| These are the most recent diaries filed under this tag: |
|---|
|
Republican lawmakers backing Trump even after White House itself provides evidence of his corruption Even this. Even after the White House released a "transcript" of Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian president that clearly confirms he personally asked Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate a potential 2020 political rival, Republican lawmakers...
by Hunter
 114 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 11:43 AM PDT
with 104 Recommends
|
|
Sen. Susan Collins doesn't want to talk about the impeachment inquiry—at least not with the Maine media. But when it comes to the big media folks in D.C., it's a different story. She sent a statement to the Bangor Daily News saying, "I will not be...
by Joan McCarter
63 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 11:01 AM PDT
with 76 Recommends
|
|
A tale of two Lindseys: 1999 video reminds us how the South Carolina senator once viewed impeachment Oh, Lindsey Graham. While the rest of the nation continues to be baffled that the senator still has a job, South Carolina voters duly reelect him. Let’s take a trip to 1999, when Graham, then a 43-year-old member of the House with just six years’...
by Jessica Sutherland
61 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 11:49 AM PDT
with 67 Recommends
|
|
As Republicans begin trotting out deflections and distractions in response to Tuesday’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, it falls on the media to fight back and keep conversations with Trump supporters focused on the facts....
by Jessica Sutherland
203 comments
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 06:11 PM PDT
with 211 Recommends
|
|
Moscow Mitch McConnell is daring the powers that be and their lightning bolts again, insisting that Democrats are trying to politicize the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump. That would be an intelligence officer's complaint—which Trump has...
by Joan McCarter
46 comments
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 10:50 AM PDT
with 95 Recommends
|
|
On September 17th, End Citizens United (ECU) Action Fund and Brady hosted “Mission Critical: Reforming Our Democracy to End Gun Violence” at the National Press Club. We were proud to be joined by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative...
by End Citizens United
1 comments
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 10:36 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
|
|
Some bug news today: Here’s some more info: “What I believe we should do is move to an official impeachment inquiry for documents and testimony and make it clear that is the constitutional authority of the House of Representatives,” said Durbin, who...
by poopdogcomedy
2 comments
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 09:25 AM PDT
with 12 Recommends
|
|
A bombshell revelation that Trump illegally pressured a foreign government to sway the next election has sent shock waves through Washington. It has been called a “clear case of corruption” and “the most serious charge against the President, far more...
by BluWave
9 comments
on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 12:01 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
|
|
Rep. John Lewis is helping U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff turn Georgia blue in 2020 by starting now with the "biggest voter registration drive this state has ever seen." Whether or not Ossoff wins the primary for the seat currently held by Republican...
by Joan McCarter
9 comments
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 10:50 AM PDT
with 90 Recommends
|
|
While back I wrote about the GOP’s scheme to turn Minnesota red by organizing in rural areas, and I had to admit that they had a workable plan… But was the GOP serious? Since then the GOP even though we’re over a year out from the 2020 elections has...
by dyna
49 comments
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 11:33 AM PDT
with 40 Recommends
|
|
Campaign Action The fissure that appeared last week that found the White House disavowing a memo on gun safety being circulated by the White House goes as deep as Trump's family. Presidential children and inexplicable policy advisers Ivanka and Don Jr....
by Joan McCarter
42 comments
on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 06:47 AM PDT
with 78 Recommends
|
|
SC-Sen: Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) Helps Jaime Harrison (D) Take Down Leningrad Lindsey Graham (R) Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign:
I’m writing to you today to ask you to make a ...
by poopdogcomedy
1 comments
on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 10:18 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
|
|
I’ve spent the last few days meeting progressives and Democrats from across the state at #ClimateStrike events, the LGBTQ Presidential Forum, the Polk County Steak Fry and The Peoples Forum in Des Moines. Incredibly inspiring to see these young people,...
by eddiemauro
2 comments
on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 01:24 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
|
|
Moscow Mitch McConnell is so desperate to shed that nickname that he actually broke (partially) this week and announced his support for an amendment adding $250 million in election security spending ...
by Joan McCarter
29 comments
on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 01:00 PM PDT
with 140 Recommends
|
|
Sen. Susan Collins has gone out of her way to join the deplorable team for her 2020 reelection campaign. The woman wrote a goddamned op-ed in The Washington Post in 2016 about "Why I cannot support Trump" and said he "does not reflect historical...
by Joan McCarter
196 comments
on Fri Sep 20, 2019 at 12:33 PM PDT
with 235 Recommends
|
|
Campaign Action Senate Majority Mitch McConnell and his entire team of slavering minions have decided to just let Donald Trump dictate their job. Or as Politico's Burgess Everett puts it, the Senate is "outsourcing its legislative duties to a divided...
by Joan McCarter
29 comments
on Fri Sep 20, 2019 at 09:54 AM PDT
with 76 Recommends
|
|
There will be more heroic action by members of the IC, despite WH concerted efforts to obstruct the normal functioning of the whistleblower law. We should know more soon, especially after the upcoming Senate Intel committee meeting. The problem will...
by annieli
58 comments
on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 09:11 PM PDT
with 94 Recommends
|
|
Received this e-mail from Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: Lindsey Graham made a mockery of the United States Senate when he shielded Brett Kavanaugh from legitimate questions about his background. Lindsey doesn’t care about investigating...
by poopdogcomedy
5 comments
on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 08:03 PM PDT
with 4 Recommends
|
|
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) in support of fellow Veteran, Cal Cunningham’s (D. NC) U.S. Senate campaign: Cal Cunningham (D. NC) with then-Senator ...
by poopdogcomedy
5 comments
on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 07:23 PM PDT
with 4 Recommends
|
|
The Medicare prescription drug plan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced Thursday coincided with the release of an Axios analysis showing that the health care industry "continued to rake in record-level profits in the second quarter, with its...
by Joan McCarter
35 comments
on Thu Sep 19, 2019 at 04:24 PM PDT
with 104 Recommends
|
Recommended
- Poor persecuted lil’ Donnie tweeted out a sad bleat yesterday claiming that he is being harassed. It was delicious when a woman responded. Conservatives have a knee-jerk reaction when women are harassed or assaulted: blame the woman! She did something...57 comments 393 Recs
- The failed “dealmaker” currently occupying the White House tried to weasel his way out of impeachment, according to CNN … and as everyone now knows, he failed miserably. He had felt confident after phoning Pelosi earlier that morning. The drive for...481 comments 422 Recs
- Even if a sitting POTUS* cannot be indicted, plenty of others are coming into view after the rough memo of the Trump conversation with Ukraine president Zelensky. Now that the whistle-blower complaint has reached the Congressional committees, new...245 comments 231 Recs
- The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed the pattern of misconduct. WASHINGTON — The intelligence officer who...44 comments 82 Recs
- — That condition was: That they would have to discuss Joe Biden. No Biden dirt, No Trump help. Ukrainians understood Biden probe was condition for Trump-Zelenskiy phone call: Ukrainian adviser by Patrick Reevell and Lucein Bruggeman, abcnews — Sep 25,...47 comments 136 Recs
- It looks like we need to put Donald Trump in cryogenic freeze until science finds a cure for very, very low energy. Today, Trump came down from the prospectin’ camp what’s a spell up the mountain by the crick near the big rock next to Farmer Olsen’s...120 comments 128 Recs
- To avoid duplicating other members’ well-written pieces, I refer readers to the following for newsworthy facts on the current Impeachment Investigation: Hunter’s “Shakedown” Diary summarizing how trump violated the US Constitution and the possible...308 comments 217 Recs
- The constant criminality of the Republican Party is not confined to the Trump Administration. The Virginia GOP needs Trump to hold their beer for a second. Generally, Virginia political stories struggle to get any national attention, but this one is...60 comments 105 Recs
- I just ran across this quote as I was catching up with the news after work: “Most people reading through that transcript are not going to find that extremely compelling cause to throw out a president that won an election in 2016,” Wow! That’s pretty...470 comments 199 Recs
- Since Donald Trump thinks he can do no wrong, he apparently didn’t fully comprehend the danger inherent in releasing the transcript of his call with Ukraine’s new president. But less brain-damaged Republicans apparently understand the gravity of the...258 comments 295 Recs
- The Orangutangal Orifice is in rare form today, telling the Ukrainian President he hopes that he and his good buddy Pootie “can get together and solve your problem." Uh, dipshit, that is what the aid you were extorting him with was for… But, whatever,...208 comments 235 Recs
- Fascinating article now up at The Washington Post outlining Rudy’s machinations in Ukraine, the ouster of the U.S. Ambassador there at his recommendation, consternation and anger at the growing clusterfuck from John Bolton and other senior officials,...254 comments 451 Recs
Hot Tags
- Recommended (142)
- Impeachment (129)
- trump (125)
- DonaldTrump (123)
- Ukraine (109)
- NancyPelosi (59)
- Whistleblower (57)
- sic (49)
- JoeBiden (39)
- Community (34)
- 2020 (33)
- ClimateChange (33)
- Democrats (32)
- Media (27)
- Impeach (26)
- Congress (26)
- GretaThunberg (23)
- Republicans (22)
- Environment (21)
- WhiteHouse (20)
Recent Diaries
- Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread This is a diary for those who continue to participate in the Mojo Friday diary throughout the week. You are welcome to join ...1 comments 0 Recs
- The odds are still against Trump pulling a Nixon and resigning before the whole impeachment process plays. If he does though, or is removed from office by the Senate, what happens to the Trump 2020 campaign funds? I believe that any candidate for...14 comments 5 Recs
- My daughter has given me at least 6 old pairs of jeans that I squirreled away, along with an equal number of Mr. Zen’s ratty ones. I always planned to use them somehow. I did use the back side ...4 comments 3 Recs
- Trump wants Urkaine to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. It’s a smear campaign by Trump that is a replay of “But Hillary’s Emails!” Trump’s latest criminality has finally forced the House Democrats to confront the continue lawlessness...11 comments 6 Recs
- On Wednesday, Representative Tulsi Gabbard told reporters that regardless of what President Trump has done, impeachment would be "too divisive" for our country, and not the proper way to remove a president who was elected by the people in 2016. This...8 comments 14 Recs
- Fridays for the Future (https://www.fridaysforfuture.org) - the Friday Climate Strikes continue October 2 there will be a Global Solar Yatra (https://www.ggsy.in) with 1 million students in over 70 countries building their own solar lights for studying...3 comments 3 Recs
- I spend the best part of 30 years as an editor at community newspapers. That meant I spent a lot of my time editing copy, including a stint with a major daily. One of the lessons I learned, and one I passed on to every reporter I trained, is that word...6 comments 7 Recs
- After months of negotiations often broken off, the coalition of unions and KP reached a tentative consensus Tuesday to avert a 7-day walkout, potentially the largest US strike since the ...2 comments 6 Recs
- International News Assisting a suicide is not always a crime, rules Italian court The Guardian Italy’s constitutional court has ruled it was not always a crime to help someone in “...10 comments 18 Recs
- Bennett is with NBC News.92 comments 73 Recs
- www.politico.com/… To many (including myself), the Mueller Investigation’s most glaring failure was the fact that it did not investigate Trump’s obvious, brazen financial crimes related to Russia. It definitely could have done this under the rubric of...24 comments 8 Recs
- The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed the pattern of misconduct. WASHINGTON — The intelligence officer who...44 comments 82 Recs
- Some Senate Republicans are still living in their fact-free bubble, hermetically sealed from the reality that they need more than just votes from Trump cultists to win reelection in 2020. "I’ve looked at the transcript; I don’t see anything there,"...21 comments 25 Recs
- Here are some fresh late night comedy segments to provide some comic relief from the weighty and treasonous matters that has filled the airwaves and Internet tubes all day. And they are informative as hell too. From yesterday — A few cartoons - Amen....13 comments 20 Recs
- Instead of apologising to the Commons for his unlawful attempt to suspend Parliamentary business, Boris return in full Trump mode. During questions to him, one female Labour MP asked that he stop using incendary phrases like “traitor” and “surrender”...5 comments 19 Recs
- It's been a long time coming. Ever since January 2017, many regular writers, both paid and contributing, have stated that whatever "cabinet" Trump puts together will eventually self-destruct. It was swampier than Florida's Everglades, and it only got...11 comments 26 Recs
- You guys contributed close to $3000 for this beautiful little guy (more on that in a bit). As a result, he is doing much better. He still has a long way to go, but he’s making progress. Some info: First, we now believe we know what the underlying cause...14 comments 18 Recs
- Quick diary: I was watching the handoff between Rachel and Lawrence O’Donnell just now, and Lawrence made a point I think makes a lot of sense: The House should report more than one article of impeachment, because this will give Republican Senators a...16 comments 11 Recs
- From 2017 to 2019, Dan Coats served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. An old school conservative Republican, before joining Trump’s cabinet, Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999 and...10 comments 30 Recs
- Welcome to another edition of Woozle Wednesday, that day of the week when the dogs get to rule while the pooties take a break. Other critters, including kitties, are almost sure to make cameo ...40 comments 31 Recs
