‘I really hope that they let me visit her at Guantanamo,’ jokes Tyler Shields Interesting article where they interview the photographer Tyler Shields and he and Kathy came up with the concept of … Continue reading What Kathy Griffin & the photographer were thinking 

“Watch as Stuart Jones, a high-level acting official in the State Dept, is asked why they criticize Iranian elections but never Saudi Arabia: https://t.co/RLkKGn48Z7” Source: Alex Emmons on Twitter Continue reading Hilarious video showing irrationality of U.S.’s Iran policy vs. Saudi Arabia

We count on Republicans to deliver pragmatic, sensible solutions that foster a culture of business growth, but when it comes to health care Republicans are off their meds. Good article showing that … Continue reading There Is Never A ‘Free Market’ In Health Care

A private equity firm run by a close Trump adviser is partnering with Saudi Arabia to privatize U.S. infrastructure. Talk about an about face for Trump! In addition: The Saudi Public Investment … Continue reading Trump’s “America First” Infrastructure Plan: Let Saudi Arabia and Blackstone Take Care of It

At the same time, it’s hard not to sympathize with Trump’s team when they rage against accepting anemic economic growth as “the new normal.” We actually did achieve 3 percent growth for … Continue reading How to make growth great again

In the USA the word “jail” means a place for people with a sentence of one year or less, and usually has people convicted of misdemeanors. “Prison” (or “penitentiary”) means a place … Continue reading A private jail comes to my town

Literally the largest and stupidest arithmetic mistake in the history of the federal budget. Whoops, they counted the same $2 Trillion twice! No biggie. Source: Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math … Continue reading Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error

“President Trump’s FY18 budget in a nutshell. #CheddarLIVE #TrumpBudget” President Trump's FY18 budget in a nutshell. #CheddarLIVE #TrumpBudget pic.twitter.com/O1uZzLuSaB — Cheddar (@cheddar) May 23, 2017 Source: Cheddar on Twitter Continue reading Trump’s Budget in a Nutshell

House of Representatives Monday H.R. 695: Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a national criminal history background check system and criminal history … Continue reading Congress Votes! – Week of May 22, 2017

Turkey has asked the United States ambassador to protest “aggressive and unprofessional actions” by Washington, D.C., police against its bodyguards last week. Excuse me? It was the Turkish bodyguards who committed the … Continue reading Turkey attacks US over ‘aggressive’ action against Turkish bodyguards

Senators to FCC: Don’t roughhouse journalists who are trying to ask questions. Two Democratic senators have asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to explain why “FCC security personnel reportedly manhandled, threatened, and … Continue reading Senators ask FCC why reporter was “manhandled” after net neutrality vote | Ars Technica

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Republicans in North Carolina unlawfully took race into consideration when drawing congressional district boundaries, concentrating black voters in … Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court tosses Republican-drawn North Carolina voting districts