Tennessee: where Republicans want the children to die from preventable disease.

On 2021-07-15 By daevadIn Headlines, In the news, Suggested reading, WTF?

This is sick and sickening. Follow the link below for the full story.

Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors — not just for COVID-19.

This Trump joke is not at all funny

On 2020-02-192020-02-18 By daevadIn In the news, Washington Whirlwind

Trump will not go quietly if he loses in November; and if he wins, well he may never leave…

‘There will never be a peaceful transition of power’: 18 times Trump said he won’t leave the Oval Office

Hypocrisy highlights

On 2020-02-172020-02-17 By daevadIn Headlines, In the news, Suggested reading, Washington Whirlwind

U.S. Attorney General William Barr has stated that President Trump’s tweets about cases involving the Justice Department “make it impossible” for him to do his job. What he actually means is that Trump’s bragging and crowing make it very hard to hide what Barr is up to (putting the fix in for cases involving Trump cronies) behind the scenes.

The situation is so flagrantly outside the norms that over 2000 former Department of Justice officials have signed an open letter demanding that Barr resign.

No way to pick a candidate

On 2020-02-04 By daevadIn In the news, Musings

A thought about the 2020 Iowa Democratic Caucuses: a process based on trying to accumulate “state delegate equivalents” seems fundamentally flawed to me. Vote. Have a real election, use a runoff if needed. But Iowa looks foolish and feels bogus.

Hypocrisy highlights

On 2020-02-03 By daevadIn Headlines, In the news, Suggested reading

First in an ongoing series. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is one of Trump’s primary enablers, and plenty awful when left to his own devices – both vindictive and a liar, just like his boss. The headline links to an article, ’nuff said.

Pompeo Pushes Free Press For Kazakhstan After Barring NPR Reporter From Trip

Moscow Mitch has a special message for you!

On 2020-01-22 By daevadIn In the news, Washington Whirlwind

You remember Moscow Mitch, right? This guy:

Well, he has a special message to anyone who wants new witnesses heard and/or additional documents provided in the Trump impeachment trial. His message to you is: