Anderson Cooper to Trump Lackey Jeffrey Lord: "If Trump took a dump on his...
This will be a super short diary as it kind of speaks for itself.Anderson Cooper actually said this to Trump lackey Jeffrey Lord on CNN tonight. And based on my experiences the same can probably be...
View ArticleWaiter Who Claimed Customer Wrote "We Don't Tip Terrorist" On Receipt Faked...
Last week a lot of folks here and elsewhere on the interwebs got caught up in outrage over the story of a Texas waiter, Khalil Cavil, who claimed that a customer, instead of writing in a tip, wrote “We...
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The Most Powerful and Destructive Form of Identity Politics
Several days ago there was a little stir about the speech Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a potential presidential aspirant, gave at Netroots Nation. Specifically, Harris said:“I have a problem, guys, with...
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"Resistance" grifter Amy Siskind finally gets her comeuppance
Over the last couple years I’ve been disturbed to see some well-meaning people here and elsewhere posting tweets by Amy Siskind, who has become a darling of the “Resistance”. I was disturbed because,...
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The Upside Down
With the recent developments that President Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen plea that he committed felony-level violation of campaign finance law at the direction of...
View ArticleThe Guardian: "If Trump shot Michael Cohen in broad daylight, here's what...
This won’t be much of a diary, but this bit of parody from The Guardian about what reactions from Republicans would be like if Trump actually shot Michael Cohen on Fifth Avenue in New York is just...
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Chipotle reconsiders firing of Manager Over "Racist" incident that went viral
Last week a video went viral of a group of Black teenagers in St. Paul who were refused service by a manager of a Chipotle in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the video posted by Masud Ali, one of the boys in...
View ArticleIf We're For Inclusion, Let's Behave More Inclusively
Update: One commenter below has suggested I’m guilty of White privilege— except I’m not White, I’m Chinese. This is exactly the kind of behavior and approach I’m criticizing, so thanks to the commenter...
View ArticleNikki Haley is not very smart
Nikki Haley is often touted by pundits as being one of the more intelligent GOP politicians and is considered a rising star.But as with other supposedly wonky GOPers, Haley is only considered smart...
View ArticleIdealists and Pragmatists - A Mutually Profitable Dialogue
One of the central fault lines on the American left today has been this tension between idealists and pragmatists. There has long been this tension, but within the last few years it has been ratcheted...
View ArticleThe Case for Elizabeth Warren
I support Elizabeth Warren for President for several reasons.First of all, she seems to truly grasp the gravity of the political moment we’re in, namely she has a message and policy platform that are...
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Here's the Bottom Line Re: the Mueller Report
There’s a frenzy going on right now with regard to the juicy details of the Mueller Report, but if we want to boil the whole thing down to what might be actionable, it’s this part on page 220 of the...
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The Phonies on the Left
Back in the mid-2000s I became a big fan of Glenn Greenwald’s writing regarding the malfeasance of the Bush Administration, and I stayed a fan when he wrote scathing criticism of the Obama...
View ArticleWe Must Not Have a Return to Normalcy
First of all, let me state up front that there should be no doubt at all that racial and cultural resentment was the main driving factor in why Donald Trump was elected. There have been a number of...
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The Racialization of Our Politics, in One Poll
There is a new Washington Post-ABC News poll out, and if you’re someone (like me) who believes President Trump committed obstruction of justice and thus should be impeached, it does not offer good...
View ArticleNY Mag: "Wall St. Dems Are Freaking Out About Their 2020 Candidates"
New York Magazine reporter Gabriel Debenedetti has an interesting look at how Wall Street Democrats and donors, who in the past were used to having sway over the Democratic Party’s nomination process...
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Quinnipiac Poll - 54% say Trump obstructed, but just 29% say he should be...
Quinnipiac released a poll today that has contains some very confounding insights into the psyche of the American people.First, Americans are split down the middle, 46/46, on whether Trump committed a...
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WaPo piece on the economy: When did Trump take office?
Philip Bump of the Washington Post has a fantastic article titled How Trump tries to obscure the strong economy he inherited.Bump points to tweets sent out by Trump’s campaign and GOP chairwoman Ronna...
View ArticleThe Right Way for the Dem Nominee to Defeat Trump
Recently there was a thought-provoking diary on the rec list that, citing a tweetstorm by activist and writer Tim Wise, makes the argument that the way to defeat Trump in 2020 is by running on Trump...
View ArticleSick, sick burn from RBG
This won’t be much of a diary, but thought I’d share this sick, Olenna Tyrell-worthy burn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg:xJustice Ginsburg: "There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer,...
View ArticleRacist Conversation Between Reagan & Nixon Uncovered
For a long time, liberals have argued that Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon were racist pieces of shit. Nixon we were more certain of being a bigot since he was the first Republican to pursue the...
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Why Progressive Boomers Get Bashed
Personally, I happen to think that bashing this or that generation is misguided. Whether it’s older people bashing millennials as lazy and entitled, or younger people bashing boomers as selfish and...
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Be Not Afraid, Democrats
For the last nearly half-century, and particularly in the wake of Ronald Reagan, the default political posture of Democratic voters has been fear. Specifically, fear of appearing too liberal or...
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NBC/Wall St. Journal Poll - Biden maintains lead, but Warren surges, leads on...
The new NBC Wall Street Journal poll released today confirms the Democratic primary race is essentially a three-candidate race, with Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders rounding out the top...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren with an epic troll of right-wing fraudsters Burkman & Wohl
Short diary here: So the right-wing version of Dumb and Dumber, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, had a press conference today in which they alleged that Elizabeth Warren has been having a big, structural...
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It's Official: Elizabeth Warren is now the Democratic frontrunner (or at...
Back on September 23 when Elizabeth Warren took the lead in Quinnipiac’s Poll of Democrats and Dem-leaners, it was the first time any poll showed her leading the Democratic primary field. It was...
View ArticleBREAKING: Nonwhite candidate qualifies for the next debate
Last week in the wake of Kamala Harris’ suspension of her presidential campaign, there was a great deal of well-justified consternation and apprehension at the possibility that the next Democratic...
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If I was a betting man, my money would be on Bernie Sanders to win the Dem...
First off, I’m not a Bernie Sanders supporter, I support Elizabeth Warren.But, taking off my Warren stan hat for a minute and putting on my political analysis hat, I have to say I’ve noticed for awhile...
View ArticleRegarding Bad Behavior By Some Sanders Supporters
Bernie Sanders supporters often excuse away bad behavior by other Sanders supporters by saying something like, “So because someone was mean to you online, you’re going to keep people from getting...
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Regarding The Conventional Wisdom That Sanders Can't Win
With Bernie Sanders suddenly in the driver’s seat to be the Democratic nominee, we have been hearing and will hear much more from many moderates and mainstream liberals on cable TV and on social media...
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Leading Democratic Presidential Candidate Makes Disastrous Gaffe On Cuba
As you might’ve heard, a leading Democratic presidential candidate made disastrous gaffe about the issue of Cuba that established, mainstream pundits and political figures say will jeopardize his...
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My Final Argument for Elizabeth Warren
As Super Tuesday approaches, in which my home state of California is to vote, I just want to make a final appeal to whoever reads this to vote for Elizabeth Warren.The argument for Warren essentially...
View ArticleWhy I'm Switching to Bernie Sanders
I’ve been supporting Elizabeth Warren for about a year now, and although I’m incredibly disappointed that she did not get the electoral results that she, I, and her many supporters desired, I could not...
View ArticleThe Example That Warren Set For Her Campaign
Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but today a bunch of former Warren staffers and surrogates are unleashing all their pent up rage on Twitter, settling scores they’ve clearly wanted to settle for a long,...
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Do Not Forget Who Actually Took Down Warren
Now that Elizabeth Warren has officially dropped out, many Warren supporters are torn over who to support. You’d think that given the ideological similarities between Warren and Bernie Sanders, and...
View ArticlePolitico With A Damning Story About Trump's Response to Coronavirus
Politico’s health care reporter Dan Diamond has a damning piece up about how the Trump Administration has totally botched the response to coronavirus.For six weeks behind the scenes, and now...
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Biden's Treasury Shortlist Has Two Bankers & Warren
Axios has a story up today that reveals Joe Biden’s shortlist for potential Treasury secretaries includes two bankers, Jamie Dimon (!) of Chase, Anne Finucane of BofA, and Elizabeth...
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Conservadem Dan Lipinski Is A Lying Sack of Sh*t
Short diary here, but just wanted to let you all know that conservative Democratic congressman Dan Lipinski put out a tweet today falsely accusing his primary challenger, progressive Marie Newman, who...
View ArticleCovid-19 Cases Reach 1,000, Reality Collapses on Trump
I’m just gonna let these speak for themselves.May 10, 2018The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the...
View ArticleCongressional Doctor Expects 70 to 150 million in US will get Coronavirus
I really, really do not want to alarm people, but this is just too important not to share with all of you especially considering the source which clearly is credible.Congressional doctor expects 70M to...
View ArticleNY Times: The Giant Hole in the Coronavirus Bill
So a lot of folks are celebrating the deal made between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump White House that has been sold to the public as a guarantee that people affected by coronavirus will...
View ArticlePelosi Confirms Large Corporation Loophole In Coronavirus Bill Was A Feature,...
Earlier today I wrote a diary based on a piece by NY Times columnist Binyamin Applebaum highlighting the fact that the coronavirus bill deal reached by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump Administration...
View ArticleVP Pence Refuses to Answer Why Corporations Were Given Exemption in...
In his press conference this afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence claimed that no worker would miss a paycheck if he or she falls ill to coronavirus. But of course that isn’t true since the paid leave...
View ArticleIt Is Imperative That We Criticize and Pressure Our Democratic Leaders
So last night front pager Walter Einenkel wrote a diary about how Bernie Sanders in last night’s debate accurately called out Joe Biden for numerous statements Biden has made over the years indicating...
View ArticleWhy Trump and Conservatives Call It "China Virus" or "Chinese Coronavirus"
If you look at your history, you’ll see that when a disease hits, one of the first impulses by irresponsible and bigoted leaders and people is to scapegoat a certain race or religion for it.Everyone —...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Saw This Coming and Shows Us The Path Forward
A little over a week ago, front pager Kerry Eleveld wrote a wonderful diary titled “Elizabeth Warren predicted impending economic crash last year. Her warnings weren't heeded” that was based on a...
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Conservatives Can't Help Letting Their Racism Show Regarding "Chinese Virus"
While scientists, doctors, public health officials, and all other intelligent people in the known universe refer to it as coronavirus or Covid-19, there has been a concerted effort on the part of...
View ArticleThis Is The Time For Congressional Dems To Be Really Bold
Over the past week, Democrats have lost the narrative a bit with regard to economic stimulus in response to the coronavirus outbreak and its resultant economic fallout. Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly...
View ArticleConservative America's Self Delusion Has Put Us In Great Peril
What we are seeing now finally is the reckoning for America’s self-delusion, and more specifically conservative America’s self-delusion.Yes, I’m singling out conservative America because if you look at...
View ArticleTrump Explicitly States His Desire To Remove Minorities From America's Suburbs
If President Trump’s recent messaging about Biden and Democrats wanting to destroy the suburbs wasn’t already so obvious enough an appeal to Whites’ fears of Brown and Black hordes invading their...
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