Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

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

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

It’s a doggy dog world.

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

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Democrats are back in array!

This fight is for everything.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

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

It could be worse. Vance could have said “post-menopausal sows.” Waiting for that audiotape to surface.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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  3. 3.

    Germy

    How’s this for a replacement:

    Sri Srinivasan

    Padmanabhan Srikanth “Sri” Srinivasan (born February 23, 1967) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 97–0 on May 23, 2013. Before being confirmed as a judge he was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and he has argued 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and was also a lecturer at Harvard Law School.

  4. 4.

    Germy

    Cruz has already called to block any nominee Obama suggests.
    Because the best way to honor the legacy of a Justice known for being a “strict Constitutional literalist” is to ignore the part of the Constitution which clearly grants the President the power to appoint Supreme Court justices. (Brainspore)

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    Elie

    I was away and late to comment. He had better hope that there is no just God. Those of us who value humanism and love of our fellow beings will remember him as doing everything that he could to make sure that the weak and poor suffer. Whether there is a God or justice, he will live on in a dark place in my memory… Lets all do a thousand good deeds in the next year to expunge his impact in the world….

  7. 7.

    Big Ol Hound

    “I have never killed a man but I have read many an obituary with great pleasure” Clarence Darrow.

  9. 9.

    WarMunchkin

    My roommate and I are having a Scalia’s dead party. Rum and hot chocolate, made from real chocolate bars, whole milk and heavy cream. It’s delicious. The hot chocolate was, too.

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    sharl

    When the single-sex marriage ruling came down, I got a kick out of the exchange between a couple Millennial dudes from Weird Twitter imaging what what going on in Scalia’s mind during his dissent. Fortunately some diligent soul archived the thing.

    It is written in the “u mad, bro?” style, which was explained by one of the participants in the aforementioned exchange here. It is, umm, an acquired taste; wacky and rather lowbrow.

  20. 20.

    Nemo_N

    Poppy Harlow at CNN telling us Obama will get to pick the Supreme Court nominee because he still is “technically” the President.

  23. 23.

    Jewish Steel

    Maybe this has already been asked (and answered?). Who will be the first VSP to proclaim that Obama must appoint some right-wing hack to show he is a bipartisan, kumbaya president to a heal beleaguered nation blah blah blah…?

  24. 24.

    Roger Moore

    @ThresherK:

    And the thought of actual edible strawberries warms my wife’s heart on this cold night.

    They’re in season right now out here on the Left Coast. So are a lot of kinds of citrus, including my personal favorite, pomelos.

  25. 25.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Michael Grunwald ‏@ MikeGrunwald 44m44 minutes ago
    If Obama wants to get out the vote for Hillary, there’s apparently a super-smart Latina lesbian on the Colorado Supreme Court.

    and… Good lord

    @Nemo_N: Poppy Harlow at CNN telling us Obama will get to pick the Supreme Court nominee because he still is “technically” the President.

    amazing how easily and quickly they internalize the GOP mindset

  26. 26.

    Germy

    Ryan Lizza ‏@RyanLizza 2h2 hours ago
    Kind of ironic that some Republicans want to re-write the Appointments Clause as a way of getting another originalist on the Supreme Court.

  27. 27.

    redshirt

    @efgoldman: -15 here with howling winds.

    But I am warm of heart over this good news.

    Seriously, I had a tough day and when I heard this just a few minutes ago, my spirit soared.

    One way or the other the Court will change balance and our country, and the world, has a better future because of it.

  28. 28.

    Germy

    Jerry Brown ‏@JerryBrownGov 1h1 hour ago

    Couldn’t @Senate majority leader have the decency to wait until the funeral before playing cynical politics. Such obstructionism must not stand.
    785 retweets 1,078 likes

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    lgerard

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    Sikhs aren’t remotely Muslim either, but that doesn’t stop certain less informed members of our society from leaping to an erroneous conclusion. They have 3 criteria:

    Funny looking name they cannot pronounce:
    Brown
    Headgear other then cowboy or trucker hat

    any 2 of the 3 makes them “muslimy”

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    schrodinger's cat

    @lgerard: Sikhs and devout Muslims have some superficial similarities like facial hair. I think not many people would confuse Sri Sri for a Muslim and even if they do, so what? Isn’t the freedom of religion enshrined in the constitution.

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