Friday Stuff

Brian Tyler Cohen brings us a clip of Mango Mussolini professing admiration for Nancy Pelosi and wondering why she didn’t impeach Dubya for Iraq – no, you’re not suddenly in some parallel universe; clip is from 2008…



…and Cenk and Ana of TYT tell us about this great campaign ad from Andrew Romanoff focused on the climate crisis; Romanoff is running in the Dem Colorado U.S. Senate primary for the seat currently held by soulless Repug shill Cory Gardner – as Cenk and Ana tell us, Romanoff has to knock off “Fracken-Looper” first…



..and here’s a great “Now This” clip about the benefits of solar energy (as noted in the clip, Mr. Asmus upgraded his home for solar using LEAP, the Low Income Energy Assistance Program in Colorado, appropriately enough given the prior clip; don’t know if that’s offered nationwide or if that could be a model, but it should be – and in a related item, I give you this)…



…and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day in Doomsy History” (more or less) from 12/19/13…from the little bit I’ve read, apparently Sen. Elizabeth Warren held her own in the 2,462nd debate last night among the Democratic candidates for president, and with that in mind, I think it’s instructive to bring back this clip; with the exception of Bernie Sanders, nobody else on that stage has the record for consumer advocacy that Warren has built up throughout her career, and in this clip, she talks with Chris Hayes about the idiocy of employers wanting to review credit scores for job applicants as part of a background check even though that information has not one damn thing to do with how that person would perform on the job (more is here, and I'm not a bit surprised that California was progressive enough to ban this practice as noted here)…



...and here are more seasonal selections.

Thursday Stuff

Here’s a video from The Guardian in which Times Square protesters are interviewed before the recent Trump impeachment vote (more here and here – and "no evidence" from the Trumpette who was interviewed? How about this? And we know how Benedict Arnold Van Drew voted, but Collin Peterson of Minnesota voted against both articles and Jared Golden of Maine voted against the second article…and #JillStein2020 voted “present” on both articles of impeachment – I’m sure her pal Tucker Carlson will be proud of her)...



…and there’s a lot more that need to be said about the antics of Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao in the U.S. Senate, but for now, this is a pretty good 1:45 segment from Chris Hayes…



…and here’s a cheerful little holiday item about massive global inequality – since most of the world is interconnected, we know what kind of con is going on, as Kyle quite rightly notes…



…and I put off this video in light of more timely stuff for the last few days, but I’m getting around to it now – it looks like Clint “Arguing With The Empty Chair” concocted some bit of crackpot MAGA history, which is a shame for the reasons Cenk notes…



...and here are more seasonal favorites.

Wednesday Stuff

So apparently Generalissimo Trump, as we near the impeachment vote, wrote some gonzo letter to Dem U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – lather, rinse, repeat…



…and Sam and the TMR crew comment on the New York Times apparently walking back, albeit slightly, their hit piece on Cenk Uygur saying he gave de facto support to David Duke – yeah, tell me again how “liberal” The Old Gray Lady really is (more here)…



...and here are more seasonal selections.

Tuesday Stuff

This is the clip I was looking for about the recently passed NDAA bill, the alleged “compromise” signed off on by the Democratic U.S. House “leadership” and quite rightly criticized by Bernie Sanders and Dem U.S. Rep Ro Khanna…I’ll remember this the next time I get an Email from Nancy Pelosi screaming for money and reminding me how many times she has already asked…



…and Farron Cousins tells us about AOC criticizing the fact that health insurance lobbyists took 40 congressional staffers on a spa retreat (and both Repugs AND Dems, sadly – how the hell is that NOT illegal?)...



...and here are more seasonal selections, including another new item...

Monday Stuff

David Pakman tells us that a federal judge ruled against the Gropenfuhrer trying to use military funds for his stoo-pid border wall - lots of good points about immigration in this clip also…



…and Kyle presents the Bernie Sanders video on the Naval Air Force vet who wanted to kill himself (and I know HRC hasn't covered herself in glory lately, but I think Kyle is being a little too dismissive here for what it’s worth...tremendous stories like this are a big reason why I get so pissed off at all of the “horse race” political coverage in this country at the expense of stories like this about how people are helped or, in this case, hurt by actual policy, and I know I’m not alone on that...)...



…and as far as I’m concerned, not only is former-Dem-turncoat-U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew a coward, but he’s a lousy political strategist also, as noted here (Van Drew is the guy who bailed over the impeachment vote...more here and here)…



…and Thom Hartmann gives us his take on the UK election and why he thinks it's different from the US campaign; more baggage for Corbyn vs. Bernie and less for Johnson vs. Generalissimo Trump (though targeted ads on social media are sure a common denominator of course)...



...and here are more seasonal selections.