Culture of Corruption

Trump with his favorite House Republican, Chris CollinsIt was always just a matter of time. Chris Collins really had no viable defense. He was caught in multiple violations of insider trading statutes.

Trump with his favorite House Republican, Chris CollinsIt was always just a matter of time. Chris Collins really had no viable defense. He was caught in multiple violations of insider trading statutes.

I want to reference Tom's post from Thursday, a reminder of how the DNC's attorneys told a court that "We do not owe voters an impartial or evenhanded primary election." It was part of a DNC defense of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her DNC cronies-- many of whom are still part of the DNC-- stealing the presidential nominat

Democratic primary voters, if you love your country, do NOT do it to us againYou know, it doesn't really matter-- in terms of electability-- that Status Quo Joe is popular in South Carolina or Mississippi or any other red hell-hole where the electorate is so conservative that Democrats have ZERO chance in 2020.

by NoahNot only can Moscow Mitch McTraitor see Russia from his bank account, he can see the NRA in his living room and his home office. God knows what we'd find in his basement but would you go down there? I bet the whole atmosphere of the $enate Majority Leader's home is mega-disturbing.

After my successful cancer treatment-- which included a full stem cell replacement operation-- I quickly realized I would be taking a lot of drugs for the rest of my life, including some very expensive ones. I was looking at-- even with insurance (Medicare Part D, the one part of Medicare-- written and passed strictly by Republicans-- that sucks) thousands of dollars a month.

HR-1 was supposed to be Pelosi's big reform legislation to start off her new speakership. No one imagined #MoscowMitch would ever allow a vote in the Senate, so HR-1 will never be enacted until the Democrats take back the Senate-- and the White House. It takes some necessary steps towards reform, but not nearly enough.

The Beltway media has no idea how to explain the rift inside the Democratic congressional caucus because the largely uneducated "reporters" don't understand even the most basic dynamics and classifications.

On Saturday Paul Krugman wrote in his NY Times column that this week he will be “participating in an Economic Policy Institute conference on ‘excessive wealth disorder’— the problems and dangers created by extreme concentration of income and wealth at the top.” Notes On Excessive Wealth Disorder— How Not To Repeat The Mistakes Of 2011 deals not so much with t

On Tuesday morning I asked on Twitter, How is it possible for the media to cover prescription drug non-action without mentioning that the chair of Energy & Commerce, Frank Pallone, has taken more in legalistic bribes from the Medical-Industrial Complex than anyone in history ($6,288,967).