You're probably aware of the wild scene in Atlanta today, with Brian Kemp signing into law a bill that will disenfranchise voters of color, which includes voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run. The...
It's no wonder the QAnon crackpots think Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election with this going on in Florida. Of the 67 counties, at least 10 list Trump/Pence as the winning ticket. Florida is the gateway to the...
You know, I've seen some pretty stupid politicians in my time, and I know I'm not alone. Politics is an all inclusive profession, you can be bone stupid and still not only survive, but thrive. A certain look, a...
You know, at this point, I'm honestly beginning to believe that even card carrying, duly elected GOP incumbents now believe that their party is dying. Because if they thought that they could honestly upgrade and save the party, then...
This certainly didn't take long. Within a few minutes, in fact, of the announcement that Donald Trump and the RNC had made nice nice over his name and likeness in their fundraising efforts, it was announced that guess what?...
Philosopher Eric Hoffer said it best: "Every great cause starts out as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually devolves into a racket." In the case of the Lincoln Project, founded in late 2019, the metamorphosis was almost instantaneous,...
Y'all know me, I've been addicted to politics for more years than I actually want to count. And along the way, I learned a few things, such as there are a few very simple rules to politics. And the...
File this under Too Weird To Happen, but then again, how much weirder is it than a reality TV actor with no prior political experience being elected president of the United States? This is from a Facebook post, February...
I know, I know, y'all think I'm just another cheerful optimist. But I'm not, I prefer to think of myself as a hopeful pessimist. But right now, I don't that the GOP nationally, and especially the GOP in Texas,...
The poll I'm talking about wasn't a one shot deal, it was a regular question, and it wasn't short term, the evidence goes back a full five years. Go back 5 years to the 2015 general election campaign. In poll...

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