Looking forward to 2018 and 2020, the Democrats need to work together if they want to stop the Trump administration plunging the country and the rest of the planet into an ecological abyss, because shit just got very, very real. From the Atlantic:   Since January, the Trump ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Oct 9, 2017

While president elect Trump has been busy sending the media into a tailspin over his incessant tweeting, behind the scenes he continues to amass a team of incompetent lobbyists, extremists and racists to run the White House in 2017.  Latest in this ongoing horror show is the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Dec 7, 2016

I follow American politics for a living and have a pretty good grip of how the game works. It is messy, corrupt and merciless, and those who survive it at the highest levels truly are a different breed of human being.  Generally speaking, this means the majority are at least ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

One of the problems with sharing internet memes created by lonely bloggers from their parent's basement is that by and large, they are complete bullshit. Take this highly misleading photo that was shared by Sarah Palin on her facebook page, slamming the Environmental Protection ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

One of the memes I often have to repeat is, simply put, the Republican and conservative leadership routinely lies to its followers. I mean, outright lying on just about every issue. They tell their people that President Obama has doubled the deficit (he's reduced the deficit), ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018