Dianne Feinstein’s Fight Against The CIA Made A Difference
2023-09-30
The first woman to lead a key intelligence committee went toe-to-toe with the powerful intelligence agency — and the president. She won., Read MoreContinue Reading
Rep. Jamaal Bowman Pulls Capitol Fire Alarm Ahead of Spending Bill Vote
2023-09-30
A U.S. congressman pulled a fire alarm inside the Capitol this weekend right before the House was set to vote on a spending bill in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) copped to the apparent delay tactic Saturday ………Continue Reading
President Biden Hands Out Another Hall Pass to Big Oil to Wreak Havoc on Our Planet
2023-09-30
In response to the Biden Administration’s including new leases in the final Five Year Plan for offshore oil and gas drilling, Tim Donaghy, research manager at Greenpeace USA, said: “President Biden has been given one opportunity after another to fulfill his campaign pledge to stop all new oil and gasContinue Reading
Deaths in the US Senate by the Numbers
2023-09-30
Nearly four times as many U.S. Senators died per year from 1789 through 1972 than during the last half-century The passing of California Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein on Thursday marks the first death in the chamber since Arizona Republican John McCain in August 2018. Five years, one month, andContinue Reading
“The Traitor is Legally Barred from the Ballot” Michigan Voters Challenge The Traitor’s Eligibility Under Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause
2023-09-30
Free Speech For People and Michigan attorney Mark Brewer, on behalf of a diverse group of Michigan voters, filed a lawsuit in state court today to bar Americas Worst Traitor from appearing on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot in 2024. The lawsuit argues The Traitor is disqualifiedContinue Reading
Democrat Jamaal Bowman Pulls Fire Alarm In House Building Amid Chaotic Shutdown Votes
2023-09-30
“An investigation into why it was pulled is underway,” tweeted the GOP chairman of the House Administration Committee., Read MoreContinue Reading
House Passes Short-Term Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown With Hours To Spare; Ukraine Money Cut
2023-09-30
Republicans found a bipartisan path to keeping the lights on until mid-November, but at the cost of jettisoning aid to Ukraine., Read MoreContinue Reading
Feinstein, trail-blazing California senator, dies at 90
2023-09-30
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman senator and a vocal advocate of gun control legislation, has died at age 90. The trail-blazing Feinstein had faced mounting health problems in recent years. Her replacement will be selected by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.). Feinstein already announced she would not runContinue Reading
Let’s Get Real: On Spurious Clowns, Sad-Sack Theater and National Secrets In the Shitter
2023-09-30
Hours before a likely, senseless government shutdown, the goons and sycophants of a GOP House Dysfunction Caucus lurched through a fact-free Biden impeachment clown show the esteemed Jamie Raskin called an “invertebrate appeasement” of fanatics heeding their master’s voice “like flying monkeys on a mission for the Wicked Witch ofContinue Reading
Right Wing Round-Up: ‘We’re Gonna Put Kids in Cages’
2023-09-30
Robert D. McFadden @ The New York Times: Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics. Deena Winter @ AlterNet: Controversial right-wing extremists headed to Minnesota. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: In Georgia case, one defendant reaches plea deal with prosecutors. Michael Luciano @ Mediaite:Continue Reading
Dianne Feinstein dies, leaving a complicated legacy on climate issues
2023-09-30
The California senator fought for conservation but drew criticism for rebuking the Green New Deal…Continue Reading
Republican Says Biden Impeachment Inquiry Belongs on ‘Back Burner’
2023-09-30
Representative Ken Buck, a conservative from Colorado, on Thursday said that he thinks “there is nothing worse than a shutdown” at the moment for Congress.Continue Reading
The Supreme Court May Soon Eviscerate The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2023-09-30
Payday lenders’ challenge to the constitutionality of the agency’s funding has no basis in history and would have chaotic real-world ramifications., Read MoreContinue Reading