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Archives: January 17, 2019

Adam Schiff....That is immunity, not the rule of law.

Hmmm, I don't see anything from the twitler about the ISIS attack

Michelin 3 star invites Clemson team to a real meal celebration...

I suspect the Congressional Democrats are going to cut a deal with Putin

Is this photoshopped/hacked?

Stephen Miller Was Drafting SOTU Blaming Democrats For Shutdown

Help! Old dog issues.

Is this the solution ??

STOCK MARKET WATCH - Thursday, 17 January 2019

Fox News and Trump are trying to manufacture another caravan crisis to argue for a border wall

Senior Kim Jong Un Aide to Meet Trump Later This Week

I've been playing

We stand for choice in Chicago

As Trump's White House aides fret over shutdown, his Fox News advisers blow sunshine you know where

'Change Is Coming!' Congressional Dems Join Sanders in Proposing Bill to End 'Starvation Wages"...

"Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings" (PDF)

Vanguard's John Bogle dies at 89. Father of the index fund, he brought investing to the masses

You know how we like electing a POTUS who's the opposite of his predecessor? IkeJFK, NixonCarter,

LMAO...

What happens in your brain when you pay attention?

I just realized that I passed the 30,000 post barrier.

Greg Miller (WaPo): I'd never seen this footage before - Trump sending clenched-fist......

Trump DIDN'T Lie About The Number of Hamburgers

Mnuchin & Oleg Deripaska rendezvous in Davos, Switzerland next week

Chris Hayes: Rep. Dan Kildee just said Mitch has made Trump the majority leader of the Senate.

Pierce: Nancy Pelosi Jabbed the President* Right in His Tender Ego

One from the "Father of the Delta Blues"

Steve Scalise: "He should come on over anyway, we'll find a place for him to speak"

Ann Coulter says Trump' is dead in the water if he doesn't build that wall.

Schumer: Barr Refused to Provide Assurances on Mueller in Meeting

McDonalds Introduces Covfefe-Flavored McHamberder That's Paid For By Taco Bell

Ex-RNC chair Michael Steele said

House effort on Steve King censure fizzles

Maybe the GOP could sell arms to Iran to raise money for the wall.

Florida official may be reprimanded for comments about Muslim congresswoman

Ayesha Curry invites Clemson Tigers to 'real feast and celebration' after Trump's fast-food meal

How about an orange maggot surcharge tax to pay for his wall?

Now that Ryan has left, what else is he really qualified to do after spending...

The Clinton Presidency: A Historic Era of Progress and Prosperity (refresher)

GoFundMe "Trump Wall" donors have given $7 million to organizer's new idea

U.S. Troops Among Dead in Islamic State Bombing in Syria

Best House Freshman Class Ever

'I have no hope.' Sears workers are worried about their jobs after Eddie Lampert's takeover

Mike Pence amends claim that 'ISIS has been defeated' following deadly attack on U.S. troops

What Does Racism Look Like?

Those entitled Federal workers with all of those benefits

John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 89

"Satin and steel" Pelosi privately refers to Trump as the "Whiner in chief." (Politico)

Nielsen: Secret Service prepared to secure State of the Union

Michigan State's president to resign after he said sexual abuse victims enjoyed the spotlight

Trump keeping more secrets. Now adding NK spy chief to WH meeting

Fox News Debuts Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And in this episode of "Chyrons For The Clueless," it's Tucker Carlson.

The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all?

The RS Politics 2020 Democratic Primary Leaderboard

Graham: If Senate passes bipartisan wall-funding bill including legal status for DACA/TPS, would

Steve Scalise (R-LA) welcomes you to bizarro Foxworld

nevermind I messed it up n/t

Centrist efforts to convince Trump to end shutdown falter

Cardinal Wuerl apologizes to priests, McCarrick victim, says he forgot he knew about harassment alle

Mandatory Wednesday Mike Malloy Truthseeker thread! Deal or No Deal!

John Tester slaps Trump and McConnell

FYI, Rachel will have Gillibrand on her show live tonight. I'm not interested. nt

Trump administration opposes a return to federal oversight for Texas redistricting, reversing Obama-

I just turned off Rachel for the first time!

real blues jazz:Sidney Bechet - Summertime

House Democratic leaders bottle up effort to censure Iowa Rep. Steve King

Republicans have forfeited and resigned their obligation to govern. Senate republicans have

"Steve King is now fundraising off of his 'white supremacist' comments":

Let us remember the lesson of the GOP fomenting hate of Nancy Pelosi:

Need free stock tracking site or software

Ocasio-Cortez rips Trump in first House floor speech.

Leaving soon for the grocery store.

McConnell spends two days hiding from new demands to end shutdown

AOC is on fire! Totally scorching Mitch McConnell!

Sidney Bechet - Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me

Ann Coulter justifies shutdown: A wall is worth more than 'the Yosemite gift shop being open'

It's the voting machines, stupid.

We all know that Individual-1 will find some

Oh Nancy,Nancy,Nancy. You.Are.The.Best!!

Rescue Pup Doesn't Look Like Any Other Dog - BIGHEAD

I will be turning Rachel Maddow off when her guest comes on.

Did anyone ask Barr

Michelle Obama caught a lot of flack a decade ago when she said she was " proud of her

Its like living inside the plot of a Tom Clancy novel (pure fantasy, speculation, and conjecture)

Doctor Ross - Cat Squirrel

Don't think Gillibrand has a chance. Must be making a name for herself.

AOC hunting his Mitch ass DOWN

What we are witnessing

I don't know if I can forgive Gillibrand for Franken

where is the lie though?

Rudy moving the collusion goalposts again

Just listened to Pelosi explain why SOTU should not be

"Our long national nightmare is over"

No, I'm actually in danger of dying here: "I never said there was no collusion" -- Giuliani

Rudy Tootie Tattles (Again)

Rudy Giuliani says Trump didn't collude with Russia but can't say if campaign aides did

Well, on the bright side, in three years we'll be eating each other.

Trump admitted 'we are getting crushed' by Democrats

Agency Ignored Constitutional Questions About Trump Hotel Lease, Report Finds

Rachel Maddow didn't ask Kirsten Gillibrand anything about Al Franken

Fox News Debuts Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

High Times magazine trolls Trump

Thank you for your opening segment Lawrence O'Donnell

*Claire McCaskill on MSNBC now,

After nearly year-long logjam, GOP 'rams through' State Corporation Commission pick with no Democrat

Gotta say, AOC's cellphone video of her searching for Mitch was cool.

'She's satin and steel': Pelosi wages war on Trump

I wonder why Rachel, Joe, and the rest

Terry McAuliffe polling Iowans? Notes on a survey

Ah the Clinton email "scandal" & Benghazi...the investigations that just won't die

Some sick blues for me MA peeps!

Lindsey Graham just accidentally admitted that suppressing black voter turnout

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first floor speech

Ok, I know in the scheme of things this is minor, but who the hell wears a cowboy hat at WH meeting?

Cocaine

Mitch McConnell's Shut Down

Bernie Sanders: Why I Voted Against The Russia Sanctions Bill (2017)

Two questions about "Mother's" Immanuel Church school

Happy Birthday to Michelle Obama!

Bernie Sanders: 'Maybe Obama Should Have Done More' On Russia

Take the Trump-Russia Quiz (NYT)

Russian Active Measures were successful in the Senate today

Making a break for it

I went temporarily psychotic.

Jennifer Rubin's WAPO headline: Facing Trump's tantrum, Pelosi takes away the TV

I am Home now, Thank you to all that sent me well wishes...

Muddy + Mick + Keith

Homeless Cat Opens Its Eyes For The First Time In Months, Stuns Everyone With Their Beauty

Senator Tim Kaine Slams GOP For 'Enabling' Donald Trump Shutdown

Fake 'Washington Post' placed around D.C. trolls Trump, claims he is leaving the White House

Rudy Giuliani: "I never said there was no collusion..."

Trump's Attorney General pick raises alarms with comments on probing Clinton foundation and uranium

If and when the SOTU is eventually held, Nancy P. needs to invite

The Daily Show: The U.S. & The U.K.: Allies in Chaos

State lawmakers begin a short session with giant-sized issues - and financial quandaries looming

Seth Meyers - Trump's "Hamberders" Tweet, Nancy Pelosi's Approval Rating - Monologue - 1/15/19

The Daily Show: The U.S. & The U.K.: Allies in Chaos

Um phrasing

Jonathan Pie: We've Reached 'Peak Nazi'

Meme of the day!!!!

You wanna talk "badass"? Think about how bad a badass it takes to . . . . .

Giuliani: I never said there was no collusion

The first draft of Trump's homework assignment from Speaker Pelosi looks VERY impressive.

Sadly, today I felt the "burn" of Bernie Sanders. Not voting. Not that woulda mattered.

What's the oldest toy you have?

Beto skips town while his brain trust sketches 2020 plans

Double Toasted: PRESIDENT TRUMP SERVES MCDONALDS IN THE WHITE HOUSE - YES, IT LOOKS BAD

How do I post a picture to DU?

Seth Meyers - Trump Is Losing the Shutdown Fight: A Closer Look

If Karen Pence loves "moral purity"....

Why Trump can't handle Pelosi: She scrambles his typical strategy for dealing with women

Ghostbusters: 2020

Syrian refugee whose falafel shop was named the 'Nicest Place in America' feeds government workers

Disinviting tRump

Let the dirty tricks commence - GOP buys bobcaseyforpresident.com

If Gillibrand is automatically disqualified because she called on Franken to resign...

Trump signs law guaranteeing back pay for federal workers

HRC: If the shutdown lasts 1 more day domestic violence centers will begin shutting their doors.

Barcelona Gallery

New Hampshire Democrats move aggressively to expand ballot access

The contrast of Lindsey Graham's reaction towards two different presidents on fighting ISIS....

Saudi teen granted asylum in Canada says she's one of the lucky women who escaped

"Unpresidented. Trump hastily departs White House, ending crisis." -Fake

Changing wildfire, changing forests

Federal Watchdog Finds Government Ignored Emoluments Clause With Trump Hotel

The Badass Women Of The Nomad Games

The Badass Women Of The Nomad Games

'Grifters, weaklings, felons': Christie on the Trump White House

Gillibrand is Doing Pretty Well on Rachel Maddow's Show

Ocasio-Cortez rips Trump in first House floor speech: 'It is not normal to shut down the government

Does Deadpool Promote Nazism? Russian Censors Think So

No Country For Bearded Young Men: Only 'Well-Groomed' Tajiks Getting Passports

Errors in Ads or Tweets aka

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel Asks Donald Trump to End Shutdown

Trump's nightmare: A Latino taking his job................

Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle Seattle housing crisis

Sen. Chase wears handgun to podium to present bills in committee

Far-Right German Journalist Implicated In Firebombing Of Hungarian Center In Ukraine

"Please don't characterize the strength I bring to this meeting"{Please don't characterize my power}

Giuliani: "I never said there was no collusion between the campaign" and Russia

Virginia lawmakers renew push to ban holding a phone while driving

Post your favorite political quote of 2019 here. The list can grow as events unfold.

The best part of this #TrumpShutdown ?

The "Trump totally won and got his wall" budget act of 2019

I am helping a friend to get onto the internet. He doesn't want to change his

We were only 3 votes short on the 60 needed to retain the sanctions against Deripaska.

Is it the Coulter-Trump shutdown or the Trump-Coulter shutdown?

Lindsey Graham says Trump's Syria statements emboldened ISIS

Pamunkey Tribe says it's willing to jumpstart Norfolk casino project under commercial gaming law

Trump Is Now Talking About A Humanitarian Crisis On Our Southern Border....

People Who Said They Didn't Want a Damn Cat

Bookends

Giuliani moves goalposts: Maybe there was collusion... but only by campaign, not by Trump.

Tweet of the night:

survey says.....

(Jewish Group) Rabbis Torn About Women's March, Despite Secret Meeting With Sarsour, Mallory

(Jewish Group) Why This libertarian-Palestinian-American Congressman Voted Against a Federal anti-Se

(Jewish Group) Broadway star Carol Channing dies aged 97

Horrific new details emerge as "gay purge" in Chechnya worsens

What about the federal contractors running the camps? Do you think they are going to have enough

US to begin nuclear treaty pullout next month after Russia missile talks fail

AOC & Jim Hines teaching Twitter Class tomorrow -

Questions of loan compliance loom for Morehead Foundry owners

This can only go ONE way, folks

Tucker Carlson gets help with his question

School lunches shrink as one NC school district feels heat from government shutdown

Just a peak into the dark corners of the internet...

Witnesses claim to have seen Chun Doo-hwan play golf around time of his first trial

FBI: Man wanted to attack White House with anti-tank rocket

Paul Krugman Has A Scathing New Nickname For Donald Trump's Administration

Tucker Carlson Gets Hilariously Owned By His Own On-Screen Graphics

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 1/16/19

In court documents, Harris argues state board should certify 9th District results

People Can't Pay Their Medical Bills Because of the Government Shutdown

Pentagon seeks to expand scope and sophistication of U.S. missile defenses

Indonesian woman mauled to death by giant pet crocodile

Thailand signals major shift in refugee policy after Rahaf Mohammed case

The Guardian view on warming oceans: a rising toll

trump's chief of staff Mulvaney owes 2.5M - says loan "will go unpaid"

China's Huawei reportedly targeted in US criminal investigation

captured on video: Trump desperately trying to get Putin's attention at a dinner

Pence: US is still waiting for North Korea to take 'concrete steps' toward denuclearization

US government shutdown: Six ways it could end

Arpaio asks Supreme Court to block special prosecutor in contempt fight

Iran newspapers, official criticize US arrest of newscaster

World's coffee under threat, say experts

new dem officeholders are "immoral women" says the stupid Jesse Lee Peterson

(Jewish Group) Sarah Silverman Is 'Heartbroken' About Women's March Leadership

(Jewish Group) Which local (women)marches are and aren't affiliated with the national group, and why

I'm a Sephardic Latina With An Intersectional Identity. That's Why I Oppose The Women's March.

Buncombe County accepts $189K settlement with ex-assistant manager Jon Creighton

Ann Coulter: Federal workers have the BEST benefits and vacation days, etc. in the world. I call BS.

Pot deliveries OK'd into Calif. communities that ban sales

I got it !! He can TWEET his Address !! New guy does things differently, right?

TSA absentee rate still high, but down from Sunday's peak

Mueller has BRIBERY EXPERTS on team investigating Trump.

Human Rights Watch: Global pushback against autocrats grows

GOP: Robbing the poor to pay the Russian rich

Lawmakers Begin Bipartisan Push to Close South Carolina's Gender Pay Gap

UK parliament will debate and vote on PM May's Brexit 'plan B' on Jan. 29

South Carolina woman charged in alleged $9 million fraud involving autism care

Can the disapproval split reach the lowest on record for MF45?

Activists push for 'unhackable' South Carolina voting system

State Department Identifies American Killed In Nairobi Terror Attack

Trumpian Chess....

It's great to see these young fresh women Dems hit the ground with even more vigor than the Tea

Thursday TOONs - Nancy's Big Beautiful Wall

So now we know the real problem with Trump: He lives in a FOX hole, blinded by the dark.

I heard someone suggesting that the reason the Con isn't attacking Speaker Pelosi is

Republic Senate lifts the sanctions on a Russian business man, but we

Want to avoid hours-long lines at DMV? Get your REAL ID now, South Carolina officials warn

Republican Priorities

There is one job a Senator has that can't be done by anyone else

Only Fighter Jets Can Fix This Porn Addiction

5 crimes you are picturing wrong:

Former governor candidate James Smith lands new job at SC college

The Atlantic: IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP

"The base of both parties"

pressing the mute button on the TV remote.

A new scam to watch for:

John Engler to resign as MSU interim president after survivor 'spotlight' comments

As King Day approaches, Atlanta's gay community remembers Bayard Rustin

Some truth about AG nominee William Barr

Berlusconi announces candidacy for European elections

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen hired an IT firm to rig early CNBC, Drudge polls

Fox & Friends are lobbing Chick-Fil-A at their studio audience. Darwin misses it again.

Senate Upholds Treasury Decision to Ease Russian Sanctions

Trigger Alert !

Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President

Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress

The Rundown: January 16, 2019

Art of The Week: Week of 1/16/19

Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 1/16/2019

Wheeler EPA Hearing - Lies, Boilerplate, Lies, I Love Hiking, Lies, Bullshit, More Bullshit

Uh, Wow, I Guess - Republican Governor Of Idaho Admits That Global Warming Is Real

2 New Studies; Areas Of Siberian Permafrost No Longer Freezing; Below-Ground Temps Up 10F In 5 Yrs

Will Olympus Notice? World Economic Forum Survey Cites Climate Inaction As #1 Threat

New plant-focused diet would 'transform' planet's future, say scientists

GOP Congressmen Meet With Holocaust-Denying Troll Chuck Johnson

Facebook takes down anti-NATO pages linked to Russian news agency Sputnik

John Fugelsang has the best suggestion, re: trump*, ever

Bombshell: Trump under investigation - Is he disloyal to Russia?

Twitter as the new "evening news"

Miami! Sun, Sea & Sewage! Rising Ocean Pushing Groundwater Higher, Driving Septic Tank Failures

Is Giuliani "foreshadowing" some big story?

A frigid, wild weather pattern is on the way

Texas' Ted Cruz and Lamar Smith Provided Thousands in Financial Support to Embattled GOP Rep. Steve

Rudy may have just signaled that Trump is ready to throw Don Jr under the bus

The strain was more than he could bear: MSNBC - "The shutdown is taking a toll on President Trump"

Finally saw "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968)

Trump Plans Space Sensors to Shoot Down Missiles From 'Rogue States'

Is the shutdown stalling private sector hiring?

57 percent of voters say they won't support Trump in 2020

Karen and Mike Pence's astonishing moral hypocrisy

Trump-Loyal Senators Make Russian Oligarch's Day

Effort to ease Russian sanctions boosted by former Louisiana senator

Recession warnings pile up as shutdown wraps up fourth week

House Judiciary chair says they'll subpoena Mueller report if necessary

Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign bill to require state licensing of Illinois gun dealers on Thursday

Hey Chump, your phone has this thing called "spell check"..

Toyota now requires a handful of workers to wear exoskeletons.

"Engineers" Looked at "The Wall." It's a Disaster

Hannity Goes Full Deep State Conspiracy Theorist

We all have a nosy friend.

"Looks nothing like me!"

You think YOU'RE having a bad hair day?

Ocasio-Cortez Rips Trump in Speech on House Floor

I don't know when, but at some point we'll learn that Trump got reimbursed for the Hamberders

@LindseyGrahamSC says Trump's Syria comments may have emboldened ISIS deadly attack on US troops

Defcon 1 aproaching? The end game is being played and we should be prepared.

Cohen tweet throwing Trump and campaign under the proverbial bus!

Sanders Meets With Former Staff Members, Seeking to Quell Anxiety Over Sexism

Security, immigration controls fraying as impasse over Trump's wall stretches into its fourth week

Inside the GM plant where nooses and 'whites-only' signs hung

ISIS is morphing in Syria, but it's not beaten yet

Theresa May channels her inner Gollum and Smagol over Brexit

Betsy needs to promote the Russian Language in our schools.

Howard Dean on what he's looking for in a 2020 Democratic presidential nominee

The Green New Deal: How We Will Pay for It Isn't 'a Thing' - Forbes

Shutdown has dropped grenade onto Trump's 2020 team

24 hours after Pelosi disinvites trump to speak @SOTU, no response from White House.

Jacob Wohl might have run out of hipster coffee shops, but he still has Michael Knowles.

Sail My Ship Alone

Is this a new scam?

Oh, bless his heart.

'Where's Mitch McConnell?' - The Last Word - MSNBC

Unhinged!

Trump's response to the attack on Americans in Syria

How the shutdown could end without (much) drama.

They follow him everywhere. A dog and his kitten pals.

Why did the Senate vote to lift sanctions on Derispaska?

Barack Obama: "I knew it way back then and I'm absolutely convinced of it today..."

It's Michelle's birthday! (cute pic alert)

I think the long game play of breaking this country apart

Michael Cohen blames Trump for reported poll-rigging efforts

The North Pole is moving, and the shutdown means we aren't keeping up (GPS not updated)

From an old friend in Switzerland

Harvard taps Gillum and Heitkamp for fellows program

'Beautiful Mess' - Kristian Kostov - Singer 2019

Generation Z may be most liberal demographic yet

Lorna Doom, bassist with cult Los Angeles punk band Germs, dies

Mr. Mueller, while we are all looking at Steve King, ...

How long until Giuliani claims that Trump had nothing to do with the Trump-campaign?

Lorna Doom, Bassist of The Germs, dies

So Michael Cohen Freeped Online Polls At The Behest Of Donald Trump.

Trump's latest disgrace: Putting himself before our troops

Poll: Trump Approval Down, Slips With Base

While the government is shut down, this is what the Senate is working on today:

There is a tendency to argue in favor of Roman Catholic practices,

"Lies are like flies; they both love a ripe pile of sh*t." . . . Come CAPTION Fox's Sean Hannity!!!

White House nominations sent to the Senate.

Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter: 'Substantial chance' Trump is being blackmailed by Putin

I think conservative Missourians are starting to turn.

Trump nominations for Amtrak board of directors.

CNN legal analyst: Trump knew Jr and Manafort colluded

'What's free?', 'I hope they budgeted': how the shutdown affects a small rural town

America Held Hostage - Day 28

Trump nominates three district court judges, including Mark Pittman for Fort Worth

"I have the gavel": Maxine Waters lays out an aggressive agenda...

Native American routes: the ancient trails hidden in Chicago's grid system

Trump administration separated thousands more migrants than previously known

The shutdown is hitting me personally...

trump has had no comments on rep. steve king and his racial bullshit.

Largest collection of breached data ever seen is found

Louis C.K. Jokes About Sexually Harassing Women: 'I Like to Jerk Off, and I Don't Like Being Alone'

Dog won't eat his kibble unless it's microwaved. Thinks that makes it human food.

"Metra Comes Clean" on Gates That Failed To Come Down

Happy Birthday, Betty!

Corbyn asks all Labour MPs not to participate in May's Brexit talks until no deal ruled out - Politi

Schumer recruiting top-notch candidate for McCain Senate seat

Someone Built A $200 Million Village Of Disney-Like Castles

Missiles vs a wall...what will they decide?

Why Manafort's crimes matter: The chant "lock her up" was first used against Yulia T.

First Spring Training workout dates for all clubs

It's pretty clear to me that when the Dems take over the Senate and WH, ignorer to clean up

Everyone is trolling Trump...Samsung just released a 219inch TV called The Wall..

Howard Dean to CNN: All Dem candidates qualified to be president except Tulsi Gabbard

Trump is fraying nerves inside the Pentagon

Pic Of The Moment: That Sinking Feeling

When Trump says the polls are "rigged," he knows whereof he speaks

President Donald J. Trump Announces Nineteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees

Right Wing homeschooling groups working with Russians now

WHY IS TRUMP IN A JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH MANAFORT IF RUDY CONCEDES MANAFORT MAY HAVE "COLLUDED

Costco's $90 27lb Bucket Of Mac N Cheese With 20 Year Shelf Life Sells Out

Russian TV host laughs about sanctions: "This is just the beginning"

CNN just cut away from the so called President speech from the Pentagon...

"Excuse me, Your Excellency, but I'd like to discuss something with you."

from the comments section on Colbert's monollogue last night:

I've Talked With Teenage Boys About Sexual Assault for 20 Years. This Is What They Still Don't Know

Security, immigration controls fraying

Trump is at the Pentagon reading a Stephen Miller screed of crap.

States warn food stamp recipients to budget early benefit payments due to shutdown

So Obama used his 1st 2 years to pass ACA as he promised, what did Trump do?

Wow! Stephen Miller just put on a Trump suit and gave a speech at the Pentagon.

Laurence Tribe: Pelosi should've gone the rest of the way & invited Limbaugh & Coulter

Jerome Cosi Likens Being Questioned by Mueller's Team to Christ's Interrogation by Pontius Pilate

Happy belated 233rd anniversary, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

AOC: two million Twitter followers and growing

Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Russia

For the NFL and all of football, a new threat: an evaporating insurance market

'Grifters, weaklings, felons': Christie on the Trump White House

Putin loves Mueller's investigation.

Mary Oliver has died.

Drag-racing Pa. cop gets 3 to 12 months in county jail in pedestrian's death

"voting on a bill to eliminate ACA subsidies for any health plan that covers reproductive services.

Bogota blast: Deadly 'car bomb' rocks Colombia capital

Bogota blast: Deadly 'car bomb' rocks Colombia capital

Total and complete arrogance of power. That is what it is.

EPA Approves Treating Orange Groves With Antibiotics

Pelosi on postponing SOTU: "It's not constitutionally required. It's not the President's birthday."

Football bribes investigator shot dead

I did it - press 2 (call re the wall)

New scam calls about being dropped from Medicare.

Happy Birthday, Betty White!

Indiana anti-Evolution Bill would indoctrinate students in Creationism

Advice to AOC.

An evangelical group is trying to strip LGBTQ protections from an anti-lynching bill

Giuliani releases horrible clarification after horrible interview:

OMG--After HurricaneMaria--#Trump .....did not want a single dollar going to Puerto Rico...

They hated Obama because he expected them to be better than they were

Photoshop of WhiteHouse hamberders being served at Last Supper. Found on FB and now can't find!

Photoshop of WhiteHouse hamberders being served at Last Supper. Found on FB and now can't find!

BREAKING: Tom Marino (R-PA) resigning from Congress

Back to basics! From a roux to bechamel to mornay sauce.

Dems want some of Twitter power ⁦AOC⁩ has

Trump versus Obama - A Brilliant Reddit post

The US detention center where sick children receive 'the bare minimum'

Disney: Where dreams come true but also a b**ch is all up in ur shit when you're having breakfast.

AOC says Speaker Nancy Pelosi "is just the strong woman that we need right now"

Only the Connection

Giuliani: I never said there was no collusion

Trump's trade-war has cost US consumers $13 billion so far.

There is something horrifically similiar between the way that Trump treats migrant children and the

In rebuke to Trump administration, more than 130 Republicans break ranks to oppose Treasury plan

Take a look at this Aeromexico ad.....

'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe: trial witness

When someone says "remember that time Giuliani said what he later claimed he didn't say"...

RUSSIA TIES: A Randy Rainbow Song Parody (from GREASE!)🎶 (from last year, but apropos)

Journalist who exposed corrupt FIFA official is shot dead

Jose Andres meals for furloughed government workers

Not sold on the edits he made for TV

Weis accelerates shipments of items in demand by food stamps recipients

US State Department to resume paying employees again Jan 22

It's time for the California Republican Party to stop living in denial: Trump cost them big

Colombia's lesser known rebel group still delivers violence and wreaks havoc

Let Trump Tweet the SOTU on His Phone.

What is happening on the House floor with a vote on a house bill that would

This. From a U.S. Coast Guard Admiral....

The House just approved a bill to reopen the government by VOICE VOTE, GrOPers asleep at their wheel

What one single action could have prevented election of Trump?

McDonalds Introduces Covfefe-Flavored McHamberder That's Paid For By Taco Bell

Happy 97th Birthday to Betty White!

Trump Wall poll - you can call and register your vote

Trump at Pentagon: Entire room stayed silent and did not applaud his partisan remarks

Bill would require Indiana public schools to teach creationism

Model Who Claimed Russian Help for Trump Detained, Interfax Says

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Refuses To Back Down: Trump Should 'Absolutely' Be Impeached

I just called The Turtle's office to demand he allow a vote on the CR just passed in the House.

Rashida Tlaib On Instagram: Uncle Bernie Gets Me

So this is what he was going on about yesterday, the big news he had .LOL

What phrases drive you crazy?

Broken: Central California Farmers Offer Free Plane Tickets from Mexico

A heartbeat away from defeating Roe?

Watch Ultima Thule Spin Like a Propeller in This Awesome New Horizons Flyby Video

Mosaic Artist Fills Potholes With An Anti-Trump Jolt

The irony is Red States are so much more dependent on Federal $ than Blue States

The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms

The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms

A Dog Man Learns That Cat Lives Matter

The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms

Jerry Falwells Christian Right involved in poll rigging scandal...

Prince Philip unhurt in crash while driving

Absolutely not a fan of Joe Manchin

Bolsonaro's Priorities Don't Appeal To Most Brazilians

Bolsonaro's Priorities Don't Appeal To Most Brazilians

Virginia Senate Passes ERA

Bishop Eddie Long Is Not the Only One Who's Dead

Virginia Senate Passes ERA

I feel almost sorry for the GOP. Almost.

About Gillibrand and Franken - a letter, not mine.

Worried Republicans are questioning McConnell's political strategy in shutdown

'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Trailer: The Final Episodes

The absolutely simplest argument why the US doesn't need a wall:

Is Trump's dna on file where it is available to investigators?

Four Americans have died in Syria.

Rep Tom Marino resigns his seat in Congress (PA-12)

"Moonstruck"

Congressman Tom Marino Announces Resignation

Why the "EFF" is Jimmy Buffet being promoted by Hate-Radio?

GOP lawmaker yells "GO BACK TO PUERTO RICO" to Dem Tony Cardenas (born in Los Angeles)

State Department diplomats called back to work, for now

Here's what I wish the Democrats would say to trump:

President Trump responds to Speaker Pelosi's letter re SOTU by cancelling her codel to Egypt...

Trump pulls Nancy's aircraft for trip to Afghanistan. I am sure she doesn't care.

Latino Marine veteran detained for deportation

Comander Sean Spicer (USNR)

I'm with Stupid....

The traitor has now sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi telling her

there should be Marches FOR Humanity .... MARCHES AGAINST THE WALL !! Reopen the Government

Turn the Women's March into a March to end the shutdown to stop hurting women and children who are

Think Nancy will come out with "What, I had already cancelled my trip to Egypt and Afghanistan.

Katy Tur just said Pelosi was supposed to leave at 3:30 this afternoon on her trip

Trump says he'll postpone Pelosi's overseas trip over shutdown

The Speaker of the House visiting a war zone in Afghanistan is not a "public relations event"

Happy Birthday Michelle Obama and Betty White

Can the Senate take a vote of no confidence in its Leader, McConnell?

VA security staff compromised safety and Shulkin violated ethics rules, oversight report says

Child rape apologia. A brutal accusation to make.

Are you attending the 3rd Women's March on Sat?

I just searched for Trump's visit to Afghanistan. Here is what I found:

IQs of Famous People & Celebrities

Bernie Sanders just sent me an email.

Does anyone else email their reps to thank them?

CNN: Chris Cillizza and Harry Enten's definitive 2020 Democratic candidate power rankings

Tulsi Gabbard apologizes for past LGBT remarks in new video

I'm getting the feeling the Rs want Ds to impeach tRump and get rid of him

Dear Speaker Pelosi

A leader of the Democratic Class of 2018 confronts the challenges of governing

Prince Philip involved in car accident near Sandringham

The way I interpret Trump's latest move against Pelosi:

Leslie Moonves is going to arbitration with CBS over his $120 million exit package

So, did tRump just cancel any trips he had planned re: canceling Pelosi's trip?

NATO allies have planes...

Trump denies Pelosi military aircraft for war zone trip

Trump keeps mentioning taped-up women at the border. Experts have no idea what he's talking about.

Melania voted for Hillary

Ukrainian Oligarch Scrutinized by Robert Mueller Was a Giuliani Client

Petty Trump tries to cancel a trip that Nancy Pelosi already canceled and wasn't going on

Huawei founder denies his company helps China spy, and he praises Trump

.@LeaderHoyer says a GOP member yelled at @RepCardenas "Go back to Puerto Rico!" on the floor.

My frequent trump comment

Jan 19, 1969, Led Zep plays Detroit's Grande Ballroom

U.S. investigating whether China's Huawei stole trade secrets, report says

New Bill Could Expand Arlington's Powers to Ticket Parked Cars, But Backers See Other Purpose

No Afghanistan Visit For Speaker Pelosi, But White House Says Mnuchin Still Going To Davos

Rebuking Trump, over 130 House Republicans challenge plans to lift sanctions against Putin ally

MICHAEL COHEN ... Ex-Trump lawyer: Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump

Giuliani Is Drastically Changing Trump-Collusion Narrative, But it Looks Like He's Just Starting

3 Chicago Cops Acquitted Of Laquan McDonald Shooting Cover-Up

Satanic tourism fears dismissed over statue of devil in Segovia

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly considering running against Martha McSally

Black student told her skin was 'too dark' sues Kansas school district for race discrimination

Koop - Koop Island Blues Koop

Cut Twitler's access to cable tv in the White House until he opens the government?

Worse than Benghazi

The existence of Pelosi's Afghanistan trip was classified

Inside the GM plant where nooses and 'whites-only' signs intimidated workers

Gary Cohn, Trump's former economic adviser, criticizes shutdown

So, Trump has taken on Pelosi? Who is smarter? More experienced? Has more support? Has more basic

Democratic Congressman rips Trump as a 'man-baby' for retaliating against Nancy Pelosi

Trump's efforts to stave off impeachment may also doom his reelection

Sheldon Whitehouse: the OLC opinion is wrong. The President is indict-able.

Steve King Still Has Backing in Iowa, but Even Supporters Say 'He's Done'

Speaker Pelosi spokesperson statement on President Trump postponing her foreign trip via military

Steve King Still Has Backing in Iowa, but Even Supporters Say 'He's Done'

Shutdown standoff: Pelosi renews call to delay State of the Union

One of the priests in the Pennsylvania child sexual abuse Grand Jury report did

Why does .45 hate Latinos so much?

Charis JB's webcomic shows how pick-up artists morphed into the alt-right:

Pelosi's trip was to obtain 'critical national security' info -- and Trump didn't even get locations

State Dept orders staff back to work, says they will be paid

Divers swim with one of biggest great white sharks off Hawaii

ICE tried to deport a U.S.-born Marine, and his mom wants to know why

A Bollywood icon was accused of sexual assault. The response was chilling.

Mortgage industry isn't ready for a climate change foreclosure crisis

Speaker Pelosi was going to Brussels to assure our NATO allies after Trump threatened to withdraw

As of this early date, what is your ideal Democratic Ticket?

Cities, states try to ease impact of government shutdown

Mexico should offer to fly Pelosi to Europe

Ocasio-Cortez, freshmen poised to take on Wall Street

IRS shutdown plan fails to quell worries

Within period of 72 hours, Nixon was inaugurated for second term, LBJ died, Roe v. Wade was decided,

Ok, so nobody in the government can travel until Idiot screams chicken.

YouTube is banning 'harmful or dangerous' challenge videos

Ane Brun - Oh Love

CNN Licenses Brand To A New Brazilian News Channel

DeVos in wheelchair after breaking her pelvis and hip socket in bicycle mishap

You know why he used the words 'public relations exercise' to the Speaker?

I recall Drumpt flying to Iraq during the Drumpt Shakedown

Editorial: Congress must join appeal to defend the ACA

Baby-Cut Carrots

Harrop: Drugmakers raise prices because we don't haggle

Best of Sam Harris Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks Part 1

Photo of the Obamas when they were a young couple

Rep. Schiff is totally awesome!

Malcom Nance on Trumps stunt with Pelosi: "now our enemies know where advance security teams are"

ane brun changing of the seasons

The Mueller inquiry continues to pay for itself

Dow jumps after report that US mulling lifting China tariffs

Oh Mitch! Where are you?

Earth May Be in the Middle of a Giant Asteroid Spike, Billion-Year Survey Reveals

Those Of You That Have Been Ordered Back To Work Without Pay - Now.....

Super Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Accidentally Hints at Russian Collusion

Cardi B on Government Shutdown: 'Our Country is in a Hellhole Right Now, for a F-king Wall'

Everything's terrible, so here's a squirrel living his best life.

Judge Blocks Wisconsin GOP's Early-Voting Restrictions

Posted without comment:

Skadden Arps Settles With DOJ Over Manafort Ukraine Dealings

Best of Sam Harris Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks Part 2

Russian News of the Times: Trump's Loyalty to Russia Under Investigation

Cartoons 1/17/19

Best of Sam Harris Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks Part 3

Graham: Trump Denying Pelosi Visit To Troops 'Is Also Inappropriate'

Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor'

Schiff: 'Utterly Irresponsible' For Trump To Announce Pelosi's Plans To Travel 'To A War Zone'

'It's hypocrisy': most Trump Organization foreign worker visa requests since at least 2008

Electronic voting machines at heart of Congo election crisis raise alarm in Argentina

Electronic voting machines at heart of Congo election crisis raise alarm in Argentina

Updates: Snow inching towards western part of region. May hit Beltway around 6 p.m.

Dem Rep Responds To Trump's Pelosi Snub: POTUS 'Being A Man-Baby' Again

Trump Campaign Fundraises Off Of Pelosi's State Of The Union Snub

Senate Democrats introduce bill to pay back furloughed contract workers

Tulsi Gabbard's Video Apologizing For Past Anti-LGBT Views

'Diaper Dave' Vitter in the news - trying to ease Russian sanctions

Otters on a water slide . . .

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,

Federal Judge Blocks Wisconsin GOP's Cuts To Early Voting

Trump has been watching coverage of his letter to Pelosi and is "pleased" with the results.

Massive 'Collection #1' breach hits 773 million email accounts

Let's just face it folks

Facebook's Privacy Problems Get Real in Germany

Jake Tapper unloads on Trump over 'petty' scheme against Pelosi

Meanwhile Melania heads down to Florida for weekend tan on a government plane...

Imagine the uproar if Hillary had said Libia was safe and secure on the day

The whole world waits for him to be gone.

Nancy Pelosi Is Showing Up The Haters Who Thought She Was Too Old

From another Hawaii resident on JFK's speech on religion and Rep Tulsi Gabbard

A "people's state of the union" - fox news

Giuliani seeks to clarify comments on Trump campaign and Russia, saying he has 'no knowledge...

Champion Red Sox to visit White House during spring training

Why Ex-Churchgoers Flocked to Trump (Tim Carney in the American Conservative)

What's for Dinner, Thurs., Jan. 17, 2019

Mueller just made $4.6 million more for the treasury, besides the hefty profit from Manafort.

Weird....changed to a new cable modem today and about 4 sites I can't connect to......

And... I meant it.

Guiliani: Trump does not know

The Catholic Church Ignores This Child Sexual Abuse Law

The latest front in Russian infiltration: America's right-wing homeschooling movement

New Rule

OMG, I'm absolutely hooked! Been playing Angry Birds for hours!

The cover of next week's NewYorker. "Walled In," by John Cuneo.

Federal judge strikes down some of the lame-duck voting laws

Luckovich-SOTU to be given from Putin's pocket

UK would vote to stay in EU by 12 percentage point margin

Trump cancels delegation's trip to Davos amid shutdown

Manafort Continued Working for Russian Interests

Relish

HAVE YOU GUYS seen this???

Kelly Moves Closer to Senate Bid In Arizona

I normally am not impressed with Wolf Blitzer, but he just interviewed republican Mike Turner....

White House delegation cancels Davos trip...another bullshit stunt.

Trump thought he got back at Nancy. Juvenile, yes, but he never thinks about the overall

Democrat: Thank you for putting Giuliani on TV

I really do have a sick sense of humor, but this is the funniest .gif I have seen in a long time!

Help - I was trying to find if some Repub said that "Democrats have to be broken"

Trump cancels U.S. delegation to World Economic Forum in Davos

Feed the Fish!

From the WTF dept - TPM "Matt Whitaker's Wife Defends Him In Sarcasm-Laced Email To Slate"

Is this a "shutdown" or a "shakedown"?

What happened to Deval Patrick?

Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship

Gotta LOVE Ted Lieu

The media should stop ignoring Mitch McConnell

I did something stupid today ...

GOP Congressman Jason Smith tells Democrat 'Go back to Puerto Rico' on House floor

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