Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

People are complicated. Love is not.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Second rate reporter says what?

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

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

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

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

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

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

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    Crackpot Dome works for me.

    Also reminds us that Harding had the grace to die in office. They weren’t all worried about him stealing the next election, too.

  10. 10.

    SFAW

    @dmsilev:

    One that I heard a couple of days ago: “Ukraine Clown Posse”

    And the Traitor-in-Chief’s minions, and the entire GOPoT, are the Thuggalos?

  12. 12.

    RAVEN

    They just ran an ad on the Braves game talking about how we needed a “tough guy” to fight against all the problems we face!

  13. 13.

    Jeffro

    So apparently House Dems subpoenaed Pence for his Ukraine documents too? THERE’S a shot across the bow.

  15. 15.

    Jeffro

    @RAVEN: I’ve seen that one. It’s hysterical. Yes, absolutely GOP, we must have a ‘tough guy’ who takes to Twitter every 15 minutes with his latest grievance and can’t even walk a quarter mile without a golf cart or limo.

    WhatEVer.

  16. 16.

    Mary G

    Another country heard from:

    Breaking News: President Trump’s re-election campaign was said to be a target of Iranian hackers. It was not clear what information was taken in the attack. https://t.co/xSAmeUIoAZ— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 4, 2019

    Rooting for Iran a bit.

  19. 19.

    jl

    @Jeffro: ” So apparently House Dems subpoenaed Pence for his Ukraine documents too? ”

    Pence should be glad to comply. A good chance someone can read them and explain them to Pence, so the poor fellow will finally understand what is going on.

  22. 22.

    Mary G

    Oh look another shoe dropping:

    Rick Perry is resigning after CNN revealed he had three meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while claiming his resignation is unrelated to the sinking ship he is abandoning.Energy Secretary Rick Perry eyeing White House exit in Novemberhttps://t.co/ItJSeDb8sA— Anastasia Fennec (@AnastasiaFennec) October 4, 2019

    That poor Ukrainian president.

  25. 25.

    JoyceH

    @Jeffro: I too like “a Lago” as scandal suffix. This would be Ukraine-a-Lago, to distinguish it from tax returns-a-Lago, Emoluments-a-Lago, Russia-a-Lago.

  26. 26.

    Jeffro

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: That’s excellent.

    @germy: That’s excellent too, but a little inside-baseball-y

    I do like to needle RWNJ family members about Uranium One and how come no one has been brought up on charges much less Locked. (Her). Up. It’s almost like it was just to get them to turn off their criticism thinking skills…

  28. 28.

    Patricia Kayden

    Trumpgate since the entire Trump tenure and administration has been a huge, unmitigated disaster and scandal.

  29. 29.

    Patricia Kayden

    @germy: I’m seeing this often enough that it must be true. Ridiculous as hell but true, What can’t Jared do?

  39. 39.

    jl

    Just call it The Trump Fraud. Because Trump is a fraud. And the whole point was to get Ukraine, and who knows how many other countries to produce fraudulent material to damage Trump’s political opponents or help Trump’s campaign. That ties everything together, whether it is opening and investigation into Bidens, or producing some final report, or internal investigations to clear Russia of meddling in the 216 elections and producing accusations that the Mueller investigation was initiated under false pretenses with fake evidence,

    If the fraud had gone according to plan, several countries were supposed to start opening investigations as if on their own accord that would help Trump and hurt his opponents. But they would not have done it independently and of their own accord. Rather, Trump secretly pressured them to do certain things, and communicated specific proposals on what it should be ‘the deliverables’.

    So, The Trump Fraud.

  42. 42.

    Mary G

    Ever since the Republicans took so many state houses and Trump was elected, ignoring the ADA has gotten more and more open. Even in a blue state:

    The ADA will be 30 next year & you all are continuously in violation of this mandate with constructions like this. The blatant disregard of the law and the issues surrounding enforcement comes to light when these buildings are "discovered" to be inaccessible. https://t.co/ydHLOaPB2T— Vilissa Thompson (@VilissaThompson) October 4, 2019

    The library says they will fetch books for disabled patrons, but browsing shelves is the fun of going to the library. If I know what I want I can check it out from home. It’s just infuriating.

    I feel massively threatened if Twitler is re-elected. Some state yahoo already said euthanasia would save on SSDI payments.

  47. 47.

    New Deal democrat

    I just want to highlight that Mitch McConnell will be ruthlessly partisan in how he tells GOP senators to handle the House impeachment, and he will be very close lipped until he is sure of his “best” path forward. And his guidepost is going to be the GOP retaining control of the Senate, rather than who is president.

    Trump has made a strategic mistake: he has delivered to McConnell 80-90% of what he wants (reactionary judges and a giant tax cut), and is now of limited use, if the GOP fails to keep the Senate in 2020.

    If McConnell thinks the chances of the GOP are *relatively* much better with Trump not heading the ticket, he will probably test the waters with statements by GOPers who aren’t up for election until 2024.

    McConnell is a total partisan animal, and is much better at it than anyone else in power. He will not hesitate to slit Trump’s throat the moment he believes it is – again – *relatively* advantageous.

  48. 48.

    Martin

    @Mary G:

    I feel massively threatened if Twitler is re-elected. Some state yahoo already said euthanasia would save on SSDI payments.

    Would save on Secret Service costs as well.

  49. 49.

    Steve in the ATL

    @RAVEN: thankfully I was opening the wine for tonight and missed that. So, stupid, lazy, and ignorant count as tough?

  52. 52.

    Fleeting Expletive

    I do hope that johns everywhere, busted for solicitation, proudly use as their defense that there was no quid pro quo. More than most people, Republicans should be able to grasp that “solicitation” is a crime all by itself.

  54. 54.

    Jay

    Remember Nikolai Gorokhov, the Russian lawyer who “fell” from a window while representing the Magnitsky family in court? Turns out his identity as a key witness for the US gov may have been leaked as part of a disinfo campaign run by Natalia Veselnitskaya.https://t.co/TGLXl79Kdi— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) October 4, 2019

  56. 56.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Donald trump conducts voter outreach

    Daniel Dale @ ddale8
    Trump: “African Americans built this nation. You built this nation. You know, you’re just starting to get real credit for that. I don’t know if you know that. You’re just starting to get – you built the nation. We all built it. But you were such a massive part of it.”

    Trump on illegal migrants: “You’d be amazed at how many African American people come up, and they have people living near them that are brutal killers. They’re killers. But you’re tough, you fight back. But sometimes you don’t win those fights, because these guys are tough too.”

    I can’t believe he didn’t go with the big guy with tears in his eyes who came up and told him, “Sir…” Dale will let us know if there a Sir Story.

    the event is:

    Trump is giving a speech to another Turning Point USA event at the White House, the Young Black Leadership Summit. Candace Owens, of the remarks about Hitler among other remarks, is speaking before him.

    ETA because jesus:

    Trump is now attacking Van Jones at length for supposedly praising various people he’s “never heard of” for criminal justice reform, on some show, and not naming Trump. “I’M THE ONE THAT DID IT,” Trump shouts, saying he called up Jared Kushner to complain about Jones.

    I know Van Jones for getting hounded out of the Obama White House for something I don’t remember then gushing on CNN trump was his president because of some cheap exploitation of a soldier killed in action

  57. 57.

    Jay

    Less than 5 years ago, China hacked our government and stole security clearance files containing the most intimate details of the lives of tens of millions of public officials and private sector workers in the United States. Today, the President asked them to attack our election. https://t.co/RmpcUqLSbU— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 3, 2019

  60. 60.

    moops

    All of this crap is in the service of election tampering. The foreign collusions, the obstruction, I just think we need a moniker that captures the nature of the scandal. Watergate was good. It captured the break-in as the core crime. Iran-Contra was good too. If Mueller had actually served the nation we could have made a moniker involving his efforts, but he whiffed on it.

  63. 63.

    Jay

    NEW: We annotated the explosive Ukraine texts. The inevitable takeaway: U.S. diplomats, Volker and Sondland, worked for months to carry out Trump's demands. The plan to get Zelensky to investigate Biden and 2016 was hatched with their active involvement. https://t.co/wUSw008vA2— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 4, 2019

  65. 65.

    Mary G

    Trump: "African Americans built this nation. You built this nation. You know, you're just starting to get real credit for that. I don't know if you know that. You're just starting to get – you built the nation. We all built it. But you were such a massive part of it."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 4, 2019

    This whole thread is insane.

  66. 66.

    Fleeting Expletive

    If Republicans had any sense they’d be trying to round up a quorum of the Cabinet for a 25th amendment solution, and try to weasel out of executive branch crimes on an incapacity defense.

    I I amuse myself sometimes with fantasies of Republican sanity in any of them.

  68. 68.

    Jay

    THREAD. One thing not to overlook in understanding the significance of the texts is that in addition to soliciting section assistance and abusing his power, Trump was attempting to employ covert propaganda against the American public: pic.twitter.com/owbiahRcPG— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 4, 2019

  69. 69.

    Mary G

    The new intern seems to have grammar and formatting issues, or did he write this himself?

    You can keep getting played,but I wontI’ll focus on dignified work,collapsing families & communities,China’s plan to overtake us etc;the issues facing the millions of people who don’t spend all day hyperventilating about what’s on twitter or the news. https://t.co/2xvL3j5CnW— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 4, 2019

  73. 73.

    Elizabelle

    For Cabinet scandals, we could go with “Swamp-a-Lago.”

    Ukraine Clown Posse is a thing of beauty. Problem is, there are so many things and scandals that need names. It’s worse than the Weather Channel.

    I like adding a Lago or a Loco to stuff; identifies it as Trump-adjacent.

  77. 77.

    Steeplejack

    @Mary G:

    This sounds like Cheneyesque beating the drums for war. Two anonymous administration sources piggybacking on a Microsoft report that notes an uptick in hacking by “a threat group we call Phosphorus, which we believe originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government.”

    The linked Times story, reported by Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger, notes that “hackers from North Korea and Russia have already started actively targeting organizations that work closely with 2020 presidential candidates,” as well as “current and former United States government officials, journalists covering political campaigns and accounts associated with a presidential campaign.” But the writers emphasize Iran and the Trump campaign.

    The news that Iranian hackers targeted Mr. Trump came as his administration continues to weigh a cyberstrike against Iran to punish Tehran for what White House officials charge was an Iranian attack on Saudi oil facilities last month.

    Wait, what’s this, way down in the last paragraph?

    But it is not clear whether the group Microsoft identified reports to [Iran’s] Cyber Corps or is made up, deliberately, of freelancers and others whose affiliations are harder to trace.

    No problem. Message received.

    Not saying Iranian hackers aren’t a problem, but they aren’t the only problem. The 400-pound guy in his basement is probably still hacking away. Just seems odd to single out Iran at this point in time.

  79. 79.

    debbie

    @Jeffro:

    Right? I almost lost my mind earlier this week when Trump said Schiff should be tried for treason “because he said terrible things!” Seriously, this from the jerk who says terrible things practically every minute of every day?

  80. 80.

    Cacti

    I wish I could find anything humorous about any of this.

    As it stands, we’re watching a sitting POTUS and AG attempt to criminalize political opposition to an authoritarian president, through the use of false charges. In real time. In broad daylight. Like some tin pot banana republic.

    I just don’t think I can laugh at any of it.

  81. 81.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: Jared Kushner will be leading Trump’s impeachment fight.

    I’ll admit it. I’m petty enough to enjoy the thought of Fredo and Gummo getting drunk in a deer blind and whining about how Dad only likes Jared cause Ivanka’s such a little bitch.

  82. 82.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @debbie: ‘what happened in China, it’s just as bad as what happened in Ukraine’

    Just once I want someone to ask him to be specific. He’d just keep up the word salad, but it might be one of those questions that stump him and then the video goes viral

  83. 83.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @germy: Chrissy Stroop, an ex-Evangelical, at her blog in the weeks after the 16 election, had links and personal stories making a very strong case that the religion the white Evangelicals are steeped in is explicitly and deeply anti-democracy. They are trained to accept unquestioningly simple straightforward premises and answers presented by an authoritative figure==the preacher/televangelist.

    No other/outside source of information is accepted or tolerated.

    Although I grew up in a denomination that became a pillar of this culture, it was nowhere near so all-encompassing as what is today’s Evangelical reality. And from 89 to 04 I worked in an environment that surrounded me with members of this culture.

    Despite my experience, Chrissy’s posts and links were terrifying. There is a real danger in this culture that many Democrats not raised in or living in this culture refuse to take seriously. They have little or no experience of a strong religious faith and do not realize or do not want to realize how it can completely dominate a person’s whole life. The failure to see and believe in the seriousness of the threat to our democracy is equally terrifying!

  86. 86.

    MCA1

    @Patricia Kayden: It saw a twitter thing today, where someone posted a pic of Drumpf, Pence, Barr and Pompeo and said “Name this band” and the response that most cracked me up struck me as also a perfect title for the entire Trump Era:

    Dunning-Krueger Overdrive.

  94. 94.

    B.B.A.

    Starting to realize that Trump could literally propose handing over Biden and Warren and all the other Dems to be tortured in a Chinese prison, in exchange for lifting the tariffs. And the main reason why this wouldn’t go through is it’s a bad deal for China. The Repubs in Congress would chortle and say “classic Trump!” And next week it’d all be forgotten because we’d have something new to make fun of.

    Oh I’ve got one. “Untitled Goose Scandal.”

  95. 95.

    JGabriel

    I think we should just call it what it is: the Trump International Election-Rigging Scandal.

  97. 97.

    JanieM

    @Patricia Kayden: I have refused to type his name since he was elected, and I’d just as soon never hear it again after he’s gone. When I have anything to say about him over at Obsidian Wings, where I sometimes post and often comment, I call him Clickbait.

    So my offering is “Clickbaitgate.”

    I think I like Crackpot Dome the best, though.

  98. 98.

    The Dangerman

    Give me a second term and a Nobel or someone is getting shivved – gate.

    Hmm. Too long.

  99. 99.

    Gin & Tonic

    Dear wife has CNN on in the background, now saying that Wilmer in fact suffered an MI.

  100. 100.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @Mary G:
    This is so Nazi version 2.

    IIRC Hitler and gang were on the way to euthanize all non-perfect Aryans. It was only the strong sermon sent by a Bishop?Candinal? to be read aloud on a certain Sunday in all the churches in his district that strongly condemned any attempt to do this and called on all Catholics , even those in the military and working for the government to resist any order to carry out euthanization that prevented this plan. The Nazi leaders knew the Catholic soldiers and government workers would resist such orders and gave up their plans.

    Some historians, including Catholic ones, have wondered if similar church action/sermons/directions might have prevented the Holocaust.

  101. 101.

    randy khan

    @RAVEN:

    Seriously, they’re running ads in the first week of October the year before the election? Wow, that’s stupid. Or desperate.

  104. 104.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    more for the “terrible things…” file

    Jonathan Chait @ jonathanchait
    Trump now attributes Democrats impeachment to desire for “power, money and other things,” says he can’t say what those things are until cameras are off.

  108. 108.

    MisterForkbeard

    @hilts: @Gin & Tonic: I’m guessing “MI” means something Infarction?

    That sucks for Bernie. Agree that this he should leave the race. Both for his own health and for the sake of his country. He has the opportunity to do a LOT of good for progressive policies by naming someone like Warren as his new standard bearer.

  114. 114.

    Jay

    For the morning crew —Elon Musk hired a private investigator who had cold-emailed him promising to help expose the British cave dive hero as a pedophile. We found the investigator and he’s serving a three-year sentence in UK jail for fraud. https://t.co/7cn6VhuB3Z— Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) October 4, 2019

  116. 116.

    Fair Economist

    Not surprised the Sanders campaign soft-pedaled his medical issue by calling it “chest discomfort” but now it looks bad that they did that. Although, given Trump’s obvious medical issues, this is another case of “imagine if a Democrat tried to do what Trump does”. Trump’s attitude toward his medical issues (he literally can’t even walk straight anymore) would be like Sanders claiming he had really entered the hospital to inspect its medical delivery and claiming that the doctors had pronounced him as having “the heart of a 35 yo”.

  119. 119.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @Mary G: Rick Wiles I think it was had a recent YouTube video with a tirade about how the left/Democrats control of the education system, especially st the college level, is filling young people with inaccurate info about American history. For example, he rants, they are taught that blacks built our structures. A total, evil un-American lie.

    You warch/listen to a bit of their stuff and you’re in a totally different reality. And it’s terrifying that millions are watching and listening and believing. And voting. And perhaps st some point acting.

  121. 121.

    piratedan

    we keep waiting for there to be some kind of political Rubicon for the GOP in regards to the behavior and defiance of the law exhibited by 45 and I’m beginning to wonder if its simply more a case of Political Fight Club and the fact that the overwhelming majority of them really are corrupt pieces of filth This would imply that Vlad has the receipts for financial and sexual perfidy on a majority of the GOP, in the House and the Senate. IIRC, the GOP got hacked too and I suspect, considering how adept these guys are at governing; that there was a cornucopia of insider trading and dick pics and kiddy porn to be gleaned from wherein which has been used to keep everyone in lockstep. Just an observation, but I am beginning to suspect that these guys will burn it all down because essentially that’s the only way thru as they see it, hope that they can somehow brazen it out.

  123. 123.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Mary G: Missed this up thread, could get interesting if he sticks to his promise to cooperate with the investigation

    Rick Perry is resigning after CNN revealed he had three meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while claiming his resignation is unrelated to the sinking ship he is abandoning.Energy Secretary Rick Perry eyeing White House exit in November

    2016 was a thousand years ago, did trump particularly humiliate Perry? I remember some cracks about his cosmetic glasses (blind squirrels and all), and if Mrs Perry did some insider-trading, I’m sure the Perrys would be given to understand that AG Barr’s views on the matter are… flexible.

  126. 126.

    hilts

    @MisterForkbeard, @zhena gogolia

    Unfortunately, Sanders’ epic hubris won’t allow him to do the right thing and withdraw from the race.

    I’m beyond fed up that two of the leading Dem candidates are over 75 years old. Given the unprecedented corruption, malevolence, and incompetence of Trump’s presidency, we need someone who has the stamina, energy, and mental acuity to go the distance.

    @Fair Economist:

    I’d love to know the details of the neurological disorder that afflicts Trump.

  127. 127.

    Mnemosyne

    @Mary G:

    I’m pretty sure that the library staff looked at that and said, “Uh, how are we supposed to get the book carts up there to reshelve books?”

    Just terrible design all around.

  128. 128.

    mrmoshpotato

    I’ll have to think of one that includes the Rethuglican party, but Traitorous Trump Trash-a-lago for the Soviet shitpile crime family.

  132. 132.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??

    @Mary G:

    Some state yahoo already said euthanasia would save on SSDI payments.

    WTF!? That asshole should be hounded out of office. Fucking literal Nazis advocated for that shit

  137. 137.

    Jay

    Don’t laugh this off as a rant.The Russian Orthodox Church & American Evangelical leaders have a partnership that has caused chaos globally. Trump had the support of top Evangelical leaders closest to Putin locked in by 2015. They’re the ones fueling the “civil war” narrative. https://t.co/70eFOj9k2W— Alexandra Chalupa (@AlexandraChalup) October 4, 2019

  142. 142.

    Matt McIrvin

    @hilts: All four of the leading candidates from both parties in the presidential campaign are over 65. Including the two who are attracting the youth vote. And it’s remarkably like 2016 in that regard (two of them are just the same people as last time).

    Other things being equal I would have preferred someone younger, but it doesn’t seem to be working out that way.

  144. 144.

    J R in WV

    @Mnemosyne:

    I’m pretty sure that the library staff looked at that and said, “Uh, how are we supposed to get the book carts up there to reshelve books?”

    Just terrible design all around.

    Well, perhaps THOSE books are not intended to be removed fro their shelves, ever! Terrible design, indeed!

  145. 145.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @hilts: And anyone with a brain and eyes in their head knows how hard being president is. Let alone working through the long days and nights of eating and sleeping on the run while trying to campaign.

    We can totally forget T since he doesn’t work at the job. But even W , not the greatest worker, noticeably aged during 8 yezrs.

    And Obama carefully made sure he regrouped, rested, and relaxed each day with his family. And was then often up past midnight keeping watch on events and developing situations.

  148. 148.

    Mnemosyne

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??:

    So far, so good! Once I figured out how to turn on the heated humidifier, my AHI has been consistently under 2, and usually lower. They want it to be less than 5. My pre-CPAP AHI was 49, so it’s a big improvement.

  149. 149.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @Jay:
    Anyone paying attn knew Evangelicals and the Orthodox had gotten together to ‘preserve Christian civilization’ by eliminating homosexuals. And banning all Muslims from Europe and US–blocking immigrants/refugees and kicking out the ones already present

  150. 150.

    hilts

    @Matt McIrvin:

    Ideally, I wish Elizabeth Warren were 4 or 5 years younger, but I’d still feel a lot more comfortable with her than Biden or Sanders in the White House as far as age is concerned. I don’t think anyone over 75 years old should be considered for the Presidency period, regardless of where they stand on the issues. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that neither Biden nor Sanders will wind up on the Democratic ticket.

    With respect to Trump, I think he’s too old for the job, but more importantly he’s been a pathological liar and knuckle dragging neanderthal for his entire life.

    @ Ladyraxterinoksays:

    And anyone with a brain and eyes in their head knows how hard being president is.

    Absolutely. I can’t wait to hear the concession speeches from Biden and Sanders.

  151. 151.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @Jay:
    Links in this tweet refer to dominionism. Forget which election it was, maybe 08, people knowledgeable about the subject were speaking up about the dangers of dominionism. But pundits and ‘those who know better’ said they were just getting worried over nothing. There’s the New Apostolic Reformation that had influence over Palin. And the ‘Seven Mountain’ movement (‘right kind of Christians’ take over the 7 pillars of society –politics, education, government, etc)

    There are super committed true believers who have been training for yrs to take advantage of any opening. They’ve been readying for war while most liberals hadn’t a clue. And didn’t take any warning seriously!!

  152. 152.

    Jeffro

    @hilts:

    I don’t think anyone over 75 years old should be considered for the Presidency period, regardless of where they stand on the issues.

    I’m good with 55 or lower on Inauguration Day, please.

    I’m keeping my fingers crossed that neither Biden nor Sanders will wind up on the Democratic ticket.

    They won’t. But yeah, definitely please FSM neither of them.

  153. 153.

    MisterForkbeard

    @hilts: My pipe dream is that Biden and Sanders both use this as an opportunity to say “You know what? Over 75 is just too old to start a presidential term. You can see this in Donald Trump, who is clearly going senile. I’m withdrawing and giving my support to Warren/Harris/Buttigieg who can carry the torch forward and really fix the damage Trump has caused to our people, our power, and our reputation.”

  154. 154.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Ladyraxterinok: ironically, it’s the same business model that Muslims use where they teach the teachers to go out to boondocks and brainwash the yokels to be right wing religious radicals.

  155. 155.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @delk:

    Great Gate of Kiev

    This is total, utter WIN. Leaves all the others, clever as they are, in the dust.

    Congratulations!

  157. 157.

    Amir Khalid

    @Patricia Kayden:

    What can’t Jared do?

    A: Whatever his FIL thinks he should be in charge of. That the Consort to the Crown Princess is in charge of the fight against impeachment can only be a positive sign for ipeachment.

  160. 160.

    Amir Khalid

    @Steve in the ATL:

    ironically, it’s the same business model that Muslims use where they teach the teachers to go out to boondocks and brainwash the yokels to be right wing religious radicals.

    That Muslims use? Quite a broad brush you’re using there.

  161. 161.

    hilts

    @MisterForkbeard:

    My pipe dream is that Biden and Sanders both use this as an opportunity to say “You know what? Over 75 is just too old to start a presidential term. You can see this in Donald Trump, who is clearly going senile. I’m withdrawing and giving my support to Warren/Harris/Buttigieg

    Amen, Amen! Trump is a malignant cancer and an existential threat to this planet. It’s time for Biden and Sanders to put this nation’s interests ahead of their personal ambitions and step aside,.

  162. 162.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Amir Khalid: common practice in the predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East, based on my personal observations thereof. Pardon my imprecision—I’m full of grilled lamb and Pinot noir this evening.

    ETA: and quit stressing me out. My Apple Watch just told me to breathe!

  168. 168.

    prostratedragon

    @debbie: The Queens library system is separate from that of NYC. I guess, a holdover arrangement from before the five boroughs consolidated. [Averts her gaze]

  169. 169.

    Origuy

    @Mary G: Oh, FFS. That’s just absurd. The architect should lose his license.
    Palo Alto built a new branch library a few years ago. They had a sculpture partially blocking the sidewalk leading from the handicapped parking to the entrance. I emailed the library; they changed the sidewalk so that people in wheelchairs didn’t have to make a sharp turn. Only took a couple of weeks.

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