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We are aware of all internet traditions.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

We still have time to mess this up!

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

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

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

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

We’re not going back!

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Come on, man.

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  1. 1.

    Jeffro

    I think the odds of that Rick Wilson scenario described above – whether by Kelly, or just by the agent – just went up to 5-10%

  5. 5.

    dmsilev

    @TenguPhule: Are you familiar with the futurist/science fiction concept of the Singularity? Things happen faster and faster and faster until …something. Well, we’re in the Singularity of Stupid right now.

  6. 6.

    Roger Moore

    The latest story is that Trump didn’t read the briefing in which they said not to congratulate, and they didn’t include it in the verbal briefing. I guess “didn’t bother to read the briefing” is supposed to be a better excuse than “ignored the briefing”.

  7. 7.

    Tilda Swintons Bald Cap

    Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the DNC, was in fact an officer of Russia’s military intelligence directorate (GRU), The Daily Beast has learned.

    The Russian forgot to use his VPN once and the IP resolved to Russia.

  9. 9.

    Jay

    I’m old enough to remember when a US President and his Administration didn’t deliberately cause several dumpster fires each and every day and the MSM and the RWNJ’s had to chase fake scandals.

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    @TopherSpiro
    Whoa. Susan Collins is now admitting she would have voted for the tax bill anyway. So she wasn’t being straight with her constituents. Not a good look…#mepoliticshttp://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/379785-collins-mcconnell-has-kept-his-commitment-on-obamacare-fix …

  16. 16.

    TenguPhule

    @Roger Moore:

    I guess “didn’t bother to read the briefing” is supposed to be a better excuse than “ignored the briefing”.

    Ignorance versus apathy.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    “DO NOT CONGRATULATE”

    At last, I think I have my sign slogan for Saturday’s march.

  18. 18.

    Smiling Mortician

    @TenguPhule: Neither. We’re in the middle of it, riding the wave whether we like it or not.

    And I’ve gotta say, maybe the only good thing to come out of the Trumptastrophe is Preet Bharara feeling free enough to tweet wicked funny stuff.

  19. 19.

    Patricia Kayden

    @TenguPhule: The Trump presidency feels like it’s been around for way more than just 14 months. I can’t imagine another three years of this. Talk about cruel and unusual.

  21. 21.

    mai naem mobile

    I just can’t even…I have no words beyond motherfucking asshole Orange pig. Everyone I see him or any of his asshole supporters on teevee I just mutter to myself ‘asshole,motherfucker,shithead,dickhead,dumbass’

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    @Tilda Swintons Bald Cap:

    Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the DNC, was in fact an officer of Russia’s military intelligence directorate (GRU), The Daily Beast has learned.

    Sorry, was this supposed to be news to anyone other than Glenn Greenwald?

    Actually, I take that back — I’m pretty sure that GG’s been a Russian asset for some time now. At a minimum, since the whole Snowden thing. I’m now suspicious enough to wonder who financed that crap movie lionizing Snowden. ?

  25. 25.

    Mary G

    Rod Rosenstein is going to make a major announcement on cyber crime tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.

  29. 29.

    TenguPhule

    @Baud:

    This is all a distraction from Hillary’s comments in India.

    Sorry Baud, John Bolton has made that unfunny forever.

  33. 33.

    Elizabelle

    @Patricia Kayden: I don’t think it will go three years. He will tear the country apart, and we might be past saving.

    I don’t believe the conventional wisdom types any more. They can’t see Republicans for what they have become, and they cannot see the enormous damage that is being done, day after day after day.

  35. 35.

    Fair Economist

    @TenguPhule:

    I believe we coined the term Wingularity. Which side of the event horizon are we on?

    I’m afraid we’ve passed the event horizon because physics seems to have changed.

    And of course, over at LGM, a post about misogyny can’t resist taking a potshot at Hillary, which naturally derailed the discussion thread. Because “neoliberal”, seriously.

  37. 37.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Jay: Like Candidate Obama saying that he liked arugula and put mustard on his hamburgers. The Horror!!!

  38. 38.

    Mnemosyne

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Different studio, no contacts. But I had forgotten it was an Oliver Stone movie, and that the book they based it on was co-written by a Russian national. Seriously.

  45. 45.

    Patricia Kayden

    @lamh36: I literally thank goodness every day for Mueller. The fact that he is investigating this corrupt, insane, dangerous regime is such a comfort.

  46. 46.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    You are saying the word “I” in Russian. It’s also the last letter in the alphabet. The great poet Dmitri Prigov did a lot of wordplay with that letter/word.

  47. 47.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    @Elizabelle:

    Jesus, Christ, I hope you’re wrong. I think we can come back from this. The one thing these shitstains can’t change is that they’re badly outnumbered, and it’s getting worse for them every day, not only from the natural changes in the country, but also because Donald Tяump is driving ever more people away by the day. We got through a civil war. We can make it through this. It’s going to be hard and ugly coming back from this, but what else can we do but keep on keeping on?

  54. 54.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Elizabelle: ((Elizabelle))
    I’m a lot more optimistic and hope you take some comfort in the success of Democrats in several special elections. Trump’s popularity ratings are historically low and our side appears to be energized. Let’s do what we can to get that blue wave in November and not despair.

  55. 55.

    TenguPhule

    @Baud:

    Nothing has changed.

    Perhaps not the best phrase to use since it has been adopted by Teresa May and become widely mocked.

  56. 56.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Mary G: Why does this fill me with unease? Although I’ll give Rosenstein credit for appointing Mueller and not giving into pressure by Trump to fire him. I guess that counts for something.

  57. 57.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    I always hate it when it’s used in place of English R. It’s pronounced YA. If you really wanted to replace the R in Trump with a Russian letter, you’d spell it TPUMP. Russian R is P.

  60. 60.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: He was trying to defend her in this instance, but his “to be sure” phrase was weirdly strongly worded, and it set everyone off which set him off.

  61. 61.

    Brachiator

    Trump ignored warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Putin, including a section in his briefing materials in all-capital letters stating “DO NOT CONGRATULATE

    New National Security Adviser.

    Problem solved!

    See how easy that was?

    I am almost on board with those who think that Trump himself leaked info about this “do not congratulte” thing. Shows how independent he is.

  63. 63.

    Jeffro

    John Bolton looks like Garrett from ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN and is equally delusional & dangerous. Does that make Trumpov Ken Wind?

  65. 65.

    Matt McIrvin

    The Bolton appointment (like much of what Trump does) is primarily red meat to own the libs–leaving us feeling hopeless, terrified and suicidal is at least 50% of the intention, the rest being to please the base and Trump himself by doing that. Probably best to not let him win, to the extent we can avoid it.

  66. 66.

    Mnemosyne

    @Fair Economist:

    Well, that thread reminded me why I never read LGM. Misogyny exists, except when it comes to Hillary Clinton, because my visceral loathing of her is, like, totally rational.

  67. 67.

    tobie

    @Baud: Although Loomis is a labor historian, his positions on trade are not terribly nuanced. He supports tariffs. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen him acknowledge that there might be other ways to put pressure on your trading partners without shooting yourself in the foot with a trade war. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that he’s gone back to ragging on HRC. I stopped reading LGM long ago because of him.

  68. 68.

    Cheryl Rofer

    @zhena gogolia:

    I always hate it when it’s used in place of English R. It’s pronounced YA. If you really wanted to replace the R in Trump with a Russian letter, you’d spell it TPUMP. Russian R is P.

    ???????????
    I have just about gotten to where my mind automatically reads Cyrillic, and dropping those letters into English messes with my mind.

  69. 69.

    Baud

    @tobie: I do enjoy his labor history posts.

    ETA:. And LGM is usually pretty good about mocking idiocy on the left such as Stein, Sarandon, and GG.

  71. 71.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Cheryl Rofer: seeing ‘TPUMP’ made me laugh, what a funny spelling.

    Btw, in the thread downstairs, I wasn’t so much accusing you personally of thinking learning to code is bad (I imagine you know some scripting at least), but wanted to talk about the disambiguation.

  76. 76.

    Brachiator

    @Fair Economist:

    And of course, over at LGM, a post about misogyny can’t resist taking a potshot at Hillary

    Took a quick look at the post. What an ugly, pointless cheap shot.

    Didn’t need to look at anything else there after that.

  77. 77.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @lamh36: Stormy Daniels’ mother is a proud trump Republican.

    I can’t link to the story cause I didn’t see it. My 89 year old father reported that to me. I’m reasonably sure it’s the first time in his life he has spoken a porn star’s name.

  78. 78.

    Steve in the DFW

    @SiubhanDuinne: I was just at your local hangout! Didn’t see you though. Très disappointing.

    ETA: forgot to update my nym! Steve who was briefly at Chili’s

  83. 83.

    Steve in the DFW

    @schrodingers_cat: I could no longer read LGM after Erik Loomis proclaimed “hateful eight” to be one of the ten best movies of all time. That statement makes it hard to take him seriously on any subject.

    And overall that place is like the most aggravating 10% of our posters doing 90% of the posting. efgoldman and a few others notwithstanding.

  86. 86.

    TenguPhule

    @JR:

    Oliver Stone hasn’t made a good movie in 20 years, right?

    Not even Steven Spielberg could salvage this script. Might as well go in the other direction.

  87. 87.

    japa21

    Okay, we can’t congratulate Putin but can we congratulate Loyola? 3 wins by a total of 4 points. I guess bringing along a 98 year old nun, Sister Jean, pays off.

  88. 88.

    Steve in the ATL

    @zhena gogolia:

    I always hate it when it’s used in place of English R. It’s pronounced YA. If you really wanted to replace the R in Trump with a Russian letter, you’d spell it TPUMP. Russian R is P.

    Just like in Greek. Surely some of these people were in fraternities in college—there are houses for geeks and nerds too!

  94. 94.

    Brachiator

    @Matt McIrvin:

    The Bolton appointment (like much of what Trump does) is primarily red meat to own the libs–leaving us feeling hopeless, terrified and suicidal is at least 50% of the intention, the rest being to please the base and Trump himself by doing that.

    I don’t think that many of Trump’s supporters even know who Bolton is. They will need to have Fox News explain who he is and why he is a great addition to the team.

    I don’t quite feel hopeless, but I think realistically alarmed that Trump continues to surround himself with incompetent hacks. Has there ever been a president so intent on insulating himself against good advice? Or, worse, that this fool with such a fragile ego keeps talking about needing to be free to act according to his inner Trump?

    And while it is not the end of the world (yet), I cannot think of a single thing that he has done or signed off on that has been good for the country. And he encourages and abets the worst in other Republicans.

  95. 95.

    joel hanes

    @Brachiator:

    Didn’t need to look at anything else there

    That’s a shame.
    The other front-pagers are consistently interesting.

    Loomis’s posts on “this day in labor history” and “Eric visits an American grave” are usually very good, blog-information at its best, and that’s at least 3/4 of what he does.
    OTOH, his troll-your-own-blog posts on ketchup, vodka, turkey, and how horrible various boomer music groups are when compared to punk are … trolling his own blog, and not fun any more.

    But I’d say today’s post is a new low.

  97. 97.

    Corner Stone

    @japa21:

    Okay, we can’t congratulate Putin but can we congratulate Loyola?

    That game was nuts. The last 5 minutes were cardiac attack, either way you were rooting.

  100. 100.

    lgerard

    The Bolton appointment (like much of what Trump does) is primarily red meat to own the libs–leaving us feeling hopeless, terrified and suicidal is at least 50% of the intention, the rest being to please the base and Trump himself by doing that.

    I think it is just to make Rebekah Mercer feel better, she’s had a tough week

  103. 103.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SiubhanDuinne: I would have recognized you from the photo you posted a few years ago from your two-person meet up in Memphis. Was just picking up take out food for a friend in Emory Johns Creek hospital. Will you be there the next couple of nights?

  104. 104.

    Jeffro

    @debbie:

    How about a furious-face-off between Gorka and Bolton? “Gahhreetings.”

    My only precondition is that two men enter – neither one leaves. Have at it, boys!

  105. 105.

    sukabi

    @TenguPhule: at some point “didn’t read” is going to turn into “too stupid to read”…

    Let’s hope it comes before he gets us all killed.

  106. 106.

    Mnemosyne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Hopefully you’ve used it enough by now that people realize it’s a mutual joke.

    I was tempted to publicly say what the source of the joke is, but it would run the risk of revealing my secret identity. People who already have my email address can drop me a line to ask.

  107. 107.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Probably. I generally don’t plan ahead. Ask any of the servers if “Miss Judith” is around. They all know me. I’m not necessarily proud of that.

  108. 108.

    Calouste

    @Brachiator:

    Has there ever been a president so intent on insulating himself against good advice?

    Not since William Henry Harrison said to his butler “Nah, I won’t need a coat.”

  109. 109.

    Jeffro

    @Calouste:

    Not since William Henry Harrison said to his butler “Nah, I won’t need a coat.”

    That would be an example of not insulating himself against good advice…

  110. 110.

    zhena gogolia

    @Matt McIrvin:

    The a comes out as “ah.” Trahmp They don’t do “uh” (except they actually do if it’s an “a” coming in an unstressed position)

  111. 111.

    randy khan

    @joel hanes:

    I’m a moderately active poster at LGM. Like every blog it has its ups and downs. But that comment was pretty strange, to say the least. And he’s getting pretty vehement pushback.

  112. 112.

    japa21

    @Corner Stone: Yep. Those Loyola kids have ice in their veins. And Nevada was rightfully confident since they won both of their previous games from behind. Would not bet against Loyola.

  113. 113.

    Thoughtful David

    @Matt McIrvin:

    primarily red meat to own the libs

    I don’t agree with that. TЯump is eating his own dog food. He and the Trumpanzees actually believe that being belligerent, starting wars, running off our allies etc. is making America great again. They think Bolton will make everyone afraid of America and that that’s a good thing. Of course, they have no idea how things actually work and they mistake contempt for fear, but anyway.

  122. 122.

    Citizen Alan

    @mai naem mobile:

    My basic source of existential despair isn’t even Shitgibbon anymore. Even if we retake the House and retake the Senate and impeach the sonofabitch and do the same with Ayatollah Pence and install President Nancy Pelosi, it’s not gonna change the ultimate problem: 63 million Americans who would happily vote for something like Shitgibbon rather than even try to live in peace with the rest of us. 63 million Americans who would vote for the obvious pawn of a foreign dictator if he promised to put the blacks, gays, Muslims, and uppity women in their place; to piss off liberals at every opportunity; and to help them all forget that we ever had a black president.

  123. 123.

    Citizen Alan

    @Steve in the ATL:

    No one who learned the Greek alphabet in a fraternal organization every learned it with any context. We all just learned to say the alphabet as fast as possible because we were required to hold a lighted match at the time.

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