Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

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

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

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

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

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

Giving up is unforgivable.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

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

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

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

He really is that stupid.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

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

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Re-litigating the 1960s At Their Worst

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Here come the cheap thugs in their ill-fitting, flag-pin-bedazzled suits…


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Apart from uplifting fantasies, what’s on the agenda for the day?

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  2. 2.

    NotMax

    Last time I looked,there were 25 Congresscritters who stated they will not be attending.

    Pity the poor schlub who drew the short straw and had to stand in for the umber bumbler during rehearsal.

  3. 3.

    laura

    Anne Laurie, thank you for the Moms!
    God I loved her and her sly boots way of speaking truth to power.
    Morning everyone.
    Any guesses in whether Cole rolled out of/was pushed his groovy new bed and busted a shoulder? And if so, Steve or Thurston as the culprit?

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Don’t you love farce?
    My fault, I fear.
    I thought that you’d want what I want –
    Sorry, my dear.
    But where are the clowns?
    Quick, send in the clowns.
    Don’t bother, they’re here.

    -Stephen Sondheim

  10. 10.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    Somebody suggested having Obama resign a day early and have Biden be POTUS for a day to mess with Lumpy’s predone stationery,banners etc. because he would be the 46th not the 45th president. Talk about Twitter meltdown .

  12. 12.

    Yoda Dog Democrat

    I would love to see Obama continue to perform non-official duties, such as hosting the championship sports teams, as a form of protest against a stolen election and illegitimate puppet.

    I know I’m dreaming, I just still can’t believe this is really happening..

  13. 13.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Laura Rozen @lrozen

    Denis McDonough, asked by Jake Tapper if concerned Russia has something on Trump, twice said: I am paid to be concerned about everything

    21 replies 156 retweets 395 likes

    Susan Hennessey ‏@Susan_Hennessey

    These are responsible people who choose words very carefully. And at every turn, they refuse to shut down the story. That means something.

    15 replies 324 retweets 473 likes

    “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”~ John 8:32

  16. 16.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @Yoda Dog Democrat: Obama will be hosting the Chicago Cubs today. The Cubs were originally scheduled to visit the White House on June 26th, but after Trump won the team moved up their visit 5 months to avoid meeting the racist.

  18. 18.

    p.a.

    Rumor has it the contractors have warned tRump the viewstands are sabotaged and could be collapsed unless they get paid in full up front. It would be irresponsible not to speculate…

  22. 22.

    p.a.

    @satby: Big question: is anyone who was stupid enough to vote for tRump given what we saw of him ‘live’ likely to change because of some reports, even if coming directly from CIA, FBI *cough* *hack* *Comey’sCoverup*, or any other entity?

  26. 26.

    CarolDuhart2

    Some were sincerly duped. We tend to underestimate the information gap between urban and rural America. Others were told by their preachers he would end abortion.

    The attendance at the Inauguration is a tell. If you are a do-or-die supporter, wouldn’t you take time off even at a loss to go. Yes, it’s right after Xmas, but unless you burned though all your vacation time, there should be some time left.

    ‘m sure certain dictators had no trouble filling the seats even with Party members, let alone supporters. He’s doing something unprecedented-giving away free inauguration tickets through banner ads.

    I’m working with a troll on Twitter who refuses to believe me and is bringing out the old, “we have to work”, or “we work”. So do I, but I do know unless you are flipping burgers or working temp, there is some flexibility here. I mean the people who could afford to go can get days off. And not everybody has a job-retirees and students shouldn’t have a problem. And what about those churches who are going to be at the March for LIfe-can’t they tack on a couple of days for some people to go?

  27. 27.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Bloomberg @business

    Trump calls NATO obsolete and dismisses the EU in German interview

    393 replies 1,838 retweets 1,035 likes

    Myke Cole ‏@MykeCole

    Make no mistake: these are RUSSIAN positions. They are RUSSIA’s security goals. All my military/intel service was in opposition to this.

    50 replies 1,653 retweets 1,623 likes

    Jeffrey Goldberg ‏@JeffreyGoldberg

    Noting that Trump is more critical of Angela Merkel, the leader of a treaty ally, than he has ever been of Vladimir Putin.

    280 replies 2,823 retweets 5,116 likes

    David Rothkopf ‏@djrothkopf

    Putin would not advance his talking points quite as hamfistedly as his puppet just did.

    11 replies 71 retweets 268 likes

  31. 31.

    Comrade Scrutinizer

    Make no mistake: these are RUSSIAN positions. They are RUSSIA’s security goals. All my military/intel service was in opposition to this.

    Apparently they are also our goals nowadays.

  33. 33.

    satby

    @p.a.: I don’t know. It seems like the people at work who voted for him are pretty quiet about it now, but they’ve always been in the minority at my job so they weren’t very vocal before. It’s complete radio silence from the wingers I know on FB. If they admit to themselves they made a mistake, I still doubt they’d ever say so publicly.
    Edited to add: I think the silence is a bit of a tell, usually they’re much more ready to gloat or argue with me. The only suckers picking fights on my feed now are still the die hard Bernistas.

  35. 35.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @CarolDuhart2:

    but unless you burned though all your vacation time, there should be some time left.

    Don’t most companies reset the vacation schedule on Jan 1st?

  37. 37.

    evodevo

    @CarolDuhart2: “Some were sincerly duped. We tend to underestimate the information gap between urban and rural America. Others were told by their preachers he would end abortion.” Yes. This. None of my Fox Viewer co-workers, and no one at the small grocery I patronize had even heard about the prostitute thingy, and over the last several years it became apparent to me that their alternative source for “news” is their preacher/fellow church members. They react with horror at the idea of the Repubs repealing Obamacare (known as KyNect here) and tampering with SS and Medicare on which they and most of their relatives/friends depend. They are SO uninformed it is astounding.

  38. 38.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    On a fun note, it looks like it’s gonna be pissing rain like a Russian hooker on a Ritz Carlton bed in DC on Friday.

    Fitting.

  39. 39.

    CarolDuhart2

    @OzarkHillbilly: Forgot about that. I’m a Fed, and unused days carry over. But even still, this was expected for 2 months. I remember people booking plane tickets the day after Obama won, and booking rooms shortly after that. I also think it’s a tell about the party. In earlier years, if nothing else, the party would had out tickets as a reward for hard working and long service. Every city councilman, state senator, party apparatcik got tickets, or could help you get them, which meant that at least it was a full house ticketwise. The seats were at least full. Neither Bush had to resort to this: I doubt Reagan ever gave it a thought. Nixon? That the Party machinery couldn’t even do this is a real tell as to what is really going on here.

  41. 41.

    bystander

    @Baud: That is as close to the real thing as I can bear.

    I was happy to hear about the march in NYC on Inauguration Eve starting at the Trump Hotel. Many leftie libbies like Mark Ruffalo and Mayor de Blasio. Then the follow up march on Saturday. Therapy!

  42. 42.

    satby

    @CarolDuhart2: we should all tweet the “can’t give tickets away” news to Twitler. Maybe it will put him in enough of a snit that he cancels.
    On the other hand, if his handlers are hiding this from him, he may get wiggy right on stage as he looks at empty seats and protesters.

  46. 46.

    Comrade Scrutinizer

    @CarolDuhart2: May be. But in four days, that scabrous pustule won’t need popular support to govern. He’ll just have to strong arm the GOP, which is disposed to go along with him anyway. People still don’t get it: we are ended as a democracy. That process started in 2000.

  53. 53.

    debbie

    @satby:

    They all seem to be active on Twitter, attacking everyone who criticizes their guy. All very juvenile, with ridiculous misspellings and abbreviations. Again, I can only blame public education for the fix we’re in now.

  54. 54.

    Tenzil Kem

    Am I correct that there are only going to be three inaugural balls? That is far fewer than Obama or Dubya had. Sad!

  55. 55.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    @Betty Cracker:

    I like the idea of cold, wet wingnuts and their cold, wet wingnut spouses going from the misery of Trump’s shabby outdoor spectacle to the equivalent of a free show at the tail end of a State Fair.

    Maybe it can get topped off with Roger Stone singing karaoke.

  58. 58.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @ThresherK:

    and if mattered that much to some folks…

    I think there is a 6th stage of grief: Embarrassment. As Satby pointed out, their silence is deafening. When they say they aren’t paying attention? They’re lying.

  59. 59.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    according to the weather underground, it starts pouring on DC (.32 of an inch) at 10 AM and lasts until 7 PM on Friday. (link)

    yet weather will be perfect Saturday for the Mom protest.

  62. 62.

    Elizabelle

    Morning, all. Happy MLK Day. This one dedicated to the incomparable John Lewis.

    Also: note the headlines our Grifter in Chief-Elect drew this weekend:

    LA Times:

    Trump kicks off Martin Luther King weekend with disparaging tweet against civil rights icon John Lewis

    Article is marked “analysis”, but it’s a straight news story, actually, which fact-checks Trump’s insults against Lewis. So: “analysis.” Worth a click.

    As the wingnuts on Facebook will learn, they cannot make us respect or admire this man or his incoming administration. Anymore than they could persuade us of Kenyan! or Benghazi!

  63. 63.

    Elizabelle

    @debbie: The worst Inauguration Day weather I remember was Reagan’s second. It was so bitterly cold that a lot of the marching bands had to cancel their performances. Put quite a damper on the festivities.

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Don’t most companies reset the vacation schedule on Jan 1st?

    Usually, I think, the reset aligns with the company’s fiscal year, which isn’t always the calendar year.

  73. 73.

    Betty Cracker

    @MomSense: I doubt he’ll walk more than 100 feet at a time. He’s an overweight, sedentary 70-year-old who eats junk food and gets most of his exercise from waving his arms around and yelling at people with his thumbs on Twitter. I bet he’d be huffing and puffing within a block or two if he walks, but I’ll have to rely on the reports of others as I’ll be driving to DC to protest his illegitimate ascension the next day.

  79. 79.

    debbie

    A poem for MLK Day:

    I, Too

    Langston Hughes
    I, too, sing America.

    I am the darker brother.
    They send me to eat in the kitchen
    When company comes,
    But I laugh,
    And eat well,
    And grow strong.

    Tomorrow,
    I’ll be at the table
    When company comes.
    Nobody’ll dare
    Say to me,
    “Eat in the kitchen,”
    Then.

    Besides,
    They’ll see how beautiful I am
    And be ashamed—

    I, too, am America.

    via-poem a-day @ poets.org

  80. 80.

    CarolDuhart2

    Trump To Attend 3 Inaugural Balls Compared to Obama’s 10

    Eager to get back to work, my ass. Either he doesn’t think he can do 10 or there’s just 3. When has Orange Cheeto ever wanted to work?

    So far I haven’t found the number for the lowest Inauguration crowd in the modern era. But 700k seems pretty low to me. 200 buses for I-day? That’s 10k. True,that doesn’t include people driving in or staying overnight and walking to the event. And I have been a little shy of making predictions since 11/9 about turnout, but still nothing looks like a million to me, and possibly less than 700k.

    But unlike the election, it’s possible to get hard numbers in real time for most of this.
    Metrics: hotel rooms booked, cars rented, buses rented, ticket inquires. To go means a substantial financial outlay for most people, and the money has to have been spent by now. Merchants want deposits. Employers want notice of time off. Hotels want to confirm rentals. And even if buses are church buses, you have to book a space in advance to legally park or even to find a space. Even restaurants want notice in advance if you are going to have a group eat together on a day like this. Reservations for groups have had to been confirmed by now.

  83. 83.

    AMinNC

    @evodevo: This is why, even though it may not be the first thing we think of in the infowars, writing letters to the editor of local papers is so important. A lot of people still do read the local paper, and presenting another point of view from someone in the neighborhood at least gets the info out there. Otherwise, there’s nothing to penetrate the bubble. Plus a lot of times, a local voice (rather than a national spokesperson) can better speak to the concerns of other locals, while making the point that liberal/Democratic policies better alleviate those concerns.

  84. 84.

    Shalimar

    @evodevo: A Trump supporter I know who is very dependent on Obamacare is just now finding out that Congress is going to eliminate it. Poor fool had no idea before yesterday who Paul Ryan is.

  86. 86.

    Quinerly

    @CarolDuhart2:
    The Western Journalism site is a RWNJ rag. I regret clicking and even giving them the click right then. I had a huge blow up with a now ex friend over the White Supremacist sh*t that site was peddling in 2008.

  87. 87.

    p.a.

    @Shalimar: Tell him/her about GoFundMe, and point out s/he voted for it. Tell him to write Ryan and Limbaugh asking for help, so s/he can get advice on bootstraps.

  88. 88.

    Shalimar

    @p.a.: I told her “he was the VP candidate 4 years ago. Why were you even allowed to vote if you don’t know that?”

  90. 90.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @ThresherK: Before the election, red MAGA hats were everywhere out here. I haven’t seen one in weeks. (I am still seeing bumper stickers and campaign signs tho)

  91. 91.

    Yoda Dog Democrat

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yea, I noticed that as well. I noticed both my trump supporting neighbors took off their stickers too.

    I was running at my lake right before the election. This guy comes jogging past me and gives me the typical ‘nod’ but he’s wearing a MAGA hat. I gave him a look that he damn well understood. I almost said something to him but the moment was over in an instant. Haven’t seen the MAGA hat since though.. fuck em.

  92. 92.

    Another Scott

    @p.a.: Not only that, but it’s no longer the 1950s. Information and medication are out there and people will be able to get it if they need it, even if millions will needlessly suffer if they try to roll back the clock on women’s rights in the USA.

    But remember, as others have noted, making abortion totally illegal isn’t really the national GOP’s aim. They just want to chip and chip and chip away at women’s rights and keep it in the news for decades. If they actually do away with abortion access, then they can’t use it anymore as a cudgel to beat up on Democrats. The goal is always to use it as a political weapon to win elections.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  93. 93.

    satby

    @OzarkHillbilly: all they really wanted was that black family gone because it reminded them over and over of their own inadequacy and unwillingness to work as hard to achieve anything. Now the black guy is leaving and they’re finding out what they actually voted for.

  94. 94.

    satby

    I just had a set to with a friend in Ireland (not Helen!) about Snowden, because the push is on in purity pony land to have Obama pardon him “before it’s too late”. I consider ES a traitor and said so, and dumped some links to try to educate my friend, who is positive that Snowden had legitimate fear for his life in this country. After a multi-entry response to him, my last statement was that in this day above all, he should try to remember that real patriots stay and face the consequences of their civil disobedience. The book wasn’t titled “Letters from a Russian Jail” and it was written by a man who had a much more realistic reason to fear (expect) to die in custody.

  95. 95.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    Combover Caligula is not well read. If he was, he’d know that Europe was in turmoil with multiple large scale conflicts involving large forces crossing the Rhine from the the time of the fall of Rome in the western half of the Empire to 1945 (roughly twice per century for Rhine crossings).

    With the advent of NATO, the EEC and its successor EU, Europe has been able to talk out internal disputes and forge a positive economy over the past 70 years – the lengthiest unbroken peace in 70 years. Furthermore, we’ve gained long term strong economic allies and huge trade and diplomatic benefits beyond any military benefits. Plus, to be able to do anything militarily (like in the Middle East), forward based materiel and infrastructure are needed.

    The regime that Trump wants is a return to the shifting short term alliances that brought about The Great War – the penultimate “what benefit do I get right now” thinking that marks the stupidity and hubris of the modern American CEO.

    And while we’re at it, let’s talk about the scant benefit of allying with Russia, which brings little to the table, while turning our backs on our biggest trading partners and diplomatic allies. Russia gets market instability and energy price increases (which it requires to shore up its gangster-destroyed economy), and we get an incompetent chief executive and feckless cabinet that make Tsar Nicholas II and his ministers look like a brain trust in comparison.

  97. 97.

    sigaba

    @p.a.: Harrison caught a cold from the speech but his death was attributed to his inability to find a day of rest to recover, because office-seekers would barge into his office or his bedroom at all hours of the day or night begging for appointments. What we need to do is all go down to D.C. and demand a postmastership.

  102. 102.

    CarolDuhart2

    From a post that’s in moderation: only 250,000 tickets have been given out to the Inauguration. By contrast, Obama’s Inauguration gave out 1.5 million tickets.
    And it looks like rain, too. so I bet it’s even going to be lower than that.

  103. 103.

    Quinerly

    Rep John Lewis speaking live from Miami. Both Senators Rubio and Nelson in attendance. MSNBC covering.I think I heard him say he has thrown out his prepared remarks after his welcome from Rubio and Nelson.

  104. 104.

    CarolDuhart2

    Obama had 1 million for his second.
    W had 300,000, but he had extenuating circumstances (the long count)
    W had 400,000 the second time around.

  106. 106.

    Mnemosyne

    @satby:

    Tell your friend not to worry, Trump will pardon Snowden. After all, Snowden’s great work with the Russians got Trump elected, and Trump will be grateful.

  107. 107.

    opiejeanne

    @sigaba: He also refused to put on a coat and hat during the inaugural speech, for some reason. Afraid it would signal weakness?

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