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Monthly Archives: April 2025

Lindsay Graham deserves an Olympic Gold Medal

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

It would have to be in a new sport, but whatever. When I first heard about this: I figured it was a joke, but not only does Kevin Kruse vouch for it, but so does Newsweek. Full text, as it’s not all on the picture: “I was excited to hear that President Trump is open […]

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Thea are Nazis, after all

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

I’m a fan of the bloggers over at Lawyers, Guns and Money but I sort of take issue with Erik Loomis’s objection to “liberals referencing Nazis all the time when talking about Trump instead of realizing everything he is doing is very, very American”. He makes an entirely good argument that American history is littered […]

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Another easy prediction

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Apparently it is the case that Ron DeSantis and his wife have been stealing money big time from the people of Florida. The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times obtained a copy of an early iteration of the settlement agreement between Centene and the state that confirms the $10 million “donation” Centene made to the Hope Florida […]

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Another Good Friday (One Day Late)

Saturday, April 19, 2025

I’ve been writing this blog for 20 years, though gone are the days when I posted almost every day. But if memory serves (and at my age it doesn’t always) I have maintained a Good Friday tradition since that long ago time. Every year I post a video of Monty Python’s Always Look on the […]

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No one has topped Trump on this score

Monday, April 14, 2025

While perusing this article yesterday I once again started thinking about yet another Trump record breaker. The article lists the bribes paid to Trump by various tech folks, in return for which he just exempted their products from tariffs, though he is apparently now claiming that the tariffs were never placed in the first place. […]

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Demonstrations today

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Just got back from the demonstration in New London. I really got a kick out of the signs people made. Here are some of the best:

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