Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

The revolution will be supervised.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

T R E 4 5 O N

This fight is for everything.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Bark louder, little dog.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

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

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

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

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

All your base are belong to Tunch.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

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

The willow is too close to the house.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Friday the 13th Falls on A Wednesday This Month!

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On what may be the last post of the old blogsite: Ave atque vale!

In case anyone missed it, Watergirl posted yesterday evening:

… As John mentioned, the transition to the new site will start somewhere around 6 am tomorrow. It may not start right on the dot at 6, and you are welcome to stay on Balloon Juice until the moment the old site is taken down. Who will be the last person to comment on the last thread on the current site?

So what can you expect for tomorrow? When you see a message come up on balloon-juice.com instead of the website, that’s how you will know that the process has started.

It takes awhile to count each of the 5.5 million comments as we move them to the new site. Okay, we’re not actually counting them, but you knew that. It still takes a long time to move everything over!

We are unlikely to have anything to report until at least 10 am, but John will provide updates on his twitter account whenever there is something to say. Anyone can view John’s twitter account at this link: https://twitter.com/johngcole…

Since I’m the backstage Unofficial Official Stress Tester, I’m planning to schedule a late-morning post on Erdogan’s visit, just to see when (if) it shows up on the new site. So you’ll have something fresh to look for, Murphy the Trickster God willing…

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  4. 4.

    satby

    Senator Burr is getting ahead of himself if he’s predicting a trial length before he even gets an impeachment referral from the House.

  14. 14.

    p.a.

    Been here since at least the Schiavo tragedy. Survived neti pot weirdness. See you all on the other side!
    If things don’t work out, I occasionally comment at Eschaton, Slacktivist, OK-cleek.
    A bonne chance!

  15. 15.

    satby

    @rikyrah: but unlike Drumpf’s defenders, Burr at least intends to protect the whistleblower’s identity. Still, he’s a loyal GOPer, so no trust is a given.*
    And what a tragic commentary that is on the state of politics in this country. We need both parties to be functional and honest brokers on policy.

  17. 17.

    Tony Jay

    Does the new site have individual e-lounges where virtual drinks and canapes are served? Because I’d really like that.

    And if the Tories ever stop running a power-mower over their collective dick for, like, five minutes, I might be able to get a Brexit Update finished, but they don’t seem capable of it.

  29. 29.

    satby

    I’m so looking forward to not getting ads for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. That alone will be worth the downtime.

  30. 30.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @satby: Yeah, the impeachment process for Nixon from vote in the House until the vote in Judiciary was about 6 months, there was never a vote to impeach in the full House. Burr must be thinking this will follow the Clinton timeline, he’s wrong.

  31. 31.

    satby

    @NotMax: she didn’t show up yesterday. And the booths weren’t marked for me to start repainting where she overstepped. So confrontation delayed until tomorrow.
    Edit: along with extending her floor and a cabinet into my space, she painted 4 feet into the canopy on my side, then claimed it was a mistake.

  42. 42.

    JWR

    Does anyone besides me think, or have a feeling, that these televised hearings are being rushed? Back in early Summer, my BP went up with every new revelation, and all I could think was “where’s my impeachment!” Then I remembered what Andrew Card said, ”From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August.”, and I was calmed.

    And I was very happy when Pelosi gave her impeachment inquiry announcement, but now, I dunno. Schiff was on Face the Nation a few weeks ago, and as soon as he mentioned open, public hearings, Margaret Brennen loudly exclaimed, “But when? WHEN?”, as if her life depended on it. I don’t think Schiff would bow to media pressure, but these hearings tomorrow just feel too soon, and I think the media is in a major hurry to get this stuff outa the way so they can go back to just letting Trump be Trump.

  43. 43.

    NotMax

    A few minutes of the first Senate hearing during Watergate shown on Maddow’s program yesterday. Included (if one was paying close attention) someone lighting up to smoke.

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