Less than a hundred days to deadlock?
Martin Longman makes an interesting point at the Washington Monthly this morning: The last thing that Paul Ryan was thinking at that moment is that he might have the opportunity to put his repeal and...
View ArticleI Couldn’t Let This Go Un-watched
Susan Sarandon was right. America shouldn’t have left any doubt that Bernie Sanders should have been our next president. We failed BIGLY! The world will suffer because we didn’t overwhelm the election...
View ArticleRep. Chris Stewart Held a Town Hall in SLC – It Did Not Go Well
Published on Mar 31, 2017 This is a five-minute excerpt from a town hall with Congressman Chris Stewart from Utah’s 2nd Congressional District. This was held at 7:00 pm Friday, March 31, 2017 at Salt...
View ArticleTrump Continues Poll Nosedive
Source: Gallup Poll Gallup Poll: President Donald Trump’s job approval rating fell to 36% for the three-day period of March 24-26, following Republican House leaders’ failed effort to pass a new...
View ArticleThe Failure of Republican Health Care “Reform” Is a Sign of Bad Things to Come
Despite the fact that it deserved to fail, the failure of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) is a bad thing. The bill was horrible – Obamacare 0.5, a giant “screw you” to anyone not rich,...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Political Figure In the USA
It is not Donald Trump. His polls are tanking in the 30 percent range. Yes, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) is the most popular political figure in the country, at 61 percent. He can boast a +28 net...
View ArticleDoes It Seem As Though Our “Leadership” Is Trying To Destabilize Their Own...
Sure seems like it to me. Stephen K. Bannon calls it “deconstruction”. Fake news czars have their methods, I guess. Leaves me depressed, but my mom also died last Friday at my arm, after a long battle...
View ArticleIs the Tea-GOP Wealthcare Plan Designed to Fail?
The Tea-GOP politicians have spent eight years making impossible health care promises. They said they would repeal the ACA, and challenged it in the courts (wanting us to forget that it originated as...
View ArticleReince Priebus: Take Trump’s Claim That The Press Is The ‘Enemy Of The State’...
Reince Priebus: Take Trump’s Claim That The Press Is The ‘Enemy Of The State’ Seriously Only trust Trump and maybe Faux News Channel. Related Posts:Trump Approval = 36 Percent by Richard Warnick...
View ArticleMeet Gene Huber, Trump Supporter
Via Raw Story: …Trump attacked the press and invented a terrorist attack in Sweden that never happened on Saturday at his rally in Melbourne, Florida, but some people will remember the rally for one...
View ArticleOutdoor Retailers to Gov. Herbert: We’re Outta Here
Governor Gary Herbert’s hopes to negotiate with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), sponsor of twice-yearly trade shows in Salt Lake City, were dashed today. It was clear that OIA considered it is...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts to Trump: Just who the hell do you think you are?
Yesterday, Leonard Pitts published a bracing editorial in response to statements from Trumpistas: Just last Sunday, senior policy adviser Stephen Miller declared on CBS’ “Face The Nation” that “our...
View ArticleFlynn Needs A Special Prosecutor
It took less than three weeks for the Trump administration to produce its first blockbuster criminal scandal. Gotta be some kind of a record. Rep. Jason Chaffetz acted with his usual alacrity and...
View ArticleRobert Reich: ACA Repeal Is A Tax Cut For The Rich
Via Alternet: Trump supporters have to go to bed face-down because of all the knives sticking in their backs, and that’s an alt-fact! Related Posts:They Don’t Believe Trump Will Do What He Said… by...
View ArticleTrump Ready To Support ‘Entitlement Reform’ And You Know What THAT Means
The Hill reports: Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said Democratic efforts to tie Trump to campaign comments about preserving entitlement programs miss the mark,...
View ArticleDoes It Seem Like Jason Chaffetz Is Having A Hard Time Here?
I would say YES, but I would also say that he is probably the only politician in Utah to hold an actual “town hall meeting” instead of a “phone hall meeting” that we’ve become accustomed to since...
View Article“Think of his wife”? Really, Orrin?!
In a bit of old fashioned benevolent sexism, Orrin Hatch chastised Elizabeth Warren for her criticism of Jeff Sessions. Orrin’s argument? “Think of his wife. She’s a really fine person. Jeff has been...
View ArticleMedia Ignores Tragic Violence At Women’s March
Thank goodness for Fox “news”, otherwise we might have never known that Frank Luntz nearly lost his eyesight on January 21st, 2017. But, in all seriousness, this clip, used on Sam Seder’s “Majority...
View Article5 Ways Powerful People Trick You Into Hating Protesters
Since Trumpster fire became president, I’ve seen all of these tactics being used. Read the whole story – it’s worth the time. Related Posts:What Did and Did Not Happen at that Pizzeria in Washington…...
View ArticleUnpresidented – Trump Cannot Make SCOTUS Appointment In His Last Year
Video from Washington Post. The Tea-GOP stole a Supreme Court nomination away from President Obama. Trump should not be allowed to benefit from that theft. Dems need to shut it down. “Nuclear” option?...
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