Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

I really should read my own blog.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Bark louder, little dog.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

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

You can’t love your country only when you win.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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  2. 2.

    Baud

    The GOP is spending an insane amount of money in this race. Winning the seat would be such a boost for us.

  3. 3.

    Corner Stone

    There are some spots you just can’t be an F NRA rating and win a seat, no matter how large the wave.

  5. 5.

    Corner Stone

    J-Pod choking on trying to defend Gary Cohn on not resigning after Charlottesville.

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    A text from a WH official: “RIP ?”— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 6, 2018

    If the emoji doesn’t show up, it’s a globe/Earth. That’s what Breitbart uses for Jewish people. They aren’t even pretending not to be racists anymore.

  13. 13.

    Major Major Major Major

    I have no doubt that if Lamb wins we’ll be complaining about his votes in short order, but I hope he does since that’s the only way shit gets done.

    @Mary G:

    If the emoji doesn’t show up, it’s a globe/Earth. That’s what Breitbart uses for Jewish people

    Technically it just means globalist cuck.

  14. 14.

    Roger Moore

    @Mary G:

    They aren’t even pretending not to be racists anymore.

    Their pretending is getting thinner and thinner, but they are still pretending. If they had completely given up, they would come straight out and say “Jew” instead of using code.

  16. 16.

    Corner Stone

    I wonder how many trips for coffee Cohn made during his stint as a coffee boy in the WH.

  17. 17.

    Jeffro

    @Mary G: love it!

    Trumpov: “DONT YOU UNDERSTAND GARY I CAN NEVER CHANGE MY MINDITMAKESMELOOKWEAKTHATSWHATMYDADALWAYSSAIDSAMMIT!!!!!”

  28. 28.

    bystander

    Twitler’s meltdown, while enjoyable, is proving to be expensive for everyone. Ryan may soon be showing us how a spineless twerp pulls the rug out from under him.

  29. 29.

    mai naem mobile

    Hey, how about some love for http://hiralforcongress.com/. Shes running in Trent Franks’ old district. It’s a very red district but c’mon anything can happen in 2018. She’s a good candidate. Her opponent is the state ALEC head and had a minor campaign finance issue that hopefully will become a bigger problem.

  30. 30.

    SFAW

    Remember that what is best in life is to see your enemies driven before you.

    That, and hear the lamentations of their snowflakes.

    [Which will include ZEGK, I hope; said “hope” also includes that we’ll be able to refer to him as “Former Representative.”]

  31. 31.

    lollipopguild

    @Baud: “And you get a terrorist fist bump! and one for you! Everybody gets a terrorist fist bump!”

  32. 32.

    Aleta

    The world could bring the US to its knees by coordinating a coffee embargo. Though I guess blockading Hawaii is out of the question.

  33. 33.

    SFAW

    @bystander:

    Twitler’s meltdown

    Sorry, but my game program is about 6 hours old, so I’ve lost track. Which meltdown are you talkin’ ’bout (Willis)?

  42. 42.

    debbie

    I witnessed a powerful example of karma today and so was reminded the universe will make sure the GOP gets back what it has meted out. I am increasingly confident delivery will occur on November 6, 2018.

  44. 44.

    Chyron HR

    @Mary G:

    Okay, so how do they actually justify alleged comments like “burn earth burn” and “RIP earth”?

  47. 47.

    Yutsano

    @Baud: I wonder if Saccone is suffering from information overload. As in: he’s not giving voters in the district as good reason to vote FOR him. Instead he’s just attacking Lamb, and it’s having a boomerang effect. Plus all the outside money might be leaving a bad taste. Either way GO BABY SHEEP!!!

  48. 48.

    Corner Stone

    @SFAW: I have some bad news for you. Superman is really Clark Kent when he takes off his glasses.

  50. 50.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    Guess who else is running for a Dem seat by running against Pelosi:

    “At this point, I think a new leader is something that would be wise for Democrats,” Levi Sanders said. “Do I have the name of someone else I’d vote for? Not right now. But I have some concerns about Pelosi.”

    So it’s true, a nut doesn’t fall far from its tree.

  52. 52.

    geg6

    @Yutsano:

    I think you are right in that people can’t help but notice that Saccone’s ads are all paid for by some entity other than his own campaign and Lamb’s are all paid for by his campaign. Especially when Lamb points that out, in his very nice, calm way. His closer ad is really good and super positive. He may just pull this out.

  55. 55.

    debbie

    Oh, please.

    Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 6, 2018

    Would SHS or Kellyanne have written this one?

  56. 56.

    SFAW

    @Corner Stone:

    I have some bad news for you. Superman is really Clark Kent when he takes off his glasses.

    LIAR!!!!!!

    [Apropos of nothing in particular:
    National Lampoon    , in the early days, had a piece called “Spoilers.” For the monster/horror movies, they listed what killed the monster. My favorite was for King Kong: “Beauty and/or twin-mounted Vickers machine guns.”]

    ETA: Yes, I’m weird.

  58. 58.

    Mary G

    @Major Major Major Major: I read an article somewhere that I can’t find now, that said Breitbart and other alt-right spaces were using it in place of the triple punctuation mark that’s not brackets. On twitter 11 people agree with me and one person insists it’s globalists, not Jewish people, so I could be wrong.

  59. 59.

    Gretchen

    I got a call from the DCCC this afternoon telling me about the importance of flipping the House. I asked why they’ve done so little to help Lamb when there aren’t any other special elections going on and the Kochs have dumped millions into it. The caller insisted that they were on the ground early for him and have been working tirelessly to get him elected. True?

  60. 60.

    Yutsano

    @geg6: Pus from what I understand Saccone has been airing A LOT of them. Probably to the point where people are getting turned off. Meanwhile Lamb is doing outreach, GOTV, and person to person contact. Has Saccone even done anything like that?

    @Gretchen:

    The caller insisted that they were on the ground early for him and have been working tirelessly to get him elected. True?

    I’m a little surprised the caller told you that. Remember how it wasn’t revealed that the DSCC was supporting Doug Jones until after the election? It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a similar dynamic here. Especially if they’re helping with the background stuff like the GOTV and card writing campaigns.

  61. 61.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Mary G: were the people on Twitter who agree with you fellow liberals? I imagine an alt-righter would tell you it means globalist (without mentioning that globalist is code for Jews).

    I really am not trying to get the comment thread bogged down in this and am done now. I was just translating it into the euphemism that its users will say it means.

  62. 62.

    opiejeanne

    Off topic.
    We are in Houston, waiting to board the plane to Orlando.
    I have never seen so many bars in an airport, anywhere.
    And Houston just made my list of airports I don’t like. It’s a short list because I’m fairly patient when flying.

  63. 63.

    Gretchen

    I think I’ll give straight to Lamb. His closer ad is really positive and strong – standing with teachers, nurses, workers, not just Marines like himself are heroes. One of the opposition ads is super-annoying – a cartoon of a lamb dancing after Nancy Pelosi while a small child sings Mary had a Little Lamb, off-key and endlessly – it’s a minute long on grate on your nerves. And does the average voter really know or care who Nancy Pelosi is? Is House Minority Leader on the lips of the average PA voter? Sending a few bucks to Lamb’s campaign directly. The DCCC can wait.

  64. 64.

    Mnemosyne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Miller thinks that his buddies think of him as one of the “good ones.”

    He never bothered to find out what happened to the “good ones” the last time a political party decided to try and kill as many Jews as it could.

  65. 65.

    Mary G

    @Major Major Major Major: Mashable,

    The term comes from the conspiracy theory that Jewish people maintain financial control of the global economy.

    That’s the only one I can find right away, but it’s mostly based on the personal observation on Twitter.

  66. 66.

    Corner Stone

    @opiejeanne:

    I have never seen so many bars in an airport, anywhere.
    And Houston just made my list of airports I don’t like. It’s a short list because I’m fairly patient when flying.

    IAH is not the worst airport I have ever flown into/out of.

  68. 68.

    Mnemosyne

    @Gretchen:

    Yutsy beat me to it — the DNC and DSCC did a lot of under-the-radar work for Doug Jones by helping the local NAACP get mobilized, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing the same for Lamb.

    But donating directly to the candidate is good, too.

  72. 72.

    Barbara

    @Mary G: Having an ad that gives voters an easy mnemonic for remembering your opponent’s name doesn’t seem like a wise strategy.

  73. 73.

    TS

    @Mary G:

    Dow futures down 350 points. Wonder why?

    Market in Australia heading to 1% down – only been open for an hour.

  74. 74.

    jl

    ” Remember that what is best in life is to see your enemies driven before you. ”

    And to hear the lamentations of political consultants.

  75. 75.

    agorabum

    @kindness: Not voting for Pelosi as speaker is different from voting for a Republican as speaker. It just means “I think the Dems should have a different Democrat leading their house delegation.”

  78. 78.

    ET

    So Cohen is out and tRump wants to implement the tariffs in a “very loving way,”?!? Seriously WTF!???

  80. 80.

    Corner Stone

    Not really a big fan when Tweety tries to scold and cut off Stephanie Ruhle.

  82. 82.

    Gretchen

    @Yutsano: Maybe you’re right that the DCCC is keeping their support on the downlow. I hope so. Now I feel a little bad about going after that poor young man. After all, calling strangers for money sucks.

  84. 84.

    Wapiti

    @Aleta: I think we can disregard Hawaii as a significant coffee producer. Much of the “Kona” coffee I’ve seen have been cut to 5% Hawaiian, 95% other origin.

  85. 85.

    Gretchen

    @Mary G: It’s even worse than the demon sheep – that one had me scratching my head going wha? This had me wanting that annoying kid to shut up.

  86. 86.

    Yutsano

    @Mnemosyne: It wouldn’t surprise me, given the area and the nature of the electorate, if there wasn’t some subtle union outreach here under the radar. There’s a LOT of labour workers around and that is still very much a Democratic resource.

  89. 89.

    Corner Stone

    @James E. Powell: I have maintained for a while now that Matthews has entered early onset dementia.
    Does not exclude him from being an asshole, I just think it can bring out the nasty true side of him when he’s not expecting it.

  91. 91.

    Mnemosyne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I’m just letting people know that they’ll tell you it means globalist.

    And some of them are dumb enough to believe that actually is what it means, at least until they ask one of their buddies to explain.

  95. 95.

    The Moar You Know

    The world could bring the US to its knees by coordinating a coffee embargo. Though I guess blockading Hawaii is out of the question.

    @Aleta: As I found out the hard way, unless you are on the Big Island and are buying it straight from the grower, you are not getting anything more than at best a few beans of Kona mixed in with a bunch of coffee from elsewhere.

    Also, for the Houston airport haters; it never snows out or jams up, and has the best food of any airport I’ve been to – not just in the US, but in the world. Yes, there are bars. They drink there. You would too if you lived in Houston.

  98. 98.

    TenguPhule

    @Aleta:

    Though I guess blockading Hawaii is out of the question.

    C’mon don’t give the Orange bastard any more stupid ideas!

  100. 100.

    Elizabelle

    @Gretchen: I am pretty sure I was called, maybe DCCC or maybe DNC, on behalf of Conor Lamb. Would have been middle of February. Delighted to get the call.

  101. 101.

    TenguPhule

    @Wapiti:

    Much of the “Kona” coffee I’ve seen have been cut to 5% Hawaiian, 95% other origin.

    Most of what is available in stores in Hawaii mandate a minimum of 10-20% actual Kona coffee. The 100% stuff goes for like $20 a pound though.

  107. 107.

    Corner Stone

    Ezra Klein
    ‏Verified account @ezraklein

    Why not refuse to pass this bill unless Republicans stop trying to destroy the CFPB? Or pass a DCA fix? Or whatever? Republicans can’t pass this bill without Dem support. Dems had negotiating power here, and decided not to use it.

  108. 108.

    Jeffro

    @Aleta: @Schlemazel: “I only do this because I love you”

    “This hurts me far more than it hurts you”

    “If only _____, I wouldn’t have to _____”

    It’s just sick. Sad that we all recognize this kind of patter; hopeful that so many will stand up to fight it and defeat it.

  113. 113.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @TenguPhule:
    It would certainly be stupid to bring that up, since the idea Dems had enough leverage to extract things Republicans absolutely do not want to pass from a bill Republicans are merely okay with suggests Klein lives in a wishful fantasy land. Which, alas, he does. He was great at explaining the mechanics of Obamacare. Godawful at the politics involved then, and clearly hasn’t improved. Reminds me of Krugman in that way.

  115. 115.

    Corner Stone

    @Frankensteinbeck: Bullshit. That is a fucking garbage take. This bill does not pass without D votes. Let it die if R’s are soft on it. Why pitch in and carry their ball for them?

  116. 116.

    Corner Stone

    Now we get to remove regulations the R’s and banksters want removed. And we get…??? There is no protection for D’s in tight races. They will get slandered no matter what they do. Why this bill? For nothing. Why?

  117. 117.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Corner Stone:
    Because the Dems who voted for it overall like the bill? Because it’s not the ‘guts Dodd-Frank’ that it got first reported as, but a fix to problems that Frank himself admitted were in the original? It may or may not go too far, but this isn’t some Republican wish list bill. It’s a sausage bill of compromises that some people on both sides want. I wouldn’t cry if it died, but the idea Democrats could use it as ‘leverage’ is stupid as Hell.

  119. 119.

    Corner Stone

    God damn edit window.

    Then what’s the fucking point? The idea that after 8 years of solid R obstruction the D’s now mysteriously are completely powerless amazes me. They don’t have the majority but they are not powerless.

  120. 120.

    geg6

    @Mnemosyne:

    I would guess in this district that they are working with the unions. It is still a big union area. That’s who Biden and Lamb held a rally with today. Saccone is very anti-union.

  123. 123.

    geg6

    Just saw the first outside ad I’ve seen for Lamb and it’s from Vote Vets. DCCC did some early ads for Lamb but not for quite a while. If they are supporting him now, it’s on the ground, not on the airwaves.

  125. 125.

    SteveinSC

    I donated. Go Conor. I loved his “Save Social Security” ad

    And for god’s sake will someone tell tweety that the analogy of the trumps is not the Romanov’s? it is more like Tony Soprano and the Manhattan Hillbillies. Jesus, will he give up the allusions to the past? I remember Bobby Kennedy and Jack and Ethel and John John…hell I remember Ike and Stevenson and Joe McCarthy but nobody else does who’s not nearly dead. And the fucking drunk Tip O’Neal. Oh, and tweety predicted that Rand Paul would be the Republican nominee, as a final QED..

  127. 127.

    opiejeanne

    @The Moar You Know: not the best food. SFO used to have excellent food as did ONT. What we had, chicken tacos, were barely edible. Whoever designed/made them should be sued.

    We didn’t want a drink, but I can sympathize with Texans for needing booze; we needed something solid. Now we’re in a taxi, it’s nearly ten pm and we’re hoping there’s something good near the hotel.

  130. 130.

    BruceFromOhio

    Remember that what is best in life is to see your enemies driven before you.

    Sometimes. Other times, getting them to stop voting for two-bit- ratfuck soulless criminals is enough.

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