Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

It’s the corruption, stupid.

“woke” is the new caravan.

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

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

White supremacy is terrorism.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

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

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

I was promised a recession.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Let there be snark.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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Trump’s National Security Advisor:

Flynn broke rules he thought were stupid. He once told me about a period he spent assigned to a C.I.A. station in Iraq, when he would sometimes sneak out of the compound without the “insane” required approval from C.I.A. headquarters, in Langley, Virginia. He had technicians secretly install an Internet connection in his Pentagon office, even though it was forbidden. There was also the time he gave classified information to nato allies without approval, an incident which prompted an investigation, and a warning from superiors. During his stint as Mullen’s intelligence chief, Flynn would often write “This is bullshit!” in the margins of classified papers he was obliged to pass on to his boss, someone who saw these papers told me.

Fuck the media. Fuck Chris Cilizza. Fuck the Republicans. Fuck Flynn. And fuck Trump.

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  4. 4.

    Hunter Gathers

    But he hates Muslims, and, more importantly, despises the uppity black interloper who had the temerity to fire him for loving his country too much. Therefore, it is all good.

    All hail the United States of Nazi America.

  5. 5.

    Ella in New Mexico

    Stuff like this wouldn’t have stopped people from voting for Trump before the election.

    But if the press keeps hitting these stories about how duplicitous, how hypocritical, how borderline evil these people Trump is assembling to run the country really are, about how he lied about not running up the debt or about rounding up all the illegals and driving them on a bus to Juarez, about being the most “ethical” administration in history—I really believe the Senate and the House members who really deeply oppose him for all kinds of reasons will have the ammunition to do the things it needs to block his decisions. Even though National Security Advisor is not a confirmable post, we all saw what happened in past administrations that tried to appoint people Congress didn’t want–even their own parties went against them, knocking the President’s choices out.

    There’s a lot of buyer’s remorse flames out there to fan, folks. These stories are just the beginning of the taking down of and corrupt regime.

  7. 7.

    O. Felix Culpa

    So, per the article, Flynn is “a plucky Irish Catholic kid from Rhode Island,” While Hillary, on the other hand, is “secretive,” “flawed,” and plagued by “clouds and shadows.” Why the different characterization, do you suppose?

    Give me female for $200, Alex.

    ETA: Grrrrr.

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I can’t think of one single positive thing to say about Trump, or his business career, or his candidacy, or his family, or his transition, or any of the people he’s selected for Cabinet-level or advisory positions.

    Not a single one.

    Take that story (which hasn’t been reported nearly as much as it should have been, about Don Trump Jr meeting in Paris last month (so, before the election) with pro-Russian activists on the subject of Syria.

    The corporate media should be all over this. Can you imagine, if Chelsea Clinton had done something like this just weeks before the election?

  9. 9.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    Stuff like this wouldn’t have stopped people from voting for Trump before the election.

    I know. They were screaming, “Lock her up!” about Clinton for doing a lot less than this, but my guess is that they won’t have fuck-all to say about this. It’s different, you know. Why, you ask? Because, shut up, that’s why!

    These stories are just the beginning of the taking down of and corrupt regime.

    And I think you may be right about this. The one thing that may save us, I’m thinking more and more every fucking day, is that Trump cannot help himself. He can’t help it. He’s going to choose the corruptest shitbags he can find, and use his office for his own ends over and over and over, because this is the guy he is. That’s all there is to the guy, greed, resentment, oversensitivity and meanness. He somehow found some way to paper that over for about half the country, but he can’t hide who he is forever. That does give me some hope.

  12. 12.

    Tim C.

    @Ella in New Mexico: It’s gonna take some time and some scandals. Trump will *never* be in positive territory on approval ratings though and that will eat at him….. and there will be major incidents within weeks of him taking office, and that will eat at him. I give his presidency a half-life of 18 months. Hell get frustrated or quit or stroke out. There’s also going to be multiple internal purges within the administration as the various sub-factions try to lay blame for the inevitable fuckups that are going to happen thick and fast.

  14. 14.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @gogol’s wife:

    If you think Trump pays any attention to The New Yorker

    I don’t give a fuck what Trump and his echo chamber think about things.

    I do think there are 3+ members of the Senate who are willing to work with the Democrats to stop him from destroying the country. And there are so many divided groups in the Republican party that are not going to get what they thought they’d get under him that they’ll have no qualms about undermining his stupid.

    Read some of the conservative sites besides Breitbart, who really doesn’t represent the majority or R’s in Congress. The Revolution is just beginning.

  15. 15.

    HinTN

    Simmer down, John. It was always thus.

    Our turkey is resting, Jeffryw’s dressing is baking, the potatoes for smashing are boiling, the collards are cooked, the broccoli are ready to be steamed, the gravy fixin’s are ready to go.

    Yeah, this country is fucked by its obsession with profit and shareholder value.

    Go eat, man.

    Happy Thanksgiving

  16. 16.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    These stories are just the beginning of the taking down of and corrupt regime.

    I hope you’re right. The question is, who has the power and the will to take them down? The Republican congress? The Republican-stacked courts? The largely sycophantic press? The willingly duped red state electorate?

    Forgive me, I seesaw between paralytic despair and galvanized activist about eleventy million times a day. Watching the National Dog Show now for a little cheer.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    The emails “scandal” was a transparently trumped up story. Given the polls, I thought we were going to overcome it.

    They’ve now lied about the Gore, Kerry, and Clinton to great effect. They will lie about our next nominee as well. Not sure what we can do about it.

  18. 18.

    Major Major Major Major

    How do we feel about the “Trump == Berlusconi” theory?

    The Italian experience provides a blueprint for how to defeat Mr. Trump. Only two men in Italy have won an electoral competition against Mr. Berlusconi: Romano Prodi and the current prime minister, Matteo Renzi (albeit only in a 2014 European election). Both of them treated Mr. Berlusconi as an ordinary opponent. They focused on the issues, not on his character.

  19. 19.

    sukabi

    Well, now we know what drumpf sees in Flynn, other than the adoration drumpf requires constantly.

    Is it possible to impeach an entire administration of “know-it-all” fuckups?

    John, our best hope, although a long shot, would be to get on the “flip the electors” AND the recount / investigate results trains…

  20. 20.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    And can I add that I’m fucking tired of reading articles (today’s Daily Beast) urging liberals to get over it and reach out to the proverbial dreadful Thanksgiving uncle and aunt, who after all, are not terrible people and only voted as they did out of concern for the hard times they’re going through. Oh, yes, there was a brief statement in the article that racism and misogyny and bigotry are bad, but who’s to say that Trump voters are such people?

    Where the hell are the articles urging asshole conservatives to recognize the essential goodness of HRC voters?

  25. 25.

    Greenergood

    @O. Felix Culpa: What channel is the Dog Show on? My mom is housebound and on her own this year (I’m on the other side of the Pond), and she would love that – I need to phone her to wish her Happy Turkey Day – would be nice to be able to suggest this to her.

  26. 26.

    Ruviana

    @Baud: What you did there, it was seen.

    In the realm of tiny favors, when I was at the doctor yesterday the tv (CNN) was shouting about “Pres-Elect Trump flip-flops!” It was enough to brighten my morning a wee tiny bit.

  27. 27.

    Schlemazel

    The headline story for the weekend has already been written. That stupid fuck head Rosie O’Donnell tweeted that she thinks Barron Trump is autistic.

    We will now have several days of hand-wringing over how mean liberals are for attacking a child.

    Fuck her and her stupid tweet

  28. 28.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Greenergood:

    What channel is the Dog Show on?

    NBC. Just finished herding dogs, moving on to terriers.

    ETA: I’m inspired to watch “Best in Show” again. Pure comedic genius.

  30. 30.

    gene108

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Nixon’s crew killed Vietnam War peace talks in 1968, so he had a better chance to win the 1968 election and nary a peep from the media, when this was verified a few years ago.

    U.S. hostages, in Iran, sat for a few days, after President Carter negotiated their release, but left just in time to land on the day of Reagan’s inauguration.

    Face it: IOKIYAR has been around for a long, long time and ain’t going anywhere.

  34. 34.

    gogol's wife

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    I hope you’re right. I hope there are some Republicans in Congress who don’t want to destroy the country, but I haven’t seen the evidence. Imma trust you on the non-Breitbart sites — can’t stomach reading them right now.

  36. 36.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    @Baud:

    Yup.

    The myth of the liberal media is perhaps one of the very biggest lies accepted as fact by stupid Americans.

  38. 38.

    David Evans

    See, that just makes Flynn a maverick. We like mavericks in general.

    Presidential candidates, however, are rightly held to a higher standard. They must not be touched by any hint of impropriety.

    Oh..

  41. 41.

    gene108

    @West of the Rockies (been a while):

    The media wants to normalize Trump. But they refuse to accept the fact 52% of the country voted against him, and 2 million more people voted for Hillary than Trump.

    Usually the President has been the person, with the most votes, but not this time. Not even close.

    People need to be reminded Trump does not have popular support.

  45. 45.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    @gene108:

    Well, damn it, gene, surely you know that the reelection of a Republican is faaar more important than the lives of those lost pursuing an unwinnable war!

  46. 46.

    artem1s

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    I do think there are 3+ members of the Senate who are willing to work with the Democrats to stop him from destroying the country. And there are so many divided groups in the Republican party that are not going to get what they thought they’d get under him that they’ll have no qualms about undermining his stupid.

    God I hope so. I really hope there are military personnel who are willing to block the more violent, power hungry and revenge minded aspects of his inclinations. My biggest fear about the disaster of foreign policy looming is he does abandon NATO in fact and/or practice. This would leave Germany as the sole defense between Putin and re-establishing the old Soviet eastern block. I think he interfered in the election to keep the Ukraine in the Russian trading partners and out of the EU (and the Syrian BS). But if he can get back say, Slovakia, Kosovo, Romania, etc… I think he would go for it if he thinks he can get away with it. And Cheeto Dick is going to be too busy twitting about how wonderful his Mexican wall is to notice the Iron Curtain that just dropped across Europe.

  48. 48.

    Helen

    So my first Thanksgiving in my new land was spent fighting with the washer/dryer. Here in Ireland (and all over Europe) the washers and dryers are combined. Apparently the washer takes 2 hours to wash and the dryer takes, I dunno, this is the 3rd 40 minute cycle to dry. Not happy.

    Or maybe I programmed them wrong. Found a “take out” laundry by my new place. Thank the goddess.

  61. 61.

    gene108

    @West of the Rockies (been a while):

    It wasn’t published in real time, but some of LBJ’s documents or recordings became public a few years ago.

    Turns out LBJ was spying on the something that caught Nixon’s crew promising South Vietnam a better deal, if they backed out of the negotiations.

    LBJ did not want to make his spying operation public, so they never released the proof in real time.

    When it became public, there was no reexamination of Nixon or the remaining Nixon-ites*, who are still flittering around the public sphere, who might have known something.

    * Rumsfeld and Cheney both cut their political teeth as disciples of Tricky Dick Nixon. Nixon’s minions have been staffing Reagan and both Bush’s administrations.

    ** Trump maybe the first Republican admin not be up to its neck with Nixon-ites, since Eisenhower. Hoover. Forgot Nixon was Ike’s VP.

  62. 62.

    Joyce Harmon

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    I do think there are 3+ members of the Senate who are willing to work with the Democrats to stop him from destroying the country.

    We need a couple Senators to flip, and if the Trump admin is as horrific as they’re starting out, I think that could happen. Remember Jim Jeffords? And BushCo wasn’t nearly this bad.

  66. 66.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Helen:

    Or maybe I programmed them wrong.

    Sadly, no. Those combo appliances are useless for drying. I had one when living overseas and gave up after running the dryer for half a day and still ending up with damp clothes. Most European line dry their laundry.

  70. 70.

    Mnemosyne

    I’m getting a weird feeling that the NYT regards Trump as a hometown boy and Clinton as the goody-two-shoes carpetbagger who didn’t know her place.

    If so, fuck them. They deserve every humiliation they’re going to get.

  73. 73.

    gogol's wife

    @Mnemosyne:

    My impression is they’re just terrified of him.

    My theory about the MSM in general is: they thought Hillary Clinton would win, and they wanted her to, in order to keep civil society going. They thought they could just weaken her by all the e-mail stories and clouds, so that she wouldn’t have a “mandate” to raise their taxes, but that all the same she’d win against an unqualified, lying, sexual-abusing, racist buffoon. But they miscalculated, and now they’re soiling their pants.

  75. 75.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @O. Felix Culpa:

    I hope you’re right. The question is, who has the power and the will to take them down?

    WE do. And if it means allying with people we normally wouldn’t, we need to do that*.

    Because United We Stand, Divided They Fall has already worked it’s magic on America. We need to turn it right back around on them.

    *on a case by case basis, of course. Not gonna “ally” with bad people, but if they wanna stick their necks out to take him down for their own reasons, I’m not gonna stand in their way at that time. I’ll stand against them later.

  76. 76.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @Mnemosyne: Personally, I think they’re pretty schizophrenic on Trump vs. Clinton, mostly because of what gogol’s wife said above.

    They don’t know whether to shit in their pants or get them dry cleaned for the next exciting Trump meeting. lol

  77. 77.

    SligoRover1973

    @Helen:

    Sure, it’s only the dampness, my dear. Best get used to it.

    I spent 6 years growing up over there back in the 80s in the West. I didn’t ever feel dry until I moved back to the States.

  78. 78.

    schrodinger's cat

    @gogol’s wife: I disagree, they wanted him to win. He has elbenty skeletons in his closet, but what was covered the most? Emails and her server. I go with the simplest explanation.
    They also blamed GOP’s nullification of the Obama Presidency on Obama, fluffed Bush II and were cheerleaders for the Iraq War. And I am not talking of Fox and Rush but NYT and PBS. They built this monster, they may be afraid of him but they are propagandists for TPTB and most money bags are Republicans.

  86. 86.

    Betty

    The “moderate Senator” Susan Collins says she is just fine with Jeff Sessions as AG. Doesn’t give me much hope for a rebellion by any Republicans.

  87. 87.

    schrodinger's cat

    The Republican media strategy is two fold. Spread and disseminate outrageous filth from the overtly right wing sites like Fox, Rush etc. Mainstream Republican dogma through through respectable media like NYT, PBS etc. Every debate including the VP debate had a question about austerity and fiscal discipline and none about for example climate change.
    While liberal blogs like this one chase the dangly toy of the outrageous BS, the Republican agenda is mainstreamed quietly.

  89. 89.

    Adam L Silverman

    @BillinGlendaleCA: No, no, and no. Now Professor of Law, but previously Bush 43 Administration White House Counsel for Ethics, Richard Painter is going to gnaw these folks off at the knees. He’s filed a Hatch Act complaint against Comey already. He’s professional and personally furious about what is going on, knows these laws and regulations better than anyone the Trump transition has, and he’s going to keep pestering the appropriate people about it and then release a press release about it until he gets movement. It is things like this that will make the difference.

  90. 90.

    Lizzy L

    @Major Major Major Major: Don’t know much about Sasse, but McCain and Graham, yeah. I can’t believe we’re standing with those two, or that they are standing with us, but if they can hold the line against Trump and his minions, okay then.
    @gene108: Roger Ailes, full time zombie, was Nixon’s media consultant. Roger Stone, rat-fucker extraordinaire, worked for Nixon. They are both working for T. Tricky Dick is dead but not quite gone.

  92. 92.

    Adam L Silverman

    Time to go turn the oven on! Turkey spatchcocked and dry brined? Check. Cornbread (from scratch) stuffing made and ready to heat up? Check. Turkey stock reduction made from the back and neck of the turkey and root vegetables ready to be turned into gravy? Check. Cranberries ready and chilling in the fridge? Check. Roasted root vegetables ready for heating up? Check. Double chocolate pie (double dark chocolate mousse with crushed double stuff oreos folded into it on a crushed double stuff oreo pie crust) in the fridge and setting up waiting to be draped in dark chocolate ganache? Check. Pictures for posting later? Check!

  95. 95.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @Tim C.:

    There’s also going to be multiple internal purges within the administration as the various sub-factions try to lay blame for the inevitable fuckups that are going to happen thick and fast.

    Sweet Jesus that will be the best part, I think. Ok, one of the best parts.

  97. 97.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @efgoldman:

    He’s got digital copies of the negatives that Richard Cohen, Fred Hiatt, and Georgy Porgy Fucking Will have.

    aka, he’s a “made man”.

  98. 98.

    GrandJury

    Oliver North v2. Just one more future scandal to add to the congested pipeline. There might not be enough lawyers in DC to deal with all the scandals.

  103. 103.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @efgoldman: @Betty:T

    he “moderate Senator” Susan Collins says she is just fine with Jeff Sessions as AG.

    There will be the need for filibusters and midnight coalitions for some of these freak’s confirmation hearings. It’s gonna be all about what each Senator wants from another that will determine these votes.

  106. 106.

    Mnemosyne

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    Co-signed. Trump won by cheating. I’m not going to pretend otherwise, or wring my hands about how Democrats need to be nicer to insecure white people.

    ETA: And screw all of this I wouldn’t have voted for Trump if all you elites hadn’t been so mmmmeeeeeaaaaannnnn to me. Their emotional immaturity is not my fault, and I refuse to enable it any further. Grow the fuck up, you whiners.

  107. 107.

    GrandJury

    Let’s see. The list is just too long so off the top of my head. Dr. Orange settles for 25mil because he scammed the American people, he is putting white nationalists and serial law breakers on his staff. All the women accusing him of sexual assault, the audio. Oh and btw, why is nobody asking why that raping a 13yo case suddenly went away??? All she was asking for was about $75k so connect the dots.

    But he’s not going to prosecute Hillary for a made up scandal that was already decided to be a nothingburger by the FBI, so there was never anything to prosecute……so both sides.

    …and isn’t he being gracious and kind for not prosecuting “Crooked Hillary”.

    Sigh…..

  109. 109.

    O. Felix Culpa

    Well, off to dinner at our married lesbian priest’s house. Coastal elites of the landlocked Southwest unite!

    ETA: If only Obama had sent more lesbian farmers to the heartland, then Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas would be ours.

  110. 110.

    Lizzy L

    @Adam L Silverman: Sounds awesome, Adam.

    Cheers for Richard Painter, but a Hatch Act complaint goes to the OSC. The Special Counsel is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. What stops T. from appointing a new one who will be compliant with his wishes?

  111. 111.

    germy

    @gene108:

    Trump maybe the first republican admin not be up to its neck with Nixon-ites, since Eisenhower. Hoover.

    No, but Roy Cohn was his mentor.

  116. 116.

    Major Major Major Major

    @germy: I have little doubt that the next generation of republican leadership will be up to their eyeballs in Trump ties, though.

    ETA: @Adam L Silverman: I think he’ll go out of his way to be annoying on a few things if only to maintain his brand. There’s also the (low) probability that he actually believes in Conservative Principles.

  121. 121.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Lizzy L:
    https://osc.gov/Pages/about.aspx

    About

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Our basic authorities come from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

    OSC’s primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices, especially reprisal for whistleblowing. For a description of prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), click here: https://osc.gov/Pages/PPP.aspx

  123. 123.

    Corner Stone

    @SiubhanDuinne: Isn’t it pretty much guaranteed that little fuck has a history of torturing small animals? Look at him. The stupid fucking hairstyle and the bad clothing fit.

  124. 124.

    Lizzy L

    @Adam L Silverman: I have read it, but I don’t believe it answers my question. OTOH, my reading comprehension may be impaired. The current Special Counsel’s term was up in June, so T can easily appoint someone who will at the least slow walk Painter’s complaint to death. Or what am I missing?

  126. 126.

    Helen

    @SligoRover1973: @O. Felix Culpa:

    Yeah to both of you. I used to think that the combo appliances were not available in America cuz then GE can charge us twice. No. They suck.

    Also too the dampness. The first time I came here I was backpacking. More than one Italian (where things dry in 20 minutes in the summer) said to me “Nothing dries in Ireland, yes?” Yes I said. If only I knew.

  129. 129.

    Wvblueguy

    Sure lets ive him a chance. Yup… to prove that he is keeping the worst of his promises to his thrilled supporters. Where are the cries to jail Trump and many of his followers that condemned Hillary for doing nothing more than her job. The news media that thrived during the election by repeating every nasty story generated by Trump about crooked Hillary must be held accountable by all of us to make sure he is called out on every unethical or illegal move he makes or will make. Fat chance of that happeni9ng.

  131. 131.

    Ryan

    Merry Thanksgiving! Cole, I think you’re doing the holiday wrong. Though I must admit I’ve been clicking refresh on my feedly all day.

  133. 133.

    NeenerNeener

    @Tim C.: I agree….real and/or fake health crisis, he steps down to be “Former President Chump”, with RMoney becoming VP for Pence.

  140. 140.

    dww44

    @West of the Rockies (been a while)I know this is a dead thread but I just have to endorse your comment. A former fellow co-worker tried to get me to say “my” President on Tuesday and I wouldn’t. She kept forcing the issue. I finally emailed her later about another matter and said Trump is the President-elect, but he’s not and never will be my President. I will not participate in any normalizing of Trump.

    It’s about time we really push back. I’ve just donated to the Green Party swing state recount. Because we need a movement from the grass roots up that stands for something and standing up for audited elections is the place to start.

  141. 141.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Adam L Silverman: That new stuff has all worked well for Trump so far. He also doesn’t have an opposition Congress like Nixon did.

    All the dissatisfaction with him is going to melt away the moment some terrorist attack gets people all excited to hate Muslims again. He’ll be popular, like Dubya after 9/11.

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