“Why would you deny me the American dream?” Deja Foxx’s biting question to former Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona at a town hall meeting in 2017, coupled with her impassioned defense of reproductive rights, launched Foxx as a leading political voice of her generation when she was only 16 …
Read More »Pelosi Asks Nation's Top Military Officer About Preventing 'Unhinged' Trump From Using the Nuclear Codes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reached out to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Trump from accessing the nuclear launch codes, a sign of lawmakers’ growing alarm over what the president could do in the final days of his tenure. The speaker, in a letter …
Read More »Louie Gohmert Suggests People 'Go to the Streets' and Be 'Violent' After Judge Throws Out Baseless Election Suit
After a judge tossed Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert’s baseless lawsuit that challenged President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the Trump sycophant responded by suggesting that those who live in a MAGA reality should “go to the streets” and be “violent.” Gohmert made the dangerous remarks on the Trump-friendly “news” network Newsmax on …
Read More »Ho, Ho, Ho, You're Not Getting $2,000
It’s the holidays, it’s been a truly miserable year, overwhelming numbers of Americans are missing their families, those hit hardest by the pandemic and collapse of the economy are still waiting for relief from the government of one of the richest nations in the world, and last night, in front …
Read More »Trump Takes His Donors to Graduate School at Trump University
Just days before his 2017 inauguration, Donald Trump coughed up $25 million to settle allegations that he’d defrauded students at his defunct Trump University. Four years later, as he scratches and claws to avoid leaving office, Trump is teaching a final master class in separating fools from their money. Log …
Read More »Trump Announces Full Pardon of Michael Flynn in Thanksgiving Eve News Dump
Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has pardoned Michael Flynn, the former general and national security adviser who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Roger Waters on Biden, Trump, Assange, and Censorship
In the latest socially distanced episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by none other than rock legend Roger Waters. For Democrats Suck, Matt critiques Joe Biden‘s appointment of Rick Stengel, who will be on the President-elect’s transition team for the U.S. Agency for Global Media. …
Read More »Trump's Tantrum and the Constitution's Imaginary 'No Do-Overs Clause'
It’s really hard to fully capture the current stage of the presidential election. At the same time that former Vice President Joe Biden and his supporters are feeling a confidence that the prize is just around the corner, President Trump has moved on to third-grade lawyering that barely passes the …
Read More »Joe Biden Para Presidente
Hemos vivido los últimos cuatro años bajo un hombre rotundamente incapaz de ser presidente. Afortunadamente para los EE. UU., Joe Biden es lo opuesto a Donald Trump en casi todas las categorías: el nominado presidencial demócrata demuestra aptitud, compasión, firmeza, integridad y moderación. Y quizá lo más importante en este …
Read More »Democrats Blow Through All-Time Donation Records at ActBlue Following Justice Ginsburg's Death
Democratic donors took action at a record-setting pace in the hours after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday night. According to the New York Times, the nonprofit fundraising platform ActBlue broke single-hour donation records during the 9 p.m hour by hitting the $6.2 million mark and then again during …
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