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Late Night Open Thread: “A Rich Lexicon of Abject Failure”

by Anne Laurie|  November 24, 20201:13 am| 64 Comments

This post is in: GOP Death Cult, Open Threads, Trump Crime Cartel

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— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) November 23, 2020



Greek proverb: The fish rots from the head down…

He’ll never concede. That would shut down the donations he’ll I try to use for legal expenses. https://t.co/QKeGJWh5SX

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 24, 2020

This entire process is normally pro forma, bureaucratic humdrum. But Trump refuses to concede so he has essentially produced a reality TV show where he gets his ass kicked by Joe Biden every day. https://t.co/QU2POJK9vx

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) November 23, 2020

Guess who’s not chipping in for the next Trump recount suit:

Schwarzman donated millions to re-elect Trump. https://t.co/0d1HQUtJEr

— Victoria Guida (@vtg2) November 23, 2020

"I'm exaggerating a bit," Rudy Giuliani says on Fox Business as he rails about unfounded voter fraud allegations in Detroit and Philadelphia.

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) November 24, 2020

Laura Ingraham tries to break it to MAGA Ville that Mayor McPumpkin lost and that ain’t changing.

Worth the watch just for the comical absurdity of having to treat viewers like they’re kids who still believe in the tooth fairy. https://t.co/9ryujviOrS

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 24, 2020

To the reporters asking whether any of these suits have a chance at SCOTUS:

You're asking whether a homeowner, opening the door to find a flaming bag of dog poop on the front porch, wants to bring the bag inside to use as a Thanksgiving centerpiece.

— Justin Levitt (@_justinlevitt_) November 23, 2020

Shut up. https://t.co/y9WLxeE14x

— Four Seasons Total Manscaping ?️‍?? (@SJGrunewald) November 23, 2020

Dick Grenell is big mad that journalists are using positive terms to describe Biden appointing competent, experienced people – so, people unlike Grenell basically. https://t.co/0fyUSxJ5Sh

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 23, 2020

Gonna be fun to watch, once these guys are back on the outside, where they belong…

A competent fascist couldn’t win a GOP primary to save his life. https://t.co/qLKp8sorTX

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) November 23, 2020

there is only one immediate sure fire way for supporters of the president to express their dissatisfaction with the electoral process and that’s to stay home in georgia on january 5th. do it for mister trump. stick it to the deep state. https://t.co/Kut2vv7bIh

— Normie Transition Team (@CalmSporting) November 24, 2020

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  1. 1.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 24, 2020 at 1:29 am

    I kind of like that guy who says “I mite as well give up …. I’ll never fkn vote again”  If only the US had more Republicans like him.

  2. 2.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 1:32 am

    So?  What’s less embarrassing to a narcissist – the legal asskicking coming his way, or his entire Soviet shitpile mobster Trump humper bastard administration throwing themselves into an active volcano?

  3. 3.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 1:35 am

    Via a neighbor

    Beating Trump is so niceMany states are doing it twice!— James Finn Garner (@jamesfinngarner) November 23, 2020

  4. 4.

    scav

    November 24, 2020 at 1:40 am

    The Google Doodle is a tribute to mariachi!
    Bring on the taco trucks!

  5. 5.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 1:41 am

    Hehe. Love the hashtag.

    I credit Katie Porter. #ReleaseTheKatie https://t.co/jeX6IXIfzh— Frances Langum ? #BidenHarris2020 (@bluegal) November 23, 2020

  6. 6.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 1:45 am

    @scav: Sorry.  “Taco trucks ever corner” was a Hillary 2016 racist Russthuglican “threat.” Not applicable now.

    But beating the living shit out of the Russthuglican party for the rest of time IS applicable.

  7. 7.

    Citizen Alan

    November 24, 2020 at 1:51 am

    In other news, it’s 12:50 a.m., and I have just finished the first 30 minutes of a 2 hour bake time for a cheesecake to be eaten by my boss on Thursday. To be fair, in exchange, she’s frying a turkey for my family.

  8. 8.

    scav

    November 24, 2020 at 1:52 am

    @mrmoshpotato: Ok, I’ll just walk the extra block to get my carne asada fuel for the beatdown.  But I will nevertheless have some norteño on my soundtrack. Plus some French pop because that scares everyone.

  9. 9.

    dm

    November 24, 2020 at 1:53 am

    It’s true. That Laura Ingram video is satisfying to watch.

  10. 10.

    Kent

    November 24, 2020 at 2:14 am

    Talk about some serious shade.   Eugene Robinson is bringing his A game today.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-understand-biden-voters-heres-your-reading-list/2020/11/23/1b5f07a0-2dbe-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

    Want to understand Biden voters? Here’s your reading list.

    Who are they and what drove them to vote in such huge numbers, even during a pandemic? What makes them tick? Is it culture? Tribalism? Race? How did they come to their worldview, and why do they cling to it so passionately? What do they mean for the future of American democracy?

    I’m talking about the opaque and inscrutable Joe Biden voter, of course.
    After Donald Trump won in 2016, the media and academia embarked on a numbingly comprehensive sociological and anthropological examination of “the Trump voter.” Reporters and researchers swarmed what seemed like every bereft factory town in the industrial Midwest, every hill and hollow of Appalachia, every windswept farming community throughout the Great Plains. I’m pretty sure television crews did, in fact, bring us reports from every single diner in the contiguous United States — at least, those where at least one regular patron wears overalls.

    Never mind that nearly 3 million more of us voted against Trump four years ago; no one seemed terribly interested in our inner lives, our hopes and dreams. This time, however, the gap is too big to ignore — Biden, the president-elect, beat Trump by more than 6 million votes and counting. He won back the heartland of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. He won Georgia, for heaven’s sake.

    Logically, then, we should put aside those dog-eared copies of J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” and subject “the Biden voter” to the same kind of microscopic scrutiny. Venture out of your bubble, Trump supporters, and try to understand how most of America thinks.

    African Americans were Biden’s most avid and loyal supporters, giving him 87 percent of their votes, according to exit polls. To understand the backstories of those Black voters in cities such as Milwaukee, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — whom Trump is now trying his best to disenfranchise — you might start by reading “The Warmth of Other Suns.” Isabel Wilkerson’s magisterial opus charts the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, which brought millions of African Americans from the South to the industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest.

    It goes on…

  11. 11.

    Sister Golden Bear

    November 24, 2020 at 2:15 am

    In honor of taco trucks on every corner, and rich lexicons of abject failure, Team Trump PA are pinche pendejos.

  12. 12.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    November 24, 2020 at 2:16 am

    Dana Houle via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    He’ll never concede. That would shut down the donations he’ll <strike>try to use for legal expenses</strike>¹ pocket for personal use.

    Minor editorial suggestion for accuracy, Dana.

    (¹ Sigh. Really missing that strike-through tag.)

  13. 13.

    prostratedragon

    November 24, 2020 at 2:23 am

    @Lacuna Synechdoche:  If you’re in the text box it’s <del></del>

  14. 14.

    Chetan Murthy

    November 24, 2020 at 2:25 am

    @Lacuna Synechdoche: wait, wut?  I don’t see the strikethru tag.  On a chromebook.

  15. 15.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    November 24, 2020 at 2:37 am

    Justin Levitt via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    To the reporters asking whether any of these suits have a chance at SCOTUS:

    You’re asking whether a homeowner, opening the door to find a flaming bag of dog poop on the front porch, wants to bring the bag inside to use as a Thanksgiving centerpiece.

    To be fair, almost 74 million voters made exactly that decision on Election Day.

    Fortunately, the other 80 million voted for Joe Biden.

  16. 16.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    November 24, 2020 at 2:41 am

    @prostratedragon: Thank you.

    @Chetan Murthy: Weirdly, I see the strike button now, but it wasn’t there earlier. Must have been a rendering or processing error on my computer.

  17. 17.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    November 24, 2020 at 2:48 am

    Aaron David Miller via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Since Biden has rightly committed himself to making his Cabinet and appointments look like America, will there be room for a Republican?

    You’re asking if the Biden cabinet will make room for members of the political party that sells t-shirts reading: “I’d rather be a Russian than a Democrat!”?

    Yeah, I don’t think so. You fucking moron.

    Honestly, I have difficulty even imagining members of the Treason Party qualifying for a security clearance these days.

  18. 18.

    lgerard

    November 24, 2020 at 2:51 am

    After hearing Sidney Powell state that Doug Collins was the actual winner in his GA Senate race before Hugo Chavez changed the votes I am encouraging all MAGAts to rectify that injustice by casting write in votes for Collins in both runoff elections.

    Release the Kracken!

  19. 19.

    Balconesfault

    November 24, 2020 at 3:55 am

    Re: the idea of naming a Republican to the cabinet …

    I’ll bet OMB would lure Toomey into giving up his Senate slot (he’s already said he’s not running for reelection in 2022) …

    And Wolf could fill the slot for 2 years plus give a Dem incumbency for the midterm.

  20. 20.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 4:26 am

    @scav:

    Plus some French pop because that scares everyone. 

    LOL

  21. 21.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 24, 2020 at 4:36 am

    @dm: Hahaha.  “Sit down kiddies.  I have some bad news.”

    I wonder how they’ll deliver the “Your god emperor is burning in Hell.” news.  I hope Faux news doesn’t exist anymore then.

    Also, fuck their feelings.

  22. 22.

    Geeno

    November 24, 2020 at 4:45 am

    @mrmoshpotato: I WANT MY TACO TRUCK!

  23. 23.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    November 24, 2020 at 4:57 am

    @Kent: Fabulous column.  I have just short-listed The Warmth of Other Suns on my reading list.

  24. 24.

    WereBear

    November 24, 2020 at 4:59 am

    I want every Democrat to find their field barren of fucks.

    And I got up way too early because we had to put our 13 year old Reverend Jim to sleep yesterday. We all miss him so much.

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 24, 2020 at 5:03 am

    @WereBear:

    Oh, WB, I’m so terribly sorry. He was a magnificent guy.

  26. 26.

    JPL

    November 24, 2020 at 5:03 am

    Tacos!

  27. 27.

    JPL

    November 24, 2020 at 5:22 am

    @WereBear:  What a beauty he was.   I’m so sorry.

  28. 28.

    scribbler

    November 24, 2020 at 5:29 am

    @WereBear:  So very sorry to hear this.  All my condolences.

  29. 29.

    Baud

    November 24, 2020 at 5:33 am

    @WereBear: I’m sorry.

  30. 30.

    WereBear

    November 24, 2020 at 5:38 am

    Thank you all,. Sir Tristan woke me up at 3 AM complaining that he’d been patient enough, where was his buddy? He took me on a tour of RJ’s favorite sleeping spots, clearly demonstrating he’d been searching for him through the night.

    All I can tell them is I know he made a big splash when he returned to the Pool of Souls.

  31. 31.

    satby

    November 24, 2020 at 5:42 am

    @WereBear: Deepest condolences WereBear! You gave him a good and well-loved life.

  32. 32.

    No name

    November 24, 2020 at 6:04 am

    @WereBear: Commenter Just One More Canuck mentioned this on the JRubin thread last night but it got lost in the political discussion.  So very sorry.  What a life he had with you and his crew!  I believe you did a guest post on him a number of years ago and I still remember the story of how he got to you.

  33. 33.

    Spanky

    November 24, 2020 at 6:10 am

    @WereBear: Terrible news, WereBear. He joins our Spike in the pantheon of amazing Maine Coons. May they reign in our memories forever.

  34. 34.

    p.a.

    November 24, 2020 at 6:17 am

    @WereBear: Truly sorry.  Finding WoC and your 4-legged family via here is one of the highlights of my BalloonJuice experience.  He will be missed.

  35. 35.

    p.a.

    November 24, 2020 at 6:19 am

    As tRump shambles off with numerous legal proceedings waiting for him, am I wrong to hope that if he runs away, there’s a Shah leaving Iran type of scenario awaiting him???

  36. 36.

    Joey Maloney

    November 24, 2020 at 6:37 am

    @Lacuna Synechdoche:

    Honestly, I have difficulty even imagining members of the Treason Partyqualifying for a security clearance these days.

    You, sir-or-madam-or-other, are a genius!

    Imagine nominating, say, Rand Paul for a sub-Cabinet post. What are the chances that he won’t tell some easily-provable lie on his SF-86, thereby committing a Federal felony offense? Bye-bye, see you in 5 years, Randy!

    Rinse and repeat until the water runs less treasonous.

  37. 37.

    geg6

    November 24, 2020 at 6:48 am

    @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan):

    It is a wonderful book.  Go for it!

  38. 38.

    StringOnAStick

    November 24, 2020 at 6:49 am

    @WereBear:  I’m up too early too, and so sorry to read of your loss.

  39. 39.

    lowtechcyclist

    November 24, 2020 at 6:59 am

    @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): 

    @Kent: Fabulous column. I have just short-listed The Warmth of Other Suns on my reading list.

    It’s an awesome book, it really is. I can’t recommend it highly enough. I read it six or eight years ago – I think Ta-Nehisi Coates recommended it on his blog.

  40. 40.

    Sab

    November 24, 2020 at 6:59 am

    @WereBear: I am so sorry for you, Mr Werebear and your other cats. Our rottmix dog died a couple of months ago and Shadow/Meankitty is still lost and bereft.

  41. 41.

    la caterina

    November 24, 2020 at 7:12 am

    @WereBear: Farewell Reverend Jim.  May his memory be a blessing and a balm for your grief.

  42. 42.

    SFAW

    November 24, 2020 at 7:13 am

    @WereBear:

    I’m so sorry for you. I’m glad you had him, and he had you, for 13 years.

    Who’d’a thought this room would be so dusty this early in the day?

  43. 43.

    Quantumman

    November 24, 2020 at 7:16 am

    @WereBear: so sorry to read this.  That is such a gut wrenching decision to make. Sorry for your loss.

  44. 44.

    RedDirtGirl

    November 24, 2020 at 7:18 am

    @WereBear: My sincere condolences.

  45. 45.

    SFAW

    November 24, 2020 at 7:19 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Beating Trump is so niceMany states are doing it twice!— James Finn Garner (@jamesfinngarner) November 23, 2020

    Saw a tweet yesterday, post-MI-cert, saying “Biden’s won in Michigan so many times he’s legally required to change his name to Ohio State.”

    I thought that was pretty amusing

    ETA: Although, technically, I guess it would probably have to be “The Ohio State.”

  46. 46.

    Frank Wilhoit

    November 24, 2020 at 7:28 am

    @p.a.: ??  Then who is our Khomeini?

  47. 47.

    Frank Wilhoit

    November 24, 2020 at 7:31 am

    @Joey Maloney: This.  The necessary reform is very simple.  You want to run for elective office, or be nominated for appointive office?  Then you pass (A) the new-citizen exam, (B) a security clearance, (C) life underwriting.  Once in office, repeat (B) and (C) at intervals not to exceed 12 months: fail and you are out, right then, no discussion.

  48. 48.

    Kathleen

    November 24, 2020 at 7:37 am

    @Kent: I want to marry that column in a socially distant ceremony.

  49. 49.

    Kathleen

    November 24, 2020 at 7:40 am

    @WereBear: I’m sorry for your loss.

  50. 50.

    hedgehog mobile

    November 24, 2020 at 7:46 am

    @WereBear: Oh no.  I am so sorry.

  51. 51.

    p.a.

    November 24, 2020 at 8:05 am

    @Frank Wilhoit: Just thinking more of the: “no, you can’t stay here.  Move along.”  aspect.

  52. 52.

    tokyokie

    November 24, 2020 at 8:07 am

    @WereBear: Sorry to hear about your Reverend Jim. You get so accustomed to them, it’s shocking when they’re no longer there.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    November 24, 2020 at 8:30 am

    @WereBear: That’s heartbreaking.  I’m so sorry to hear about your sweet boy

    edit: still crying.

  54. 54.

    Soprano2

    November 24, 2020 at 8:42 am

    The Laura Ingram video was something else. Just like Trump, his cult members are babies who need to be let down gently. No “fuck your feelings” for them, instead they are treated as the most delicate snowflakes whose hurt feelings need to be given huge consideration. It makes me want to vomit.

    Sorry about your loss, WearBear. It’s tough to lose a family member.

  55. 55.

    Mathguy

    November 24, 2020 at 8:55 am

    That “Southerners still waiting” comment was incredible.

     

    My favorite comment on the shitgibbon’s losses: “Biden’s won so much in Michigan he’s legally obligated to change his name to Ohio State.”

  56. 56.

    WereBear

    November 24, 2020 at 8:58 am

    Thanks, everyone, about Reverend Jim. He was the inspiration for the blog and the books, so his work will go on!

  57. 57.

    Uncle Cosmo

    November 24, 2020 at 9:37 am

    @mrmoshpotato: I hope Faux news doesn’t exist anymore then.

    Fear not, the news of Trumplthinskins’s departure from this mortal coil will be prominently smeared all over Stinklayer and the Obstreperous American Nazis Nutwork.

  58. 58.

    Miss Bianca

    November 24, 2020 at 10:07 am

    @WereBear: Awww. My condolences. He was a lovely cat.

  59. 59.

    The Fat White Duchess

    November 24, 2020 at 10:08 am

    @WereBear: I’m so sorry. Such a hard thing to have to do.

  60. 60.

    Wolvesvalley

    November 24, 2020 at 10:30 am

    @WereBear: Oh, no! He was such a beautiful, loving boy.

  61. 61.

    westyny

    November 24, 2020 at 10:45 am

    Very sorry for your loss, WereBear.  My Maine Coon was the purest love of my life.  Love your image of the pool of souls.  May his memory be a blessing to your household community.

  62. 62.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    November 24, 2020 at 10:54 am

    @WereBear: I’m so sorry.  May some of that splash land on you.

  63. 63.

    Zelma

    November 24, 2020 at 11:49 am

    So sorry you lost RJ. You will be seeing him in the shadows for quite a while. I still see Simmons here and there. They are always with us.

  64. 64.

    J R in WV

    November 24, 2020 at 12:36 pm

    @WereBear:

    So sorry for your bad news; it is so hard!

    He was a great cat, I can tell from your stories and photos of the senior cat. Plus a great name!

    Take care, stay safe.

    Thanks for sharing catty things with us Jackals!

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