Clinton Leads Trump by 8 in Florida in New Poll...and It Looks Legit
Longtime readers may know how I feel about Quinnipiac and their polls. If not, here you go. And it looks like they've done it again, though less egregiously than before. But hey...progress!In their...
View ArticleEvery politician who voted against gun control should see and read this...
Yesterday’s cowardly showing by Senate Republicans is distressing for so many reasons. It’s hard to wrap one’s mind around how tragic gun violence truly is. It is so prevalent in our society that the...
View ArticleJill Stein believes Elizabeth Warren lacks progressive credibility? Wait – what?
A 40-plus year friendship with a woman I connected with in college has been sort of “suspended” since we last spoke months ago. She’s an avid Sanders supporter. I’m for Hillary. After several heated...
View ArticleWhen you got nothing, you try this crap. Trump: "We don't know anything about...
If this is the best Trump can do on a day when Hillary absolutely destroyed him on the economy, this going to be a pretty one-sided campaign.From CNN:"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of...
View ArticleChurch whose pastor praised Orlando shootings is being asked to leave by...
The Sacramento Baptist preacher who praised the Orlando shooter and called for LGBT people to be put up against a wall and murdered is going to have to take his church and flock elsewhere.The property...
View ArticleThe first study to ever show Alzheimers can be reversed has just been published
In some excellent news about a horrible and gripping disease, Science Alert reports 10 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease responded to a clinical trial of a new treatment and showed the disease...
View ArticleAn update on my wife's health
If you are reading this, you are family, friends, or a member of a community in which either my wife Leaves on the Current and/or I am a participant. It has been my practice, since my wife was first...
View ArticleTrump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
There’s a virus infecting our politics and right now it’s flourishing with a scarlet heat. It feeds on fear, paranoia and bigotry. All that was required for it to spread was a timely opportunity — and...
View ArticleReps. John Lewis, Rosa DeLauro & Others Staging a Sit-In on House Floor for...
Damn, this is historic: xI'm on the House floor with @repjohnlewis& Dems staging a sit-in to demand action on commonsense gun legislation pic.twitter.com/byIivby5gG— Rep. John Yarmuth...
View ArticleTrump faces obstacles in Texas that are underestimated. It is highly likely...
I have lived in Texas since elementary school. Until 2005 when I started graduate school for my master’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics, I was a rabid republican. I was a religious zealot and...
View ArticleSanders says "It doesn't appear that I'm going to be the nominee" - Update re...
TPM reports that a CSPAN piece that will air latter today will include Sanders actually acknowledging what the rest of the planet has known for weeks:Sanders spoke about his desire to leave a...
View ArticleThey are flying Mexican flags in Scotland for Trump's visit
In December, Donald Trump had his business ambassadorship stripped by Scotland and one of Trump’s golf courses lost a prestigious golf tournament because of what a monumental jackass he is. Tomorrow,...
View ArticleThe Speaker of the House Has Lost Control of the House
This guy right here? Yeah, the one in the picture up there? This person who is number 3 in line for the President of the United States? Yeah, him. The one who would want to be President one day.He...
View ArticleEnough already: the primary was not stolen.
There is always nonsense on the Internet. But lately there’s been far too much of a particular kind of nonsense: conspiracy theories about election fraud in the Democratic primary. Even though this...
View ArticleEnough with the "Untrustworthy Hillary" Meme
Hillary Clinton is Trustworthy!I am sick of the “We can’t trust the Clintons, they’re corrupt” meme. The Clinton Foundation takes money from people around the world, but it uses it to feed people and...
View ArticleToday, John Lewis Stood Up for Human Dignity Once Again
On March 7, 1965, 25-year-old John Lewis, already a veteran of the Freedom Rides, Mississippi’s Freedom Summer and Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, walked ahead of 600 civil rights...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 6.23.16: Guns, Economic Plan, Digital Outreach,...
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View ArticleBreaking: House Re-Reconvened. Chaos. Deafening Shouts of "Shame", "No Bill,...
Today has had me on the edge of my seat regarding the House sit in to push for action on common sense gun control.Over the last hour, more and more DC residents have been coming out to the mall in...
View ArticleSomething amazing is happening on C-SPAN...and something else amazing just...
If you’re not watching C-SPAN right now, you’re missing something special.But aside from that, an old friend of mine just posted the following on his Facebook page.Before you read it, it’s vital that...
View ArticleMy god, if you are any kind of progressive why would you not vote for Democrats?
Sick of hearing this from people — both parties are the same, they all act the same, they are all bought and sold, they all got their piece of the pie now they are fucking the little guy. I have often...
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