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Bionic Treasury Secretary Bessant is now selling a preposterous yarn that energy costs are up because blue states don’t want to endanger the public’s health and pocketbooks by deregulating. Of course it’s bullshit, but it’s also a symptom of this … Continue reading →

The calls for violence are coming from Trump and across the right wing universe; the Democrats need to be absolutely relentless in pointing that out.

“We wasted a lot of time trying to engage the ideas of Republicans on a good faith basis,” former Pres. Obama said recently. This was readily apparent at the time, but Obama’s bi-partisanship fetish didn’t allow him to see what … Continue reading →

as Congressman for most of Manhattan discussed some issues that apply specifically to Manhattan and New York City as well as the nation and the world: affordability, inequality, how to counter City Hall-sanctioned massive luxury over-development, the ongoing destruction of … Continue reading →

They must look backward as well as forward the next time they are in power. They must never again make the mistake of not prosecuting law-breaking Republican aofficials. The likes of Pam Bondi cannot be spared prosecution the way that … Continue reading →

Julia Conley at Common Dreams describes how Trump’s reckless demands that nuclear energy be “promoted” include raising the level of cancer-causing radiation deemed acceptable. Nuclear energy is not only the most expensive energy technology, it is the most dangerous.

I agree, and I’m sure Obama has gained much from hindsight and would do a better job this time.

and tells her to be quiet. Where is the outrage from the media titans? Why are they permitted to send their “reporter” stooges out to be humiliated by Trump and prevented from talking back? What kind of disrespect for the … Continue reading →

Interesting to see him waving his arms around like Trump when he goes into his Bob Fosse routine. Only a nation buffeted by forty years of dumbing down could look at Watters and see something worth taking seriously.

If Biden and his team won’t do it, then Congressional Democrats must defend Biden against Trump’s scurrilous scapegoating. Words have consequences. Silence has consequences. Biden’s failure during his presidency to rebut Trump’s lies enabled Trump’s return and the current calamity. … Continue reading →