UPDATE: Aaron Kliegman has a piece at Just the News somewhat defensively lamenting how the “mainstream” press mocked and attacked Trump for announcing his 2024 run. In it, Kliegman cites what has to be the most hilarious, the most humiliating takedown of Trump’s folly. It comes from none other than the Rupert Murdoch-owned, right-wing tabloid, the New York Post. The … [Read more...] about Trump’s 2024 Presidential Run Announcement: The Bad, the Ugly and the Hilarious (UPDATED)
TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT (CARTOON AND COLUMN) UPDATED
Welcome to the first day of the 2024 campaign season. If Donald Trump really believes the last election was stolen and the election didn’t work, then why is he going through the trouble of going through another election? If I take my car through a carwash and it comes out with pigeon crap all over it, I’m not gonna go through that carwash again. The only reason for Trump to … [Read more...] about TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT (CARTOON AND COLUMN) UPDATED
Midterm Angst
With the final results yet to be tallied, the Democrats appear to be happy about the way the midterm elections turned out. They held onto the Senate with Georgia yet to be determined, probably lost the House by a hair though there is still a remote chance for them, picked up a number of governorships, secretaries of state, and state legislative seats. However, the Democrats … [Read more...] about Midterm Angst
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
Infectious diseases like COVID-19 top the list of health concerns. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh Leer in español There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How will we take care of … [Read more...] about 8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
KNOWING
When someone needs help, most people want to reach out and offer assistance. This might be through actions, such as making a casserole or sending flowers. Others, like my mother, believe prayer makes a difference. When I was a child, every time an ambulance went by, my mother would say, “Janie, send a prayer for the person in the ambulance.” Prayer involves doing something … [Read more...] about KNOWING
TRUMP REDUX
Guns on the ballot: How mixed midterm results will affect firearm policy
One in 10 American voters listed guns as their top concern. iStock / Getty Images Plus Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University The U.S. midterm elections took place on the backdrop of surging gun violence and in a year scarred by high-profile mass shootings. And though exit polls indicated that abortion rights and inflation were the top motivating … [Read more...] about Guns on the ballot: How mixed midterm results will affect firearm policy
Republicans pick McCarthy as US House speaker nominee
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy was chosen Tuesday as his party's leader in the House of Representatives -- putting him in prime position to become speaker if his camp reclaims control of the chamber as expected. "The era of one-party Democrat rule is over, said the 57-year-old congressman from California, a senior member of House Republican … [Read more...] about Republicans pick McCarthy as US House speaker nominee
Peace of Mind
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Biden meets Xi from a modest position of strength following midterms
Joe Biden will meet his redoubtable adversary China’s Xi Jinping today for the first time as President from a modest position of strength following the unexpected endorsement from American voters in the mid-term elections. His banner has risen partly because he scored the best results for an incumbent President’s party in over two decades. But the trust he needs from his … [Read more...] about Biden meets Xi from a modest position of strength following midterms
Who Is the Georgia ‘Spoiler’ and What Now? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Having garnered a little more than two percent of the vote (around 81,000 votes) in the Georgia U.S. senatorial race, the two run-off candidates would love to get the support or endorsement of the Libertarian candidate, Chase Oliver. However, thus far, Oliver has been reluctant to endorse either of the candidates, expressing the philosophy that “voters know best” … [Read more...] about Who Is the Georgia ‘Spoiler’ and What Now? (UPDATED)
THERE ONCE WAS A CON MAN NAMED TRUMP
Democrats close in on Senate majority
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - Joe Biden’s Democrats were just one seat away Saturday from securing a remarkable midterm election result by retaining control of the US Senate. Midterms traditionally deliver a rejection of the party in power and with inflation surging and Biden’s popularity in the doldrums, Republicans had been expecting to ride a mighty "red wave" and … [Read more...] about Democrats close in on Senate majority
The Ramblings of a Pissed-Off Third Grader
Hot off the Mar-a-Lago press: NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just … [Read more...] about The Ramblings of a Pissed-Off Third Grader
Trump’s Black Eye
Murdock Media to Trump: Drop Dead With a Vengeance
It has been no big scecret that conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch doesn't like Donald Trump. It came to a head in 2016 when then-candidate-for-the-Republican nomination Trump boycotted a Fox News debate. But in the end Murdoch, knowing Trump meant big biz bucks and that their interests converged, went all in for Trump. Fox News became solid Trumpist. So did Murdoch-owned … [Read more...] about Murdock Media to Trump: Drop Dead With a Vengeance
Quote of the Day: MAGA, Boomers and Fox News
The MAGA movement, based on aging white boomer victimhood is a bell curve. That bell curve has peaked for the simple reason that boomers, of which I am one, are dying off. -Boomers were wholly unprepared for the blunt manipulations of Fox News, in bundled cable of the 90s— Mark Greene (@RemakingManhood) November 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: MAGA, Boomers and Fox News
Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue
Jim Marchant, Republican candidate for Nevada secretary of state, arrives at a rally in Henderson on Nov. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Thom Reilly, Arizona State University Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who … [Read more...] about Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue
THE MORNING AFTER MIDTERMS 22
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AMERICA’S POST-MIDTERM FORECAST: SUNNIER THAN WE DARED TO DREAM
Those of us who love America for its traditional democratic values are exhaling sighs of relief, because – lo and behold – it turns out that the midterm elections’ purported “red wave” turned out to be somewhere between a ripple and a trickle. We won’t have full clarity for a few days or even weeks – control of the House and Senate currently hang in the balance – but what we … [Read more...] about AMERICA’S POST-MIDTERM FORECAST: SUNNIER THAN WE DARED TO DREAM