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At the start of July, the country was hopeful that we'd seen the worst of the Covid pandemic. And then Delta said, "Hold my beer." This week, the CDC revealed awful statistics about both the transmissibility and severity of the Delta variant that is now dominant in the US - including the news that fully vaccinated people can spread the virus just as efficiently as those without vacc...

Kevin McCarthy REALLY doesn't want anyone delving into the truth behind the insurrection on the Capitol that occurred on January 6. Too bad for him that he is outmatched and outclassed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who blocked his attempt to turn the Committee investigating the riot into a three-ring circus by rejecting two of McCarthy's ranking clowns. A lot has been said this week abo...

This week, the MOMocrats will try to resist the urge to say "we told you so" in the face of new revelations about the Trump administration - but that won't be easy. Not when the Guardian claims to have documentation of a 2016 Kremlin assessment (and Putin approval) that the then longshot GOP candidate should be supported because he was an unstable narcissist who, if elected, would w...

The Supreme Court finished its session prior to the July 4 holiday with the decision the MOMocrats were dreading: the 6-3 conservative majority essentially gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act. This comes during an avalanche of new voting restrictions in GOP-led states that would not only discourage the kind of turnout that won Democrats the 2020 election, but could make it easier for red...

A bipartisan group of moderate GOP and Democratic Senators (including Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema) announced a breakthrough deal on traditional infrastructure - roads, bridges, and the like - with the assertion that it could pass that 60-vote Senate filibuster threshhold that is frustrating all other efforts to get legislation done. This deal does not include the rest of the modern infrastructu...

The Biden administration capped off a very successful week by making Juneteenth a federal holiday: He managed to attend the G7 conference in the UK without shoving any of the other world leaders in attendance or embarrassing Americans back home. He announced that the United States would help combat COVID19 globally by contributing 500 million Pfizer vaccines to the world's poorest nations. He...

What do you think upset "the former guy" more today - news that his ban on Facebook will last at least until January 2023... or the fact that the Trump Organization controller will be testifying before the New York special grand jury? By all accounts, the orange one is deeply delusional and might believe it's all moot when he comes back into power in August. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza...

As much of the nation takes to the road to celebrate Memorial Day without quarantines, the MOMocrats are reminded once again that elections have consequences. The Biden administration's successful vaccine implementation program and economic rescue plan have powered a resurging economy, and he promises to unveil more in the next few days. But today's GOP Senate filibuster of the bill to c...

The GOP has given up on persuading voters to support them for their policies and ideas -- because they've overwhelmingly unpopular. So they have doubled down on rigging the system via voter suppression and gerrymandering. This does not bode well for the 2022 midterms, when Democrats must defy conventional wisdom and increase their congressional majorities, as well as their showing in statehou...

The administration released new jobs numbers today, and analysts were disappointed - but only because they were expecting a whopping 1 million news jobs and were faced with a more normal 266,000. In a classic case of "glass half empty or half full," conservatives are spinning this as proof that enhanced unemployment benefits are making people too lazy to find work again, while progressiv...

President Biden gave his first joint address to Congress this week, marking a successful first 100 days in office - and viewers polled afterwards indicated that it was a stunning success. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills reflect on the new Administration's successes in positioning the country away from the mess made by "the former guy." They will also ta...

The jury in the Derek Chauvin murder case found the former Minneapolis policeman guilty on all counts - but as relieved as most of the nation was, it was not a moment of joy. "I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. "But it is accountability, which is the first step towards just...

President Biden unveiled his new plan to shore up the country's deteriorating infrastructure - and we finally understand what he meant by "Build Back Better." The $2 Trillion bill allocates funds for fixing roads and bridges, expanding our rail network, replacing toxic water infrastructure, upgrading school structures, closing the broadband gap in underserved parts of the country, a...

MOMOcrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss Georgia's outrageous new voting restrictions, the mainstream media's fail at President Biden's press first press conference, and our continuing gun nightmare. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

This week has been one of good news and bad news. The Biden Administration has overseen the administration of 100 million COVID vaccines - 40 days sooner than the President originally promised. However, the new, more dangerous variants of the virus appear to have stemmed the progress the nation has made in stemming the pandemic, and there are new hot spots around the country. The House has passed...

When Joe Biden was Vice President, he proclaimed the Affordable Care Act a "big effing deal."Now that he's President, Biden has a BFD of his own - and is on track to be the most transformative Democratic president since FDR. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills look back on an exceptional week 50 days into the Biden presidency, when the American Rescue Plan...

The Senate has President Biden's $1.9T American Rescue Plan and the GOP are throwing all the delay tactics they can at it, but in the end this extremely popular bill will pass. In the meantime, the Fox News crowd is obsessed with the lie that the Democrats have cancelled the Muppets and Dr. Seuss... and a second insurrection on March 4 did not materialize. However, the threat is still there a...

The parliamentarian has spoken and she says a $15 per hour minimum wage can't be enacted through reconciliation. The rest of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package can be passed in the Senate with a simple majority, which means that help to the American people and state and local governments will soon be on its way. And a raise in the minimum wage will occur too - but first, Joe Manchin and K...

Extreme winter weather has made life difficult in most of the United States this week - but no place worse than Texas, where the infrastructure failed, leaving millions of residents without power, heat, fresh water, and food. Unlike the "former guy" who won the state's electoral college votes, President Joe Biden quickly declared a state of emergency and invoked FEMA to provide assi...

This week's impeachment trial has been rough as the nation relived the terror of what occurred at the Capitol on January 6. In the meantime, President Biden's COVID team has secured 200 million additional vaccine doses and the House has been quietly putting together the legislation for the 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan the administration has proposed. It's a good night fo...

Two weeks into his term, and Joe Biden has been the picture of quiet efficiency. Meanwhile, the Republicans are showing themselves to be the party of Q.Pull up a seat and sip a cocktail as MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the progress of the Biden team, the House, and the newly enabled Democratic Senate majority in this week's Pursuit of Happiness Hour edi...

The first full week of the new Biden-Harris Administration has been remarkable for how normal it seems. Even if all we're dealing with is decidedly not. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the flurry of executive actions, press conferences, and new Cabinet members that soberly made the news this week... while all the Washington drama has hinged over at the Ca...

Wednesday's Inauguration of Joe Biden was pure joy. But MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are still experiencing PTSD from four years of living with an abusive President. They talk about the long road back amid multiple crises, what to do about a president and members of Congress who attempted a violent coup just two weeks ago, and the obstacles ahead in a 50-50 Se...

The MOMocrats rejoice that Donald Trump's residence in our White House ends in five more days - even as they note the damage he's done will be with us for years. Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the fallout from the Capitol insurrection, impeachment, the upcoming inauguration, Joe Biden's COVID plan, and more. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast f...

It's a new year and we'll soon have a new beginning in Washington, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office and Democratic control of both Houses of Congress, thanks to the Georgia triumph of newly elected Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. But first, we need to deal with the orange countenance of Donald Trump, whose four-year crime spree only intensified over the holiday bre...