Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

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

Stand up, dammit!

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

“They all knew.”

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

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

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

So fucking stupid, and still doing a tremendous amount of damage.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

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

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

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  1. 1.

    lamh36

    Wasn’t going to but I started watching the new season of the Umbrella Academy on Netflix.  I was gonna wait until I could binge the entire season, but I ended up watching 5 out 10 episodes of Umberella Academy season 2 and it’s NOT ENOUGH!!! Now I’ve gotta go to bed, I got work tomorrow! DAMN WORK!

     

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  2. 2.

    Adam L Silverman

    That’s less than 100 people on the tarmac at Tampa International. And that includes the half dozen or so Florida sheriffs who showed up to endorse him. That’s still an embarrassing turnout, even taking into account that all the yooper snowbirds are back in Michigan because of Florida’s summer heat

  5. 5.

    Geoduck

    CNN is saying that the GOP has officially banned the media from being present at their convention. That seems.. counterproductive.

  6. 6.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Omnes Omnibus: I forget who he worked for during the ’16 primary, but I was always struck by how much he looked and sounded like a young Lindsey Graham.
    Trying to remember now what egregious lie he told on the Ali Velshi show last weekend, and Velshi let it slide, then replayed it during the eek when he was subbing for Rachel Maddow.

  7. 7.

    Redshift

    For me, one of the most hopeful recent events is when the Trump campaign hired the pollster known for producing ludicrously optimistic results. I think of it whenever Trump talks about great internal polls, or it’s reported that he said Stepien is “great with data.” Believing your own bullshit is essential to being a good con artist, but it’s fatal to a political campaign.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    @Geoduck

    “For those planning on protesting in Charlotte, the free speech zone will be conveniently located just outside Caribou, Maine.”

    //

  11. 11.

    jonas

    @Adam L Silverman:  And that includes the half dozen or so Florida sheriffs who showed up to endorse him.

    No doubt to assuage his shattered ego after that sheriff in Jacksonville basically put the kibosh on his convention. At the very least I hope having to stand in the hurricane-approaching heat and humidity in full dress uniforms for an hour to do their turn as Trump dignity wraiths was worth the effort.

  12. 12.

    James E Powell

    Per pool reporter @alaynatreene, the message “Trump killed Herman Cain” was written in chalk outside the entrance of the President’s Northern Virginia golf club today

    And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.”

  13. 13.

    Brachiator

    @James E Powell:

    Wilford Brimley has passed on. Great character actor.

    Aww. You’re right, he was very good. And his work in “Absence of Malice” immediately came to mind.

    May he rest in peace.

  16. 16.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    president mushroom continues to be fed shit and kept in the dark

    started reading that tweet and wondered why Stormy Daniels was back in the news

  17. 17.

    Brachiator

    @sanjeevs:

    The article about peerages also notes elements of petty vindictiveness.

    As widely anticipated, his nominations of ex-speaker John Bercow and his former deputy Tom Watson and Labour’s ex-general secretary Jennie Formby did not make it onto the final list after facing objections during vetting.

    Bercow seemed to behave more honorably than many of his critics claimed, and also was often just damned entertaining.

  19. 19.

    Brachiator

    An interesting little tidbit from the BBC.  Maybe those thinking about opening US schools should consider this as well.

    Pubs or “other activities” in England may need to close to allow schools to reopen next month, a scientist advising the government has said.
    Prof Graham Medley told the BBC there may need to be a “trade-off”, with the re-opening of schools seen as a “priority” for children’s wellbeing.

    It came after England’s chief medical officer said the country was “near the limit” of opening up society.

    Drink up!

  21. 21.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Redshift:

    he said Stepien is “great with data.”

    Which means Stepien got put in charge of the campaign by straight-up lying to Trump.  I think we can be confident that a man like that has Trump’s best interests at heart and will spend Trump’s money wisely.

  25. 25.

    Zelma

    How delicious that the Trump spokesman was mouthing the party line as the line changed in real time. I was amazed at how he just kept on lying without missing a beat.  What a skill set!  These people have no shame.

  28. 28.

    James E Powell

    J. Hogan Gidley?!? Where do they find these guys? Trump really does go to central casting for every White House job.

    You hear that name, you see that Backpfeifengesicht, you just know that at the end of the movie he ends up getting tossed into a sewer or a pile of manure and his wife leaves him for a biker.

  31. 31.

    dmsilev

    @Zelma: Relevant:

    The speech had been proceeding for perhaps twenty minutes when a messenger hurried on to the platform and a scrap of paper was slipped into the speaker’s hand. He unrolled and read it without pausing in his speech. Nothing altered in his voice or manner, or in the content of what he was saying, but suddenly the names were different. Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd. Oceania was at war with Eastasia! […] The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in midsentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax.

  32. 32.

    Adam L Silverman

    @jonas: They’re not just elected positions in Florida, they’re partisan elected positions. While several of the Republican sheriffs in Florida are clearly aligned with the President, Grady Judd in Polk County for instance, others are smart enough to know they have to endorse them to stay in the good graces of the Florida GOP and the Florida Republican voters if they want to get reelected.

  33. 33.

    Pete Downunder

    @Major Major Major Major: Spag bol is what everyone calls it here in the land down under where everything is shortened. A few horrible examples: At Chrissy we go to Brissy to exchange pressies with the rellies. The posties delivered the pressies then went to Maccas” in English: at Christmas we go to Brisbane to exchange presents with the relatives. The postman delivered the presents then went to McDonalds. In other news I just had spag bol for lunch.

  37. 37.

    Ruckus

    @Geoduck:

    From a deranged point of view, thru almost fully closed eyeballs, not having the press means no bad press! It helps to understand if you can teach yourself to think like a 4 yr old having a tantrum and walking around with his head up his ass, shitforbrains normal posture, maturity and emotional state. Let’s just say that he does his best thinking that way. You don’t want to know what he’s like when he’s not thinking his best.

  38. 38.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    Dump just showed up with a big bruise on the back of his hand that he clumsily tried to hide.

    Trump’s hand bruise resembles when a patient is on Coumadin or another blood thinner & gets a blood draw or IV. If so it’s more medical malpractice bc he has frontotemporal dementia & is surely falling. Blood thinners & falls are a bad combo as a cerebral hemorrhage could result pic.twitter.com/lB7RdlKsPh

    — Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) August 2, 2020

    ?

  39. 39.

    Poe Larity

    I’m rooting for a HUGE turnout at Covid Camp Charlotte in a few weeks. Surely all the QAnons could fill one stadium.

  40. 40.

    James E Powell

    @Geoduck:

    Not so sure banning the press/media will be counterproductive. In 2016, he put them in a pen in the back and urged his crowds to express their hatred of them. The press/media responded by giving him free air time and helping him win the election

    Of course Maggie will have a special backstage pass so she can get “exclusives!”

  41. 41.

    edmund dantes

    Rumors he had another unscheduled visit to Walter Reed… but I can’t seem to find it anywhere of trustworthy sources.

    Anyone else seeing anything on it?

    Wonder if he’s getting another “early start” to his annual physical?

  42. 42.

    James E Powell

    @edmund dantes:

    Must be a lot of people talking about it. Walter Reed is trending on my twitter, but most of it is with reference to Trump’s visit some time ago.

  44. 44.

    TS (the original)

    Just to mention – Melbourne Australia has just gone to stage 4 restrictions – for a minimum of 6 weeks

    • one person per household allowed to go shopping once per day within 5km of home
    • 1 hour exercise within 5 km – 2 people together only
    • curfew 8pm – 5 am unless going to care for someone or work
    • all school back to virtual classes
    • more tomorrow about what business can/cannot do

    That’s from the press conference. I’ve probably missed some items. The state is declared as a disaster area. I think I saw that weddings are banned (not sure about that)

    Community spread is growing (unknown sources) which is why this is being done.

    Obviously not using “hope” or magic disappearance to address the pandemic.

  45. 45.

    HumboldtBlue

    president mushroom

    At this point he’s president mushroom cloud, he’s already passed the low estimate of dead at Hiroshima and is rapidly approaching the highest estimate.

  46. 46.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Well darn, Wilford Brimley is dead, and he never got to fulfill his dream of beating John Bolton to death with a baseball bat (Brimley was prone to go on at length on his twitter about his loathing for Bolton)

  47. 47.

    cain

    @James E Powell:

    Noooo… That’s really unfortunate. Fuck this year. Loved a lot of the films he was in. But that diabetes commercial where he keeps mispronouncing it is what I remember him most.

    His twitter feed was pretty funny too.

  54. 54.

    Jay

    Portland sheriffs just assaulted a crowd- slashing tires, macing and beating people, many of whom they did not even attempt to arrest. They simply wanted to assault the protesters at the MCSO, and so they did. t.co/zv3wGnngzP— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) August 2, 2020

    All apples are rotten.

  55. 55.

    Jay

    The plotters were no ordinary neo-Nazis. One was a lawyer and local politician with a special hatred of immigrants. Two were active army reservists. Two were police officers, including one who talked to our Berlin bureau chief. His story was chilling. t.co/m14cnQpH4J— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) August 1, 2020

  56. 56.

    mrmoshpotato

    OT – Oh, so the balance transfer needs to post to my account the same day in order to get the promo APR?

    That is unheard of.

    FUCK YOU DISCOVER CARD!

  57. 57.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @Jay:

    This breaks their streak of 1 night in a row without attacking the protestors.

    I can’t remember if it was the city or state, but there is some investigation being done on the environmental impacts of the teargas used in the last 60 days.

  62. 62.

    mrmoshpotato

    JUST IN: Delta flight returns to gate after two travelers refuse to wear masks— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 1, 2020

    Beat them with each other’s femurs. What selfish pricks.

  63. 63.

    lgerard

    In a very short time Hogan Gidley has rocketed from obscurity to the upper echelon of my People I Would Like To Punch In The Face list.

    Also, not hearing much anymore about Sarah Huck-Saunders running for governor.

  64. 64.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @mrmoshpotato: It’s become asshole performance art.

    Masks were required in the terminal and while boarding the plane. So they waited through all that until the plane left the gate to throw temper tantrum.

    Hope they enjoy getting banned by Delta, and that they get billed for any costs related to the delay.

  65. 65.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    @Major Major Major Major: It’s a thing English people say, like “mod cons” for modern conveniences.  Spag Bol (spaghetti bolognese) =  spaghetti with meat sauce.  See, watching BBC shows and reading English novels is educational!

  66. 66.

    Jack Canuck

    @TS (the original): That covers most of it. Funerals still allowed with max 10 people, I think. Weddings are indeed banned for the duration except possibly on compassionate grounds (e.g. someone not likely to live long enough to do it later). I’m a teacher and I’m simultaneously relieved and saddened by the school decision. I teach Year 11 & 12 so I’ve been at school full time. It’s been very surreal with all the students wearing masks all the time, and teachers when not actively teaching. I have so enjoyed actually being in the classroom with them for the start of Term 3, especially my Year 12s, but I’ve been very aware of the health risk it poses to me and my family (my school has students from all over Melbourne). I’m feeling preemptively exhausted at the thought of going back to remote learning, but that’s where we are. It’s the right call given how it seems to be getting out of control, but it’s going to be so hard for everyone. At least I and my wife (also a teacher) have pretty secure jobs; lots of people don’t have that right now.

    At least this announcement came the day after my son’s tenth birthday. No party obviously, but a nice day for the three of us. Now it’s back to a none-too-pleasant reality.

  67. 67.

    Pete Downunder

    @James E Powell:  There is no explanation for Vegemite. My Aussie wife loves the stuff; as an ex-pat Yank I think it should be treated as hazmat. Even the Aussies say it must be applied sparingly.

  70. 70.

    Sm*t Cl*de

    @Geoduck: 

    the GOP has officially banned the media from being present at their convention.

    “Journalists are barred. We invited someone from Fox instead.”

  74. 74.

    Jack Canuck

    @Pete Downunder: As an expat Canadian I agree wholeheartedly. I always tell my Aussie wife that I prefer the other by-product of beer production (e.g. the beer).

  76. 76.

    piratedan

    @James E Powell: i would also cite his turn in The Natural as being noteworthy and he was never going to be a romantic lead  (excepting Cocoon) but in the right role, he was pretty damn good.  It’s so strange to watch Absence of Malice and see the likes of Newman and Fields and Balaban and that guy comes in for a scene that takes no more than five minutes and just embodies the ever lovin crap outta that role and steals the whole damn movie (imho)

  77. 77.

    Mary G

    The WaPo story cracks me up:

    Trump briefly lamented his predicament during a taxpayer-funded event Friday in Florida that doubled as a political rally and a showcase of poor public health practices.

    “We had an easy campaign, and then we got hit by the China virus,” Trump said as uniformed sheriff’s deputies stood behind him and a crowd of dozens of supporters huddled before him. Few people wore masks or practiced social distancing.

    Bold mine.

  83. 83.

    Sloane Ranger

    @Brachiator: If this becomes a thing, it will be interesting to see how many people suddenly decide that in person schooling isn’t that important after all.

    OTOH, pubs have been open nearly a month now without leading to any increase in cases where I live. Of course we’re a small market town where the pubs have generally been responsible.

  84. 84.

    Ken

    @Mary G: a taxpayer-funded event Friday in Florida that doubled as a political rally and a showcase of poor public health practices.

    I was afraid he flew in to personally coordinate the preparations for Isaias, and was thinking “haven’t the people of Florida have suffered enough?”

    Thank goodness it was just his normal (illegal) use of taxpayer money and Air Force 1 for a campaign event, with his usual (immoral and insane) handling of the pandemic.

  85. 85.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Sab: Vegemite, marmite & peanut butter are collectively proof that Homo saps can be conditioned to crave almost any taste if you start the process when they’re very young. (I say this as a PB-lover.)

  91. 91.

    artem1s

    @John S.: wasn’t it Reince who said ‘we don’t want to become the party of stupid’?. Unfortunately for us, the GOP did in fact want to become known as the party of stupid.

  93. 93.

    trnc

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Brimley was prone to go on at length on his twitter about his loathing for Bolton

    I searched but couldn’t find examples or any political tweets. Did Brimley hate Bolton for his life’s work or for “betraying” DT?

  94. 94.

    trnc

    @lgerard: Also, not hearing much anymore about Sarah Huck-Saunders running for governor.

    The less coverage of her there is, the more likely she is to win.

  96. 96.

    PST

    Just saw Bernie on MSNBC. He called on his supporters to work to get all their friends out to get Joe elected. He was good. He said it was no secret he had disagreements, but that’s “coalition politics,” something that never seemed to come naturally to him or his fans. He said next year we can work on making the Biden Administration the most progressive in history.

  97. 97.

    Chris Johnson

    @PST: Yep, that makes sense.

    The thing to keep in mind there is, he has purged at least some of the Russia influence out of his inner circle, and that might have been the time Russia flipped on him. I keep tabs on some of the uber-lefties, the ones who were frothingly psycho about Elizabeth Warren, and what happened there was that they turned on Bernie: the official ‘leftier than thou’ take on Bernie now is that he has flipped and become the biggest evilest evil ever.

    Which means they have nobody and are left making sad noises about how maybe they will get more progressive action, or at least stuff like unemployment insurance, out of Trump? Which of course is immediately and repeatedly made to look ridiculous by Trump himself, so they are rendered almost totally helpless.

    All they have is to spread despair, and to demand that nobody listen to or investigate what Dems are actually doing. Basically, you have to be pilled to believe ’em, and they’ve had a breakup with Bernie: whose base of support is that much weaker, but also that much realer.

    I’m pretty sure it means Bernie is also neutered politically, which I don’t think will dismay many people here. He stopped getting the support out of Russia when he cut ties with some of his less trustworthy people.

  100. 100.

    Miss Bianca

    @PST: Good for Bernie. Finally seeing the light. Better late than never, I suppose.

    I keep asking my BernorBuster friends who are still bitching about Biden (mercifully fewer these days since I purged my FB account), “Bernie endorsed Joe Biden. Are you questioning his judgement?” Strangely, I never seem to get a straight yes or no in response.

  101. 101.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Jay: With my conservation on line I can believe that Germans have a really problem with Fascism. It’s hard to describe but a lot of German men have this weird obsession with rules being enforced and passivize to authority that almost comes across like their are Autistic.  Germans have also said things like they find that United flight were the passengers spontaneously attacked the hijackers as terrifying. So I take some heart that part of the reason Trump is a failure as a strong man is Americans in general make lousy good little Nazis just following orders.

  102. 102.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Miss Bianca: Hasn’t Bernie come outright and said that anyone who doesn’t support the Dem nominee against Trump isn’t a true supporter of Bernie?

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