Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Bark louder, little dog.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

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

Let there be snark.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

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

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

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Late Night Open Thread: “Conservative” GOP “Men of Principle”

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One principle, to be exact: “How can I best conserve my cushy job?”

…Moore, who was twice ousted as chief justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court, has largely based his Senate run around his promise to make life difficult for Washington’s entrenched class, including his own party’s leadership. Moore has pledged to oppose Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, among other things. But the fundraising pact is a formal behind-the-scenes step by the establishment to support Moore, after unsuccessfully spending millions to defeat him in Alabama’s primary.

The new fund, Alabama 2017 Senate Victory Committee, will allow Moore to raise $80,500 at a time from individual contributors…



(Or so they tell you now, Mr. Weigel.)
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  1. 1.

    hitchhiker

    Is there really a John Yob?

    I thought somebody might have stuck that in as a joke, so I looked it up.

    A Michigan political consultant who advised Rand Paul on his defunct presidential campaign is on the ballot today in the U.S. Virgin Islands despite allegedly lying about his residency in order to become a registered voter there.

    That’s John Yob. lol.

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    There are two Muslims in the House of Representatives. Is Moore calling for that chamber to expel them?

  3. 3.

    hilts

    OT

    Former President George H. W. Bush’s office said he “apologizes most sincerely” to any women he has offended after actress Heather Lind accused Bush in a now-deleted Instagram of touching her “from behind” and telling “a dirty joke” when she met him.

    At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures. To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.

    Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her. “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote. “He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again.”

    Rumors about Bush groping actresses in this manner have been circulating for a while. More than a year ago, a tipster passed word about the Heather Lind incident to Deadspin. We were told that Bush had, during a photo opp, groped her and told her that his favorite magician was “David Cop-a-Feel” while fondling her.

    h/t https://deadspin.com/second-woman-george-h-w-bush-groped-me-1819855977

  5. 5.

    lgerard

    @hitchhiker:

    If I remember correctly, Yob was the brains behind Sharon Angle, which is also funny

    I really hope John Yob didn’t lose his home to the hurricane.

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    Uh-oh.

    The launch of the offensive against ISIS’ last Iraqi redoubt comes with thousands of Iraqi federal troops and militia engaged in an operation to reassert federal control over thousands of square kilometres (miles) of territory long disputed with the Kurds.

    On Thursday, federal troops and allied paramilitaries stepped up that operation, assaulting Kurdish forces in a disputed oil-rich area of Nineveh province in the far north near the Turkish border, Kurdish authorities said.

    “As of 6 am, Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed PMF (Hashed al-Shaabi – Popular Mobilisation Forces) are shelling peshmerga positions from Zummar front, northwest Mosul, using heavy artillery,” the top defence body of the autonomous Kurdish regional government said.

    “They are advancing towards peshmerga positions.” Source

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    Excuse the source linked, but it is the most succinct rundown I could readily find.

    Remainers who refuse to accept Brexit are being urged to ring up their grandparents and persuade them to rise up and protest our EU exit. Source

    Also too, Lord Adonis is a titled name that once heard is impossible to forget.

  9. 9.

    Ruckus

    I can never tell if @JohnCornyn is really this moronic or if he is pretending to be moronic to try to fit in with the modern GOP

    Well…….
    To fit in there, there has to be a pretty big touch of the moronic involved, so the question is really down to how moronic is he. From the odds standpoint I’d go with close to maximum. One sheet of paper thick close. LV odds are 1:1 minus the house cut.

  10. 10.

    PST

    @Amir Khalid:

    There are two Muslims in the House of Representatives. Is Moore calling for that chamber to expel them?

    Two? Everybody knows Keith Ellison, but I had to google to find out André Carson, even though he’s been in the House almost a decade. We sure go from milestone to no big deal quickly in this county. Sometimes that an excellent thing, as in this case, and sometimes frightening, as with Trump’s norm busting.

  11. 11.

    Mary G

    The layout of that flier hurts my eyes. Republicans seem to take pride in ignoring typos and writing norms.

  12. 12.

    gorram

    @Amir Khalid: Yes. They will deny it, but yes. These are the people who are very happy with extensive public surveillance of Muslims in this country, want to bring back Gitmo (and supersize it), and basically engage in “civilizational” war – religious tests to “weed out” Muslims from federal office are very much so part of bringing those policies about as much as an enactment of whatever hatred of Muslims they have.

    I know the normal thing is to describe elected Republicans as pandering to racism but on this issue I don’t think it’s as pandering-driven, I think there’s a lot f genuine feeling here.

  13. 13.

    SFAW

    @Amir Khalid:

    There are two Muslims in the House of Representatives. Is Moore calling for that chamber to expel them?

    Yes, but that’s only because, in a rare moment of not acting completely fucking bonkers, Moore decided not to call for the public execution of them and their families. [Please note that I wrote “acting,” not “being.”]

    And it would surprise me not one iota to find out that it’s what he actually wants. Well, actually, it would surprise me a little, because I would have expected him to say it out loud.

  14. 14.

    Mary

    The formatting on that poster is making my eye twitch. Why would you split a name between lines like that? It’s confusing and looks horrible.

  16. 16.

    Immanentize

    Oo oo! I can actually answer the Cornyn question with some direct knowledge! I used to teach at the law school he went to (St. Mary’s in San Antonio). John Cornyn was widely thought of as one of the stupidest graduates. Many Professors were amazed (but thankful) that he managed to pass the bar.

  17. 17.

    Seanly

    @Mary:
    Yes, the word spacing & breaking of the names over lines is so hideous. You want to ruin America? At least learn to format a Word document before I drop $100k on ya!

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