Up North Progressive
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“I was only following orders” Didn’t Work at the Nuremberg Trials and it Doesn’t Work Now @GOPChairwoman Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel
Monday , 30, November 2020 COVID_19, Election 2020, Sad! Leave a commentGOP Chairwoman Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel admitted what we’ve known all along. She lied for four years because that’s what Pants Shitter in Chief Donald Trump wants her to do. ICYMI: Per @TimAlberta, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel privately told “multiple confidants that she doubted there was any scalable voter fraud in Michigan.” But she said she […]
Two Michigan Republicans Made Headlines This Week: Guess Which One the @GOP’s Mad At
Saturday , 18, May 2019 Sad! Leave a commentThis has been a banner week for Republicans demonstrating just how ethically bankrupt they are. On May 15, 2019, State House District 104 Rep Larry Inman did a little oopsie when he deliberately texted leadership of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and other unions demanding donations for his no vote on a bill to […]
Nothing is True and Everything is Permitted: Trump’s Inauguration Present From The Up North Progressive
Friday , 20, January 2017 Sad! Leave a commentAs Trump’s inauguration begins and the majority of Americans still come to grips with the knowledge that a foreign power committed an act of war with our elections and the Republican Party is perfectly fine with that, we can only witness the spectacle with dread and revulsion. An illegitimate degenerate savage is about to sit […]
The Up North Progressive has been quiet since the election, and for good reason. As the election night returns came in, and it was obvious the most unqualified bigoted moron to ever run for the office was about to win over the most qualified, progressive candidate to run for the office, a phrase repeated over […]
135 Twitter Followers and One Tedx Talk: @Evan_McMullin Already Better Qualified For President Than @realDonaldTrump
Monday , 8, August 2016 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentThere are mornings Up North Progressive kicks themselves in the butt for sleeping in. In the wee hours of the morning, while the dream fog of Clinton leading Trump by 10 points in the polls faded with the morning light, there stirred a disturbance in the political aether that no one saw coming. BREAKING FIRST […]
The Media Are As Liberal As The Republicans Who Own Them: GOP Primary Candidates Gonna Take Their Ball and Go Home
Saturday , 31, October 2015 Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentThe Up North Progressive has been really busy these past couple of weeks getting adjusted to the new full time job and frankly more interested in the giant (or as Trump would say, “yooge”) Coprinopsis atramentaria coming up in the front yard than the current state of chaos within the GOP, but the recent blow […]
Dan Benishek Won’t Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him After Saying He Would Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him
Tuesday , 15, September 2015 Candidates, Elections, Tea Party 2 CommentsTea party VA surgeon and 3 term U.S. Rep Dan Benishek won’t break his vow to only run for three terms after all. This morning he issued a statement claiming he wanted to devote more time to his family and help veterans, and he could do those things better if he wasn’t a US Congressman. […]
@Todd_Courser and @CindyGamrat Story On Film Just In Time For the Holidays
Wednesday , 12, August 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentIf only! Too bad Peter Graves passed away, he would be so much better as Dave Agema Voting has consequences. If you vote Republican, you’re part of the problem. It certainly has nothing to do with phantom blackmailers.
Trump’s “Conscience of the Conservative” Puts Him On Top in the Polls
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentDonald Trump says terrible things and he surges in the polls. If you’re horrified by the Republican presidential candidate’s racist remarks about immigration, Mexico, and his most recent attack on John McCain not being a hero because he was captured – don’t be. Republicans aren’t shocked by it, even if some of them are suggesting […]