Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Everybody saw this coming.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

No one could have predicted…

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

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

So many bastards, so little time.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Republicans in disarray!

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Later Night Open Thread: Cole’s Favorite Candidate

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Jason Kander — he understands how to meet the voters where they’re at!

Somebody may want to add “Thank you for putting on pants” to the rotating tags widget…

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  3. 3.

    JGabriel

    Anne Laurie:

    Somebody may want to add “Thank you for putting on pants” to the rotating tags widget…

    Maybe someone should carry a sign that says that when they’re protesting a Trump rally.

  4. 4.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    Kander should have said Cargo shorts would have sufficed to really get Cole’s vote for favorite candidate.

  5. 5.

    jheartney

    People who blame some trivial thing for losing their vote (“You knocked on my door at an inconvenient time!” “You called my cell phone!” “Your campaign called me with an autodialer!”) were never going to vote for you anyway. They’re also announcing they are political dunces whose vote can be influenced by an irrelevancy.

  7. 7.

    TheMightyTrowel

    thanks for the reminder link to ActBlue AL – paycheck came thru on Fri so I dropped some money in the pot!

  8. 8.

    Aleta

    opiejeanne, sending good thoughts for tonight and tomorrow. It’s alnost over now, and soon you’ll be walking down easy street.

  10. 10.

    jl

    Kandor has candor, and clearly reaching out (or around?) to the naked mopping vote. I can see why a Cole fave in this election.
    Go Kandor!

  12. 12.

    Calming Influence

    I’ve never felt compelled to put on pants.when answering my door.

    Come to think of it, no one has come to my door in a long while…

  13. 13.

    Ryan

    @Calming Influence: 1) Correlation is not causation.
    2) The Founders fought for your right to go pantless in your own home, that’s why there’s that whole no quartering of troops in the Constitution.

  14. 14.

    Prescott Cactus

    At least one day each week should be naked day. You owe it to yourself and the neighbor with binoculars.

  15. 15.

    opiejeanne

    @Aleta: Thank you.
    I only managed to down 48 ounces of the Gatorade stuff, but then threw up at least 16 ounces. I’m finished. There’s nothing left inside me other than Gatorade and bile, and soon I’ll be back to my normal full-of-bile self.
    (I am starving, fantasizing about what’s for lunch tomorrow)

  16. 16.

    Prescott Cactus

    @opiejeanne: Sometimes mixing Gatorade 50% / 50% with water makes it stay down easier. Better if it’s at room temperature also. Old family & work trick.

  18. 18.

    Calming Influence

    @Ryan: If I’m remembering correctly, my last callers were a troop of Hessians demanding to quarter in my abode. When I came to the door, their sergeant said that in fact they would probably be much more comfortable quartering in the nearby swamp.

    I believe I was wearing work boots and a tutu at the time.

  19. 19.

    Nancy

    I’ve heard two different polls here in Missouri in the past couple of days – one was that Kander is tied with Blunt, and another that says Kander is two points ahead. Not everyone in MO is a deplorable! This is a race that can be won, and would go a long way in helping the Dems retake the senate.

    The Kochs and the NRA have been pouring money into this race for Blunt, but now I’m seeing outside money ads for Kander – one was from VoteVets. Repubs are very nervous about this race.

  20. 20.

    opiejeanne

    @Major Major Major Major: Back when i was still a registered Republican but a Democrat at heart and in voting practice, they were starting to pay people to phone-bank and it was always some poor young person who got a quick history lesson from me about things like Voodoo Economics, Iran-Contra, etc when they tried to cite Reagan as a desirable model; I became especially enraged when the Republicans used robo-calling because they did it in an illegal manner and I hate those damned calls.
    The Democrats never used robo-calling in my district and their volunteers were actually volunteers when I lived in Anaheim, up through 2010. Maybe it’s all changed now but it made me like them more.

  21. 21.

    opiejeanne

    @Prescott Cactus: Thanks for the tip. Kind of too late now, but everything is running clear so I think I’m ready. I might get up and have a little water, now that things have calmed way down.
    I’m kind of small, 5’1″, and I think the amount needed to clear things out might not be as high for me as for someone of average height.

  26. 26.

    Bruce Webb

    “somewhat refined sense of style”

    Yeah like a lump of coal is a ‘somewhat unfinished 2 carat diamond’. But hey it is a free country and everyone gets to tutu their own horn. Or something.

  27. 27.

    Calming Influence

    And work boots are slimming. Which is important when you’re wearing a tutu.

    (And don’t get me started on wearing a tutu in front of a troop of Hessians.)

  28. 28.

    Prescott Cactus

    @opiejeanne: Sorry you had the hee bee – jee bees.

    If the thoughts / feel of an upcoming puke seem possible, rinse and spit water a couple of times. Before I hurl I usually get a saline taste on my tongue. If I can clear it out the whole gag / flying food process gets stopped. That usually only applies at beginning or near the end, as things ramp up or taper down. . .

    Hope you’re feeling better.

  30. 30.

    Calming Influence

    @Bruce Webb: Sure, go ahead a laugh. If it wasn’t for my tutu-wearing ancestors, your front porch would be crawling with Hessians right now, demanding to be quartered.

  31. 31.

    Aleta

    @opiejeanne:Oh, that’s rough. Sleep peacefully now. (Rinsing your mouth with a little baking soda in water will take away the acid. (Or swallow a tiny bit to soothe yr acid stomach, if you think it’s ok.)

  35. 35.

    Prescott Cactus

    @Wag: I am all over the sous vide cooking thing. Probably a year ago or 2 they were around $600 to $800. . . Chat more about your experiance some time, please. Wi-fi and blue toofus for $200. Crazy cheap and high ratings. . .

    Me want !

    THANKS !

  39. 39.

    opiejeanne

    @Prescott Cactus: Thanks.
    Oh, yes, I get sort of a sweet taste in my mouth but always too late to do anything about it.
    Once it was out I felt much better; I just couldn’t process it.
    And now it’s 4:30am and I’m awake for no good reason.

  41. 41.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @opiejeanne:

    The Democrats never used robo-calling in my district and their volunteers were actually volunteers when I lived in Anaheim, up through 2010. Maybe it’s all changed now but it made me like them more.

    In 2010 I phonebanked in MD for Governor O’Malley’s reelection campaign. A central computer did the dialing, so we had no idea who we were talking to; after the call we punched buttons to record level of support.

    One woman unloaded on me as the umpteenth campaign call she’d gotten & then complained that both parties were the same. I apologized & said, “That’s not true. With the Republicans you get a computer. With the Democrats you get a real human being you can yell at!” That got her laughing…& we got her vote.

  42. 42.

    JR in WV

    @opiejeanne:

    Wife is 5’2″ and 140, I’m 6′ 250 – we get the same dosages of many things, which is cray-cray.

    You’ll do good, my GI guy said I was “exceptionally clean” – I should have asked for clarification, I never did, was that clear of polyps etc, or clean so it was easy for him to work and see?

    Anyway, that was 12 or 15 years ago and our family doc hasn’t suggested another go at it. No one in my family has ever had colon problems, even though IBS runs in my Mom’s family. TMI? sorry…

  43. 43.

    JR in WV

    @Calming Influence:

    You can’t do anything red while preping for the ‘scopy, too much like blood and will wig them right out for fear of a puncture. Only green or blue gatoraid. I took it slow and steady and had no problems, when I did do it.

  44. 44.

    Aleta

    @Prescott Cactus: Can also use E..merge.. n-..C powder mixed w water or juice, ginger ale. There’s a lower sugar one (Lite) that is a pale color. Most flavors have added vitamins, minerals as well as electrolytes. They also have one now that is just electrolytes, no vitamins no sugars or flavor added.
    (We use it at first signs of flu. Great for colds, dehydration, planes/ hiking/dancing.) Said to be made in US, is an old US brand. Health stores, a few flavors sold at tar…get, or online from company that makes it, Al ..ace. r .

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