Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

This really is a full service blog.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

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

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

Let’s finish the job.

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

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

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

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Let there be snark.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

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  4. 4.

    Yutsano

    @mrmoshpotato: Soviet shitpile mobster conman doesn’t care about anyone but himself. What have the Republicans in the House done for him anyway? He probably thinks they should be giving him money!

  5. 5.

    randy khan

    This was happening in my neighborhood, too.  Both the Post and the NY Times, by the way.

  7. 7.

    dmsilev

    @rikyrah:

    McCarthy specifically has asked Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, to make a financial commitment to the House GOP.

    I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, to learn that (a) Jared Kushner is also running the finances of the RNC and that (b) Jared Kushner thinks money that the Trump family can embezzle is more valuable than money that House Republicans can embezzle.

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    CSPAN is showing an Obama book event from shortly after the ’04 election. I went into a deep funk when Bush was re-elected, it felt like something we might never recover from. And now…

  9. 9.

    Kay

    Noga Tarnopolsky
    @NTarnopolsky
    ·3h
    “Again the use of water cannons against protesters at Balfour Street- it’s a weapon that can kill- and supposed to be used only in extreme circumstances such as protesters attacking/injuring police. Does that appear to be the situation here?”

    At least 5,000 mass near PM’s residence in Jerusalem, as more rally in Tel Aviv, Caesarea and at highway overpasses and major junctions; demonstrators attacked in south, Ramat Gan

    The water cannons send the people flying backwards. There will be serious injuries.

  10. 10.

    mrmoshpotato

    What does the fox say?

    “Fuck the fucking New York Times!  Steal the Washington Post!”

  11. 11.

    Kay

    The Israeli protestors are chanting that the government sends all the money to the rich and that they’re all corrupt.

    Sounds familiar!

  14. 14.

    cain

    @Kay:

    Our young people is amongst us all fighting the good fight. Good for them. Let them rise. That SOB Bibi is a damn crook and I hope these protests continue to destablize his govt and he’ll be forced to go to jail.

    Good riddance. I hope the end of this year we see the end of both Trump and Bibi.

  15. 15.

    Arclite

    I know Megan Argle-Bargle has gotten a lot of flack on this blog in the past, and for good reason.  However, I’m enjoying her take on LRC recently. Articulate and mostly sane positions all around.  I’m missing Liz Bruenig though.

  20. 20.

    piratedan

    @cain: 1 confirmed dead, guy drove his vehicle into protesters, the protesters then beat on his vehicle telling him to slow down, driver supposedly rolled down his window and shot three times at point blank range into the crowd.  Supposedly Austin PD are treating this as a homicide

  21. 21.

    Kent

    @Arclite:I know Megan Argle-Bargle has gotten a lot of flack on this blog in the past, and for good reason.  However, I’m enjoying her take on LRC recently. Articulate and mostly sane positions all around.  I’m missing Liz Bruenig though.

    LRC???

  23. 23.

    M. Bouffant

    Other canine activity:
    An open space trail in Mission Viejo was closed Saturday after two people were bitten by coyotes.

    A woman was bitten on her lower left calf while jogging along Jeronimo Road between Pavion and Silleros, next to the open space. Mission Viejo Animal Services was called to a hospital to take a report, a city official told the Orange County Register.

    It was unclear what time that attack occurred, but it was prior to 6:30 a.m., when Animal Services received a second call of someone having been bitten while on the trail. That person claimed to have been nipped on the left ankle.

    “Mission Viejo Animal Services Center is working with the Department of Fish & Wildlife on this matter and the trails have been closed temporarily,” the city said on Facebook.” Please be aware and vigilant when you are out on the trails where wildlife is prevalent.”

  24. 24.

    Mike in NC

    Conventional wisdom remains that after 12 years of Reagan/Bush rule the DC media was hardwired for Republican rule. Still true today.

  26. 26.

    Brachiator

    @mrmoshpotato:

    John Saxon has shuffled off. :(

    Damn, an actor in so many movies I love: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, BLACK CHRISTMAS, BLOOD BEACH, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS and so many more.

    And of course, the Bruce Lee movie, “Enter the Dragon.” A solid actor.

  30. 30.

    Achrachno

    Just in from walking the dog and we saw two gray foxes this evening.  No stolen papers though.  I think our native foxes may be more honest than those imported European red ones.

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    It’s time to begin worrying when the paper is returned the next day – with the crossword puzzle completed. Correctly.

  39. 39.

    James E Powell

    @Mike in NC:

    Conventional wisdom remains that after 12 years of Reagan/Bush rule the DC media was hardwired for Republican rule. Still true today.

    We really needed Gore win in 2000. Then, even more, we needed Hillary Clinton to win in 2016. In both cases, the NYT just did not want that to happen.

  40. 40.

    smike

    A fox in Arlington keeps stealing copies of the Washington Post

    Hey, the store was all out of toilet paper, okay?

  43. 43.

    hervevillechaizelounge

    Hey, the store was all out of toilet paper, okay?

    The quick brown fox ever-so-conscientiously clips Megan McArdle and Hugh Hewitt op-eds with his vulpine paws for that very purpose.

    Then he reads Alexandra Petri’s column and laughs his furry ass off.

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