Barbara Morrill
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Lindsey Graham Promises 'Riots In The Streets' If Trump Is Prosecuted Over Stolen Documents
Having spent more than five years publicly debasing himself to prove his fealty to Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham really upped his game on Sunday night, promising widespread domestic violence if the Department of Justice dared to declare that no one is above the law → Read More
Trump's New Excuses For Stealing Secret Documents Are Contradictory And Absurd
In the days since the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Trump, and his GOP lackeys have trotted out excuse after excuse to explain away the trove of material seized from a storage room at his golf club: A politically motivated witch hunt! → Read More
Trump's New Excuses For Stealing Secret Documents Are Contradictory And Absurd
In the days since the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Trump, and his GOP lackeys have trotted out excuse after excuse to explain away the trove of material seized from a storage room at his golf club: A politically motivated witch hunt! → Read More
Moscow Mitch Concedes Biden Victory — Six Hours After Putin
Approximately six hours after Vladimir Putin—the de facto leader of the Republican Party—got around to congratulating President-elect Joe Biden for his landslide victory against Donald Trump last month, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally got the guts to admit that Trump lost → Read More
The Never Trump crowd appear to finally have their candidate—drum roll, please—Evan McMullin (who?)
This is exciting. After months of hand-wringing by a certain segment of Republicans over the rise of Donald Trump, the #NeverTrump crowd finally have their candidate. Key players in GOP’s anti-Trump movement are preparing to launch an independent... → Read More
Bombshell from the New York Times: Hillary Clinton moves her hands! (Can a Pulitzer be far behind?)
From today’s New York Times, a blistering exposé that could change the dynamics of the 2016 presidential race: When Hillary Clinton told her audience at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday “Here’s what I believe,” ... Up went her hand, placed over... → Read More
Ever wondered how Clinton and Trump would react to the unexpected? Now you can watch and see ...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both had rallies where actions by protesters prompted their security details to rush the stage. Now watch a side-by-side comparison of how each reacted: Who do you want holding the nuclear codes? (Okay, to... → Read More
Former head of CIA: Putin 'recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation'
From the former head of the CIA, Michael Morell, an endorsement for Hillary Clinton and a blistering take-down of Donald Trump: Two strongly held beliefs have brought me to this decision. First, Mrs. Clinton is highly qualified to be commander in... → Read More
Behind the scenes at the Democratic National Convention (video)
Just for fun, a behind-the-scenes look at last week’s great Democratic convention. Good times. Now GOTV! → Read More
Midday open thread: Facts, feelings and crayons
Today’s comic by Jen Sorensen is Moment of reckoning at the DNC: → Read More
Trump: 'I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This is much easier'
From the jackass who has spent the past week attacking Gold Star parents: Yeah, it is easier to have it handed to you rather than being shot or blown up, Mr. Five Deferments Trump. Tuesday, Aug 2, 2016 · 4:08:44 PM +00:00 · Barbara Morrill ... → Read More
President Obama: Donald Trump is 'unfit' for office
A short time ago, President Barack Obama, saying what we all know is true: "I think what's been interesting is the repeated denunciations of his statements by leading Republicans," he said in a ... → Read More
Retiring Republican congressman calls Trump a 'national embarrassment,' says he'll vote for Clinton
A Republican congressman—albeit, one who is retiring—is putting country over party: U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a three-term Republican, said Tuesday he will vote for Hillary Clinton for ... → Read More
Donald Trump now calling Gold Star father a terrorist sympathizer
At what point will the Republican leadership have the guts to denounce their own homegrown demagogue? In an interview with a local Ohio television station on Monday, Donald Trump said that Khizr Khan was really bothered by his position on border... → Read More
Note to the Washington Post: Go to hell
From the Washington Post, in an article about the firestorm surrounding Donald Trump’s vile attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan: It’s also possible that the controversy could help Trump, at least among those considering supporting... → Read More
Gold Star family members have a few things to say to Donald Trump
These people are all members of a club that no one wants to join and they have a few words to say to Donald Trump about his disrespect towards Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Gold Star parents who have dared speak out against Trump’s bigotry and hatred. From... → Read More
Donald Trump insults parents of fallen soldier, says he's made sacrifices too
Donald Trump is the scum of the earth. In his first response to a searing charge from bereaved Army father Khizr Khan that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for his country, Donald Trump ... → Read More
Open thread: Monkey trials, international elections and the Rio Olympics
What’s coming up on Sunday Kos … Republicans show how it’s done, by Jon Perr Look in the mirror: The police are but a reflection of who we are, by Egberto Willies How Republicans celebrate ... → Read More
President Obama talks about the massacre in Dallas
President Barack Obama used today’s address to talk about the horrific mass shooting that left five Dallas police officers dead: Although I didn’t know the five police officers who were killed, → Read More
The flag is flying at half-staff ... again
Earlier today, President Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation, ordering that flags be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of Thursday night’s horrific violence in Dallas: As a mark of respect for the victims of the attack on police... → Read More