The Great Consolidation

Of course Medicare and Social Security are on the table. In a truly big way : “It is my intention to leave Social Security as it is!” ann...

Looks like no one's coming to save us. We're together, but also on our own. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with my...

Per the Guardian (h/t Kevin Drum): Republican lawmakers have quietly laid the foundation to give away Americans’ birthright: 640m acres ...

Trump and the Republicans really are getting ready to eliminate everything good in the world. If they have their way, we won't recognize...

Less than 48 hours now. Let's not be afraid to say out loud, as bad as we think it's going to be, it will actually be much worse ...

I really, really need to be told I'm wrong on this. But it's a feeling that's been creeping into my head a lot lately. @paul...

Your Kellyanne Conway impression is really cute and funny, but I just wanted to remind you that she's not cute nor funny, she's calc...

I think this is the third time in the last month the poor working class people of the UWS got so stressed out they just had to express it. ...

From The Hill : President-elect Donald Trump is crafting plans to restructure at least two of the nation’s top intelligence agencies, acc...

I couldn't have woken up to a more perfect example of why we have to band together in 2017 : #ItsTheEndOfTheWorldAnd like Nero, Tr...

Well, isn't this fun ? North Carolina can no longer be considered a democracy, according to a new report from the Electoral Integrity...

OK, you come up with a better post name about Nazis and provoking fights... I was debating whether to publicly share what I'll be shar...

I'm sitting about two blocks from the White House as I type this... I only have a minute, but Dahlia Lithwick and David S. Cohen ...

Two really comprehensive posts to share on Russia's interference with this election... Marcy Wheeler provides a very detailed, somewha...

Someone was talking about the Republicans as traitors a few hours ago... Been waiting for something good to be written about tonight'...

Hot off the presses from TPM ... Republicans apparently aren't going to be satisfied with phasing out Medicare. They're going to ...

#sorrynotsorry that my first day posting in a couple of days has been all doom and gloom, but this is where we really are. Despite my init...

This isn't anything that every other blog hasn't posted, but we all need to, because since Donald Trump became the GOP nominee, the ...