CA-HOUSE: (CD-21) Emilio Jesus Huerta (D) May Still Get on Nov. Ballot; Leads...
On election night June 7th, California Democrats were generally pleased up and down the ballot. The U.S. Senate race would be between 2 Democrats in November - Kamala Harris (my personal favorite) and...
View ArticleGuns v. Planes: Yesterday Proves Republicans "Freedom" Arguments Are Lies
The title of the diary is somewhat incorrect. To be fully accurate yesterday and December 4, 2015 prove that Republicans "Freedom" arguments are lies. Because for more than a decade, Republicans have...
View ArticleWhat the Republicans Brought - the First AA Pres and All-Woman Ticket?
In the wake of Rep. John Lewis's statement yesterday I was brought back to what some feared regarding PBO in 2008. And it led me to this thought. . .the Republican party that harnessed the power of...
View ArticleDraft Dem Platform Calls for SCOTUS "Money is Speech" Decision to be Overturned
Democrats support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and in Buckley v. Valeo. We all know and hate the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United....
View ArticleHappy 240th Independence Day (July 2, 2016)
As many amateur historians, trivia fanatics and various nerds (obviously including me) will tell you, July 4, 1776 is actually not the day that the Second Continental Congress voted for independence....
View ArticleA Civil Reaction to the Concern Expressed on the Rec List Today and FP Yesterday
At the suggestion of Richard Cranium, I've decided to expand upon my comment in Egberto Willies's diary today to rebut his claim of concern regarding Secretary Clinton's platform. So:Let me give you...
View ArticleAnother Rebuttal to Jonathan Rauch's "How American Politics Became Insane"
On July 1, 2016, Jonathan Rauch told us what he thought the problem with American politics is:Chaos syndrome is a chronic decline in the political system’s capacity for self-organization. It begins...
View ArticleBaton Rouge Parish Prison Says Deray and Others "On Route" to the Prison. Can...
I just reached the Baton Rouge PD at 225-389-5247 and I was told that Deray McKesson and the 33 other people arrested have been released. Is this confirmed? Are there press accounts saying this? Has...
View ArticleTo All Who Say That Obama Is To Blame For Violence Against Police - "Pork and...
In the past two days, I, like many of you, have been subject to rhetoric claiming that Barack Obama and #BlackLivesMatter are responsible for the violence against police due to "hate" words against...
View ArticleThe Disrespect Republicans Are Showing to Attorney General Lynch
I am watching the congressional hearing featuring Attorney General Loretta Lynch before the House Judiciary Committee. . . And I am getting angry.If you have not seen the testimony of AG Lynch before...
View ArticleDouglas Applegate (D-CA) and Emilio Huerta (D-CA) Added to DCCC's Emerging...
Exciting news came out today when the DCCC announced that it was adding 5 races to the Red to Blue program and 10 races to the Emerging Races list. As Jeff Singer mentioned in his new diary this...
View ArticleSteve King: "What Other Country or Subgroup Contributed Anything to Society...
Just minutes ago on MSNBC, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) again put his foot in his mouth and vomited out his racism again:What country or subgroup contributed anything to society other than Western...
View ArticleA Good Start: Douglas Applegate (D-CA) Raised $130K in 41 Days and Outraised...
The Democratic challenger to one of the most Corrupt Representatives in the US Congress Darrell Issa is the fantastic Fmr. Marine Corps Colonel Douglas Applegate. I have written about the Colonel...
View ArticlePlease Don't Go Mr. President
I know that you are staying in D.C. for your child’s future. And I don’t want you to upstage our future President. But please don’t go. You are too great a person to leave us now. We need your...
View ArticleYou Can't Come Too Soon, Madam President!
Yesterday, I asked President Barack Obama not to leave. Tonight, I am proud to see the amazing woman who will take his job in January. There is only one person who can build on PBO's progress and that...
View ArticleNYT: Russians hacked Clinton Campaign
And so DT's treason is confirmed. From NYT:WASHINGTON — Email accounts connected to the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, were hacked in an attack that appears to have...
View ArticleTrump's Secret Plan to Defeat ISIS Does Not Exist; Just Like Nixon's Secret...
There are times when I think I am only person that remembers US history. Well maybe just one of a few who remember history. This is especially so in the wake of Donald Trump's secret plan to defeat...
View ArticleNatalia Veselnitskaya, Trump's Russian Lawyer, Was An Illegal Immigrant?
So the New York Post and Fox News are reporting that Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer that met with Donald Trump, Jr. In June 2016, was an undocumented immigrant at the time of the meeting....
View ArticleBaton Rouge Parish Prison Says Deray and Others "On Route" to the Prison. Can...
I just reached the Baton Rouge PD at 225-389-5247 and I was told that Deray McKesson and the 33 other people arrested have been released. Is this confirmed? Are there press accounts saying this? Has...
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