It’s National Take Your Kids to the Dentist Day! At least as far as I’m concerned, anyway. So I’ll be celebrating with an early morning appointment (as opposed to an appointment that wouldn’t interfere with the radio schedule), because reasons. Our embedded live stream is temporarily on the blink, but you can still hear the […]

Veteran Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) is locked in a tough Dem v. Dem election in California. The marathon that is the election cycle is now drawing fairly close to the finishing kick, as we are now just three weeks away from Election Day 2014. And one thing that many of us have long suspected is […]

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… A Pic and a Poll If you good folks in Raleigh, North Carolina have felt tremors in the last week, I think we may have isolated the source: I believe that’s what’s referred to as “closure.” Or, if you prefer, “karma,” “payback” or “what’s comin’ to ya.” Here in […]

Independent Greg Orman Leading Off: • KS-Sen, Gov: PPP returns to the Sunflower State and finds both races closer than a month ago. In the U.S. Senate contest, they find independent Greg Orman leading Republican Sen. Pat Roberts 44-41. With this poll included, Huffpost Pollster’s average for this race is 44-43 Roberts, but the numbers […]

The New York Times is out with an editorial calling for greater assistance to countries battling massive Ebola outbreaks: [T]he risk that the Ebola virus might cause outbreaks in this country remains small. By far the greater danger lies in the very real possibility that the virus will continue to spiral out of control in […]

Women now account for 1,784 of the 7,383 legislators in the 50 states. That’s 24.2 percent of the total. Colorado ranks first, with 41 percent. Louisiana ranks last at 12.5 percent, just 18 women legislators in a House and Senate of 144 members. You can see your state’s ranking here. Of the total, 35.6 percent […]

Melissa McBride as Carol and Chad L. Coleman as Tyreese in AMC’s The Walking Dead There are more than a few definitions for the word ethics, but common to most of them are moral obligations dictated for any given situation either through the nature of the universe, a higher power, or standards of rationality. Depending […]

You are one creepy fella. Let’s all take a moment to bask in yet another example of North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis being a terrible person. This time it’s over statements he made on the 2007 North Carolina joint resolution expressing regret over slavery. The good news is that he supported it (a rare […]

You still hear it all the time from Republicans running on Obamacare repeal: “We’ve got the best healthcare system in the world.” Yeah, well. We’re number 44!!! This ranking of healthcare efficiency was done by Bloomberg, examining “health care costs as a share of GDP and per capita, as well as life expectancy and improvements […]

The following diaries are examples of this week’s Election Diary Rescue. This post features a collection of 96 diaries. (IA-Sen) New Ad: “Will No One Think of the Chickens???” (Update) by Crashing Vor – Diarist has a video for the open Iowa Senate race between Bruce Braley (D) and Joni Ernst (R). (AK-AL) RWNJ Congressman: “The […]