Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

After roe, women are no longer free.

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

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Infrastructure week. at last.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

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

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

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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

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

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Weren’t you sick already this week?   I don’t think you’re supposed to get a flu shot when you have already come down with something.

  13. 13.

    Yutsano

    @ruemara: Usually you don’t get administered a flu shot if you’re sick with anything. But if you’re thinking of the anti-flu drug, then yes you can get that.

    Or what BillIn said.

  14. 14.

    painedumonde

    Coronavirus has no vaccine – 1918 here we come. If you are ill, a vaccine is not a cure. Fluids, rest, eat, clear your lungs repeatably.

  15. 15.

    VOR

    Please let us know if the flu shot helps with any Trump-induced symptoms like stress, shouting “WTF?” at the TV, and banging your head on your desk.

  16. 16.

    Marcopolo

    So there is one downside to how good Adam Schiff is: all the other House managers arguments just seem a bit less for happening in his wake. Just glad that in my life whenever I have been required to make some kind of public performance, statement, presentation, etc.. that I have never had to follow anyone particularly gifted in that respect.

  18. 18.

    Betty Cracker

    @Baud: Just looked that up, and here’s an excerpt from USA Today:

    “Clinton reserves a special hatred and animosity for Tulsi—who never endorsed Clinton, did not campaign for her, and to top it off, gave the nomination speech for Senator Sanders at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.”

    Yeah, I’m sure Clinton was really smarting from the 2016 snub from the political juggernaut that is…Tulsi Gabbard.

    But wait — there’s more:

    Gabbard in the lawsuit claims she has “suffered significant actual damages, personally and professionally, that are estimated to exceed $50 million—and continue to this day” because of Clinton’s comments.

    I’d love to see how they arrived at that estimate.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    @ruemara: I felt a little wobbly for an hour or two the day after christmas as I was heading to the train to come home.  Happily, it did not last.

    Still does not seem like a great time to add a challenge to your body.  I would make you chicken soup if I was there.

  23. 23.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Marcopolo: I recall many years ago, Johnny Carson had Bob Hope (old and fading) on his show, and had him come on after Robin Williams (at his manic peak.) First words out of Hope’s mouth were something to the effect of “yeah, thanks a lot.” He knew.

  24. 24.

    JPL

    The full strength of the flu show only lasts about four months, and this flu season is quite long.  Bears have the right idea about hibernation.

  31. 31.

    donnah

    Jason Crow, Dem from Colorado, is making excellent points and explaining the huge value of the money promised and then denied to Ukraine. He makes the poignant point several times that Ukraine’s soldiers were going into battle wearing sneakers. No boots, no flak jackets, no helmets. Limited weapons, meager arsenal…he really spells out how important it was to have Ukraine as an ally and how important it was to help with financial assistance.

    Well said, and points that should be spelled out.

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    @Yutsano: I made it twice when I was sick.  The first batch was all I ate for 4-5 days, and when that ran out, I made more.

    The only thing missing was someone to make it for me!

  33. 33.

    Patricia Kayden

    What’s the purpose of Chief Justice Roberts? He administers oaths & the Republican senators breach it immediately. He listens to Republican lawyers lie & does nothing.He watches democracy erode & just sits there.What a fucking sham of a system you have down there America. pic.twitter.com/165dP0VPXd— cαηα∂α нαтεs тя☭мρ (@Trump_Detester) January 22, 2020

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    @donnah: He set the stage for that yesterday when he talked about being in Iraq and elsewhere in 2004 (?) and how they had to forage for pieces of metal anywhere they could find it because our solders did not have the armor they needed.

    [Aside: Fuck you,  Rumsfeld]

    So he set the stage or that by talking about himself, and American solders, yesterday.  Didn’t really harp on it, mostly put it out there.

    And now today.  Smart move.

  36. 36.

    Gin & Tonic

    @donnah: Completely true. I have a friend who devotes his spare time to sewing tactical gear for the soldiers on the front lines, and I have been involved in several fundraising efforts for his project.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    @Patricia Kayden:  Before this is over, Roberts is going to have all of Trump’s shit sticking to him, just like everyone else.

    This was his chance to insist on truth, and the law, and it turns out he is just a Republican toady for Trump, just like all the others.

  38. 38.

    Jeffro

    @Betty Cracker: Am I remembering correctly – didn’t Hillz say something like “10 Dem candidates + a Russian asset” and Gabbard immediately assumed Hillz was talking about her?

    Clinton never called her out by name, iirc.  What a whack-job!

  50. 50.

    mrmoshpotato

    @WaterGirl: No no.  A Wilmer reference would’ve been “10 Dem candidates + a yelly, pouty asshole I beat like a rented mule in the primary.”

  51. 51.

    trollhattan

    @Baud:

    Killery accused Tulsi of being Tulsi without uttering the name Tulsi. Only killery can triangulate defamation and make it vanish. Magic!

  52. 52.

    debbie

    Anyone else pissed off about this SC hearing today which would allow private religious schools to get public funding? If these religious institutions can’t be forced to do anything that conflicts with their beliefs, why can I be forced to pay taxes towards institutions I don’t support or believe in? Isn’t that a violation of my religious freedom?

  53. 53.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @Jeffro:

    The praise for Schiff (on Twitter and elsewhere) is just off the hook.

    Explains all the bullshit and taunting Tweets from Republicans in the Senate and House today

    They’re getting killed and they know it.

    Maybe also explains Trump saying in an interview today he’s looking at cutting entitlements and Social Security and Medicare next year…messaging those R’s to stay strong and stay loyal during Impeachment,  help Russia get him re-elected and he’ll jump on their pain train.

  55. 55.

    debbie

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Drinking vitamin water has really helped when I was recovering from the flu or pneumonia. You don’t realize how out of it you are until you get liquids and electrolytes back in your system.

  56. 56.

    stinger

    One thing that strikes me forcibly, listening to Rep. Demings, is what a terrible position we put Zelensky in. Not just that the much-needed aid was being held up, but that here he is, having run successfully on an anti-corruption platform, being asked to BE CORRUPT in order to get the aid. By the United States!

  57. 57.

    Yutsano

    @WaterGirl: A friend of mine is allergic to penicillin. Every time I hear of him getting sick I threaten to make the Jewish version. He’s scared it’s going to kill him.

  59. 59.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    I was just saying in the thread below that Trump is also jumping on the lefty anti-Biden bandwagon with that. After all, if both he and Biden are planning to cut Social Security and Medicare, why not vote for Trump, the guy who’s honest about how he’s going to screw you?

  63. 63.

    ixnay

    @debbie: rehydration solution (helpful in any sweaty or other fluid/electrolyte-losing situation): 1 quart water, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon “lite” salt (which is pretty much half regular salt, half potassium chloride). Dissolve and chill. Sip a little fairly frequently. If you cannot bear the taste, try it with a little juice, but no additional sugar beyond that. These proportions are what it takes to maximize sugar and electrolytes uptake. (At least that is what Dr. Google tells me. This is what is used in 3rd world countries in, e.g., Cholera epidemics.) Works for me.

  65. 65.

    debbie

    @ixnay:

    Sounds good, but the last thing I want to be doing when I’m feeling like garbage is to mix up a solution like some misbegotten barkeep. It’s tough enough just unscrewing the cap.

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    @stinger: Ukraine has a lot of arable land and a lot of people who have been engaged in agriculture for generations. China has money and people but not much arable land. You don’t need a PhD to figure this out. If the US is in bed with the bear on your border….

  69. 69.

    eddie blake

    @Jeffro:

    no, she actually said republicans were grooming someone for a third party run. was misquoted.

    and gabbard jumped like she was bit.

  72. 72.

    Just One More Canuck

    @WaterGirl: parsley, potato, carrots , sal and pepper and a beef bouillon cube for flavour ( she insisted on it) – looks weird but is delicious

  77. 77.

    eddie blake

    @rikyrah:

    stunning how commie doc brown and his sandernistas are COMPLETELY unconcerned about building party unity. i mean, i GET it, he hates democrats, THEY hate democrats, but it still BAFFLES me that they would rather fight US than the actual, you know, fucking FASCISTS.

  78. 78.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Samantha-Jo Roth‏Verified account@SamanthaJoRoth23m23 minutes ago
    .@tedcruz: “The need for the Senate to hear the testimony of Hunter Biden has become more relevant.”

    mr first tier Ivy League over here

  80. 80.

    Just One More Canuck

    @WaterGirl: my wife  got the recipe from her recently (we keep in touch – she’s 85 and recently lost her husband) so it should be easy to put my hands on

  82. 82.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    very stable genius

    Peter Baker‏Verified account @peterbakernyt 2h2 hours ago
    Trump breaks his own Twitter record with 132 tweets or retweets as of 4:45 p.m., the most of any single day of his presidency, as he defended himself and lashed out at the House managers.

  83. 83.

    rikyrah

    I don’t think that the Democrats have wasted one minute of the time given to them.???

     

    Republicans are traitors…but, we knew that already.???

  87. 87.

    mad citizen

    @debbie: You’re way behind the times.  I think we did this in Indiana a couple decades ago.  (Money to religious schools)

  88. 88.

    Bill Arnold

    @Gin & Tonic:

    That is not going unnoticed in Ukraine. It is not to the US’s benefit.

    Trump’s M.O. is corruption; it’s one way he “owns” people; he corrupts them.
    When he says he is concerned about corruption, it’s true. He wants more of it. (Also the story about him complaining about bribery by US citizens being illegal even in other countries.)

  89. 89.

    cain

    @painedumonde:

    Dont’ worry our president will handle it, he’s handle it before! He knows more than the doctors do about this! This is serious shit. But he won’t give a shit unless somehow Mar-a-Lago is threatened.

  90. 90.

    Bill Arnold

    @eddie blake:

    but it still BAFFLES me that they would rather fight US than the actual, you know, fucking FASCISTS.

    It’s easier if you think of them as supporting fascismauthoritarianism, by helping to elect Republicans.
    (Exceptions apply for elections for positions representing super safe Democratic districts.)

  91. 91.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @ eddie blake The Communists refused to unite with the Social Democrats against the Nazis because the Communist claimed their was no difference between the Social Democrats and Nazis. Thus as it always is with the Hard Left, a knife the liberal back.

  92. 92.

    Martin

    The only reason Republicans are looking for a witness trade is because they know they don’t have 50 votes. They can only get there by getting Democrats on board in exchange for Bolton.

    Republicans can call as many witnesses as they can get 50 votes for.

  93. 93.

    joel hanes

    @WaterGirl:

    it turns out [Chief Justice Roberts] is just a Republican toady

    Overdetermined.

    1. They wouldn’t have nominated him otherwise.
    2. Citizens United
    3. Shelby County
    4. Rucho

    So his behavior in this Senate proceeding is just further confirmation of an already-undeniable fact.

  94. 94.

    joel hanes

    @Jeffro:

    didn’t Hillz say something like “10 Dem candidates + a Russian asset”

     

    No.   Secretary Clinton said “Republican asset”.  You are correct that she did not offer a name.

    The FTFNYT misquoted her as “Russian asset”.

    Gabbard [spit] immediately decided that the epithet was aimed at her own self.

    Whom the cap fit, let him wear it.

  96. 96.

    joel hanes

    @rikyrah:

    I honestly didn’t realize we have elected politicians who have this level of elite trial skills.

    We have a couple we’re not even using.

    e.g.  Katie Porter

  99. 99.

    germy

    Adam Klasfeld

    @KlasfeldReports

    Hecklers disrupt Rep. Jeffries’ speech. Moving on, Jeffries quotes Scripture: “The Lord loves righteousness and justice.”

  100. 100.

    WaterGirl

    @germy:

    Hecklers disrupt Rep. Jeffries’ speech.

    What speech?  His presentation in the “trial”?  Who is there to heckle?  I thought everyone was required to be quiet.

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