Defining Single-Payer
I finally looked up what "single-payer healthcare" means. I’ve seen this term "single-payer" bandied around in the healthcare debate f...
Category: Politics
Behind The Tweet: Twitter Suspends RC Cola
I saw a retweet complaining: “Twitter suspended the RC Cola twitter account over this tweet yet racists and other Rubes can post anything!” It got m...
Behind The Tweet: Constant Diet
Here’s a sequence of tweets that caused me to snort with laughter: NEW: Source close to Gianforte campaign says it's raised $100K+ online in last 24 ...
The American Health Care Act, Part Deux
There is a lot of consternation about today’s House vote on H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Back in April (I think?), Republicans pulled t...
Behind The Tweet: Crucify Him
Tonight, on a Very Special Episode of Behind The Tweet, we look into one of *my* tweets. I’m sure everyone’s heard about the Sean Spicer Incident of...
Behind the Tweet: Possibility of New Election
It’s time for another episode of Behind The Tweet. This time, another “rogue” account: “GOP worried if they press Rus-Pres ties & im...
On Sally Yates
From old drafts, c. January 31, finally remembering to post: Regarding the firing of Sally Yates as temporary Attorney General: I don’t like the ugliness ...
Piers Morgan Demonstrates Centrism In America
On Real Time with Bill Maher, Piers Morgan did an excellent job of demonstrating what it’s like to be a centrist white guy in America right now. The above...
Confidence in Separation of Powers
With all the celebration I’m seeing about the 9th District Court’s ruling this evening, I can’t help wondering: Where was all this confidence ...
Fun with 8 US Code 1182
I watched Sean Spicer’s press conference when I got home tonight, and one part struck me as information I had not heard before. He cited 8 US Code 1182 as...