Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

Motown is Joe-Town!

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

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

The lights are all blinking red.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

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  3. 3.

    Ken

    @opiejeanne: It worked.

    Re the Catherine Rampell quote, the real mess will be when Trump is out of office, and keeps tweeting stuff that he may or may not remember from the briefings. The authority to automatically declassify – which is the only reason he’s not been arrested for numerous violations of the security laws – ends with the office, doesn’t it?

  6. 6.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Ken: Yep, once he’s no longer president he’s no longer the highest and final original classification authority in the US.

  8. 8.

    trollhattan

    Presently enjoying “Flight of the Conchords Live in London” remembering how much I miss their show. And if you haven’t seen “What We Do in the Shadows” fix that in time for Halloween.

  18. 18.

    Amir Khalid

    Too lazy to learn national secrets, and too dumb to talk about them anyway; therefore less of a danger to national security. This argument will really appeal to Trump’s base in 2020.

    @Ken:
    I for one hope that Trump ‘s presidency ends in a way that ensures he won’t need the Secret Service because he has prison guards.

  23. 23.

    randy khan

    @zhena gogolia:

    I really feel like this is a classic example of funny/not funny. I mean, the possible jokes are endless, but at the same time, it’s just horrifying that someone like him is sitting in the Oval Office (when he’s not playing golf).

  25. 25.

    Mike in NC

    Fat Bastard spends exactly no time on those pesky Intel briefings. Delegated to Kelly or Mattis or maybe Jared.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    In a (surprisingly) comfortable room right outside Minneapolis Minnesota and already having a good time. A couple bottles of hard cider will help that. And yes mocking them is indeed our best tool, because they can try but they can’t shut us all up.

    Yutsy + 2 but coming down.

  27. 27.

    gene108

    @Amir Khalid:

    Too lazy to learn national secrets, and too dumb to talk about them anyway; therefore less of a danger to national security. This argument will really appeal to Trump’s base in 2020.

    Yes it will appeal to them. They don’t what he does or what he says. He makes them feel in control against the hordes of Guatemala refugees, Syrian refugees, uppity blacks, shrill women, etc. and that is all they care about.

    *************************

    I wish we could push the meme Republican Presidents are dishonest crooks into the mainstream consciousness.

    Nixon had Watergate.
    Reagan had Iran-Contra
    Bush, Jr will forever be remembered for lying us into war in Iraq.
    And all Trump does is lie all day long.

  28. 28.

    aliasofwestgate

    Just finished a round of giggles and grins while watching DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season premiere. Definitely what i needed to watch tonight. XD

    So many issues about those tweets that i can’t even begin to unpack. National Security being the least of them.

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    Shell

    @trollhattan: that was such a fun movie. The scene where they’re about to go clubbing and they have to check how each other looks cause….bummer, they can’t see themselves in the mirror.

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    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @zhena gogolia: Don’t need to laugh, just toss it in there faces; “well thank god your’ president is to incurious know any state secrets since he’s to pathetically lazy to use a secured phone. Boy howdy I understand now why your conservatives identify with Trump so strongly.”

    Stuff like that.

  32. 32.

    Sister Golden Bear

    And so it begins…

    Health Department removes ‘gender’ from its civil rights page:
    https://thinkprogress.org/health-department-removes-gender-from-its-civil-rights-page-d60f33814b8e/

    and the DOJ argues in court that businesses can legally discriminate against trans workers:
    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/justice-department-says-transgender-discrimination-is-lawful

    Although really it’s the latest salvos in a years-long war the Talibaptists have been waging against us to use the power of the government to harass us out of public existence.

    #WontBeErased #StillFuckingHere

  34. 34.

    danielx

    Go to the country for four days and the world goes crazy. Again.

    I may have to do this more often.

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