Trump said yesterday that the US should pay less and Europe should pay more for NATO. Considering the funding of NATO is just an agreement to spend a percentage of GDP on defense, Trump was actually calling for a cut to US military spending when he said that. He calls for a cut in military spending and conservatives ch…

THERE ISN’T A NATO FUND COUNTRIES PAY INTO!!! Can Trump really be this stupid? The 2% isn’t cash that all the countries pay the US. It’s an agreement by each NATO member to spend 2% of their GDP on their military. It’s true that many countries aren’t meeting that obligation but they don’t owe us money. If anything,…

Looking at those linked exit polls, what really gets me is the 10% of white 18-29 year olds who voted third party.  That was the election right there.

I honestly don’t see one. Even if Democrats can block Kavanaugh and hold the seat open until after the midterms, they still have to hold 10 seats in Trump states and pick up two out of three of Nevada, Tennessee and Texas to have a one seat majority. Then they have to hold a Supreme Court seat open for two years…

Technically it’s not a national law.  A national law was passed that required states to raise their drinking age to 21 to continue to receive Department of Transportation funds.  After that every state passed laws raising their drinking age to 21, but technically they were all state laws.

If you believe the Cook Political Report is accurate, for 2018 there are 156 districts that are solidly Republican and 192 that are solidly Democratic. There are 53 districts that lean Republican and 12 that lean Democratic and 34 toss-ups. Of the toss-ups 31 favor Republicans and 3 favor Democrats. If Democrats win…

Something kind of crazy to think about.  If/When Trump gets this second Justice confirmed there will be 4 Justices on the Supreme Court appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote

I don’t believe the Democrats will do this, but the absolute nightmare scenario for Republicans would be if Nancy Pelosi announced she would no longer be leading the House Democrats and waited until October to announce it. A lot of Republicans are going to base their entire campaigns  on vilifying Pelosi, and…

It’s really more just so Trump can say they had to put Secret Service protection on her when he is at his rallies.  It’s a line his base will eat up.

He wasn’t required to in Oregon since he was a resident of Washington.  Benton County, Oregon made the mistake of listing him as an Oregon resident which would have required him to register.  When he didn’t check in they flagged him.  The county realized the mistake and removed the flag but not before The Oregonian…

The 2018 and 2020 elections are going to determine the fate of this country until at least 2031 if not longer. The Governors and state Senators elected in 2018 will still mostly be in office when the districts are redrawn in 2021. This upcoming election is the start of the 2020 Census redistricting, not 2020. If…

What really gets me is how so many Americans can turn their backs on people who are fleeing situations we are directly responsible for creating. We overthrew governments in Central America and helped the cartels gain power all in the name of winning the Cold War. We completely fucked up Iraq and destabilized the…

This is one of those draw your whole deck and win decks but it’s not the automatic win others are. When they play the Togwaggle when they are out of cards and double naturalize you will take 15 damage (10 from the naturalizes and 5 from the start of your turn). Just keep your health as high as possible and you can’t…

Trump doesn’t know what to do here and is starting to panic. Whenever he has needed a boost politically he’s reached for his racist rhetoric on immigrants, and up until now it has always worked. This is the first time people who have followed him through everything are starting to waver. So he goes to his other two…

I’m waiting until after the midterms to see if I go into full freakout mode. If the Democrats can take back one branch of Congress, the check on Trump will be there and things will more or less go back to normal. If Republicans hold Congress, then I think it’s Trump’s America forever.

He’s right, the law allows children to be separated from their parents. Just like the law allowed slavery, the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, turning away Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis, Japanese internment, Operation Wetback, drone strikes on civilian targets and the shooting of unarmed black civilians by police. All…

Isn’t David Strathairn playing Ashford and not Hector Cortez? In the review the reviewer says Cortez but the closed captioning on the show introduced him as Ashford. Now I’m a little confused.

I think it’s kind of funny how the owners and a good portion of the media just assume the decline in ratings in the NFL is due to white fans not watching because of the anthem protests. If the ratings stay level or continue to decline this season I wonder what they will blame it on then.

I really hope you are right and she can win in the general, but until I see it actually happen, I’m not convinced Democrats can win in conservative areas without running to the center. I’m also concerned that Republicans seem to be realizing running to the far right is costing them elections and they seem to be…

It’s not being an apologist, it’s being a pragmatist. These are Democrats in red states or swing states. The Democrats that can win in these states are very different than the Democrats who can win in the very liberal parts of the country like the west coast. Taking someone who votes with Democrats on leadership and…