Medicare drug price increase

I used to pay $15 for a three month supply of Ezetimibe (Zetia), I'm now paying over $30 for a one month supply. As I have coronary artery disease and this is a cholesterol-lowering drug, (my cholesterol is now 124), I don't have much choice

The writer of an article praising Graham Platner wrote a book slamming Joe Biden

I've seen an article posted here that defends Maine candidate Graham Platner-which can be found here:

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/platner-maine-senate-reddit-media

And you find this at the end of the article:

"Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden."

And here's how this book is described on Amazon:

"...Over nearly fifty years in politics, the man called “Middle-Class Joe” served as a key architect of the Democratic Party’s rightward turn, ushering in the end of the liberal New Deal order and enabling the political takeover of the radical right.

Far from being a liberal stalwart, Biden often outdid even Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush, assisting the right-wing war against the working class, and ultimately paving the way for Trump."

https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Man-Case-Against-Biden/dp/1839760281

I found this interesting....and I believe Platner is a Repub plant

WTF??? Comer called Rep. Summer Lee a "bitch"

WTF?????????????

WTF 🗞️
Congresswoman Summer Lee walks out of a hearing with Pam Bondi because James Comer calls her a bih when she asks will the Committee hold Bondi in contempt.
#Epstein

— ▪️Jules▪️ (@northjules.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T01:30:14.184Z

Ken Paxton doubles down, adding to GOP's Texas fears

This gonna be good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/5/2371767/-Ken-Paxton-doubles-down-adding-to-GOP-s-Texas-fears

Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday said not even President Donald Trump could push him out of the Texas Senate contest, telling a right-wing cable news show that he still plans to stay in the GOP primary runoff against Sen. John Cornyn even if he does not earn Trump's endorsement.

I'm staying in this race," Paxton told Real America's Voice. "I owe it to the people of Texas. I've spent a year of my life campaigning against John Cornyn because John has not represented the people of Texas well. He's been against Trump in both of his elections, said he shouldn't run last time. The people of Texas, at least the Republicans, would like something different."


Paxton"s comments came after Trump said on Wednesday he was finally going to acquiesce to establishment Republicans' pleas and get off the sidelines to endorse in Texas' Republican Senate primary. Trump added that whomever he doesn't pick should drop out of the race to spare the GOP an expensive and bruising runoff that could hurt the eventual nominee in November"s general election.

"I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don"t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!" Trump wrote a post on Truth Social."We must win in November!!"
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This is great news for us
The ensuing struggle is a big help to Talarico

Hillary asked for press to be allowed to view deposition

since Boebert leaked images-but apparently Repubs declined

https://x.com/krassenstein/status/2027097939039138084

Judge blasts ICE 'sloppiness' for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction

A federal judge reprimanded Donald Trump’s administration for claiming that an immigrant seeking his release from custody was convicted for marijuana possession in 2009 — when he was 4 years old.

To support arguments for the man’s ongoing detention and removal from the country, government lawyers attached a document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they "indicated" was related to his criminal history.

They submitted the document in court filings “despite the differences in birthdate, birthplace, parents’ names, and immigration status,” West Virginia District Judge Irene Berger noted in her order to release him on Tuesday.

“This sloppiness further validates the Court’s concerns about the procedures utilized by the Respondents depriving people present in the United States of their liberty,” she wrote.

More at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-sloppiness-judge-contempt-rulings-b2927381.html

Who did this?

NOW, could we actually get refund tariff checks?

Asking for a friend...

Dark comment seen online re: SC decision

A poster on emptywheel.net:
From OldTulsaDude:
If I were the 6 justices, I’d have someone else start my car.

Thanks for the heart!

I love this place, thank you one and all!