Our First Lady Michelle Obama wins the "Biggest Heart In The Universe" award
You know, beneath our seeming differences we are all just one big family Bush was a featured speaker at the opening of the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture,...
View ArticleRepublicans you will sleep better at night if you tell Trump to go to hell on...
My dear old grandpa would not in a thousand years cast a vote for Donald Trump. Papa is a kind, caring and decent man who, despite an incredibly sharp mind and tolerance that's both deep and broad,...
View ArticleDonald Trump is the "I Got Mine" guy currently groping our nation
I blame Reagan. Ronnie Raygun made Trump’s I Got Mine into a way of life, by successfully pitching "government IS the problem", and making it passe to believe that collectively meeting worthy goals is...
View ArticleLiberty U junior pens anti-sexual assault piece for student newpaper. Jerry...
“Freedom” until it's something they don't like.Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. had a student's sports column pulled from the school's newspaper because it focused on vulgar comments made...
View ArticleGrandpa why are those Republicans endorsing him? Billy because they are...
I have some friends who are enthusiastic Trump supporters. To those who don't I'm envious. It's like Stephen King quipped about his latest "horror story": Some of them want him to win. But I've been...
View ArticleAlright Hold The F*ck On A Minute. Bernie Sanders Has Never "Sold Out" To Anyone
Foul-mouthed rant: OnThere's a stupidity floating around claiming that Bernie Sanders has somehow "sold out”, whether by endorsing Hillary Clinton or by officially hanging the “D” on his name or by...
View ArticlePope Francis barely doesn't mention Donald Trump, condemns "false prophets...
No Francis did not mention Trump by name, but it’s hard to argue His Holiness wasn't talking about His Orangeness“No tyranny can be sustained without exploiting our fears,” the pope said, according to...
View ArticleWe are in rough and uncharted waters. Luckily our soon-to-be skipper is more...
For there's treasure to be found here.The national Republican party have revealed themselves as vacuous, power-hungry liars, and most of their base can see it as well as anyone. Feeling cut adrift and...
View ArticleThese Russian revelations bring some clarity. We MUST stonewall. Not. One....
Rex Tillerson seems to beTrump's choice for our nation's top diplomat, despite having no experience whatsoever in government, and despite the fact that most of us outside the Exxon Mobile boardroom...
View ArticleRoger Stone: Trump arranged SoS meeting to "torture" Mitt. Our...
And he surrounds himself withcruel people.Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, says the president-elect interviewed Mitt Romney for the secretary of State position just to "torture him"...
View ArticleLA State House hopeful stands by xenophobic rant, will boycott Muslims. ISIS...
In a 2015 Facebook post Micheal "Duke" Lowrie put his intolerance right out there for all of FB to see. There are many who worship, if you call it that, islam here among us. I do not believe they...
View ArticleAP: Trump Ditches Media (and his own transition team) For Golf Game
Yes, this happened a few hours agoA club member posted a photo on Twitter of Trump on the greens Saturday morning and said the president-elect was accompanied by about 25 U.S. Secret Service agents....
View ArticleThere's hope if you know where to look. Don't impeach, engage.
Please don't move to impeach. Not when Pence would be as bad or worse, but with better self-control. And not when it would likely do nothing more than smear yet another cowpie all over our political...
View ArticleSenate HELP committee delays DeVos confirmation. Chairman (R) still says...
As we recently learned, in an unprecedented and altogether slimy move Donald Trump is ramming through his cabinet choices before they've received a full review from the watchdog Office of Government...
View ArticleSen Murphy (D-CT) says what we're all thinking "Don't lecture me on American...
First of all: TRIGGER WARNINGRighteous uproar and stunned disbelief seem to be the rule among politicos and political observers these days. One such is Democratic Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut....
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That time Dr Seuss captured Trump's "America First" in one frame
We're Better Than ThisThen and now and forever we are better than this.#Resist
View ArticleShe's a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. She holds a Sudanese passport. So she...
Suha Abushamma just wanted to go to work.Minutes before the temporary stay on such deportations was handed down, that Sudanese passport was all it took to expel her from the country.On Saturday...
View ArticleTrump ditches press pool to play golf with Japanese PM
More disdain for transparency and tradition from the Trump administration.From The Hill:Members of President Trump's press pool on Saturday said they were kept from tagging along as the president...
View ArticleRepublican Desperation: Running away from their own voters, and then calling...
Many people want answers. In a tumultuous time many are looking for clarity at least, and maybe even some solace.And these so-called “leaders” are basically fleeing the encounter, and their own...
View ArticleBernie hits the bullseye: "People who can't afford health care do not deserve...
xPeople who canâÂÂt afford health care do not deserve to die. I donâÂÂt know how we can make it any clearer than that.â Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders)...
View Article"The arms sale is a terrible idea" Senator Murphy nails it again
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to Donald Trump. Today’s op-ed at the Huffington Post is no different. This weekend, President Trump will unveil a proposed mammoth...
View ArticleElon Musk Is Having None Of It, Threatens To Quit Trump If US Pulls Out From...
From WaPo:Tesla chief executive Elon Musk threatened Wednesday to resign his position as an adviser to President Trump if the United States withdraws from the Paris climate deal, a remark that...
View ArticleFirst Elon Musk, then Disney boss Bob Iger flee the sinking ship Trump over...
It's said that Trump is a “good businessman”. Good for his own personal stake, maybe, but disastrous for just about everyone else. Can't keep a promise, and can't keep people around. Tesla’s Elon Musk...
View ArticleMichigan elections director Chris Thomas: Unchecked dark money could "swallow...
Thomas is retiring next week after 36 years on the job, and he has a dire warning for those who would ignore the rot caused this kind of undisclosed influence. At its center, according to Thomas, is...
View ArticleLiving Vicariously Through Buzz Aldrin's Eyes
Former astronaut, second human to set foot on the moon, and all-around octogenarian badass Buzz Aldrin had the misfortune to be at Trump’s left hand Friday, during a signing ceremony re-creating the...
View ArticleVirginian cyclist says what we’re all thinking, with her middle finger
One for the Kick Ass file. While 45 was leaving yet another Totally Presidential Golf Outing on Saturday, and some thousands of taxpayer money was paying for his entire motorcade to take him to and...
View ArticleIf I wanted to harm Democrats’ electoral chances, and the country at large,...
I'd work to keep Democrats and otherwise left-leaning people at each other’s throats.I’d try to reawaken and stoke as much 2016 primary dumpster fire angst and anger as I could, and keep former and...
View ArticleRobots Leave Us With Only One Of Two Outcomes: A Lot Of Government Help, or A...
Automation is defined as “The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process.” It is happening now, and has been ongoing and increasing for a long...
View ArticleMESSAGE: Republicans tolerate sexual misconduct. Democrats do not.
There’s your message. One right-leaning pundit dropped her accusation against Senator Franken, and it seemed a bit suspect. More have come forward now and unfortunately they seem legit. And the sad...
View ArticleFraming: How do we afford our civilization? Taxes
How do we pay for our roads?What pays to fill the fuel tank of a coast guard helicopter? Or to train its pilot? How do paramedics or firefighters get paid?What pays to research and prevent and contain...
View ArticleMore carbon means more heat. More heat means climate change.
Megatons of energy, in the form of heat from our sun, are added to our atmosphere's collective energies every day. Some of that heat radiates into space, and some is trapped by our atmosphere. More...
View ArticleTrump raised hell with the free world, stormed off to shake hands with a...
At the G-7 summit in Canada Donald Trump managed to alienate or piss off most of our post-WW2 allies.Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, his host, was and continues to be the victim of Trump’s direct lashing...
View ArticleAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez "I knocked doors until rainwater came through my...
We’re seeing more and more of this awakening. This sudden solid notion that we ourselves have to get the hell up and Do Something.It’s the only thing that will ever get anything done. xSome folks are...
View ArticleChristians march with LGBT protesters, carrying signs saying “I’m sorry”....
Nothing but smiles for this, of pride and of hope. And a thousand thanks on behalf of all my LGBT brothers and sisters, on behalf of civilized society.From CBS newsJamilah Salvador was walking in her...
View Article"Poverty charges interest" This Tay Zonday tweet is pretty much all of it
Thank you Tay.xBeing poor now just leads to being more poor later. Can't pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can't pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back surgery. Can't...
View ArticleStep 1: “Own the libs” Step 2: ..... Step 3: Profit
Once it might’ve been said that conservatives pursued lofty goals. Nonsense, sure, but still they thought they were doing what was best for everyone. No more. Nowadays owning the libs is all they need....
View ArticleRudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s Lawyer: “Truth Isn't Truth”
Holy shit he actually said it."And when you tell me that he should testify because he’s going to tell the truth and he shouldn’t worry, well that’s so silly because that’s somebody’s version of the...
View ArticleIf You Still Support President Trump Then This Is Your Confession
You are okay with the president mocking a reporter for his congenital joint condition.You are okay with the president having the full and open support of the Klu Klux Klan and the American Nazi...
View ArticleThis is (Trump’s) America
Those men currently hold, or are aspiring to hold, the most powerful positions in our government.And they look in the mirror and see those faces as normal.Even while under the full glare of the media...
View ArticleDr Ford told the truth, and the GOP feared the worst. Then Judge Kavanaugh...
And they felt better, because that was the plan. DENY any and all accusations, with lots of yelling and tears of rage, then quickly go on and on and on about how you are in fact awesome, with yet more...
View ArticleDonald Trump is POTUS, so every journalist in the world is uneasy, and every...
It’s a long-known staple of dictatorships, through history up to this day:Nobody, NObody, can criticize the ones in charge.And that’s exactly what Jamal Khashoggi did for a living.A month after his...
View ArticleWho built that road? We built that road. It is ours.
Have a look at our road. You can probably see at least one from a nearby window. Maybe it’s gravel, or asphalt, or even cobblestone. And for all practical purposes that road is ours.Sometimes there are...
View ArticleOn opioids and pain and pot: The Man will help you, but you’ll pay for it
I’ve had problems with my back. Two separate incidents resulting in compression fractures through seven vertebrae, with T7 being the worst off. Right near the middle.Painful shitty stuff and painful...
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This Pale Blue Dot Is You
We have a victory and a challenge in that photo of Earth, taken from the Cassini spacecraft while in orbit around Saturn.The cozy conditions we find here on our planet-sized dot; liquid water standing...
View Article“There’s a tweet for everything”
It just doesn’t end, and it seems to be getting worse.If I wanted to discredit and destabilize the American experiment I can’t think of a better way to do it than the way the vast majority of the Trump...
View ArticleWant to harm the American Experiment? Act like Donald Trump.
Trump sparks a cringe among attentive and freedom-loving earthlings almost every time he opens his mouth or clicks post, and in turn he impedes everything we’re trying to achieve here.And it goes all...
View ArticleTo cheer Soleimani’s killing is to cheer a hot war with Iran
Act of war: An action by one country against another with an intention to provoke a warThere seems to be confusion about this. There seems to be some reluctance towards calling things by their...
View Article“The first places open for business should be government buildings and...
“The first places open for business should be government buildings and offices. Starting in DC.If the White House isn’t doing public tours then the rest of the country is not ready to open.If your...
View ArticleHas a sitting president ever been heard saying “I was being sarcastic” about...
Serious question, and I doubt it.After all “I was being sarcastic” roughly translates to “I was bullshitting you“; which, once upon a better time, was an impression you just didn’t want to give as an...
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