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to win back the Senate: remind the electorate that the GOP voted in complete unanimity to confirm Trump’s cabinet secretaries — and inform the public what Scott Pruitt is doing to curtail humans’ chances of survival. (And what they need to … Continue reading →

Why do the Democrats never see around corners?

The GOP finally found the despot they’ve been waiting for. As Josh Marshall writes at Talking Points Memo, ‘”One of the elemental features of the Trump Era is how readily Trump has been able to garner from most Republicans the … Continue reading →

His record over the past year consists of a little sideline tut-tutting about Trump’s objectionable conduct, followed by full roll-call support for Trump’s unconscionable legislation.

His hoked-up yet dangerous accusations of treason against Strzok and Page are “deeply troubling,” Robert Litt writes. “As general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, I worked with Lisa Page. I have the highest respect for … Continue reading →

And so, no, Mr. President, we don’t need any MORE of that good old global warming, do we?

Medicaid is supposed to provide medical care to American poor. It is is not supposed to be yet another way for the right wing to insert their moralistic, hypocritical snouts into the personal lives of American poor.

Josh Hoxie writes in Fortune: “Gandhi taught us that a country’s greatness is measured not by its richest, but by how it treats its most vulnerable members. By this measure, the U.S. is a certified shithole.”

Anders was sitting in a chair upstage. Lawrence was downstage. They were both in evening dress after a wee-hours jaunt going AWOL from a party that Lawrence’s marital disgruntlement had soured her on hosting. Anders’ “I love you,” followed Lawrence … Continue reading →

No, I don’t mean the right wing this time. I’m thinking back to Broadway, 1939, and Samuel Raphaelson’s Skylark on the stage of the John Golden theater. Gertrude Lawrence was starring opposite Donald Cook and Glenn Anders. Cook was her advertising-executive husband, … Continue reading →