Song of the Day 5/4: Pete Seeger, “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
H/t to RE Vanella, who pointed out that yesterday would have been Pete Seeger's 100th birthday. In addition to playing a key role in the 20th century folk music revival,…
Highlands Bunker – E13 – You Have to Be Asked
Former campaign manager for Eugene Young/Kerri Evelyn Harris and Network Delaware activist Drew Serres join RE Vanella in the bunker (back in February) to talk about how he got into…
Song of the Day 5/3: Johnny Winter And, “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”
Everybody knows the various Rick Derringer versions of his rock standard, but its first appearance on vinyl (that's all we had back then, kids) came on "Johnny Winter And," the…
Keith James Announces Pointless Challenge To Sean Matthews in 10th RD
Well, there is one circumstance where the challenge might not be totally pointless, and we'll get to that shortly. However, there is no way that Keith James has any chance…
If you stand up in a crowded movie theatre and scream “Sandy Hook Never Happened!” I reserve the right to punch you in the face
Facebook banned several prominent accounts promoting white nationalism on the platform on Thursday. Accounts barred from Facebook, as well as its subsidiary Instagram, as part of the new enforcement include…
Song of the Day 5/2: Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth/Mr. Soul”
Back in the '60s it took a long time for the older generation to realize that rock and roll was, as the saying goes, here to stay. As late as…
Coons gets Barr on Record Claiming That Campaign Help from North Korea is A-OK
Barr testified that Presidential campaigns getting help from foreign governments is OK, but (absurdly) draws the line at getting help from foreign intelligence service.
Winner: Foreign governments who want to interfere in US elections
Barr went to extreme lengths to normalize the Trump campaign’s extensive contacts with Russia. Barr hesitated before answering a question from Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) about whether presidential campaigns offered dirt on their opponents by foreign governments should report the offer to the FBI. The Trump campaign faced this exact scenario when top members of its campaign took a meeting in Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected lawyer who was offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.
“If a foreign intelligence service does, yes,” Barr said, making a distinction between intelligence services and governments.
Song of the Day 5/1: The Hold Steady, “Sequestered in Memphis”
In El Somnambulo's roundup of his favorite tunes from April, he wondered if Craig Finn was the Raymond Carver of songwriters. I'm not sure about that. I might go with…
BREAKING: Eric Morrison To Primary Earl Jaques!
Earl Jaques, who has been something of a mixed bag as a state representative, will face a primary challenge from a serious progressive. I especially like Eric Morrison's commitment to…
William Barr flat out lied to Congress in (and about) his bullshit summary of the Mueller Report
Things we already know about piece of shit Trump defense attorney William Barr, who is posing as Attorney General, have been confirmed by the Washington Post.
We know Barr lied. We know Trump is a criminal. But the only reports that matter are the vote totals in 552 days.