Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:17:52 pm
YouTube As we reported yesterday, Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz invited notorious white supremacist Holocaust denier (and infamous Rage Furby) Chuck C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) to Donald Trump's State of the Union address, and he's been facing quite a bit of criticism for it. But amazingly (or maybe not so ...

Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:28:21 am
In the seemingly interminable Age of the Trump-Thing, Republican politicians have apparently lost all compunctions about associating with known Holocaust deniers and white supremacists, and the latest example of this ugly trend is reported by the Daily Beast: Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The ...

Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:29:33 pm
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Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:42:00 pm
YouTube Jan. 16, 2018 | Bob Boilen -- The first time I heard the music of AHI (pronounced "eye") was in the midst of listening to 120 other song submissions for the DIY Musicians Conference panel I was hosting in Nashville back in August. It simply rose above everything else ...

Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:18:54 am
Despite the fact that his own press office didn't deny it, and despite the fact that other White House officials boasted yesterday that the comment would appeal to his base of supporters, Donald Trump is now denying he called Haiti and African nations "shithole countries." Well, sort of denying it. His ...

Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:14:05 pm
On one level this is completely unsurprising, because anyone paying attention already knew what was behind Trump's jingoistic nationalism. It's not like he tries very hard to hide it, after all. But on another level... damn. Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting. President Trump grew frustrated ...

Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:27:31 am
This excerpt from Michael Wolff's forthcoming book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, lays out the appalling ignorance and incompetence of Donald Trump like nothing has before. If you read only one thing today: Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President. Most presidential candidates spend their entire careers, if ...

Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 12:13:26 pm
Our so-called president has been golfing for seven straight days now (after viciously attacking President Obama over and over for playing golf, of course, and swearing that he wouldn't have any time for it himself if he were elected). But that hasn't kept him from his normal ritual of spewing randomly ...

Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 7:45:35 pm
YouTube I honestly believe this to be one of the greatest songs ever written. So much said with so few words. Flatter than a tabletop Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel Or they lacked ambition one On the great migration west Separated from the rest Though they might have ...

Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:18:24 am
Given the source, I can't help suspecting that this is actually some kind of scheme to make Alabama voters complacent and suppress turnout, but according to Fox News Doug Jones is now leading extreme right wing child molester Roy Moore by ten points in Alabama. Democrat Doug Jones holds a ...

Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 1:18:16 pm
YouTube And now, here's the moment we all knew was coming: Donald Trump makes it appallingly clear that he's in favor of getting an accused child molester elected to the US Senate. Here's a transcript of his barely coherent statements. Trump: I can tell you one thing for sure, we don't need ...

Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:39:23 am
Kate Harding has a column in the Washington Post today that's being roundly attacked by the right wing media, because it makes some points that need to be made about Al Franken's terrible behavior, and what it would mean for the United States if he resigns: I’m a feminist. I ...

Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:36:15 am
Happy Friday! Today Donald Trump took big steps toward killing Obamacare and the Iran nuclear deal, appointed another energy industry-linked climate change denier to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality, used his daughter-in-law to promote propaganda on his garbage Trump TV Facebook channel, and became the first president ...

Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 7:37:14 pm
YouTube Here's a live mini-concert that didn't take place in the NPR Tiny Desk studio for a change, featuring one of America's most gifted songwriters, James McMurtry, with his 12-string Ovation guitar, weathered voice, and an old fishing cap.

Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 6:03:26 pm
Today we learned that California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has actually been setting himself up as middleman for a deal to get Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in exchange for what he says is "evidence" that exonerates Russia from accusations of meddling in the 2016 presidential election. ...

Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:08:42 pm
The guy Donald Trump picked to head the Environmental Protection Agency, like most of Trump's picks, is leading an agency he's determined to undermine and destroy; Scott Pruitt is a far right climate change denier in the pocket of the fossil fuel industries. And today he gave an interview to ...

Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:21:18 am
If you read one long-form essay today, or this month, or this year, make it this stunner by Ta-Nehisi Coates: Donald Trump Is the First White President. SoundCloud To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But ...

Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:36:32 am
Everybody saw this coming, and today Stephen Bannon is the latest Trump crony to get tossed under a very crowded bus. Let's face it, though: Bannon isn't the problem. He was just someone Trump used to get into the White House, and this will change nothing about what Trump is doing. ...

Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:02:26 pm
YouTube Here's a break from the horrific news out of Virginia, and Donald Trump's equally horrific refusal to condemn the neo-Nazis responsible -- a cute and touching video for a great song from Aimee Mann's latest album. From Aimee's Facebook page regarding the video: “I wrote “Goose Snow Cone” when I ...

Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 6:09:00 pm
In 1990, Congress passed the Global Change Research Act, requiring the government to compile a report on the effects of climate change every four years. And it's time for the next one. The National Academy of Sciences has already approved the draft of the report, but in the age of the ...

Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 11:17:34 am
YouTube Get ready for the usual deluge of evasions and bullshit, as Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes the podium now vacated by Sean Spicer. The faces change but the lies never stop.

Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:06:19 pm
YouTube During a hearing of the House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space and Technology today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Mars) asked a panel of planetary scientists if they would rule out the possibility that there was "a civilization on Mars thousands of years ago." Somehow the scientists managed to keep a straight ...

Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 2:31:35 pm
Yesterday the New York Times broke the news that despite his categorical denial that he ever met with Russian nationals during the Trump campaign, Donald Trump Jr. had in fact done so. The scientific term for Trump Jr.'s denial is "a lie." But today, the Times is bringing out more details ...

Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:51:00 pm
These are the tweets defended today by White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as "fighting fire with fire." I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017 ...

Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 10:04:53 am
Today we're seeing one of the worst effects of the advent of the Trump Horror, a Supreme Court now stacked with right wing justices who will make decisions that favor conservative causes for years to come. The first such decision is on Trump's travel ban, and SCOTUS has ruled that it ...