Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Second rate reporter says what?

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Consistently wrong since 2002

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

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

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Hot air and ill-informed banter

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

FFS people, this was a good thing. take the win.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

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  10. 10.

    J R in WV

    @rikyrah:

    Hey, rikyrah! Good Morning!! I’ll be going back to bed soonest, but thot I would say hey while I was up and saw you around…

  14. 14.

    Cermet

    That IS some good news; otherwise, one really shitty morning thanks to the moron-in-chief, small hands the orange fart cloud himself.

  22. 22.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    You’re so bitter :)

    Jamelle Bouie‏Verified account
    @jbouie
    It may seem quaint, but it is important to say that Trump lied to voters when he said he would provide better and more affordable coverage.

    Such troopers. Every day, they have to list the lies and every day there’s a new pack of ’em. It is important though.

  25. 25.

    J.

    Congrats to David Anderson. Another good piece. Unfortunately, we are probably among those who will be hurt by the executive order. My husband owns a small business, and I am an independent contractor, and our insurance, including our deductible/out-of-pocket expenses costs over a third of what we make in salary, BEFORE TAXES. I haven’t seen a doctor in years — and was only forced to see one in order to renew my migraine medicine prescription. That no doubt sent our rate up another few percent. I hate our health care system.

  26. 26.

    Betty Cracker

    Excellent op-ed, Dave! I like how you gave it to them straight up: “Higher premiums will come out of their hide,” and name-checked Cassidy and the constituent example he’s always bemoaning as one of the big losers. Framing it as “health inequality” is exactly right. Congrats and bravo!

  28. 28.

    S-Curve

    Always thought there needed to be more analysis of soccer refereeing in the NYT. Seriously, though, congratulations on getting such a large platform for your expertise!

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    Amir Khalid

    @Cheryl Rofer:
    Unless you’re a two-pieces-a-week columnist, like Friedman. Friedman slung the same tech-friendly bullshit at NYT that I did at The Star in Malaysia, and The NYT pays him more in a week than The Star ever paid me in a year. I’m still sore about that, especially since I’m a far better writer. Pout.

  33. 33.

    Amir Khalid

    @eclare:
    She’s fine, and we’re making good progress at this music-making thing. Yay us. I’m planning some modifications: a roller string tree to help tuning stability in the high strings, copper shielding in the cavities to deal with AC hum. (A problem inherent in single-coil pickups.) I’ll need to learn to do all this myself; luthiers are few in KL, and expensive.

  37. 37.

    Mom Says I*m Handsome

    Darn AC hum, Darn AC hum
    Where’s that darn buzzing coming from?
    I done spent three hours and I ain’t got a strum
    Cuz of darn AC hum
    Darn AC hum, Darn AC hum

    Got a pot that gets me hot
    (Ain’t you ain’t grounded it, no no no no)….

    ETA: We are a den of Frankophiles here, are we not? From the Blogmaster down…

  39. 39.

    trollhattan

    @Mom Says I*m Handsome:
    That’s the sort of morning inventiveness coffee was intended for!

    As to our new NYT scribbler, congratulations and keep a lookout for Douthat, who needs a tidy slide tackle and a boot to the yarbles. I understand it’s accepted behavior there (Dowd does it all the time).

  40. 40.

    kindness

    It’s a good article too. I’m glad I got it early enough in the month that it wasn’t yet blocked. (that whole 10 free looks thingy)

  42. 42.

    Miss Bianca

    So gratifying to see one of our very own policy wonks elevating the tone of the joint over at FTFNY! Just hoping he doesn’t forget us here at BJ! : )

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    Eljai

    Great article! It really spells things out in a way that’s makes it easier to understand the ramifications of the executive order.

  44. 44.

    Amir Khalid

    @trollhattan:
    Tsk, tsk. A slide tackle gets you a straight red card for dangerous play. Kicking anyone in the yarbles, even someone like Ross Douthat who richly deserves a kick in them yarbles, will mean a five-match suspension and a fine of two weeks wages. So sayeth England’s Football Association.

  46. 46.

    vhh

    Trump is a malignant narcissist coming closer to a meltdown. The classic portrayal of this is the scene in Der Untergang (Downfall–see it on Youtube or Netflix) about the last days of Hitler in the bunker, as recalled by eyewitnesses. When his senior generals try to explain that the attack he ordered Steiner to make could not be carried out (because Soviets had central Berlin surrounded there were no more troops), he sends all but the most senior officers out of the room, and then explodes “Es war ein Befehl !(that was an order!) ” Objective reality finally imposes itself, Hitler declares the war lost and prepares to kill himself. We are not there yet, but reality is closing in on several fronts: healthcare, tax “reform”, hurricanes and wildfires, North Korea, Iran. Trump is isolating himself and the US as profoundly as if he were in a bunker. In the end, Americans–including Trump voters–will have to suffer and die because of this monster, the only question remaining is how many deaths and how long it will take before the backlash becomes strong enough to put a stop to the tragedy. History repeats.

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    JustRuss

    Congrats David! If you run into Brooks in the editorial washroom, please give him a swirly for me.

  51. 51.

    Neldob

    Congrats! How are we gonna keep you down on the farm now the you’ve seen FTFNYT? Guess I might resubscribe.

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