Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

All hail the time of the bunny!

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

This fight is for everything.

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

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

In my day, never was longer.

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

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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.

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    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!

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    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).

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    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.

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    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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