Joe Manchin

Does this seem cruel? Perhaps, but not nearly as cruel as what three credible witnesses have now alleged. Are there even more crimes in the wings? In cases like these, there are almost always more more crimes.

Bob Dylan's "Watching The River Flow," with Mick Jagger on vocals, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on guitars, Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass.by Gaius PubliusJust sitting on this bank of sand, watching the river flow.At the start of the year I wrote:

Compound raids, armed security and failed attacks + this day in history w/the arrest of King Louis XVI and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for August 13, 2018.

Don Blankenship coulda been a contender. Despite having been in prison, he was on track to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate until Trump gave him the big thumbs down. By the May 8 primary he came in a distant third:

Ojeda and ManchinWV-03-- the southern third of West Virginia-- had two populist landslides in 2016. First Bernie beat Hillary by over 20 points and, in many counties got more votes than Trump did on the same day in the GOP primary. Then, in the general, the 3rd was Trump's biggest district in the state. He beat Hillary by a shocking 72.5% to 23.3%. The PVI of West Virginia is R+19. The PVI of WV-03 is R+23.

Barrett by Chip Proserby David LeibowitzIndivisible has recently posted a web page titled “The 2-Step Strategy to Win the Supreme Court Fight” that clearly lays out the available conventional grassroots tools and strategies for dealing with the SCOTUS emergency. The first step is to block the approval of any Supreme Court nominee during the remainder of the current Senate session.

Dropping Starbursts, generating buzz and losing Koko + this day in history w/Tony Bliar resigns and our song of the day by Jim James on your Morning Monarchy for June 27, 2018.

A couple of weeks ago we looked at a logical question: Will Blankenship Get Revenge Against Cocaine Mitch And Señor Trumpanzee? Early this morning, Alex Isenstadt had the answer at Politico: Yup. Start by watching the hilarious Facebook ad above.

New fissures, the olympics of beer and heavenly whiskey + this day in history w/the Queen of America and our song of the day by Okkervil River on your Morning Monarchy for May 16, 2018.

John McCain is probably dying. And from his death bed he's talking about torture and why his colleagues in the Senate should reject "Bloody Gina" Haspel to head the CIA.