Rachel Maddow skewers national press and the GOP re: anti-abortion movement...
Egberto wrote a good diary (with different content) about Rachel’s 21 minutes of awesome yesterday. Read it here. You can also see the embedded video there. But I spent some time last night...
View ArticleMy Interpretation of a Trump - Sanders General Match-up
“I know what you are but what am I?””I’m rubber, you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.”mumbling, “A sphincter says ‘what?’”“Oh yeah?””Takes one to know one.”“Talk to the...
View ArticleLet the Pride Flag Fly
The Pride flag under the City of Mountain View flag next to the California State flag next to the American Flag, all at half mast. We stand with Orlando. Context: My city, where I am currently the Vice...
View ArticleHamilton - My thoughts
Yes, it’s that good.Wednesday night I was fortunate enough to procure a ticket for Hamilton. And because everybody immediately asks, no I didn't pay the exorbitant prices demanded on TicketMaster. I...
View ArticleFrom my Police Chief to his staff
As the vice-mayor of my town (Mountain View, CA), I am copied in on certain police emails. This morning, this came from our chief to his staff. We’re very proud of our police squad and understand that...
View ArticleRaise your hand
Here is how I'd like to see HRC handle Trump on the debate stage. I fear, because the moderators are all but abdicating their roles as fact checkers, that she'd spend all of her valuable time debunking...
View ArticleArt is essential to democracy - Bono drops the mic on Trump
xYouTube VideoThis week, U2 is celebrating 40 years of being a Rock N Roll band. Not just any band, but one of deep political, religious, and moral conviction. Lead singer Bono has never been one to...
View Article"Stunningly Ignorant and Painful.""Fundamentally and Dangerously Wrong."
“He is so completely and thoroughly uninformed”— Joe Biden on Trump’s misstatements about PTSDI didn’t find this in any other blog/diary, so I have taken the liberty of summarizing one of the strongest...
View ArticleWhat to do when your diary gets ignored?
Earlier today, I wrote what I thought was a good diary. An important diary. One that hadn’t really be discussed too much here at Daily Kos. It’s many hours later, the diary is buried deep in the...
View ArticleI'm getting bored and tired of it all.
Last night I put a note on my Facebook page that said simply, “First ever presidential debate that you shouldn’t allow your children to watch.” After it was over, I felt I needed a shower. This whole...
View ArticleHate
Investors are easily motivated, in spite of all historic evidence to the contrary, to flee to safety when markets go down. That is, they sell their stocks or other assets and “go to cash” to wait out...
View ArticlePSA: Santa Clara County to hold conference on Voter Intimidation
As an elected official, I frequently receive notifications of local press releases. This came out earlier today. I am posting to reassure folks that at least one county in the United States is taking...
View Articlefrom the Mayor of a Human Rights City
On January 10th of this year, I became the mayor of Mountain View, CA. I was elected to our City Council two years ago. In Mountain View, we have a tradition of rotating through the Mayor’s seat, one...
View ArticleBy The Numbers
If you like these, I can do them weekly (or monthly) STOCKS The S&P 500 gained +6.1% (total return) in the 1Q 2017, the 5th best opening quarter for the stock index over the last 25 years, i.e.,...
View ArticleTrump's face on Daily Kos frontpage
Please stop with the super close-ups. Just stop. Please. :-)
View ArticleInternational HQ for Human Rights Cities being formed
I submitted the following Op-Ed to my local newspaper. It was published today. If anyone here has thoughts and ideas to share, I’m open to suggestions and input. Since I wrote it, I’ll include the...
View ArticleTake a knee with me.
A few weeks ago here in Mountain View, California, we had a group of people affiliated with the Alt-Right announce they would march on Google to protest the firing of an employee for cause. The...
View ArticleIncompetent Donnie: A naming contest
Everything this man touches turns to shit. Always has. Always will. And with the government about to shut down (again) with his horrible negotiating skills, his incompetence is on full display. I try...
View ArticleTeachers with guns...what could go wrong?
The whole "arm teachers" is so ludicrous, I can't believe we have to even discuss it seriously. But... apparently we do. These are just a few things off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are many,...
View ArticleFormer RNC Chairman Michael Steele Punches Back at CPAC
Michael Steele, former head of the RNC, who often takes credit for the Tea Party candidates getting elected under his term (2010), thus kicking out Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, goes toe-to-toe...
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