Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

A consequence of cucumbers

“That’s what the insurrection act is for!”

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

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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

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

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

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

The jury literally has a bell they can ring to force Trump to show up on command. Greatest thing ever!

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

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  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    Bless you my children, go forth and sin…uh, no more. Oh, go on.

    Central Standard Drinking Time.

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    Mnemosyne

    Good news: Started building my new desk tonight.

    Bad news: We only got to step 4. Of 22.

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    Three-nineteen

    I’m over 1,000 miles away, so I’m drinking with everyone in spirit. Speaking of spirit, when he’s in Texas he does a meet-up, but when he’s in Madison every year (a couple hours away from me) it’s a fucking mystery where he is and no one can meet him?

  7. 7.

    Sandia Blanca

    So here’s the official Meet-Up Roll Call. Please add your name if I missed you:

    * Janet Strange
    * Square Squid (Evelyn Dehais)
    * Lolis
    * Marcelo
    * Mark B
    * Matt Smith
    * Erik Orr
    * Kathryn Kenefick
    * Melville
    * Marmot
    * Lokahi
    * Grumpy Code Monkey (John)
    * RoonieRoo
    * KDAUG
    * Highway Rob
    * Sandia Blanca

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    MikeJ

    The redhead is the artist responsible for the feed logo.

    I was going to ask about her earlier for uhm, reasons. But I didn’t want to be rude.

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    tams

    i don’t even have words to adequately describe how worried i am about you – while i am thrilled you allowed some of your stellar blogging family to meet you in person the other decisions and suggestions of things you have done in austin have left me in a state of angst. take care of you, cole – love you!

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    Violet

    Glad y’all had fun. Can’t believe Cole actually decided to have–and attend–a meetup. Good for you, John!

  14. 14.

    Matt Smith

    Great to meet others – including lurkers like me. ;-)

    Also: There were two Johns there tonight. I met one and assumed that was JC. Tried to buy him a drink, blog-reader to blog-meister. But since this John wasn’t JC, and there weren’t many obvious reasons I’d want to buy him a drink, my offer was badly misinterpreted… his wife thought I was propositioning him. Facepalm.

  16. 16.

    Sandia Blanca

    Just realized I left Logan off the list of attendees. Sorry!

    And yes, John Cole is real, he’s very sweet (shhh, don’t tell), and the meet-up was awesome. Several people have suggested we do it again, even if our esteemed host is back home in West Virginia.

  17. 17.

    Marcelo

    That’s me and my beautiful wife hogging the front of the pic. I have a lovely pic of Cole as he was posting this very post but he won’t let me put it up.

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    YellowJournalism

    I wanted to drink in sprit wih you all, but I have to work tomorrow, so I ate some margarita and strawberry daiquiri Jelly Belly beans instead.

  24. 24.

    Citizen_X

    @Marcelo:

    I have a lovely pic of Cole as he was posting this very post but he won’t let me put it up.

    Instagram is your friend.

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    YoohooCthulhu

    @Three-nineteen:

    it’s a fucking mystery where he is and no one can meet him?

    I think our blog host is turning over a new leaf. It started with the DNC.

    Actually, it started long before that, with the stopping being a Republican thing.

    Huh. At this rate, he’ll be in full hipster mode a year from now.

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    Marcelo

    Don’t be mad, but we all totally made plans to hang with Cole tomorrow night. That’s how charming we are.

    Suck it, Madison. :)

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    RoonieRoo

    Woohoo! Good to see the party still going. We had to head home since the poor doggy was crossing his legs needing to go out. Glad you are keeping Cole going. We definitely have to do this again even sans Cole.

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    TaMara (BHF)

    Colorado is beautiful in the fall. Just sayin’.

    EDIT: Heck, Colorado is beautiful all year.

  40. 40.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    Nice to meet ya, redhead responsible for the feed logo!

  41. 41.

    Steeplejack

    Fair amount of snow on the cars and grass (here in NoVa), but it’s not sticking to the pavement. Can’t see it coming down. We’re supposed to get 8-12 inches.

    I’ma go to bed.

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