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It is hard to argue against CHARLES PIERCE's point that while congress is on vacation. the president will be the whole entire government. I know this may seem a bit…

El Somnambulo considers David Ruffin of the Temptations the greatest soul singer of all time, and I'm not going to disagree. And it's not just because of his great voice…

If you fill in this form, Equifax will send you $125 as part of its settlement with the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the FTC, and 48 out of 50 states. Equifax doxed the nation and profited handsomely from it. $125 is a laughably small sum given how much damage the data they hemorrhaged all over the internet could cause you. Equifax should have faced the corporate death penalty, the execs who oversaw the disaster should have had their assets seized and diverted to anti-identity-theft measures and charities. Instead, the FTC et al are hitting the company for a maximum of $700m(how much they pay depends in part on whether you fill in this form. Equifax's market cap stands today at $16.6B, and it posted $3.412B in earnings in 2018, up 1.48% increase from 2017.

Highlands Bunker - E25 - People’s Republic of Cambridge Working Families Party activist Vanessa Clifford joins RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about what Working Families Party is, some…

Credit where credit is due?. Or...If someone as cowardly and dithering as Lisa Blunt Rochester supports impeachment, she really must be hearing about it from actual voters.

Today, I'm announcing my support to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Director Mueller has done his job. Now it's time for Congress to do ours. My statement below:

“I understand where these groups are coming from, but while it might feel good to vent their frustrations about the state of the country, they could undermine what I believe should be our core 2020 argument: We are dithering, incompetent doormats who are infinitesimally less objectionable than our opposition.”

What a bunch of losers and idiots we have representing us in congress.  I mean, it is pitiful.   Trump is the most patently and transparently corrupt politician in American…

What we call flesh-eating bacteria is really a disease called Necrotizing fasciitis. (NF). (The bacteria itself is frequently  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) but other flesh-eating bacterias are out there such as…

End Wall Street’s Stranglehold On Our Economy Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Rein in Wall Street Here are some bullet points, but do yourself a favor and read the whole thing:…

I know Susan Collins is an "R" and Tom Carper is nomnially a "D" but they are so close to each other in political philosphy that party affiliation don't really…

If Chris Coons puts up a FB post that is mildly critical of the President, the comments are flooded by the vilest, brain dead idiots instantly turning the heat up to 11.   Mixed in will be a couple of Democratic "Atta guy" comments and even fewer "A good start, but not enough" observations.     If a Democrat dares shows any well-earned anger nowadays they can quickly become a pariah among earnest, thoughtful, decent Democratic townsfolk.   This one-sidedness takes a toll.  It gives Coons the impression that only Republicans hold strong views.  The anger double standard gives the false impression that they are many and we are few.  The over the top emotionalism also clears brush for other, less angry (but equally wrong) Republicans to backfill sounding reasonable in relative terms.   This dynamic also plays out nationally where elected Republicans are given free rein to be angry while angry Democrats are pilloried.  

  Here is what LBR says about the Dems vote to "raise the min wage":  "Good for the economy. Good for the workers. It’s been 10 years & it’s long…

Call LBR's office now and ask her to help her Democratic colleagues confront Trump with a strong unified voice: (302) 830-2330 Ask your member of Congress to represent you with a more energetic approach to confronting President Trump and to stop enabling Trump by ignoring him. Lisa Blunt Rochester resides in a bubble of DC conventional wisdom and thinks we can simply wait out Trump. Her strategy of keeping her head down isn't working. Your call today will be to follow up and support the work some activists did this morning in meeting with LBR's State Director, Courtney McGregory, (who also does not view the current situation as a crisis). Call LBR's office now and aks her to help her Democratic colleagues confront Trump with a unified voice: (302) 830-2330