Sab asked: Can you frontpage this? My spouse doesn’t read comments but he needs to read this about FDR and Butler Americans did not revolt and attempt to overthrow the government at any point during the Great Depression. The closest thing that existed to a mass movement against the Hoover administration was the Bonus Army, …
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McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Gambit
BREAKING: Jen Psaki just slammed Mitch McConnell's proposal to postpone the debt ceiling fight to December: "Why kick the can down the road another couple of weeks? Why create an additional layer of uncertainty? Why not just get it done now?" — No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 6, 2021 Late last night, …
Today In Revolutionary Warfare: Senator McConnell and the Debt Ceiling
Last Wednesday night one of you fine readers and commenters emailed me asking what I thought was going on with the fun times we’ve been watching take place in Congress. This was the first part of my initial response: Shit is definitely fucked up right now. Sinema has basically decided to be Heath Ledger’s version …
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Today In Productive Counter-Political Action
The Oregon Democratic legislative majority is doing the most productive counter-political action that can be undertaken right now at the state level. They’re going to extreme gerrymander Oregon’s congressional delegation! NEW: House Speaker Tina Kotek is about to back down on her deal to grant Republicans parity on redistricting. She told her caucus today she'll …
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Everyone Needs To Stop the Hysterics Regarding General Milley and Read What Is Actually Being Reported
For the better part of the past two days I’ve been watching people – some smart, some earnest, and a lot who are disingenuous – freak out that GEN Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has somehow single handedly destroyed over 240 years of civilian control of the US military. He hasn’t. …
Robert E. Lee Is Trending, That’s Never a Good Sign…
In the wake of Richmond, VA removing the monument statue to Confederate General Robert E Lee this week, Trump decided to do one of his favorite things: issue a stupid statement rooted in his gleeful ignorance of just about everything. In this case he managed to max out the stupidity in regard to not only …
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Today’s Bombing In Kabul: Islamic State Khorasan’s Objectives In Today’s Attack In Regard To the US Are the Same as Those of ISIS Overall
Today’s suicide bombing in Kabul has been claimed by Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K). ISIS in Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, claimed that an ISIS militant carried out the suicide attack, but provided no evidence to support the claim President Biden confirmed this in his remarks earlier this afternoon. At the remarks at the White House later …