History/Politics
Do you know who Madame CJ Walker is?
Madame CJ Walker is credited as the first woman in America to become a self-made millionaire. Unlike the President, who started his career with tens of millions of dollars of his daddy’s money (but lied about the amount for decades), Walker started with nothing and amassed a fortune. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December…
Read MoreThis map is terrible. So is this administration.
The Trump administration is not a fan of details. This was apparent early on when Trump’s official inauguration photo contained the sentence: “No dream is too big, no challenge is to great.” So stupid. Since then, the American people have been subjected to misspellings of every kind, as well as obvious errors in administrative procedures…
Read MoreTrump demonstrates his ineffectiveness with startling clarity
Here’s a particularly stupid act of Trumpian stupidity. Back on January 4, 2018 Trump congratulated someone (I have no idea who) when the Dow exceeded 25,000 points for the first time. Traditionally, Presidents don’t tout the rising of a stock market because the market can be unpredictable and exceptionally fickle. Attach your success to a…
Read MoreAn answer to the stupid question, “How can it be so cold if global warming is real?”
Trump tweeted about the weather at least twice last week, calling into question climate change and global warming given the cold temperatures that have recently gripped the nation. This is so stupid and so dangerous. Climate change is one of the greatest threat to our country. American intelligence agencies, including the Pentagon, have said so…
Read MoreThey love themselves more than they love their children.
Greta Thunberg, age 15, is a climate activist who addressed the U.N. plenary last month in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change. Thunberg was brilliant. She speak for four minutes. You should watch it. She is the calmest, angriest child I have ever seen. Her most compelling argument is…
Read MoreKaren Pence is a bigot, but this is not news.
Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, is going back to work. The second lady will be teaching art at a Christian school in northern Virginia that bans gay and transgender students, faculty, and parents. The school also forbids faculty members from cohabitation prior to marriage. This decision has caused a bit of an…
Read MoreEric Trump blocked me on Twitter
As you may know, I joined The Knight Foundation’s lawsuit against Donald Trump back in 2017 when he blocked me on Twitter. On August 28, 2018, the court sided with me and my fellow plaintiffs, and Donald Trump was forced to unblock me, allowing me to see his tweets and respond to them again. A…
Read More13 was not a good number in 1989. It’s especially bad in 2019.
Total women in the U.S. House of Representatives: 1989: 16 Democrats 13 Republicans 2019: 89 Democrats 13 Republicans There are terrible and embarrassing numbers, of course. First, and most egregious: Only 23 percent of the House members are women. This Congress may have a record number of female members, but in a country where more…
Read MoreDemographics tell the story
If you want to understand the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans, look no further than the differences in demographics in the the incoming 116th Congress. The incoming 116th Congress will include 105 Democratic women and only 19 Republican women. The percentage of white men as a share of House Democrats is set to decline…
Read MoreThese folks get it.
I’m always heartened when I see church signs like this given the fact that about 80 percent of Evangelicals and more than half of Catholics still support the Trump Presidency. It’s baffling to me. A serial adulterer who bragged about sexual assault and paid hush money to porn stars still enjoys the support of the…
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