Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

The problem people have with Biden’s age is the color of the VPs skin.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

This country desperately needs a functioning Fourth Estate.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

President Biden is doing good where he can, and getting it done.

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

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

He really is that stupid.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Joe Biden can go out like FDR, not by dying in office, but by crushing the fascists.

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ICYMI Open Thread: The Impeachment Images

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(It’s not so much fun when they’ve got your boy in the spotlight, huh, Chief Justice?)


(Gonna be a loooong weekend for the Oval Office Occupant’s handlers… )


Prediction: The Repubs are not gonna worry about saying anything stupid. Quite the contrary.

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  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    It’s possible Roberts, he of “balls and strikes,” is an improvement over Rehnquist, who was a self-absorbed dick. We can only hope.

  4. 4.

    Brachiator

    The President of the United States personally directed a conspiracy to use taxpayer dollars to destroy his political rivals and rig the election.

    But Mitch McConnell says this is not an impeachable offense.  And Mitch McConnell is an honorable man.

  5. 5.

    SenyorDave

    Foregone conclusion that the Senate acquits.  One of the main focuses of the 2020 campaign MUST emphasize that the GOP does not care about the rule of law.  Maybe this won’t matter to most people, but I hope that it might away a few independents.

  6. 6.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    apparently in the Very Stable Genius book, which I am probably going to get sucked into, there’s a story of an early meeting between trump and Pelosi, and Steve Bannon says “She’s an assassin” and recognizes she’s going to be trump’s Nemesis (capitalized in recognition of the Greek goddess who punished hubris).

    I think it was before she was Speaker she laid out trump’s MO and why it doesn’t work on her. First he tries charm, then he tries bullying, and she’s immune to both. I think a lot of people get or got sucked in by the first and thought, eh, maybe he’s not so bad after all

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Brachiator: I wonder if Mitch would be Ok with my kidnapping him and holding him in a storage container until his term is up to rig his next bid for re-election?

  8. 8.

    R-Jud

    I totally did miss this, and I feel like it’s somehow appropriate that I am listening to Mozart’s Requiem as I read it. Confutatis maledictis, motherfuckers.

  11. 11.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @SenyorDave: I have a feeling, and I hope I’m not being deluded, that after the GOP acquits more and more evidence of malfeasance will surface, to the point that by the time the election does come around they lose in places they didn’t think possible (like maybe half those “solidly red” TX congressional districts that are opening up due to retirements)

  13. 13.

    Brachiator

    apparently in the Very Stable Genius book, which I am probably going to get sucked into…

    I don’t know how I missed the inevitable Gilbert and Sullivan parody inspired by Trump’s stupid, aggrandizing description of himself, but it is worth savoring:  Randy Rainbow Song parody

  18. 18.

    zhena gogolia

    @germy:

    Gee, I wonder why Trump is so concerned about Bernie and the rigging of the primaries and seemingly cheerleading for Bernie to get the nomination? I wonder why???? It’s one of those unfathomable mysteries!

    They’re on the same team.

  19. 19.

    piratedan

    well as we discover more about what specifically took place, the article of impeachment notwithstanding.  As I understand my civics, there’s absolutely nothing that would prevent additional articles being submitted for a new batch of different crimes, say for the violation of campaign finance laws that surrounded Trump paying off Stormy Daniels with campaign cash.  Or any of the other crimes that have been well documented.  Make Mitch run thru this dance over and over.

  20. 20.

    Betty Cracker

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I’ve read a few excerpts of it in the WaPo too, and I was struck by how often Bannon uses assassination metaphors. He “jokingly” told Ty Cobb that he (Cobb) needed to shoot Ivanka and Jared in the head to get rid of them. (He also called Ivanka “dumb as a brick” — can’t disagree there.)

    I was determined not to get sucked into that book either because I agree with what Mix said yesterday about the harm caused by the political book industry.  But on the other hand, the only justice I expect out of this hideous Trump circus is private gloating about the low-quality hires’ humiliations and discomfort, so…

  24. 24.

    debbie

    @debbie:

    Here’s the blurb from my library:

    “This peerless and gripping narrative reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished and exposes how decision making in his administration has been driven by a reflexive logic of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement – but a logic nonetheless. This is the story of how an unparalleled president has scrambled to survive and tested the strength of America’s democracy and its common heart as a nation.” –Amazon

    Heh. Nice one, Jeff.

  25. 25.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @debbie: I’m failing miserably on my NY resolution to read fiction, on paper, for an hour every day. If I get the audio– due out on the 21st, I can listen while doing other stuff

  29. 29.

    Ruckus

    @Brachiator:

    You typed that whole thing and I don’t see throw up all over it, especially that last part. Bravo.

    Did you have to run to the loo right after…..?

  33. 33.

    Ruckus

    @germy:

    And he is a far smaller, and far worse human being for that.

    Also I’m not sure it was ever a decision he actually made unless he made it as a child.

  34. 34.

    Jinchi

    KK: Would you be in favor of a law banning the children of sitting presidents and vice presidents from serving on foreign companies’ boards?
    Asked of Joe Biden by the NYT

    This type of question exasperates me. Hunter Biden was a 45 year old man when he was on the Board of Burisma. He is not a child and he is not Joe Biden’s property. Why would Joe Biden’s office have any bearing on Hunter Biden’s career path?

    Under what theory does the NYT think that a law like this would pass constitutional muster, not to mention all the additional questions it brings up. Why just restrict it to board membership, why not bar any employment with a foreign company? What about children working for any company with business in of the US? Why restrict it to the children of the President or Vice President? What about senior members of the Senate? Or the Supreme Court?

    I understand the need to ask questions about conflict of interest and corruption that access to power entails, but solutions like this indicate they’ve given no serious thought to how one would actually combat it.

  37. 37.

    Chris Johnson

    @Jinchi: They work for Putin. This is exactly the same kind of trap as ‘would you consider a Republican vice-president as a show of bipartisanship?’

    Not a real question. A trap.

  38. 38.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @WaterGirl:  sorry for the lack of clarity— the link that I posted in 14 is one I tried to post in comment 6 using the edit button. I hit post and the Edit/ETA got et, to I just put it in a new comment (14)

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Thanks for the details!

    I’m willing to let anything go as a one-off, until I see it again.

    But if anything like that happens again, please send me an email or use site feedback.  Because if you see something twice, you will definitely see it again.

  40. 40.

    Baud

    @Jinchi:

    The NYT is garbage.

    Whatever happened to the reporter who blew the scoop of the century because he was chasing fantasies about Biden’s corruption on Ukraine?

  41. 41.

    West of the Rockies

    I take warm satisfaction in the fact that Jim “Hit the Showers, Boys” Jordan is not on the team.

    You ain’t good enough, Jim.  Big Daddy has weighed your usefulness and found you wanting.  Back to the minors, son.

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