Don Blankenship's cost-cutting on safety killed 29 miners. He spent a year in prison for that crime. Now he is likely to become a senator, if Democrats nominate the corporatist Steve Mnuchin again.

Why not arm teachers? A teacher just injured students by firing a gun unintentionally while teaching about "gun safety".

The nerve gas used to attack Sergei Skripal was produced at only one site in Russia, as far as is known.

Doug Jones appealed to progressive Democrats for support, and tried to appear as a progressive (he fooled me). Now his supporters press him not to support bank deregulation.

Senator Warren proposed a bill to cut off the ways bankster executives avoid punishment for crimes.