Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Bark louder, little dog.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

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

As long as McCarthy is Speaker, the House will never be in order.

Second rate reporter says what?

The willow is too close to the house.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

There are no moderate Republican – only extremists, and cowards.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Consistently wrong since 2002

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

That pie keeps getting more and more forks, reducing anyone’s chance of even a Perot.

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

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  2. 2.

    Germy

    I imagine a president cruz would host a regular bible study with kids, and discontinue that science nonsense.

  3. 3.

    Hillary Rettig

    so much coolness. a couple of years back my nephew’s robotics team traveled to MIT where they competed in a worldwide competition. they were on a LIVE link not just to the European teams (who met up somewhere in Germany, I think) but also the Space Station – the latter because the robots were actually tested (in rt) up at the station. It felt like a miracle, but again was just something we decided to do.

    caught the two watches that one astronaut was wearing

  4. 4.

    Mike in NC

    @Germy: President Cruz would pass an executive order for the Smithsonian to open permanent exhibits on Creationism and Noah’s Ark.

  6. 6.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Germy: Oy, you remind me of those articles from the summer of 2001, about all the Bush staffers forming bible study group, including hate-wraith Mary Matalin talking about how it changed her life

  7. 7.

    debbie

    @Hillary Rettig:

    so much coolness

    Yet approachable. Recent Republican presidents have carried themselves like kings, above the unwashed masses. Can’t see Bush, let alone Cheney, relating to kids the way Obama has.

  9. 9.

    AkaDad

    I had that same look on my face as Obama did. We’re so much alike.

    Why did everyone just roll their eyes?

  18. 18.

    slag

    My favorite part of this science fair was when Obama directly connected science to America’s founding and constitution:

    Whether you’re fighting cancer or combatting climate change, feeding the world, writing code that leads to social change, you are sharing in this essential spirit of discovery that America is built on.

    John Holdren helpfully reminded me that today happens to be the 273rd birthday of Thomas Jefferson. And Thomas Jefferson was obviously a pretty good writer; the Declaration of Independence turned out pretty well. (Laughter.) He was a great political thinker and a great President. But he was also a scientist. And that was true of most of our Founders — they were children of the enlightenment. They had come of age when all the old dogmas were being challenged. And they had this incredible faith, this belief in the human mind, and our ability to figure stuff out.

    And whether it was Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, or all the others who were involved in the founding of our country, one of the essential elements that is embedded in our Constitution and the design of this democracy is this belief that the power of the human brain when applied to the world around us can do amazing, remarkable things.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIeEgCCa6c

    I hate the thought of going back to flag pins and patriotism platitudes after this president leaves office.

  19. 19.

    D58826

    Not to worry by the time Prez. Cruz re-introduces the gold standard, the creationism museum will be the least of our problems. And no one will be able to afford dildos

  21. 21.

    ? Martin

    @D58826:

    And no one will be able to afford dildos

    Which is ironic, because after the IRS is dissolved, we will be freed from the shackles of having to figure out how to deduct our dildos as business expenses. It’s like the conservative version of that gift parable with the dude with the busted Apple Watch and the lady with the hair extensions.

  23. 23.

    Mike J

    Please do not use analogies from classical antiquity if you don’t understand them:

    daveweigel ‏@daveweigel 4h4 hours ago John Kasich tells @DanaBashCNN he needs to “cross the Rubicon”‘ with undecided voters, which is a problematic analogy tbh

  29. 29.

    James E Powell

    So many of us are already feeling the sense of loss – Do we need to form support groups?

  36. 36.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @James E Powell: Part of me imagines Obama facing off against the 22nd Darthmendent– “Should you strike me from office I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine…”

  37. 37.

    Amir Khalid

    Speaking of science-related (or at least tech-related) matters, does anyone know anything about this?

  40. 40.

    trollhattan

    @Doug R:
    Makes you wonder how Crazy Uncle Liberty’s spawn isn’t still in the race, given his fine state is home to the Creation Museum.

  44. 44.

    Iowa Old Lady

    I’m ready for the primaries to be over. The nastiness is getting to me. I can accept losing. I’ve been voting since 1968 and God knows I’ve had practice. I just get depressed watching people succumb to their worst self and put it out for everyone to see.

  45. 45.

    oldster

    When he says “It’s a prototype,” and you can tell he’s quoting something that the girls just said to him, and that he’s sort of laughing about their using that word, but that he’s also delighted that they used that word, and he is balancing a view of the event from their perspective with a view of it from the adult perspective, and you here his deep good will towards these kids, and

    I just start crying. Not since Lincoln have we had a President this deeply humane and wise in the White House. I’m all fired up for Hillary, but I’m still going to miss this guy. I hope he has the best post-WH career ever.

  46. 46.

    Germy

    @Glidwrith:

    OK, why would play-doh be banned?

    Because it can be rolled into the shape of a dildo. And then you spend the rest of the day smelling like a kindergarten classroom.

  50. 50.

    Ultraviolet Thunder

    Skyping my brother into Grandma’s 99th birthday pizza party. She has poor hearing and vision.
    This is turning into a bit of a trial but she’s enjoying it.
    Pizza was good.

  52. 52.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Anya: Remember when we were told Clinton’s sex life made us that laughing stock of the world? I think they tried that with Obama at some point, too, though for the life of me I can’t remember what prompted it. Anyway… I imagine the foreigners curious about Trump, thinking “that can’t be true’, and looking into it deeper to find that the other major contender is a creationist “Christian’ who wants to firebomb Syria till “the sand glows”

  53. 53.

    Anya

    @Iowa Old Lady: I am with you. I want this stupid primary over. My first vote was when I voted for Obama. 2007/2008 was crazy in its on way but it was also inspirational. I feel so sorry for the young people Bernie “inspired”. I think his clueless campaign might have damaged them and made them into cynics. I was them in 08. I got lucky!

  54. 54.

    Anya

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I don’t know where they get this idea that the world doesn’t respect the USA because of Obama. I spent 2013 traveling the world and i can’t tell you how many times I saw someone wearing an Obama Hope t-shirt or people who want to talk to you about him. I think he gave cover to a lot of our undesirable policies. Wait till he’s out of office and see how the rest of the world reacts to our foreign policy.

  57. 57.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Iowa Old Lady: Always puzzled me that in the mania for primary challenges to Blue Dogs in Purple States, that nobody ever took a run against Herself.

  59. 59.

    D58826

    From Pat’s mouth to FSM’s ear

    Embattled NC Governor Calls Gay Rights Group ‘More Powerful Than The NRA’

    We can only hope. It helps when your on the right side of the arc of justice.

    Will enjoy contributing one vote to kick his sorry butt to the ashcan of history come next November

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