This morning in Pasco, Washington, the Washington Democratic party voted by a 3-1 margin to select delegates via an early March primary, rather than caucus system they've used for many years. In 2020, Washington State's Democratic party will select its delegates through a vote-by-mail primary....
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Minister of Every Portfolio Mick Mulvaney announces that the president has a mandate not to follow the law: President Trump’s acting chief of staff said Sunday that Democrats’ efforts to.
Let’s discuss Learning to Crawl, the extraordinary third album by the Pretenders which was released thirty five (35!) years ago this year. To say that Learning to Crawl was brought.
Ummmm.... Trump tells Jewish Republicans: “I stood with your Prime Minister at the White House.” pic.twitter.com/h15oC7jYep— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 6, 2019 And in related and even more hateful news: President Trump on Saturday criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar, one day after a New York man...
Let's talk tunes! Nipsey Hussle isn't someone whose music I knew very well but his murder affected a lot of people and so it seems appropriate to lead off with.
Good piece by Marcy Wheeler about Bill Barr's service to Donald Trump in his capacity as a professional Republican cover-up artist: When Attorney General William P. Barr released a four-page.
This collection of stories about relatives lost to Fox News is remarkable, if both depressing and enraging, reading: My father was always conservative. He wasn’t particularly interested in politics until his brother turned him on to Rush Limbaugh and conservative AM talk radio in the...
This is the grave of Jimmy Martin. Born in 1927 in Sneedville, Tennessee, Martin grew up in a poor farming community that was typical of any number of people in.
"Siri, who is, with the possible exceptions of Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose, the very last media person whose thoughts about Joe Biden I'd like to hear?" Mark Halperin swears.
Shot: Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That’s my responsibility and I will meet...
More of this, please: Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to call Friday for eliminating the filibuster, publicly endorsing for the first time a drastic change to Senate rules that would.
That ain't too cool. Former Vice President Joe Biden joked twice about having permission to touch people on Friday during his first public appearance since several women alleged he made.