Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

I really should read my own blog.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

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They Need a Hand

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The ACLU has a funding problem:

A longtime anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn his annual gift of more than $20 million, punching a 25 percent hole in its annual operating budget and forcing cutbacks in operations.

Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., acknowledged in a written statement that a “family” had told the organization in September that it could not make its annual gifts, at least for next year.

“This family, that has sought to protect its privacy by arranging its gifts anonymously, notified us last month that due to market conditions it will be unable to make its expected sizable donations of over $20 million,” Mr. Romero said.

Twenty million is a sizable hole in any nonprofit’s budget, so if you have been holding off on renewing your membership, now would be a good time to go give.

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Sign of the Times

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I’m sure it is surprising no one that this story is getting nowhere near the press that the WH party-crashers story has:

In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted online its airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers.

I really do not understand this country some times.

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Open Thread

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Call me overly optimistic, but lowering the medicare age, opening up the same options as federal workers have, stricter regulations, and a trigger should these fail seems to be a pretty good deal. I’m sure you all will take the opportunity to explain to me why I am full of it, but I’m actually kind of pleasantly surprised. Hell, the medicare thing alone I thought would never happen.

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You got to have faith

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I don’t what effect the votes of Ben Nelson, Olympia Snowe etc. will have on their political careers. But whenever Senators cast votes on a bill like this, I think of New York State Assemblyman George Michaels:

Mr. Michaels personally favored a woman’s right to choose but had voted against the proposed law twice at the behest of the Cayuga County Democratic Committee. He did so at the beginning of April 1970 when the bill went down to a narrow defeat.

But on April 9, he realized that the measure was doomed without his support. He rose to take the microphone, his hands trembling. “I realize, Mr. Speaker, that I am terminating my political career, but I cannot in good conscience sit here and allow my vote to be the one that defeats this bill,” he declared. “I ask that my vote be changed from ‘no’ to ‘yes.’ “

His tearful reversal provided the 76th vote needed for passage. The State Senate quickly added its approval and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the bill into law. “I found myself caught up in something bigger than I am,” Mr. Michaels said about his agonizing decision. “I’m just a small country lawyer.”

Mr. Michaels sought a sixth term that year, but piqued county leaders denied him renomination and he lost the June primary in a four-way race.

Assemblyman George Michaels was never eulogized by David Broder. He never appeared on “Meet the Press” or earned millions of dollars as a lobbyist.

I feel bad that in this age no thinking person can use the phrase “principled decision” without a healthy dollop of irony.

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Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee…

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Another day, another pronouncement from the Senate’s leading drama queen:

After his abortion amendment did not win the day on the Senate floor, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) did not come out swinging. Though he insisted that the failure of his abortion amendment “makes it harder to be supportive” of Senate health care bill, he did not reiterate his pledge to filibuster the bill.

“We’ll just have to see what develops,” Nelson told reporters. “I have no plan B.”

And no one else would have Plan B or any other control over their own reproductive system if you got your way, you showboating cretin. Does he even know what party he is in? Has he ever even looked at his party’s platform? Do he and Stupak honestly think that a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House and a Democratic President are going to reel in abortion rights? How stupid are these people?

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If You Only Know One Song

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Sing it loud and sing it often:

Congress should cut the top marginal tax rate for individuals as its newest stimulus, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said Tuesday.

The conservative senator said that not only should the Congress keep in place the tax cuts enacted earlier this decade by President George W. Bush, but also cut the top rate even further.

“What we need to do is what I’ve proposed and many Republicans is, first of all, we stop this tax explosion that’s scheduled for next year,” DeMint said during an appearance on Fox News. “The Bush tax cuts expire. Every tax that you can think of goes up — capital gains, alternative minimum, marriage penalty. It all comes back into play.”

I find it terrifying that he is serious, and I wonder what noted climatologist Sarah Palin thinks about this idea.

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