UPDATED: 1:54pm Can you at least pretend you’re trying, CNBC? Today’s headline: Trump campaign says it raised $46 million in fourth quarter, dwarfing Democrats’ hauls Sure. Except: Sanders: $34.5m Buttigieg: $24.7m Biden: […]
What utter, unvarnished horseshit. LISA MURKOWSKI’S ‘COURAGE’ IN SPLITTING WITH MCCONNELL ON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PROCESS ‘COULD BE CONTAGIOUS,’ SENATOR SAYS These people aren’t upset because Mitch isn’t being impartial. They’re upset because […]
Views from a glacier front
PBS News Hour reports: Why Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering Iraqi captive. When the King of All Dumpster Fires tweeted support, I knew Gallagher was guilty. At […]
Change my mind Pelosi wants us to think there are like maybe 5 of us. Let’s take a little look at the politics of the possible, shall we? Let’s start by trotting […]
Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
Headlines beginning with “officer shoots _________” attract unwanted attention. Passive, beige language encourages us to move on because there’s nothing to see here. Something happened last night. Any idea what it was? […]
Donald never lets a mere fact stand in the way of good propaganda, but the rest of us should be skeptical of his opinion poll-based claims.
Poison pill? What poison pill? Maybe I’m cynical. As I read that, if this were to become law, all an opposition party would have to do to cut funding for a “program, […]
See also: our s@*t doesn’t stink Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood gadfly, back to swing from your nose hairs for a moment. Common Dreams has a 90% excellent article up at the […]
Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues 