As the Carolinas prepare for "tremendously big and tremendously wet" Hurricane Florence to hit their coast on Friday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley revealed on last night's Rachel Maddow Show that the Trump Administration diverted almost $10 million from FEMA to ICE earlier this ...read more

by Kate Harveston Over five months since Maria pounded the island territory of Puerto Rico, the hardships continue for many residents. Entire towns are still missing power, blue tarps line thousands of roofs, and hundreds of thousands of frustrated Puerto Ricans have packed up ...read more

It has been 140 days since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump hasn’t spoken much about the island or the 3.4 million Americans struggling to survive there. He questioned the hurricane’s severity, saying it wasn’t worse than Katrina, and made sure to ...read more

Just when you think the situation in Puerto Rico couldn't get anymore disgraceful, the Trump administration finds news ways to denigrate the concept of government: As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, ...read more

Editor's note: Bob Cesca emailed me yesterday to suggest we print this Members Only article Chez Pazienza wrote on January 26th 2017. The Trump administration has been shamefully slow in responding to the three and a half million United States citizens languishing on the island ...read more

Times are tough for the people of southeast Texas. Anyone who can’t be there to help should donate at least something to the Red Cross, United Way, J.J. Watt’s fund, or any other reputable organization. But when writing out that check, typing in that credit card number, or using ...read more

In the months following the gun massacre at Sandy Hook, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) went on a rampage against the president for daring to enact new gun regulations through a series of executive orders. Stockman, along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), introduced the "Restore the ...read more

Newark Mayor Cory Booker sailed to victory in the Democratic primary last week, which surprised no one though about four people voted and that's always a bit sad so now he is on to the general which will be on October 16, 2013. So who is his GOP opponent?  So glad you asked!  I ...read more

Do you watch Morning Joe?  You should start.  Congressman Peter King (R-NY) just called out Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) big time for coming out against aid for Sandy victims.  He has done this before and has been rebuked by the GOP House leadership but he remains really, really, ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: I'll make this kind of quick since I'm slammed with work right now and I'm trying to ensure that I manage to get out from behind my desk for Halloween tonight. (For the record, since I spend all my time staring at my computer, contemplating politics and ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Earlier this month, I wrote about the Cuban Missile Crisis as a critical leadership test for our presidential candidates. How would each candidate, Mitt Romney and President Obama, have reacted in the event of a confrontation in which the slightest error or ...read more

During a 2011 Republican debate Mitt Romney outlined his steadfast belief that the function of government should be outsourced to the for profit industry whenever possible. When asked about FEMA, the organization that disastrously handled Hurricane Katrina after the Bush ...read more