Al Gross

I know I don't have to interpret that Twitter poll for you, although if you don't know who Shahid Buttar is, he's the progressive Democrat who, along with Nancy Pelosi, came out of the March jungle primary and will face her one-on-one in November.

As you may know, I love the work the Lincoln Project does, especially their attacks on Trump, which are very harsh and very effective and, by all reports, driving Trump insane. The Lincoln Project, I should mention, is made up of conservative Republicans (and in some cases, conservative ex-Republicans) who, generally speaking, would like to overturn women's Choice, slash government regulation of predatory businesses, Make War Not Love and gut Social Security and Medicare. Other than that... I love these guys.

Senate candidate John Wayne wants Alaska to secede-- or at least to not pay any taxesYesterday, writing for the Washington Post, Seung Min Kim reported that "Republican senators up for reelection this fall i

In the 2000 election, 167,398 Alaskans (58.62%) voted for George W Bush against Al Gore. Four years later 190,889 Alaskans (61.07%) voted for Bush against John Kerry. Bush was popular among Alaskan voters-- who also backed John McCain (59.42%) and Mitt Romney (54.80%). But Trump isn't well liked by most Alaskans. He barely eked out a majority against Hillary-- 51.28%, pretty sad compared to Bush.

Blood On Their Hands by Nancy OhanianOn Thursday, the Senate attempted to override Trump's veto of the joint resolution that directed him to remove American armed forced from hostilities against Iran that hadn't been authorized by Congress.

Why would McConnell get the GOP war against women rolling again, juts as the election season is moving into high gear? Who gained and who lost yesterday when he forced the Senate into a no-win situation with two abortion votes. McConnell's no fool and he knew there was no possibility the already-rejected bills would pass.

Never dependable in a pinchEven after 8 of the worst Democrats in the House-- each of whom absolutely deserves to be defeated for reelection, but is being bolstered by the DCCC-- sided with Trump in a failed attempt defeat the War Powers Resolution, The Hill reported Tuesday morning that there might be "as many as 10 Republican senators" who buck Trump on this crucial approach to constitutio

Yesterday, the House Republicans showed us-- once again-- what they're made of: TREASON. Every single Republican stuck with Trump and spat in the face of the Constitution and in the face of the United States. Now, of course, everyone is wondering what will happen in the Senate once the House impeaches Trump.