Category Archives: #trumpresistance

Trump Mocks Dr. Ford And All Women

Iowa’s Republican Congress Members Say Nothing Note here that Trump is not only mocking Dr. Ford herself, but is also mocking a scared young 15 year old girl who feared – quite rationally – that a couple of drunken oafs … Continue reading

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Reminder: Early Voting Starts Monday October 8th

The Iowa legislature under Republican control did all they could to limit turnout in Iowa. Among their ploys to blunt the turnout is to shorten the length of time for absentee voting. In previous years it would start 40 days … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Kavanaugh’s Problem Is Kavanaugh

  Trevor Noah recapitulates Thursday’s hearing – 12 minutes Despite his claims that all his problems are caused by someone else, Brett Kavanaugh’s problems have been mostly caused by Brett Kavanaugh. There were so many inconsistencies, lies and refusals to … Continue reading

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Judiciary Debacle Makes Me Up My Donations

Watching the debacle taking place in our nation’s capitol Thursday tells me that we must not let Republicans win this year. Not at the national level, but also at the state level where they have restricted voting and will probably … Continue reading

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Watching Grassley Lead The Ford “Hearing”

So I am writing this a couple days ahead of time. However, I can’t help but comment on Grassley’s handling of the Ford “hearing” and the whole general tone of their Kavanaugh rush through Grassley’s committee. Pretty obvious the plan … Continue reading

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Video: Christine Blasey Ford’s Full Testimony

ICYMI.  Must see.

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Who Is James Buchanan And Why Should We Care?

I stumbled on an incredible thread on Democratic Underground  Friday morning. The thread on DU was a thread reader app of a very long thread originally posted on Twitter by poster putinsclown. In this thread putinsclown exposes economist James Buchanan … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Chuck The Victim Edition Chuck the Victim: (1 minute) Poor Chuck. A woman gets nearly raped and killed and Chuck is the victim. As was the attempted rapist. Hardly anyone ever thinks of the feelings of the overprivileged. … Continue reading

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Older Voters Leaving The Republican Party

“Believe them when they say they are coming after Medicare and Social Security.” Several articles around the internet in the past weeks indicate that older Americans are finally starting to understand that the Republican Party is in no way acting … Continue reading

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One Unspoken Reason To Vote This Fall

And a Good Reason To Vote For Democrats This Fall Once Neil Gorsuch was in place filling the SCOTUS chair that was stolen from Merrick Garland in 2016,  Radical Republicans were now fully in charge of all branches of the … Continue reading

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