Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

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

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

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

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Bark louder, little dog.

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

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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

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  1. 1.

    Mary G

    It was most enjoyable to see Twitter followers and donations rise for Tedra Cobb over the weekend.

     

    The only thing that seems to have gotten under Elise’s skin is when George Conway called her trash.

  3. 3.

    Marianne 19

    But the NYTimes just told me she’s the GOP’s “emerging star” from the hearings. I have no idea how to link on new site.

  4. 4.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Mary G: It wasn’t so much that she acted like trash, she really came across as “crazy ex-girlfriend”?

    I’ve got the market cornered on dating women that initially presented as wonderful and turned out to be bonkers, and not good bonkers. And now that I’m 49 I’ve got a lot of experience to draw on to avoid making this mistake anymore. But she scares me. And I’m 5’11, 272, teach aikido, and am built like the guys who do strongmen competitions.
  5. 5.

    Calouste

    “Stefanik went to Harvard.” Well, so did Jared Kushner. That your parents can write a big check doesn’t make you smart.

  6. 6.

    jl

    He (or she) who sups with the devil should use a long spoon.

    Sad picture of Stefanik. Looks like a person who has just been through some things.

  7. 7.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Mary G:

    The only thing that seems to have gotten under Elise’s skin is when George Conway called her trash.

    Would’ve loved to have seen a reply of, “I’m trash? Look who you voluntarily married?”

  9. 9.

    Ohio Mom

    Stefanik apparent never heard, or disregarded, the traditional maternal warning, “Your face will freeze like that.”

     

    And now it is frozen in that sneer, thanks to the photographer who snapped this shot. Listen to your mothers, folks.

  11. 11.

    oldgold

    In the race to rise up in the GOP Congressional ranks the  obsequious lane is completely full and the competition is stiff.

     

    Given this, one would think at least a few young aspiring GOP members of Congress might try rising up running in the maverick lane.  Granted it would be a tricky run, but you might make a name for yourself and sleep well.

  13. 13.

    Chetan Murthy

    @oldgold:  at least a few young aspiring GOP members of Congress might try rising up running in the maverick lane.

    I agree with Don Moynihan, that she’s doing it to cement her bona fides with Shitler’s base.  There’s no way to run in the “maverick lane” and do that, too.  She’s made her choice.

  14. 14.

    Marcopolo

    For any BJers who would like to engage in some physical protesting to support impeachment, a group called Impeach & Remove (no I don’t have a lot of info on them) is hoping to get folks who are represented in Congress by Republicans to show up at their offices the night before the actual impeachment vote.

     

    The night before the House of Representatives takes a somber vote to impeach Trump, we’ll head to every congressional office and public square to declare that Nobody Is Above the Law as representatives finalize their positions and senators look on.

     

    Join this historic nationwide mobilization on the eve of Trump’s impeachment vote: RSVP for an event near you or sign up to host one. Events will be visible, family-friendly, public gatherings to demonstrate to our lawmakers that their constituents are behind them to defend the Constitution—and that Trump has left them no alternative to uphold their oath of office but to support impeachment and removal.

     
    “Nobody Is Above the Law” Events

  15. 15.

    dmsilev

    She trained Paul Ryan for the VP debate.

    ah, so she’s always been good at picking winning horses to back.

  16. 16.

    dexwood

    May that picture haunt her forever. No photo manipulation needed. Her inner ugly shines straight on through.

  17. 17.

    Raoul

    @oldgold: You have to be smart, and cunning, and at least a little brave to really do the maverick lane. I though John McCain’s schtick was often fairly bogus, but he had some gumption.

    There is no evidence that there is a single GOP member of either chamber who has gumption. Mitt comes the closest. And that’s freakin’ sad.

  21. 21.

    James E Powell

    The Republicans believe that all they need to do win is keep their ignorant, hateful, bigot voters fired up because: a) it’s worked before and b) they don’t have another plan.

  22. 22.

    Jay

    Q: And Sondland agreed with you that the President did not give a shit about Ukraine. So his answer was to you, the President doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine?DAVID HOLMES: My recollection, he said, Nope, not at all, doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 19, 2019

  23. 23.

    Marcopolo

    @Raoul: Honestly Justin Amash might have fit the description, but as we can see with what happened to him the idea of being a “maverick” is no longer tolerated in the Trumpublican party.  I might also consider Murkowski in the Senate–she has had the experience of winning her seat as a right-in candidate against an R wing nut.

  24. 24.

    Jay

    A sort of strange thing: all this coverage stems from Katie McHugh sending a cache of Miller's emails to SPLC. But by all accounts there's a whole cohort of DC reporters who have the same kind of emails from Miller in their own archives, and none of them have seen daylight afaik. https://t.co/65boMi4fiQ— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 18, 2019

  26. 26.

    Mary G

    @TaMara (HFG): Another first in the Mississippi House elections:

     

    Hester Jackson-McCray also ousted a GOP Mississippi House incumbent and made history as a black woman elected in a majority white district in DeSoto County. She won by 13 votes after losing that same seat 68-32 in 2015. Voter turnout jumped by ~1/3.https://t.co/fgiHklIqdX— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) November 18, 2019

  28. 28.

    Mary G

    Twitler’s campaigning in Mississippi helped…

    Also from today: Trump’s visit to Mississippi boosted GOP turnout in the region he visited by 5%, but boosted Democratic turnout by 12%. Jim Hood lost the gov race by 5.7 pts, but Dems ran up numbers in suburbs & won some counties for 1st time in decades.https://t.co/NByiZhORaW— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) November 18, 2019

    That’s right; send him to all the red states!

  29. 29.

    David M

    @Marianne 19: But the NYTimes just told me she’s the GOP’s “emerging star” from the hearings. I have no idea how to link on new site.

    Not only did the NYTimes apparently do a puff piece about how she’s a new star, they “forgot” to include the fact this was all based on her lying about being silenced. The NY Times isn’t this bad by accident.

  32. 32.

    Raoul

    @Marcopolo: Amash has integrity. Clearly that is grounds for expulsion from the GOP.
    I see Murkowski’s name bandied about a fair bit, but she doesn’t seem to do much, does she? I guess keeping one’s head down is the thing in these times. A thing that doesn’t feel mavericky, but I’m not in her state, so I may be poorly informed about her.

  33. 33.

    Redshift

    @James E Powell: The Republicans believe that all they need to do win is keep their ignorant, hateful, bigot voters fired up because: a) it’s worked before and b) they don’t have another plan.

    Keep their voters fired up, and engage in every kind of voter suppression and gerrymandering they can think of.

     

    To be more fair than they deserve, I don’t think there is another plan that has any chance of working in the near term. The course back to being a normal political party would almost certainly result in many current members losing their positions, and in addition to not being selfless enough to put party over country, they’re not even selfless enough to put party over MEEEEEEEE!

  35. 35.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Redshift:  I don’t think there is another plan that has any chance of working in the near term. The course back to being a normal political party would almost certainly result in many current members losing their positions

    Truth.  If they were to ditch their racism, misogyny, and homophobia, they might be able to keep their plutocrat-servicing, and eventually attract wealthy, successful people from the ranks of progressives.  But the path between today, and that hypothetical future, involves a shit-ton of GrOPers losing their seats and power.  A real …. “evolutionary bottleneck”.  I -do- believe this would be possible: I mean, there are lots of people of color who like their money and all.  They just like their necks more, and know that when other people of color are being oppressed, it ain’t likely to stay contained …. and that’s why they’re progressive.

  39. 39.

    Doug R

    @Chetan Murthy:

    I agree with Don Moynihan, that she’s doing it to cement her bona fides with Shitler’s base.  There’s no way to run in the “maverick lane” and do that, too.  She’s made her choice.

    trump’s a republican black hole that sucks up any “Mavericks” or flings them out of the galaxy at insane speeds.

    Like Jason Amash.

  40. 40.

    Achrachno

    @Mary G: On average he’d be more useful in the purple states I imagine: think of how much good he could do in AZ.

     

    But getting him to tour south TX might be interesting too.  Or the Central Valley of CA.

  41. 41.

    scav

    I’ve got no camera-awareness worth speaking of (plus facial paralysis) and even I don’t think I could delude myself that that particular arrangement of facial muscles is suitable for public use, let alone anywhere near a lens.

  42. 42.

    James E Powell

    @Redshift:

     

    Keep their voters fired up, and engage in every kind of voter suppression and gerrymandering they can think of.

    Exactly. And they know if they don’t do all those things they will get waxed on election day.

  45. 45.

    Sm*t Cl*de

    @jl:

    He (or she) who sups with the devil should use a long spoon.

    He or she who lies down with dogs should not previously have covered themselves with peanut butter and meat paste.

    Or so I hear from a friend.

  46. 46.

    Llelldorin

    @Doug R: I’m actually wondering about where Amash will go from here. I’ve noticed that a lot of Republicans, once they realize that the party is flatly wrong about some issue, start to notice the many, many other places where the party is out to lunch. (See, for example, any of the recent writings of Max Boot.)

  49. 49.

    zhena gogolia

    She is disgusting. She started these shenanigans at the very beginning of the hearings. It was so clearly planned for her to be the attack bitch. Sorry for my sexist language.

  50. 50.

    J R in WV

    @Jay:

     

    So his answer was to you, the President doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine?DAVID HOLMES: My recollection, he said, Nope, not at all, doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine.

    No surprise there. Trump doesn’t give a shit about America either, just how much he can steal from her. He can’t even spell emoluments, much less define it or obey the law regarding it.

  51. 51.

    chopper

    @pat:

     

    i will say it’s rare to see guys on the internet flexing about being 5’11”. but hey, dudes gotta flex i guess.

  52. 52.

    Miss Bianca

    Man, that’s a Mean Girl sneer. I’d laugh except she’s in the House of Fucking Representatives. What a vile little creature.

  53. 53.

    Miss Bianca

    @Llelldorin: I wonder too, since my RWNJ brother in Michigan describes Amash as a “traitor”. Either Amash’s district is more forgiving than East Detroit (ooh, sorry, “Eastpointe”, now, so we can pretend we’re more like Grosse Pointe and less like Detroit), or he’ll have to find another line of work!

  54. 54.

    Dev Null

    @Ohio Mom:

    sneer

    Looks more like a vapid pout to me. Someone somewhere (probably a jackal, but possibly a Rick Hasen responder) commented that at the end of the session her fellow cultists immediately distanced themselves from her, which if true might explain a pout.

     

    E2A: as JL noted a few comments down: “mega-pout”.

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