We're finally at endgame in this sad phase of the Steve Bannon saga. On Friday Bannon will be sentenced in federal court for his 2 convictions on contempt of Congress charges. And of course Bannon, being Bannon, is unrepentant to the end. In a...
Immediately below is a compilation of a thread of tweets by Sen. Whitehouse with some commentary by me for easier reading. At the bottom I will post the Senator’s original tweet, in case some may wish to follow the...
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Sackett v U.S Environmental Protection Agency, re-interpreting the Clean Water Act to eliminate longstanding protections for millions of acres of wetlands. Five Justices on this new conservative Court narrowed the definition of...
The spectacular dunes system Donald Trump picked by for his golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has been “partially destroyed” as a result of the course’s construction, newly obtained documents have revealed.  Many locals say Trump failed to honour promises...
You know, if somebody with some real juice, I dunno, say God maybe, told me I could live my life over, I think that this time I would enroll in medical school. Only by being a board certified proctologist would make...
As long as there have been trains there have been train derailments, they kind of go with the territory when you transport tremendously heavy loads of freight at speed over terrain, around curves, in tenuously balanced rectangular boxes perched...
I'm delighted the Republicans have decided to slap a target on Pete Buttigieg's back. I truly am. Because in the days ahead they're going to find out they've underestimated the man. He is going to make them look like...
Good riddance to bad garbage. A senior administration official told CNN Wednesday, without irony, that Scott Pruitt was “inching forward to the tipping point” where finally, apparently even the Trump administration would find his endless scandals intolerable. Pruitt resigned...
Jennifer Diouhy is a Bloomberg reporter. https://twitter.com/jendlouhyhc/status/1002386812038414338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2018%2F6%2F1%2F1768723%2F-Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Hilariously-Flames-Trump-For-Ludicrous-Coal-Policy https://twitter.com/jendlouhyhc/status/1002576999616040961 The project that Trump proposes is not only unprecedented, the very idea is antiquated and absurd and Schwarzenegger says as much. https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1002575859419525120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2F2018%2F06%2Farnold-schwarzenegger-smokes-trumps-coal-bailout-plan-one-hilarious-tweet%2F This particular idiotic move of Trump's is buried in the news cycle under the...
Apparently the bloom is officially off of the rose. Trump's much vaunted campaign launch rally is over, and to say that it was underwhelming would be kind. And the results of this rally are going to dog the Trump...

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