The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Fukishima
The memories of the disaster in Fukishima, Japan and the near meltdown of its nuclear reactor are still fresh in the minds of many Americans who live near nuclear plants.No more so than in Southern...
View Article"Combat Tactics, Mr. Ryan."
For movie buffs who spend a lot of time focused on political thrillers, the quote in this diary's title might ring a bell. For political buffs who spend a lot time thinking about why the President...
View ArticleBut, who will protect the people who charter planes and fly in corporate jets?!
Today, the senate picked-up where it left off in considering the needs of American Citizens' safety by leaving Gun Control in a smoking heap at the side of the road in order to take-up a real threat to...
View ArticleBlock Sequester Relief for Millionaires
With legislation cruising through both houses of Congress to relieve the effects of the Sequester on flight delays, a bill will likely land on the President's desk soon for signature. This bill will...
View ArticleTea Party now blaming Boehner for assisting in Benghazi Cover-up
The latest post from the Tea-Party-sphere on Benghazi is as incoherent and lacking in facts as most posts. But, this week's post is unique in that now the "benghazi truthers" are seeking to eat their...
View ArticleAn experiment in viral media at the right wing's expense
So as pointed out by several people here on Daily KOS, the verdict on the Jodi Arias trial and the story about the abducted women returning home in Cleveland have stepped a bit on Darrell Issa's three...
View ArticleWhy the "changed talking points" on Benghazi were neither a crime nor a cover-up
There is heat generating around the idea that the Right Wing needs to develop an actual accusation relating to Benghazi-palooza. In response to this, there seems to be some crystallization forming...
View ArticleTime to celebrate a small victory against Big Energy
The news is just coming out, but as of this morning, Southern California Edison has officially announced that they are permanently closing the "Nuclear Disaster Waiting to Happen" formerly known as the...
View ArticleRepublicans being duped by their own kind?
Alex Jones ... yes, that Alex Jones ... the one of infowars fame ... has become so wildly popular in many areas of the Far Right in American politics that his conspiracy theories are slipping into the...
View ArticleA river of blood in Chicago ... oh, um, BREAKING: NSA something, something
While we obsess ourselves in endless circles kvetching about whether the NSA knows our logins to Amazon.com and Reddit, the sewers of Chicago are filling with the blood of the young, the old and...
View ArticleAttention Red-District Dems: time to get on the horn.
For those of you like me who are Dems, Liberals or even moderates disappointed with the Republicans for the shutdown and who live in a Republican-controlled House district, it's time to get your...
View ArticleThe GOP is no longer a rational actor and it means default is likely.
In classic discussions of foreign policy analysis, the most basic understanding of how states or political entities make decisions is called the "rational actor model." For those who are unfamiliar,...
View ArticleFellow Dems: Stop Lighting Your Hair on Fire
It's been a bad week for the ACA, HealthCare, Democrats worried about re-election, President Obama's image and liberals everywhere.For those of us who would call ourselves Democrats, it is time to stop...
View ArticleThe Political Savvy of Using the Nuclear Option Today
Amid the now month-long Obamacare-Fail-gasm among the Right, the Media and the Punditocracy, normal perspective and scope on events unrelated to the ACA has been completely lost. At first, this seemed...
View Article"Too Bad Bill Didn't Smack His Wife or Kids ..."
If you're not into sports, or media, ... or sports and media ... then you might not have heard that popular ESPN analyst cum podcaster Bill Simmons was suspended by the network for his comments about...
View ArticleThese really say it all about Bannon and the Immigration Ban
A picture always says a thousand words. If you’re trying to convey your thoughts on Bannon’s influence in the White House and the impact of the Executive Order on Immigration, these two tweets really...
View ArticleDon't Take the Bait
Trump announced today there are no tapes of James Comey’s conversations with the President. Are we shocked? NO. Is it newsworthy? Hell, yes (in a normal presidency).Is it brilliant timing? Yes....
View ArticlePelosi Should Fill the Void with Daily News Conferences
The President and his White House have abandoned the Daily Press Briefing. While some have pointed to this as a doom and gloom moment for democracy and another indicator on the march towards...
View ArticleImpeachment: Why we DO Need 67 Senators to Convict Trump
Hopefully it’s obvious from the title that this blog is a response to Impeachment: We Might Not Need 67 Senators to Convict Trump. And I think it’s only honest and fair to say that the previous blog is...
View ArticleKnow a Republican? Ask them to watch the impeachment hearings.
For the last 72 hours, media have been running around Washington DC asking Republican senators if they would ‘watch the hearings?’ The universal answer has been … ‘no’. The reason is simple. The GOP is...
View ArticleHelping the GOP and Trump Defeat Impeachment
It’s clear that many, if not most, pundits and members of Daily KOS are hoping to acquit Donald Trump when articles of impeachment reach the Senate.(And no, that’s not a typo.)Why would I posit such a...
View ArticleWhat should be the clear signal to flee America?
With today’s events, the truth is this: Donald Trump can cheat in an election. So, for all of those who are saying ‘we need to rebuke Trump in the next election’… you mean, the election that Trump now...
View ArticleHeads Trump Wins, Tails Biden Loses: 2020 Hinges on State Law vs. The...
If you haven’t seen this tweet, prepare to be terrified, because even if Jared IS incompetent, the plan has legs … xInsider says Kushner is now in charge of planning last ditch try at disqualifying...
View ArticleSick of Trump and Want to do Something? Phone Bank from Home.
I don’t live in a Swing State. You may or may not, either. But, with less than 50 days left before the election, the time to make a difference is now. Maybe you've donated money. Maybe you’ve had that...
View ArticleWe CAN Get Rid of Barr ... Here's How!
I’ll admit to a bit of click bait in the headline: I don’t have a secret constitutional provision to share that would lead to the departure of AG Barr. The truth is, the best path we have to get rid of...
View ArticleMark Levin Calls for GOP Legislatures to Invalidate Results
I’m going to start this story with an ‘I told you so.’Here’s what I wrote in August … Legislatures of each state direct the number of [Electoral College] electors for each candidate. … There is no...
View ArticleGame Theory: PA Dem Officials Withholding Biden Victory data until Primetime?
I have no data or sources to back this up … just a suspicion that data releases from PA seem strangely slow relative to pace the last 48 hours; and an inkling that if they could pick, the Dem party and...
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