Politics

Thursday Oct 12, 2017 · 1:06 PM PDT 2017/10/12 · 13:06 GOP Rep. Darrell Issa isn’t looking particularly hale in the polls. GOP Rep. Darrell Issa isn’t looking particularly hale in the polls. House: On behalf of the Democratic group Patriot Majority USA, PPP has conducted polls in a dozen …

2017 MacArthur Fellowship Recipients Dawoud Bey, Rhiannon Giddens, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Tyshawn Sorey and Jesmyn Ward (Photo collage via blavity.com) via blavity.com The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s fellowship, better known as the “genius” grant. 24 fellows were chosen, …

Thursday Oct 12, 2017 · 12:23 PM PDT 2017/10/12 · 12:23 He thinks he’s done plenty He thinks he’s done plenty On Thursday morning, Donald Trump threatened to pull FEMA from Puerto Rico, never mind the fact that millions of Americans are fighting for survival there. Later on Thursday, the White House insisted Trump …

● Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is The bizarre way tax policy is used to help the middle class on Counter-Earth. ● The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO. ● Here’s the real story behind that (photoshopped) picture of a combat-wounded veteran in an “I don’t kneel” t-shirt. ● Old Faithful’s geological heart revealed: University of Utah scientists …

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is just starting to get a look at the freight train of discontent headed his way after pledging for nearly a decade to deliver legislation without ever putting an ounce of thought into how to actualize his promises. Not only did a host of conservative …

Campaign Action Thwarted by the Republican Congress’s inability to take health insurance away from millions of people, Donald Trump is continuing his efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act from the inside. He’s expected to sign executive orders on Thursday intended to siphon off healthy Obamacare enrollees into skimpy cheaper …

Cheers and Jeers for Thursday, October 12, 2017 Note: I’m thinking of a number between one and ten. Now I’m thinking of butternut squash. And now…nothing but static. – By the Numbers: 11 days!!! Days ’til election day 2017: 26 Days ’til the Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival: 11 Estimated amount AIG …

Yeah, they’re still monsters. Campaign Action The Republican House is ready to head out early Thursday, while the Senate has spent the week away. No one in congressional leadership has acknowledged that every state is freaking the hell out of every state as they are trying to figure out budgets. …

Donald Trump doesn’t want to increase the U.S. nuclear arsenal tenfold, he claimed Wednesday afternoon after an NBC report that he wants to do exactly that. He just wants the existing nukes to be “in perfect shape.” (Like, could the military maybe look into slapping some gold leaf on those puppies?) But …

Michael Jordan (photo via huffpost.com) by Taryn Finley via huffingtonpost.com Michael Jordan is donating $7 million to build two medical facilities to serve at-risk and underserved communities in Charlotte. The Hornets owner’s donation will fund the Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Clinics, expected to open late 2020. The facilities will provide …