Culture of Corruption

by NoahIt's clear to any sentient human that Donnie Head Case's recent pardon spree is a blatant attempt to officially normalize criminal activity by the upper class, its henchmen, or anyone who happens to have committed a crime that he finds inspiring. Trump sees himself as judge and jury now.

The Pete Buttigieg Memorial Wine Cave Club. Members shown celebrating their early freedom from Social Security taxes.by Thomas NeuburgerIt's February 20. Why are people with million-dollar salaries celebrating? Because as of yesterday, they stopped having to pay for Social Security. That's right.

In preparation for pardoning some of his cronies-- particularly Roger Stone who has a lot of serious dirt on Trump-- Trump continued pardoning random corrupt people this week, yesterday San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., a real estate developer who was convicted in a huge gambling fraud scandal that sounds very much like something that could have been Trump.

If the old maxim is true that absolute power corrupts absolutely, then California Democrats have a very real problem. As the power and legitimacy of the GOP has waned, Democrats have seized control of a supermajority in the state, with both hands.

Yesterday, I purposely left a major-- maybe the major-- Bloomberg drawback out of the early morning post on Bloomberg's drawbacks. That's because it deserves a post of its own.

What Blows Up Must Come Down by Nancy OhanianClearly, Trump does at least one thing every day that shows him unfit for office. Yesterday, for example, it revolved around his corrupt relationship with the state of New York. A few weeks ago Trump had cut off the state's access to the Global Entry and other "trusted traveler" programs that allow travelers shorter airport lines and faster border crossings.

by NoahNow that Roger Stone is set to enjoy the corrupt fruits of the dictatorial, banana republic interference of Donnie Dirtbag and his lawless Attorney General in what's left of the American judicial system, I'm not surprised at all about the idea that A.G.

Click through to the source for the videoby Thomas NeuburgerThere are growing signs that the resistance to [Sanders'] campaign will be led by cable news anchors.—Alex Shepherd, The New Republic The "Resistance" has been almost clichéd to death these days, bludgeoned into mean

by NoahOn the one hand, there's Hunter Biden. On the other hand, we have a whole White House chock full of grifters. Grifting is just another evil endorsed by Republicans, for Republicans anyway.The whole Hunter Biden thing is a Karl Rove-style move; accuse your opponent of that which you yourself are guilty. It doesn't matter if your opponent is guilty of anything or not.

by Thomas Neuburger"Where would you stick the knife in?" — 2020 Democratic Convention Rules Committee nominee John Podesta, referring to candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016DNC chair Tom Perez recently presented his nominations for the 2020 Democratic Convention standing committees.