A Party Critic— From Inside the Velvet Rope I’ve met a lot of politicians in my life— some decent, some detestable, most somewhere in the...

There Are No Distractions— It's All The Toxic MAGA GOP Agenda In his quest for the presidency, coporate centrist Gavin Newsom has decided...

Bringing In Money Wasn't The Point— So Politicians Will Soon Forget It Discounting people who might bring rotten fruit to throw, do you...

ProgressivePunch isn’t the flawless measurement of congressional progressivism… but it’s closer to perfect than any other measurement...

Granted, when Gavin Newsom set out to make a national name for himself— by performing a same sex marriage on the steps of San Francisco’s...

We're Lucky They Stopped Using Kamala Harris And Liz Cheney! When I think about who could make a compelling rebuttal to Trump’s speech—...

Musk Is All About Packing The Mud! by Noah Lost for some people in both the important and not quite as important news centered around the...

by Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman  Sometimes a smug purveyor of corporate wisdom can prove the opposite of what it wants to say. Take the...

The DCCC Has One Thing Going For It: Republicans Are Worse In New York State, 2020 saw Biden beat Trump 60.9% to 37.7%— not as good as...

I live in California and I never voted for Kamala Harris for anything— not in a primary and not in a general election. If she winds up...

-by Harvey Wasserman Diablo Canyon’s infamous $12 billion nuclear war is raging hot and heavy in Sacramento. Citizen action may soon...

Do You Think He's Better Than Trump? Siena is a decent polling firm for the New York metro and teh NY Times uses them and gives them a...

How Would Trump React To An Hour Of Loud Cramps Music? The 1978 Cramps/Mutants concert I helped stage at the Napa state mental hospital...

Yesterday we started the day off with a long, winding look at how the Democratic Party has tried to play both sides of the street— Wall...

Another mediocre corporatist appointment from Gavin Newsom shouldn’t surprise anyone. Even after he cam e out with his cringe-worthy...

It's Not Going To Be A Progressive, You Can Count On That With the not surprising passing of Dianne Feinstein (age 90), the Democrats no...

-by Harvey Wasserman News from Ukraine now contains a widespread fear that Russia could blow up the six reactors at Zaporizhzhia, causing...

The 28th Amendment-- Enough To Make Newsom President? Today Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the Constitution, “to enshrine...

But What About Between Newsom & Mayo Pete? In his preview of 2024 candidates for Politico, Bill Scher pretty much predicts a...

Most professional Democrats either are or are pretending they’re overjoyed with Biden’s $10,000 student debt cancellation. One of my...