Trump’s Feeble Attempt to Get Back at Twitter is Pathetic

Trump fluffer Jason Miller announced Trump’s plan to launch his own social media platform, saying it will be bigger, better, and more powerful than anything that’s ever been built in the history of humanity, with tens of millions of Trump followers as participants, blah, blah, blah. Lost in the shuffle of this grand announcement, is…

If Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz, and Ronny Jackson Agree, It Must be a Bad Idea

Foppish twit Tucker Carlson has decided it’s a bad idea for women to serve in the military. The man who ostentatiously used to wear bow ties (the sartorial equivalent of a “kick me” sign) declares that flight suits for pregnant women is not a good look. The Pentagon naturally pushed back on Carlson’s tirade, highlighting…

Dr. Seuss for Republicans

Republican “leaders” and their Fox News cohorts have spent the week bemoaning the fact that Congress, without Republican help, passed needed (and popular) relief for Americans as we enter Year 2 of the Coronavirus Pandemic. But what really got them upset was a decision by the Dr. Seuss Enterprises to cease publishing a handful of…

Republicans Say Screw the Workers, the Super Wealthy Need Another Tax Break

Ted Cruz recently said the Republican Party is not just the party of Country Clubs — it’s now the party of working class men and women. So with millions of American workers in poverty, dispossessed by the pandemic & economic dislocation, did Republican Senators vote for President Biden’s COVID relief bill or support raising the…

How Would Republicans React if AOC had Instigated a Riot?

Many Americans were repulsed by the spectacle of Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley questioning Christopher Wray about the FBI’s investigation of the Capitol Insurrection they helped instigate. It was especially repugnant coming on the heels of CPAC’s Celebration of Trump – as if he hadn’t played a lead role in launching a violent assault…

A Tired Old Lounge Act

The singer in the ill-fitting suit and the ridiculously teased hair adjusted the microphone and surveyed the audience. “What a crowd,” he said perfunctorily. Somewhat tentatively, he eased into his first number, about some dangerous guys down by the border.  The audience had heard it before, but that recognition didn’t generate much enthusiasm.  Most seemed…