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Celebrate the fucking wins.

Pelosi: “He either is stupid, or he thinks the rest of us are.” Why not both?

Consistently wrong since 2002

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

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

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

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

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

FFS people, this was a good thing. take the win.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

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Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

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The good news, so far: Nobody threw punches, or milkshakes. And the (Inter)National Embarrassment my have nodded off during the big dinner, but at least he didn’t faceplant into his food. From the Washington Post:

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S visit to Britain this week represents a final miscalculation by the country’s hapless prime minister, Theresa May. Having repeatedly failed to win parliamentary approval for the terms for Britain’s departure from the European Union, deepening what has become the country’s worst political crisis since World War II, Ms. May was forced to announce her resignation last month. She nevertheless chose to press ahead with what promised to be a polarizing visit by Mr. Trump, whom she invited to become only the third U.S. president to be treated to a state visit…

Ms. May described the visit as “an opportunity to further strengthen” the “special relationship” between Britain and the United States. In fact, it will serve to put on display the widening cracks Mr. Trump has introduced into one of America’s closest alliances. Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to cram central London Tuesday to reject the U.S. president, beneath a huge orange balloon portraying him as a baby in a diaper. They will be joined by leaders of the opposition Labour Party, who along with other prominent politicians boycotted the banquet for Mr. Trump hosted by Queen Elizabeth II…

… What’s clear is that the special relationship is under the same strain as other foundations of the Western liberal order buffeted by the Trump presidency. Most likely, it will survive, given the powerful cultural and economic bonds between the two countries and the enduring overlap of their security interests. But this week will be remembered as a low moment.


They let him bring all his besties to the state dinner…

…In addition to the presence of his four adult children at the state dinner, President Trump brought along Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Mick Mulvaney, social media director Dan Scavino, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and his wife Louise Linton.


(Spouses only, no plus-ones! I bet Donnie Jr.’s new sidepiece — excuse me, “reelection committee senior advisor” — will make him pay bigtime for the snub.)

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  4. 4.

    sukabi

    This is a different spin on Trump’s quickie church visit the other day…

    that he was not expecting the president’s visit and acted in the best way he knew how to.

    “At the end of my sermon at the 1:00 worship gathering, I stepped to the side for what I thought would be a couple of moments in quiet reflection as we prepared to take the Lord’s Supper. But I was immediately called backstage and told that the President of the United States was on his way to the church, would be there in a matter of minutes, and would like for us to pray for him,” he said.

  5. 5.

    JWR

    Just read this piece from NYMag on the Axios interview, and Jared also said this totally not-a-racist thing:

    When asked if Palestinians are capable of governing a sovereign territory without Israeli influence, Kushner said that “the hope is, is that over time, they can become capable of governing.”

    Lord, please let there be a Hell.

  6. 6.

    Patricia Kayden

    @sukabi: The good pastor should have told Trump that he’ll pray for Trump’s victims like the separated migrant families and harassed transgender citizens. Trump doesn’t deserve any prayers.

  7. 7.

    WereBear

    In personal news, the new treatment plan seems to be helping, I’ve been a whirlwind of small business strategies, including the new Way of Cats membership site.

    All my friends are telling me I should have done it sooner :)

    It was time to go big or go home. And I can’t go home until all the kitties have one!

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @JWR: I saw that yesterday. If the idiot had any kind of self awareness, he’d take a gander at his ungovernable fil and shut the fuck up.

  10. 10.

    Immanentize

    Is that Tiffany on the right in the picture? What happened to the unloved waif?

  11. 11.

    VOR

    @Patricia Kayden: I pray for Trump all the time. I ask God to bestow some wisdom and humility on Trump, to get Trump to consider the entire country rather than his own needs alone. Basically, I pray for a Paul on the Road to Damascus moment where Trump would realize the error of his ways and do a complete 180. Yes, I realize I am praying for a miracle.

  12. 12.

    Sloane Ranger

    I read somewhere that Trump brought his spawn to our fair country because he wanted them to have a “Next Gen” of leaders meeting with Wills, Harry and their wives.

    Even if this was actually being considered by the Palace (and I can’t believe it was), it was a dead duck after his comments about the Duchess of Sussex.

    Plus, what makes him think the products of his loins will have any leadership position once he leaves office? I thought you guys fought a war against us over just this thing? Or does he really think he can ignore your Constitution and/or election results and just hand over the Presidency to his favourite child like his heroes do?

    Oh wait, don’t bother answering. I already know the answer

  13. 13.

    cmorenc

    Obama got invited to stay at Buckingham Palace on his state visit to Britain, and did so.
    For Trump, the 53-bedroom palace was unavailable “due to ongoing renovations” that will continue so long as he is in office – the renovation being prophylactic prevention treatment for shitstains.

    Hope folks don’t miss the opportunity to remind Trump that Obama was invited but Trump was snubbed on this distinct honor of staying at Buckingham Palace.

  15. 15.

    Sloane Ranger

    @cmorenc: Staying at the Palace may be an honour but it’s not popular with visiting Royalty. If it’s a big shindig they vie to be placed in the overflow accommodation at the Savoy or Dorchester. The problem is that the Palace guest bathrooms are not en-suite. Prince Albert had existing rooms modified to take them and Prince Philip had them updated in the 1950’s. They are not really up to modern standards or expectations.

    Ever since learning this I’ve had this mental picture of say the Queen of the Netherlands, wearing a dressing gown and carrying her toilet bag and towel joining a line of the Crowned Heads of the world and noting with sinking heart that the next in line to use the bathroom is a fellow Monarch who is notorious for the time they take for their toilette.

  16. 16.

    Sister Golden Bear

    Waiting for some tasty Waygu beef at a little restaurant in Tokyo. When the chef asked were I was from, I made a point of saying California—not the States.

    Thanks to Needy Amin, I’m embarrassed to say I’m an American these days.

  17. 17.

    Mart

    Is it legal to sell USS John S. McCain caps on lefty blogs? It could make bank! Can Alain place the pop up ad?

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Sister Golden Bear: :( I can’t imagine what it’s like to be overseas these days.

    “What English-speaking country can I do a passable accent of and know some of their current events? Hmmm…”

  19. 19.

    Cathie from Canada

    According to Twitter, the American ambassador to England said that during an interview this morning that the National Health Service would be “on the table” during upcoming negotiations for a US/UK trade deal following Brexit.
    That would be the kiss of death for Brexit, at least as far as Britain is concerned.

  20. 20.

    tokyokie

    Count me among the well wishers for der Trumpenführer. Wait, that doesn’t mean wishing he’d fall down a well? Never mind.

  23. 23.

    JGabriel

    Joy Reid via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Prince Harry Keeps an Awkward Distance From the Trumps During Presidential Visit https://t.co/JGbRXMlhIK

    — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 3, 2019

    They should add that photo of Harry to the dictionary as an example for word glower:

    glower, ex.: Prince Harry glowered (see photo) at the tacky, offensive Yank who called his wife “nasty.”

  24. 24.

    Tehanu

    @Patricia Kayden:

    Trump doesn’t deserve any prayers.

    I for one pray almost every day for him to have a fatal stroke, in public, while groping Sarah Sanders or Kellyanne and simultaneously stuffing his face with a deep-fried Snickers bar.

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