After years of defending Putin’s puppet, Donald Trump, and dismissing Russia’s interference in American elections, Republicans have become “Putin’s Caucus” in Congress, spreading pro-Russian propaganda and voting against military assistance to Ukraine, or even holding Russia accountable for its state acts of terrorism and war crimes. This is appeasement of evil. Meet the pro-Putin Republicans and … Read more
Will Bunch of the Philadephia Inquirer has done the research I have been meaning to get around to, so a big thank you to Will Bunch for a time saver. Who’s behind those vile, right-wing political TV ads during the baseball playoffs? If you live in Philadelphia or thereabouts [and here in Arizona], the October … Read more
“After refusing for months to divulge what they’d do if they regained control of Congress, Republicans have finally revealed some of their economic agenda.” Catherine Rampell writes, Republicans’ secret economic agenda? A global financial crisis. Unfortunately, it might involve causing a global financial crisis, based on recent interviews with some GOP congressmen. Poll after poll … Read more
The Des Moines Register reports on a race which has not received the obsessive attention from the chattering class of media villagers. Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley narrowly leads Mike Franken in US Senate race: Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s lead over Democrat Mike Franken has narrowed to 3 percentage points with less than a month … Read more
Rep. Liz Cheney is a lawyer and has been impressive to me in her summation of the evidence to the jury, the American public. Her opening statement at the final public hearing of the January 6 Committee before the November election is a must see. Please take her warnings about Trump’s MAGA/QAnon cult’s threat to … Read more