Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Fight them, without becoming them!

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Republicans don’t trust women.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

Republicans would impeach Biden if he bit into a whole Kit Kat rather than breaking the sections apart.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Pelosi: “He either is stupid, or he thinks the rest of us are.” Why not both?

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

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Rebecca Schoenkopf at Wonkette says “Good Job, Republicans, You Finally Found A Dead Voter!“:

Well, you finally found a dead voter besides the one James O’Keefe found, who wasn’t actually dead. But sad face, that is because your candidate for Pinal County, Arizona, supervisor, was voting for his dead girlfriend for five years. Oops…

Good job, Ms. Schoenkopf, for datapoint #3,487,212 on the “When It Comes to Republican Accusations, It’s Always Projection” graph (and also for filtering one of our most-used acronyms further up the blogworld food chain).
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Apart from the usual criminal fraud, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

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  3. 3.

    Yutsano

    Today has been easy. Surprisingly so. And I need to go buy an icepack for the back recovery. For niw that role gets filled by a large bag of peas.

  5. 5.

    Spatula

    Again I ask: Is there a credible explanation for the fact that the national and state Democratic parties have not been ALL OVER this issue, legislatively and in the press, ever since 2000 when Bush stole his first election?

    If the party gives a shit about voter suppression and nullification, this state of affairs makes no sense.

    So here we are again, 12 freaking years later.

    Gets me really psyched to vote Democratic; the party is such a passionate, tireless promoter of progressive values and policy!

  6. 6.

    Warren Terra

    It’s important to note that he was voting his dead girlfriend by absentee ballot by mail for five years. As in, the voter-suppression voter-ID laws that so obviously target the poorest voters were utterly irrelevant and nonresponsive to this Republican’s voter fraud.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    @Spatula:

    Is there a credible explanation for the fact that the national and state Democratic parties have not been ALL OVER this issue, legislatively and in the press, ever since 2000 when Bush stole his first election?

    The explanation is that they have been out there, or at least I’ve seen them. Of course, with so many different outrages out there, it’s impossible to focus on just one.

    Unlike you, I’m psyched to vote Democratic. I wish the election were tomorrow so I could vote for them right now.

  9. 9.

    Tunch

    that is because your candidate for Pinal County, Arizona, supervisor, was voting for his dead girlfriend for five years.

    Do Republicans really need to cheat to win in Dumbfuckistan, America?

  10. 10.

    MattR

    @Tunch: His girlfriend was the right kind of people so why should her death deprive her of the right to vote.

  11. 11.

    jl

    Aside from criminal fraud? I thought this was an open thread.

    Well, OK, I’ll think of something.

  14. 14.

    Josie

    @Yutsano: Actually, the bag of frozen peas (or corn) works surprisingly well. You might just save yourself the cost of the ice pack and keep using it. The only drawback would be the size, but you could use a jumbo sized bag of vegies and then eat them when your back gets better. I deal with a constant ankle/foot problem, so I can sympathize with your pain.

  15. 15.

    Thoughtcrime

    Asshat now whining about foreign media over Assgate:

    “NBC News’s First Read blog gives its verdict on Mitt Romney’s Olympic-themed overseas trip as a floor exercise in gymnastics:

    So as Romney performed his cartwheel in England, he stepped out of bounds when he questioned London’s readiness for the Olympics. He lost additional points for flubbing the end of the somersault in Israel when he tried to explain the economic differences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority through a cultural prism (that may end up offending Mexican Americans as much as he appeared to offend Palestinians). And after sticking his landing in Poland, his campaign got into a spat with the judges – that is, the reporters following him.

    And because why not, here’s some more footage of Assgate, during which a Romney aide appears to audition for the Michael Scott role in The Office.”

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/31/mitt-romney-attack-media-live?newsfeed=true

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    AA+ Bonds

    I concur that it is projection

    The contemporary Right is social Darwinist, and among that crowd a hero is measured by his ability to cheat, lie, steal and kill

    I would point out however that the contemporary Right also includes much of the Democratic Party, the ‘social democrats’ of Europe, etc.

  18. 18.

    Richard Shindledecker

    It’s about Projection – Since Republicans figure that if they could get away with it, they would, ergo everyone else will/does. These are shallow assholes.

  19. 19.

    dmsilev

    Apart from the usual criminal fraud, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

    Recovering from a day spent making a Powerpoint (OK, Keynote) presentation. 30 slides and counting.

    Brain hurts.

  21. 21.

    AA+ Bonds

    Also why does John Boehner and Harry Reid reaching a deal on a budget bill that will hit the floor in September(!) somehow mean that the issue is done

    Why would the Republicans allow that fight to die? At what point did we hold new elections that allow Boehner to control his party

  23. 23.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @AA+ Bonds: Do you contend that there is an absolute, immutable scale of right and left against which people can be measured regardless of time and place?

  24. 24.

    dmsilev

    @AA+ Bonds: Didn’t Commissar DeMint also sign off on this? Still not a guarantee, but at least a hint that the nut jobs way not scream too too loudly this time round.

  26. 26.

    amk

    AP tweet

    Tea party-backed Cruz beats Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst in runoff, wins GOP Senate nomination

  28. 28.

    marv

    Well, it’s Juliet’s birthday (Lammas Eve) and a hell of a moonrise right now at my place. I guess “Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet” (as the lead actress in Saturday Night Fever kept calling it, to Travolta’s dismay – that was a good piece of movie dialogue) hasn’t held up too well but man did I fall hopelessly in love with Olivia Hussey’s Juliet some 43 or 44 years ago.

  29. 29.

    geg6

    @amk:

    I stayed out of John’s thread so as to avoid spoilers and this what I get

    Second spoiler I stumbled over tonight. If you watch women’s gymnastics and don’t want know the outcome of tonight’s team competition, DO NOT GO TO SALON’S SITE!

  31. 31.

    MikeJ

    @marv: I went to a “christian” school where a teacher was responsible for holding a piece of cardboard in front of the projector when we should have gotten to see a tit.

    We booed.

  32. 32.

    gbear

    Let’s see if Romney picks Pawlenty as his VP choice tomorrow. August 1 is the anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse. This would seem to be a fuck-up custom made for Mitt.

  34. 34.

    TD

    Started work in a long-shot congressional race today. It’s going to be a tough slog. Had to explain the basics of the ACA to around five people this evening. On the one hand, it’s nice to educate people, but at the same time, the fact that so many people still don’t know anything about the landmark legislative achievement of the last fifty years makes me nervous.

    In other news, I got another article published. It’s on the strangest sporting event you’ve (probably) never heard of. I’d appreciate the clicks!

  37. 37.

    Hypatia's Momma

    Hypatia is having a bad week, which means that I am having a bad week. And it’s only Tuesday. Poor little beast.

  39. 39.

    Cacti

    @amk:

    Phelps wins record 19th Olympic medal. Still has 3 more events

    It pays to be good in a sport with so many contrived events.

  42. 42.

    NotMax

    Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic solo in a plane.

    Now that the trip is over, what resulted looks as if Romney, along with his campaign munchkins, crossed the Atlantic in the short bus.

  44. 44.

    pseudonymous in nc

    @Warren Terra:

    It’s important to note that he was voting his dead girlfriend by absentee ballot by mail for five years.

    This is why I always add a note of caution when Oregonians say that their all-postal voting is the way forward. What matters is the underlying civic culture, and a willingness to punish actual vote fraud while rejecting bullshit voter suppression methods. Too many states have histories and cultures of dirty electoral politics.

  48. 48.

    Boudica

    @Hypatia’s Momma: My dad quit 22 years ago, too….Sept 22 to be exact. He quit cold turkey on my wedding day, and he’s still here to enjoy his 2 grandchildren. Congrats!!

  51. 51.

    Mark S.

    Just catching up after a long day. I love the “Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for 10 years” rumor. Mitt should be in for another fun week.

  52. 52.

    Martin

    @pseudonymous in nc:

    This is why I always add a note of caution when Oregonians say that their all-postal voting is the way forward. What matters is the underlying civic culture, and a willingness to punish actual vote fraud while rejecting bullshit voter suppression methods. Too many states have histories and cultures of dirty electoral politics.

    Casting such votes has no material impact on elections. The reality of election fraud is that individuals outside of the electoral system neither have an incentive nor sufficient means to achieve meaningful results. A few dozen votes here or there won’t have any impact – even in races decided by a few dozen votes.

    Election fraud is only a threat from within the electoral system. The only meaningful way to change an election is with the kind of scale that is only possible by officials.

  53. 53.

    NancyDarling

    I just saw that Gore Vidal has died. He infamously feuded with Norman Mailer and once (maybe on a Dick Cavett show) they were doing their usual verbal jousting when Mailer lost it and decked him. From the floor, Vidal said, “Words fail Norman, once again.”

    Why doesn’t our society produce interesting characters like that any longer?

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