Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

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

Usually wrong but never in doubt

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

In my day, never was longer.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

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

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    Wow. That woman’s blouse certainly is an attention-getter!

    :-)

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  3. 3.

    SenyorDave

    I love how the station made this into a breaking news story with almost a sense of breathlessness.

  5. 5.

    Luthe

    FYI for NoVa folks:

    I am moving in to my new apartment on Monday. Anyone want to do a meet-up sometime toward the end of next week?

  6. 6.

    SenyorDave

    @plato: Michelle Obama is the world’s most admired woman.

    And who finished 19th out of 20? The one and only FLOTUS Birther McBirtherface (thank you, Betty Cracker, this name is now ingrained into my brain forever). I can only hope that finding this out makes for a miserable day for the orange turd.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @Luthe: hi lithe, I am on the train so I can’t check, but I think you are one of the people who volunteered to help with testing buI didn’t t send me your email address. If that’s the case, please send email to my nym at balloon-juice.com. Thanks

  14. 14.

    rikyrah

    ????

    Y’all know exactly who you are who owe me, and like most black people who have been screaming that Trump is the SYMPTOM and not the cause since BIRTHERISM, an apology.

    — Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 18, 2019

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    ???

    I keep thinking about how all of the Black and Brown people who are sitting in jail bc they can’t afford bail for minor offenses while Hope Hicks is out here living her best life. It’s the kind of thought that literally makes me ILL https://t.co/VEMQwYkza5

    — Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) July 18, 2019

  17. 17.

    rikyrah

    Damn…too too young :(

    Ex-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat stroke aged 32 while working outside for his family business in Arkansas where ‘real feel’ temperatures were over 100 degrees
    Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital
    Petrus had worked outside all day at his family shop in Lonoke County
    His cause of death is listed as heat stroke
    Petrus was a University of Arkansas walk-on who earned all-Southeastern Conference honors in 2007 and 2009
    He was drafted by the Giants in the fifth round in 2010 and had a three-year NFL career, winning a Super Bowl with New York
    The temperature in Little Rock was a blazing 92degrees on Thursday but had a ‘realfeel’ of a scorching 100 plus degrees
    By ASSOCIATED PRESS and MATTHEW WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

    PUBLISHED: 10:15 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:02 EDT, 19 July 2019

  22. 22.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Just rewatched “Years and Years” again. It is a truly frightening series. I think the most frightening scene is Emma Thompson’s character Vivian Rook explaining to a bunch of companies who are bidding to run the concentration camps (and as for “running” we mean maintaining the bricks and mortar not doing anything for the people inside) how “concentration camp” is just a term “you could have a camp full of oranges and it would be a concentration of oranges”. She also explains the historical background of the Boer War where the Brits placed the homeless people displaced by the war into camps where “nature took its course, disease and pestilence took care of the problem”. The matter of fact way that she described her policy is absolutely chilling. If you get a chance to watch the whole series, do. It really should be required watching as to how things can get when good people do nothing.

  23. 23.

    Brachiator

    @plato:

    Michelle Obama is the world’s most admired woman.

    Before I looked at the details, I was going to write, “Does the Queen of England know about this?”

    But I see that Her Majesty is in the top 10.

    Also Interesting to see that Hillary Clinton also ranks higher than Melania.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    @chris:

    While Justice Dems and @AOC get savaged for backing primary challengers, a PAC linked to centrist Democrats is backing a GOP challenger to a vulnerable Democrat, @KatieHill4CA https://t.co/IA8iP8W20c— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) 19 July 2019

    Backing a GOP challenger?
    Phuck outta here.

  26. 26.

    Martin

    @chris: Katie will win. The fear of a democratic rep has been dispelled (Duncan Hunter doing his part to help that), and holy fuck do Californians hate Trump. They’re raising money well, Katie Porter (similar district) hasn’t suffered for coming out for impeachment.

    But fuck the centrist Dems all the same.

  27. 27.

    chris

    @Martin: Thank you, that’s reassuring. Hard to believe that any Dem these days would get within spitting distance of a Repub without… well, spitting.

  28. 28.

    kindness

    I saw a clip on those penguins yesterday. Cute. Of course yesterday they didn’t say the Sushi shop owner had been feeding them fresh sushi like they did today.

    I am shocked, shocked I tell you to see these wild animals that I have been feeding continue to show up where I have been feeding them!

  30. 30.

    J R in WV

    Have to say, if they are supporting any Republican running against ANY Democrat, they are NOT Centrist Democrats. They are fascist Republicans, and no mistake about that!!

  32. 32.

    Shana

    @Luthe: Yep, let me know when and where.

    Can I also say I love that a group of penguins is called “a waddle.”

  34. 34.

    Aleta

    Blair Braverman @BlairBraverman
    Y’all, having sled dogs has been so good for my body image. And not because mushing is a joy-filled, physical outdoor activity, although that’s true. It’s actually something much simpler than that.

    (thread+ fab dog pics!)

  39. 39.

    Annamal

    I love wandering at night along Wellington waterfront, in some places you can hear something that sounds like a cross between a really angry donkey and a mournful demon which lets you know that there are penguins near by :)

    Having said that, the announcer is wrong about pigeons and politicians being the only wildlife around, Wellington now has a great deal of native wildlife co-existing (thanks to a fully fenced wildlife sanctuary about 30 minutes from the city centure). It’s been absolutely amazing over to years to go from just the occasional tui to a full on dawn chorus with destructive parrots:
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/114203132/wellingtons-bored-and-overfed-kk–pose-hazard-with-tree-stripping

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