"Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak." -- Othello - - It's a shame that Shakespeare isn't around to write up this tale of political treachery. This is right up his...
Michelle Obama spoke today in the White House on the occasion of the unveiling of the unveiling of her and the husband’s official portraits… …she spoke of her joy in returning to the house she raised her children in, and...
The toxic political atmosphere which has led to the deaths of five journalists and threats to lynch a  black Congresswoman, just this week, is being promulgated regularly by midlevel appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services. Weaponizing...
Republicans who love to leap on Joe Biden's latest gaffe might consider listening to a few tapes of Kevin McCarthy's. He is frequently not comprehensible, let alone articulate. Today he went on a description of improvements he wants to...
The split senate that we have, with Kamala Harris able to cast a tie breaking vote, is not the automatic rubber stamp that some people wish it would be. Neera Tanden is probably one of those people right now,...
“Be careful what you wish for” I've taken plenty of shots including some cheap ones at now former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. So have others. Lots of us have. Ever sine the vote to oust him a lot of self-satisfaction...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-Screw You, Trump) drew a line in the sand after Donald Trump threatened to gut federal funding for "lawless" and "anarchist" cities that "fail" to curb violent protests. Cuomo said that Trump is "persona non grata"...
Q: What one thing do the following all have in common? Pardoning Douchenesh D'Souza, scrapping the Iran Deal, separating asylum and refugee seekers from their children at the border, reversing government sanctions to bail out ZTE, and imposing punitive...
You know how you're always being told to never rely on early results as a predictor of final outcomes? Well we passed that stage with the Georgia runoff elections with dizzying speed. Let's take a look at how this...
Standin' in line, marking time, waiting for the welfare dime, cause they can't buy a job   Bruce Hornsby and the Range   Just the way it is Hey, y'all remember that mighty Trump tax cut that was going to have everybody farting through...

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