Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Fear and negativity are contagious, but so is courage!

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

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

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

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

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Good lord, these people are nuts.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

So very ready.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

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Open Thread: Any Journalists Up for Some High-Stakes Adventure?

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Next day:

You know that old folk curse, “May you live in interesting times?”

* schrodingers_cat: The movie has been panned by critics but I love its title track, especially the panchakshara* stotra, the female voice in Sanskrit interspersed with a rapid fire, rap-like (in Hindi) description of Shiva.
Panchakshara == 5 letters (na ma shi va) nam = name shiva

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  4. 4.

    Mnemosyne

    @Manyakitty:

    I think it’s more that he’s become afraid that the Trumpistas are going to destroy us out of sheer incompetence and ignorance instead of malice.

    That scares me, too. At least if it was malice, it would mean someone had a plan.

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @BGinCHI: the NPR dink whose name escapes me on the morning show asked Tim Kaine today if Republican X (Cruz?) didn’t have a point in saying that it’s a dangerous world, and it’s not a good idea to postpone these national security appointments? Tone and phrasing were incredibly tendentious. I think Tillerson and Mattis are the ones being the most cooperative with the ethics people, but Cruz (if it was him) was including Sessions as part of “national security”

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    Sandia Blanca

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I believe that was Steve Inskeep, and you are right that he was really pushing the Nice Polite Republicans line of questioning. To their credit, however, NPR has actually been bringing some Democrats on to discuss politics, lately–we haven’t heard much of that from them in at least a decade.

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    Adam L Silverman

    @Mnemosyne: Okay, that’s what I thought, but I wasn’t sure. I get the impression Eichenwald is going to continue doing his reporting.

  18. 18.

    schrodingers_cat

    @NotMax: It does, I read it, low budget film with no name actors. Not that there is anything wrong with it. My renewed interest in Hindi/Indian movies is less than a year old. So I totally missed many of the movies of the mid nineties to mid teens.

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    debbie

    @Mnemosyne:

    I don’t think pointing to incompetence (and I read it as the incompetence of the transition team) is a sign of weakening resolve. Does it really matter whether they’re hiding stuff intentionally or through incompetence? Either way, they’re not sharing like they should.

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    artem1s

    Part of ethics office is ensurng nominee isnt in something that, as public official, wuld be illegal. Protects THEM. Once in office, 2 late.

    you know, like getting and sending EMAILS!

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