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Via ABC News “We are disturbed by the lack of transparency the NRA has demonstrated surrounding the December 2015 trip to Moscow,” Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu of California and Kathleen…

Groveling to corporations, throwing tax abatements at them and begging them in your city was not the norm prior to the hegemony of "Shareholder Primacy" Before THE WORLD's DUMBEST IDEA became business school orthodoxy, many companies had a healthy interest in their country, their communities, and their workers. In 1970 that was all swept away, and replaced with what we have now - a shitmess.

Jesus Christ, Trump. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do…

When China's real estate bubble pops, it ain't going to be pretty. China's real-estate bubble is the largest in human history, and despite years of warning signs, it has grown…

Stating that there should be at least one non-professional-liar-criminally-corrupt-lazy-fat-mentally-ill-idiot in the race for the Republican nomination, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld launched a presidential exploratory committee to run in 2020 as a Republican.

It is a serious question. I forced myself to listen to the Rose Garden address and it was flat out nuts. Every news outlet should be leading with "is Trump…

If the "Trump Emergency" has a silver lining it may turn out to be the news that the Pentagon is just a huge piggy bank stuffed with unobligated billions. That…

Trump to declare a "national emergency". President Trump plans to sign a border deal that will avoid a partial government shutdown, and at the same time declare a national emergency,…

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man except for Vladimir Putin, is having a rough year. First he announced his divorce, but that turned out to be his way of getting…

I support this. Fox News isn't a legitimate news network. It simply isn't. This should not be a tough call for DNC Chair Tom Perez. Today, Daily Kos Founder and…

Buttigieg was on Morning Joe this morning. The youtube grab has been added below. Well worth your time to check it out. He is a strong progressive that doesn't get dragged into the stupid "left/right" mud pit that TV talking heads love so much. "I don't think that it is a crazy left-wing idea that we need to do something about climate change on par with the crisis that it is. A Green New Deal isn't leftist, it's practical."

I'm in shock. It turns out that the Twerpy looking dude (Rob Peetree), the wingnut radio personality from Sussex who bit hard on the stupid "Chris Coons called on to change his name" story, really is Park City's assistant and their work relationship really was consummated with a make-believe swearing in. I mean... I'm just... Fucking... what? The levels of stupidity of this story are truly astonishing.