Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Petty moves from a petty man.

People are complicated. Love is not.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

This fight is for everything.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

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

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  2. 2.

    Legalize

    My target took the day off today. Good thing. I’ve run out of stories about bad things happening to Carson Palmer.

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    Fr33d0m

    Hey I heard Joe Biden was stepping down and in a move to get more Repugnicons to vote for every bill, The Pres is asking Sarah Palin to be VP!

    April Fools–I hope.

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    PaulW

    Republican leadership mistakes Tea Partiers as a Temperance movement, pushes to re-install the 18th Amendment and bring back Prohibition.

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    R-Jud

    Labour unveils new campaign slogans meant to play up Brown’s “Tough Guy” side (the Guardian also has an AFD roundup here). There was also one in the Independent about a second Hadron collider being built using the Circle Line in the London Underground.

  8. 8.

    Demowaste

    The Democrats in Congress and our President.

    That is the joke…I only wish it was only on April 1st.

  10. 10.

    Barack

    Hey guys, on this fine spring day I’d like to give the readership of Balloon Juice a shout-out, and thank you for all of your help over the past two years.

    I’m, uhhh, your President.

  12. 12.

    demo woman

    The NYTimes puzzle today was not fun. I don’t like April fools day. Bah humbug!!!!!

  13. 13.

    Cyrus

    World of Warcraft offers a new “neural interface” .

    I thought the EPEEN meter was a lot funnier, but it’s also a lot more of an in-joke.

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    DanF

    April 1st is the only day of the year when I’m not sure if Mickey Kaus actually fucked a goat. I really hate April Fool’s Day.

  21. 21.

    mike

    This is the first April Fool’s Day in a long time that I’ve been on my guard, and I’ve caught a couple of pranks already before being gulled.

    You know what? It’s not nearly as much fun to spot it as to be taken in by it.

  22. 22.

    Punchy

    I tried hard to believe this Bob Corker interview was a joke, but it seems not.

    He’s going to get CRUSHED by the teabaggers for even hinting the GOP screwed up. Especially in Deep Red Tennessee. Honesty is not the best policy amongst the rabid baggers. Just wow.

  25. 25.

    Sarcastro

    Punchy, Bob Corker himself is an April Fool.

    Anyways; Windows 8 will be Unix based… and work!

  26. 26.

    fasteddie9318

    Hey, I’ve got one! President Obama is going to break his campaign promise about offshore drilling and risk an environmental crisis on the east coast, in the name of a supply of oil that’s too small and will take too long to extract to make any difference in either oil prices or our foreign oil habit!

    April Fo–wait, what?

  27. 27.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    LeBron James will consider a slight pay cut and join Kobe Bryant
    and The Los Angeles Lakers next year.

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    darms

    Moogmusic is offering a MF-401 Auto De-tune w/presets that include “Drunk as a Sailor” and “Cat in an alley under a full moon”.

    It’s time to take back the airwaves. Too long have our ears been fooled by processed, homogenized, artificially-in-tune vocals. It’s time to bring back the REAL sound of performers’ voices with Moog’s MF-401 Auto De-Tune!

  46. 46.

    celiadexter

    My husband was listening to WNYC (New York public radio) about an hour ago where there was a major news story and analysis about the Supreme Court having just ruled that corporations have the right to vote — complete with commentary by Dahlia Lithwick. He called me at the office (in a state of outrage, needless to say) to ask if I knew about it. I guess they did a really convincing job…

  47. 47.

    Calouste

    Historians uncover evidence that Shakespeare’s mother was from France according to the BBC. France announces plans to retroactively make Shakespeare a member of the Academie Francaise.

  52. 52.

    Comrade Kevin

    @fasteddie9318:

    Hey, I’ve got one! President Obama is going to break his campaign promise about offshore drilling and risk an environmental crisis on the east coast, in the name of a supply of oil that’s too small and will take too long to extract to make any difference in either oil prices or our foreign oil habit!

    He is not breaking a campaign promise. In fact, here is something from August of 2008 where he says he’s open to it.

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