latest report on the degree of Russian hacking in the 2016 election – not because, as far as we know, the Russians actually hacked to the degree that they changed vote totals or anyone’s party registration, which hasn’t happened as far as we know, but I think this tells us just how hard they worked to interfere and, to me, what kind of potential there is for the Russians doing further damage (they’re not just going to stop since they were so successful – love to be wrong)…more on spear-fishing is here – continues to astonish me in a way that, with all of the caterwauling going on about Russia’s interference (justified caterwauling IMHO), I don’t hear a peep out of anybody from the angle of trying to shore up the security/transparency of our voting systems…
…and with the prior clip in mind, I thought Mike Papantonio had a good clip here about the importance of whistle blowers (I don’t know who Reality Leigh Winner is, but I’d pay her bail if I could...and no, I didn’t know what a qui tam provision was either)…
….and I give you the short version of Betsy DeVos after watching this clip…”I know this Congress and the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR aren’t going to do a damn thing about anything going on at one of my precious charter schools, where I can keep out the “blahs” and anyone who isn’t as deserving as me and my friends and their kids, so how dare this rude li-bu-ruul try to make me say I’ll honor the sacrifices of previous generations of Americans, regardless of how murky the law may be.”…
Watch this testy exchange between Secretary DeVos and Senator Merkley over discrimination in schools pic.twitter.com/eNIAuvjByE
Here’s to possibly the best city on earth and our brave friends in the UK (more here, and the predictable idiocy from our problem child-in-chief is here...kudos to Mayor Khan and his defenders)…
…and yeah, I think this says all we need to know about President Big Orange Cheetoh and his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord (here is an update)…
More than 20 tech companies wrote an open letter to Trump about his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement pic.twitter.com/2kCzxPdbWI
…oh, and not that I expect the “Gropenfuhrer” to actually care, but, just to let the rest of us know (maybe he’ll wake the “f” up when Manhattan sinks into the harbor – maybe)…
This crack in an Antarctic ice shelf could create an iceberg larger than Rhode Island pic.twitter.com/hfsz86COQv
…oh, and as long as we’re discussing the economy, remember how Number 45 said coal was coming back, or something? Uh, no…
…and Sam Seder talks with Heather “Digby” Parton about some of the Russia financial stuff in particular involving Generalissimo Trump (and here is more on Number 45’s budget)…
…and to me, when I need a tune to re-orient myself a bit in terms of priorities in a musical way, this does the trick quite nicely.
