"I'm Down With Brown" and Other Presumptive 2020 Slogans
We’ve now got the 2018 midterms mostly in the rearview mirror, which allows us to concentrate all our political nerd/addict energy on the upcoming race for the Democratic (and Republican?)...
View ArticleIs this WWF ad messing up your DK screen too?
Um, I can barely read DailyKos today because this WWF ad is all over the place, and is totally distracting me.I only have a certain number of brain cells to devote to DK and many of them are being...
View ArticleAppearing on terrorist watchlist doesn't mean you're a terrorist
NBC News made a little splash yesterday with this story noting that despite the Trump Administration’s claim that 4,000 terrorists had been stopped trying to enter that US last year, “Only six...
View ArticleWhy no Dem candidate stands a chance against Trump
Democrats should start worrying and worrying hard. Forget the polls that show Trump is less popular than a sweaty, toothless burro in heat. Even a superficial analysis — and this is a very superficial...
View Article2020: No Biden, no Bernie, no Boomers
The Washington Post has a story this morning (www.washingtonpost.com/...) outlining what it considers the Top 15 Democratic prospects for 2020. Most of these names leave me cold, but I’m particularly...
View ArticleIgnorance is strength, says the Chesire Cat (with poll)
President* Trump tweeted this morning: xVery proud of my Executive Order which will allow greatly expanded access and far lower costs for HealthCare. Millions of people benefit!— Donald J. Trump...
View ArticleI need a lawyer to explain how Trump's lying to the public is "obstruction of...
One of the more interesting tidbits in Michael Wolff’s book about the Trump administration, Fire and Fury, is that Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump’s legal team, resigned after the administration...
View ArticleIt's not that Trump insulted countries, but his Social Darwinism
It is certainly awful, disgusting, appalling and the usual adjectives that apply to Donald Trump that he referred to “shithole countries.” In doing so, he proved once again that he has neither class...
View ArticleThe human costs of government shutdowns
Since Donald J. Trump has apparently ceded his powers to his chief of staff John Kelly (aka #PresidentKelly — make it trend on Twitter) and troglodyte advisor Stephen Miller, and the Dems are...
View ArticleWhy Is Larry Kudlow in Walter Reed and Not a Civilian Hospital?
President* Trump’s economic advisor Larry Kudlow suffered a heart attack earlier today and is being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.I wish Kudlow well, but can’t help but ask —...
View ArticleTrump Admin. and Child Migrants: A Conspiracy of Dunces
It is clear that the Trump Administration can’t manage its way out of a paper bag. The Trump-created crisis with child migrants is just one example of administration-by-impulse. We can also see it in...
View Article"I'm Down With Brown" and Other Presumptive 2020 Slogans
We’ve now got the 2018 midterms mostly in the rearview mirror, which allows us to concentrate all our political nerd/addict energy on the upcoming race for the Democratic (and Republican?)...
View ArticleIs this WWF ad messing up your DK screen too?
Um, I can barely read DailyKos today because this WWF ad is all over the place, and is totally distracting me.I only have a certain number of brain cells to devote to DK and many of them are being...
View ArticleAppearing on terrorist watchlist doesn't mean you're a terrorist
NBC News made a little splash yesterday with this story noting that despite the Trump Administration’s claim that 4,000 terrorists had been stopped trying to enter that US last year, “Only six...
View ArticleWhy no Dem candidate stands a chance against Trump
Democrats should start worrying and worrying hard. Forget the polls that show Trump is less popular than a sweaty, toothless burro in heat. Even a superficial analysis — and this is a very superficial...
View ArticleMaybe we'd be better off if Kamala Harris stayed in the Senate
Like many of you, I suspect, I had nothing but admiration for the way Kamala Harris eviscerated Bill Barr yesterday, exposing his lies, deceit and evasion. It was much the same during the Kavanaugh...
View ArticleAs I take a leave from DKos, a plea to all to be nice to each other and our...
No, this is not one of those “Goodbye cruel world posts.” I’ve got to take a leave from DKos because I’ve got a novel to write and I waste . . . er, spend too much time here. If any of you out there...
View ArticleWould a GOP Senate ever convict Trump?
For those of us old enough to remember the Watergate impeachment hearings, current events have a familiar ring. In particular, the nothing-to-see-here reaction of the Republican establishment,...
View ArticleSo who's lying, Bernie or Warren?
Yesterday began with an “explosive” allegation by CNN that Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in a private meeting back in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency.The anonymous sources for the...
View ArticleShould Bernie Just Quit Already?
Let me get my biases out of the way first. I was an Amy Klobuchar supporter from way back who now has switched allegiance to Joe Biden. For a whole host of reasons I won’t bother to enumerate, I...
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