Nicholle Wallace & the Untethering of the GOP
Listening to and puzzling over comments from Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC, I realized that she was struggling to comprehend the OTHER epochal transformation of American politics that she was witnessing. A...
View ArticleBiting My Tongue In A Gym Full of Trump Lovers
I’m off work today, so I hit the gym at Patrick AFB, Fla. for an early morning workout—little did I realize that my jaws would get the biggest workout as I had to clinch them tightly and bite my tongue...
View ArticleMy experience at this year's remarkable DNC
My mother just participated in the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Hillary Clinton, and I traveled up to Philadelphia to visit her and experience the last two days. I am still...
View ArticleHillary News and Views - 7/30/16: History!, Harrisburg, Polls, Khizr Khan
***SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON (NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!)***Donate Today!VolunteerFor more coverage of Hillary Clinton at Daily Kos, visit the Hillary Writers Circle.For breaking news, follow First...
View ArticleKhizr Khan Makes Appeal to Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan
Khizr Khan, whose son was killed in the line of duty in Iraq in 2004, gave a speech last night at the DNC that has moved the country. Tonight Mr. Khan and his wife appeared on The Last Word with...
View ArticleTrump: "I've had a flawless campaign"
Maybe someone wrote about this earlier this evening, maybe they didn’t. But I ran across this preview of George Stephanopoulos' This Week interview with Donald Trump, and it’s 1:30 am on a Friday night...
View ArticleTRUMP ANNOUNCES HIS DEBATE ESCAPE PLAN.
Just last night I posted a diary which included a poll asking what how people thought the Debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will play out. I included 7 different options.The very last...
View ArticleDallas weatherman forced to retire after FB post about the "DNC parading...
The Dallas News reports that radio meteorologist Bob Goosmann of KRLD (1080 AM — surprise, it’s AM radio!), has resigned after diving, for no apparent reason, into the deep end of the racism pool: He...
View ArticleTrump's nervous breakdown is right on schedule.
mobile.twitter.com/…Trump tweet this morning:I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the Democratic Convention. Am I not allowed to respond? Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me!The more people...
View ArticleJulian Assange has lost the moral highground
I suppose it may not be surprising to many people, but Julian Assange and Anonymous have gone down a dark, dangerous, and disconcerting road with the recent leaks from the DNC. I have to admit that...
View ArticleThat Ukraine plank in the GOP platform? Trump expounds on it with George...
As we all know, Donald Trump sat down with George Stephanolpoulos this week and trashed some gold star parents, while indicating that he, too had made many equivalent sacrifices, mainly in the form of...
View ArticleFederal Court's "Smoking Gun" Washington Post Story On Overturning Of The NC...
In the July 29th edition of the Washington Post, there was an excellent story regarding the ruling by the Federal Court that struck down one of the most egregious voter suppression laws on the books in...
View Article#ImWithHer #StrongerTogether #NeverTrump - 07-31-16 - Live Blog Evening Edition.
Evening Live Blog — A Place for All to Come Together and Discuss the Day’s Events!Supporting the Democratic Nominee for PresidentHillary Clinton.#GeneralElection #EndGunViolence
View ArticleWhite, Male, Veteran - Why I won't vote for Trump
I am a white, male, Christian, military and law enforcement veteran, with a high school diploma (some college), now in my early 60’s and in senior management, financially successful living in the...
View ArticleJill Stein's anti-vaccine message – it's anti-science
The focus of this blog is science, though I occasionally wander into other topics. But in today's world science and politics intersects a lot – and mostly politics comes up woefully short on science....
View ArticleObservations & thoughts on the now completed bus tour
of which I was able to see, either in real time or on video, just about all of the events.The most obvious thing to note is how comfortable Clinton & Kaine are together. That comes across, and...
View ArticleMy Unforgettable Experience at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
MICHELLE! (Monday) Even now, following four days in Philadelphia, one travel day with a brief stopover in New York City, and one full day to rest and decompress...it’s still hard to know where to...
View ArticleSo tired of hearing that Hillary is corrupt or dishonest
This has been a puzzlement to me for a while: Why do people respond to her with this gut reaction of discomfort—even dislike? I understand that the right wing narrative of distrust has been repeated so...
View ArticleThe Republican Nominee owes our Veterans and slain soldiers an apology!...
WARNING:::::: Graphic Content Narrative ( PTSD Vets)The have you know shame question has taken on a whole new meaning here in this country. Letters and flowers are pouring in for the family on behalf...
View ArticleNow Trump attacks CNN via Twitter
as he is about to go out and do an event, being carried by all of the cable networks because he is expected to address several issues currently roiling his campaign, he embarks on the following series...
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