Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

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

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

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

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

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

This blog will pay for itself.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

He really is that stupid.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

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Open Thread: Trump Firmly Cements His “Worst President Ever” Status

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You better believe, I blame the entire Republican party. And so will Sekhmet, Goddess of Consequences.


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  2. 2.

    debbie

    Last I heard, the clown is claiming only three or four deaths. Even Paul Ryan, Whore of Whores, is slamming Trump for this.

  3. 3.

    Mnemosyne

    Man, when John Podhoretz pwns you …

    So what he’s saying is he went to Puerto Rico carrying a mysterious virus that killed 3,000 people

    — John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 13, 2018

  4. 4.

    trollhattan

    Manafort plea?

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has tentatively agreed to a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that will head off his upcoming trial, sources familiar with the negotiations tell ABC News.

    The deal is expected to be announced in court Friday, but it remains unclear whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors or is simply conceding to a guilty plea, which would allow him to avoid the stress and expense of trial, according to three sources with knowledge of the discussions.

  5. 5.

    Zinsky

    I have always doubted that Hell exists as a real, tangible place. Since Donald Trump was (kinda) elected President, I have come to sincerely hope there is such a place, because I feel certain Trump would have a very scaldingly hot metal throne waiting for him there!

  11. 11.

    Mnemosyne

    @zhena gogolia:

    Of course he believes it — he’s a toxic narcissist. He will believe anything that helps him shore up his self-image, no matter how ridiculous.

    Along those lines, though, I’m really tired of the media acting like everyone’s stupid conspiracy beliefs have to be respected. Almost 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico (that we know of!) and I don’t give a shit who does or does not believe that it happened. We really need to stop letting the right wing debae actual facts with us.

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    This is scary:

    Firefighters are battling at least 50 fires north of Boston where homes with gas lines are exploding. Unknown number of casualties. t.co/UM4oaNVVVU— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) September 13, 2018

    Putting off spending on infrastructure only works so long. Hope all the jackals in the area are safe.

  13. 13.

    Ghost of Joe Lieblings Dog

    I get way too angry when I see NYT reporters pretending to be The Voice of Sanity responding to this hideous administration.

    Where were they during the campaign?

    The NYT could hardly have done a worse job if it had been based in Susquehanna and had never employed anyone who had ever set foot in NYC or heard of a search engine.

    If they had acted like reporters for a major paper based in Mango Mussolini’s home town then, they might deserve respect now. They didn’t, and to me it feels like they don’t.

  14. 14.

    Gravenstone

    To Atticus Goldfinch in the op: those 3000 deaths were brown people. Not even human, let alone American to Trumpenstein.

  15. 15.

    randy khan

    @zhena gogolia:

    At a certain level, you should care whether he believes it. If he doesn’t believe it, it’s just a shameless, awful political ploy. If he does believe it, the best case is that he’s really stupid and doesn’t understand how the study was done and worst case is that he’s delusional. (I’m tilting toward the worst case, given everything we’ve seen since 2015.) Those are much scarier options.

  19. 19.

    Kay (not the front-pager)

    @debbie: A pardon is unlikely to affect criminal or civil forfeiture. And losing all that money just might feel worse to him than jail.

    And I suspect he has also committed tax fraud in NY and VA, among other crimes. Doddering Donnie can’t pardon him for those crimes.

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    MattF

    I emphatically agree with Josh Barro– now everyone knows about and is talking about the awful death toll in Puerto Rico from Maria. Trump is pretty much the only person who could have accomplished that. Aside from, y’know, all those treasonous, lyin’ and mean Democrats.

  21. 21.

    FelonyGovt

    Just when you thought he couldn’t possibly be more despicable. People in hospitals died because there was no power. He acts like if the person didn’t drown in the initial onslaught, it “doesn’t count”.

  29. 29.

    Gemina13

    A friend remarked last night about Trump, “Every time I think He’s hit rock bottom, he starts to dig.”

    Would that I could walk up to *45 and smack him with an oosik, just for the pleasure of reading this sebtence: “Donald J. Trump was publicly subdued with a walrus dick.”

  31. 31.

    Hungry Joe

    @Mnemosyne: Yup. 3,000 deaths would mean he is not The Most Bigly Wonderful at Everything, so his desiccated brain made the necessary (small) chemical changes, and presto! — only a few people died. And that is The Truth.

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne

    @randy khan:

    Toxic narcissists like Trump are not delusional, per se. For them, reality is strictly subjective and they can change it at any time to suit themselves, because they’re just. that. awesome.

    As I understand it (and IANA mental healthcare professional), you can talk to someone who is delusional and they can explain their whole delusion to you because, while it may make no sense to anyone else, it makes sense to them.

    A narcissist will change what they claim to believe half a dozen times if challenged, because what they believe is that reality is whatever is most convenient for them at that moment.

    It’s absolutely maddening to deal with in real life because there is no center. It’s just whatever is most convenient/least threatening to the narcissist, updated minute to minute.

    Or, as many other people have said, it’s like dealing with a toddler in an adult body with an adult vocabulary.

  34. 34.

    Jack the Second

    @debbie: Manafort is going to spend the rest of his life waiting for Putin to poison him and trying to figure out how to access any assets he has stashed to pay off any unsavory folks whose good graces he needs to stay in. I’m betting a pardon is meaningless if it doesn’t come from Vlad, and I think Vlad likes losers who get caught even less than Donny.

  35. 35.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Death tolls:

    Andrew – 65
    Sandy – 285
    Katrina – 1,833
    Maria – 2,978 (PR only)
    9/11 – 2,977 (excluding hijackers)

    Fuck Twitler.

  36. 36.

    Damon

    IT DOESN’T MATTER. He will continue to do what he does and not get challenged.

    Nothing changes if nothing changes

  37. 37.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @Mnemosyne: Counsel for toddlers would like a word. And adult vocabulary is entirely too generous; a slow fifth grader is more realistic,IMHO.

  39. 39.

    Catherine D.

    So I voted earlier today in the NYS primary. Weird to do it on a Thursday! Our local ballot was nearly 2 feet long because of all the candidates – it didn’t fit in the privacy folder! The poll worker babysitting the machine told me they all were taught the 14 steps needed to clear the long ballot if it jammed. Fortunately none had so far, about 4 hours in.

    Go Zephyr Teachout!

  42. 42.

    jonas

    @Catherine D.: I found, after checking my registration status a few weeks ago and seeing everything was good to go, found I had been struck from the rolls this evening. I’ve lived in this town 8 years, never moved, never changed party affiliation, voted in nearly every goddamn election, including for the school board. Had to submit a provisional ballot. Grrrr! My county election board will be hearing from me tomorrow. And yes, go Zephyr!

  44. 44.

    Catherine D.

    @jonas: Yikes! What county? Suspicious bitch that I am, I have been carrying the Board of Elections primary postcard I got last month. Guess I’ll keep the one for the general as well.

  45. 45.

    PST

    I thought the Benjy Sarlin point was especially acute:

    What’s crazy is the idea a surge in deaths AFTER the initial hurricane somehow lets the government off the hook rather than indicates a failure to respond to the aftermath.

    There was essentially nothing anyone could do to reduce the number of deaths during the hurricane from drowning, collapsing buildings, or blows from flying objects. That was the short-term count. The measure of failure is the excess deaths over time of people who could not get to medical care, could not get clean water, or could not escape the heat. Trump is highlighting his failure.

  50. 50.

    это курам на смех

    would that I could walk up to *45 and smack him with an oosik

    I’d rather use a bat’leth.

  51. 51.

    hilts

    @PST:

    Trump is highlighting his failure.

    Trump’s ignorance never ceases to amaze. If Hell exists, he and his entire fucking family deserve to rot there for eternity.

  52. 52.

    TriassicSands

    Trump doesn’t need to be the “best president ever” (even my cat, Annie, is laughing at that one), not when he’s got the “Biggest Victim in the Universe” nailed down. There are currently more conspiracies out to get Mr. A+ than there have been plots to get every other president in our history — combined. But the brave and gallant Donald soldiers on. Undaunted by Democrats making up fake statistics for Puerto Rico, courageous in the face of ultra-leftist Robert Mueller’s witch hunt, and determined not to give up after super-commie Woodward’s made-up hatchet job, Donald is an inspiration to us all.

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