A popular joke among leftists on the internet is that Republicans like to put white heterosexual men in power to bomb foreign countries while Democrats like to put people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and women in power to bomb foreign countries. Despite their differences on social and cultural issues, the two major political parties have had a nearly unified foreign policy since the Cold War … Continue reading Let them Google tests
Hillary Clinton, who has never won a presidential election, has put herself back in the spotlight because she has sage wisdom for Democrats. That wisdom, unsurprisingly, is that the party should pick more candidates like Hillary Clinton. This was bolstered a few days later when two longtime party wonks wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal saying that Clinton is “in an advantageous … Continue reading Democrats are falling into the “inevitable candidate” trap again
Ten days is long enough to recover from a New Year’s Eve party no matter how extravagant it might be. Ten days is even long enough to finally realize that it’s true: 2021 is behind us, firmly, and it is now the glorious future of 2022. And in America, that means this is an election year. Every year in America is an election year, technically, … Continue reading Vote Blue Or We Eliminate One Hostage Every Hour
Yesterday, America pondered what it has learned in the year since pro-Trump rioters tried to overthrow the federal government. The reality, which Republican politicians know but won’t admit, is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. His supporters, who said in advance they were gonna act up if he lost, acted up. They did a little teeny bit of terrorism that led to the deaths … Continue reading Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024, which is dumb and also important
Love her or hate her, there’s no denying that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dedicated to protecting the interests of the everyday taxpayer. The Georgia Republican voted against the trillion dollar Build Back Better infrastructure bill (and encouraged taxpayers to let the traitorous Republicans who voted for it know that they are traitors). She’s called for a total government shutdown to block all spending by … Continue reading Marjorie Taylor Greene saves taxpayers thousands of dollars with this one neat trick
Today, 19.7% of electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power, an energy source that produces no climate altering emissions and is so synonymous with wealth that one of the world’s best known fictional billionaires owns a nuclear power plant. If you think that’s impressive, slightly more – 19.8% – of our electricity comes from renewables, which have created mini economic booms around the … Continue reading Capitalists could make billions stopping the climate crisis if Republicans would let them
D.C. residents have been vocal for decades about how the city has a larger population than several states but limited self-government of its own. In recent years, they’ve gained the attention of Democrats nationwide who have slowly taken up the cause for D.C. statehood. Democrats might be into D.C. statehood because they’ve been coming around to Puerto Rico statehood (arguably more so than Puerto Ricans … Continue reading House Republicans propose solution to DC statehood: strip it of its electoral votes
Prior to the 20th Amendment, the designated day for presidential inaugurations was March 4. This, like much of our Constitutionally-determined election schedule, was based on the realities of travel in a nation where the horse was by far the fastest and most reliable way to get around. Once it was possible for news to travel by telegraph and presidents-elect to travel by train, lawmakers decided … Continue reading March 4: Corporations, Congress, and Conspiracies
The United States Senate, in its infinite wisdom, says Donald Trump is not guilty of inciting a riot in January on the grounds that although he absolutely did do that and should be convicted he is no longer in office and therefore, apparently, cannot be. This result, though not unexpected, is going down poorly, in part because the legal consensus is that Trump absolutely could … Continue reading Trump probably won’t run in 2024, but that doesn’t mean Senate Republicans were right to acquit him
Charles Schumer, New York’s senior senator and the current Majority Leader, is not exactly what you would call a leftist agitator. Not in good faith, anyway. Schumer is a liberal, almost a liberal in the classic mold: business is okay, labor should be protected, consumers have a right to understand the products they purchase. But now, he’s staking one of the boldest positions in the … Continue reading Biden wants bipartisan action on student loan debt. But even some moderate Dems say it’s time to be bold.
