Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Bark louder, little dog.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Infrastructure week. at last.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

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  2. 2.

    zhena gogolia

    I’m reminded of Eric Swalwell’s great line during the debates: “Breaking up with Putin, making up with NATO.”

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’m thrilled to see Kerry back, and even more thrilled to see this administration placing such a high priority on climate change issues.

  10. 10.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @SiubhanDuinne: It’s like a huge weight lifted. And I’m sure there are people who could bring more climate knowledge to the position, but Kerry comes with a world of goodwill and he’ll be able to bring people to the table that might otherwise be hesitant.

  12. 12.

    Kent

    @TaMara (HFG):@SiubhanDuinne: It’s like a huge weight lifted. And I’m sure there are people who could bring more climate knowledge to the position, but Kerry comes with a world of goodwill and he’ll be able to bring people to the table that might otherwise be hesitant.

    In these sorts of ad-hoc positions it’s even more important to have someone with gravitas than say a Cabinet appointment that carries its own authority along with the title.    Kerry is a great pick because he commands the gravitas, especially overseas.

  15. 15.

    CaseyL

    Biden’s picked a really good team.  I’m very happy – tempered only by wondering how much and what kind of fuckery McConnell will bring to the confirmation hearings.

  16. 16.

    Steve in the ATL

    @NotMax: Zut alors!  Why haven’t I been called yet?!  Is it because I went to the Harvard of Rockbridge County, Virginia, rather than the other Harvard?  Putain de merde!

  18. 18.

    Jay C

    @TaMara (HFG):

    I agree that Kerry is a great pick, but I’m a little leery of that “world of good” stuff: I’m thinking it’s probably only a matter of days before a gaggle of unrepentant Swiftboaters crawl out from under their rocks and start slagging him in the RWNJ media….

  20. 20.

    japa21

    Mrs. Japa said, as we were watching, “I am actually starting to have hope,. But I’m still afraid of what the orange shit-bag will do.”

  22. 22.

    Chyron HR

    @CaseyL:

    I’m very happy – tempered only by wondering how much and what kind of fuckery McConnell will bring to the confirmation hearings.

    Maybe Biden can appoint someone to sarcastically ask Mitch which of his family members he would like to appoint to the cabinet.

  26. 26.

    Kent

    @germy: PA and Nevada certified today.  And suddenly it’s over.  I realize for the first time today I’m not checking elections numbers and Trump is no longer in my head.

  28. 28.

    germy

    Each of Biden’s nominees thanked him for their nominations, but, weirdly, none of them noted the size of his election win or praised how great he was handling the transition.

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 24, 2020

    So odd to see after four years of the other.

  30. 30.

    NotMax

    @germy

    Presumably Dolt 45 will be taking the applause machine and lighted prompt signs installed in the cabinet room with him.

    //

  37. 37.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @germy:

    White House planning holiday parties indoors despite pandemic warnings

    Of course.

    But who’s going to attend? The family and close “friends” of Trump? Good! Here’s hoping they have one final super-spreader event as the entire staff, including Secret Service, simply walk out the side door.

  40. 40.

    Winston

    My son texted me this morning. He’s driving here from Dallas for Thanksgiving. We haven’t seen each other since his mom died 6 years ago. I can’t say no.

  43. 43.

    germy

    @Chief Oshkosh:

    Count the silverware.

    I can imagine someone shaking Trump’s hand, and a bunch of forks, spoons and knives slide out of his other sleeve.  And then finally a coffee pot.

  46. 46.

    Mike in NC

    Washington Post reporting that one of Fat Bastard’s final acts before he slinks away to Mar-A-Lago will be to veto the new defense bill because it OK’s renaming bases currently named for Confederate traitors. Both the House and Senate have approved the policy. He just can’t let the Confederacy go!

  48. 48.

    MazeDancer

    Loved everyone of the Cabinet Picks.

    All so lusciously, brilliantly qualified and dedicated to public service. Each like a shiny beacon of hope.

  51. 51.

    LAO

    @Baud:  Holy shit, this is my all time favorite comment! ever

    I can’t believe I forgot how to quote a comment.  Yikes how long has it been.

  54. 54.

    JPL

    @germy: I hope that both Pence and his wife have the opportunity to watch Kamala’s speech.   Her message  was so different then what Pence’s prepared statements.    If Kamala’s mother were alive, she would be so pleased.    I wonder what Pence’s mother thinks.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    Responses to Trump's 3d Cir. appeal are coming in. This one, from Democrats Abroad, begins by citing Monty Python to describe the elite strike force.

    "The attorneys for the President of the United States should not need three last chances to correctly state a cause of action." pic.twitter.com/vhlG3VSpHB

    — Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 24, 2020

    (via Popehat)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  56. 56.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Winston: As someone who had to make some tough choices this summer in regards to Covid-19 and family, I understand – take precautions, wear masks, wash hands, sit across the room from each other, leave a window open – and enjoy your time together.

  58. 58.

    Barbara

    @Winston: Wow.  Six years is a long time.  Just try buying everything you need before he arrives, and then do your best to quarantine with him, assuming that he might not have been as safe as you have been.  My daughter is visiting me from NC.  She tries hard to stay isolated but she has a coworker who won’t.  We are trying to stay away from others while she is here, or only be around others in an outdoor setting.

  59. 59.

    stinger

    Thank you, TaMara, for posting this announcement. I couldn’t watch in real time, but have just finished viewing the recording. This national security team gives me so much peace of mind and hope for the future. This is the best I have felt about life since November 2016.

  63. 63.

    waratah

    I loved the gumbo diplomacy from Linda Thomas-Greenfield our next ambassador to the United Nations.

  65. 65.

    Steve in the ATL

    @JPL: are you sure that Loeffler is running against Warnock?  From her ads it’s clear that she’s running against Jeremiah Wright, Pelosi, Schumer, and AOC.

  66. 66.

    trollhattan

    @JPL:

    I wonder what Pence’s mother thinks.

    “She looks like a baby-killer.”

    TBF Mother thinks the same thing about the current pope and the Roomba.

  68. 68.

    Kent

    @NotMax: Apparently he wants to make sure that Biden gets the credit for stripping the traitor names off US military bases.

    Fair enough.

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @CaseyL:

    Or maybe he can casually mention the ethics investigation into Chao’s turning the DOT into her family business could be re-opened.

    That apostrophe seems almost superfluous.

  72. 72.

    pamelabrown53

    Hello Friends. I haven’t felt this calm in ages. Let the “Build Back Better” begin!

    This seems to be an almost moribund thread so would like to make a suggestion: maybe a fun politics thread along the lines of speculating about Trump’s (non) presidential -dare I say “library”?

  73. 73.

    dww44

    I am so glad about John Kerry working on Climate Change.

    Along the lines that we continue to live on different planets if not in different universes, I came home a couple of hours ago and turned on the tv which was tuned to Fox, thanks to SO who gets his daily laughs by checking out conservative media. The chyron across the bottom read; ” John Kerry is a joke……………………”  

    This is why we are so divided.  The conservative news media has brainwashed conservatives…. into legitimately believing that we are evil, radical socialists and communists. It’s not a question of patriotism over partisanship.  They actually believe we are the anti-American ones.  I do not know what we can do about this.

  74. 74.

    germy

    Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says his agency is working to immediately get briefing materials to President-elect Joe Biden’s team and pledged a “professional, cooperative and collaborative” transition to the new administration.

    Azar said in a news briefing Tuesday that the deputy surgeon general Rear Admiral Erica Schwartz began communicating Monday night with Biden’s team.

    Associated Press

  75. 75.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @pamelabrown53:

    of speculating about Trump’s (non) presidential -dare I say “library”?

    I have a perverse fascination with this topic

    I think the grift on that fund-raising is going to eclipse anything those vulgarians have ever attempted.

  78. 78.

    pamelabrown53

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    What is pathetic is how it seems the 2024 republican president hopefuls have all coalesced on a version of Biden is a “panda hugger”. The pushback should be easy and deadly humorous.

  81. 81.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    Looking forward to the RWNJs freaking out about Kerry’s comment about harnessing brain power.  “OMG they wanna harness our brains!!!”

  83. 83.

    Mary G

    @dww44: This gives me hope:

    Anderson Cooper Beats Tucker Carlson in Friday Demo Ratings; CNN Preserves Prime Time Demo Win Streak https://t.co/xlX0lNlR2a— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 24, 2020

    The 27% can go off to OANN and Newsmax where they can echo chamber to their heart’s desire. Not that I think CNN is all that, but it’s not in the alternate universe Fox inhabits.

  84. 84.

    trollhattan

    @pamelabrown53:

    It won’t be “like” an Arby’s, the Trump Presidential Library will be an actual Arby’s.

    If Trump starts raising library money in lieu of 2024 campaign money, that will be an interesting message he’s sending.

  85. 85.

    trollhattan

    @Mary G:

    Because Trump’s CNN hatred has been front and center four years running, I have a new if grudging appreciation for CNN. Don’t watch, but I don’t watch any of them.

  86. 86.

    Amir Khalid

    @trollhattan:

    Arby’s were in Malaysia for a while but they didn’t last. I miss them. Their roast beef sandwiches were way better than McDonald’s burgers.

  88. 88.

    Raoul Paste

    Trump’s presidential library will charge admission, and you won’t be able to exit until you walk through four gift shops

  90. 90.

    laura

    I expect the trump presidential “libary” to be gift shop adjacent to a dildo store and a crematorium filled with all the left over campaign detritus and shelves full of “The Shart of the Deal.” Clips of the Apprentice running on an endless loop. Eric and Don jr working valet parking.

  92. 92.

    oclib

    I just remembered that there was never an official ceremony for hanging Obama’s portrait.  I assume Biden will have PBO over for a little ceremony early next year sometime while trump’s portrait can rot in a basement closet somewhere….

  93. 93.

    catclub

    @scav: Trump legal team is starting to resemble tail-end seasons of Hollywood squares.

    Charles Nelson Reilly is calling you a scamp.

  94. 94.

    NotMax

    @oclib

    The latter will go nicely in the broom closet adjacent to the bunker, seeing as how there’s no on site sewage plant to decorate.

    //

  96. 96.

    leeleeFL

    @oclib:  Fuck that!  Inauguration Day, just after Lunch!  That orange bastard will be shitting bricks over ALL his wonders being overturned.  I may take the Day off!

  97. 97.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @dww44:

    The conservative news media has brainwashed conservatives…. into legitimately believing that we are evil, radical socialists and communists.

    They already believed this.  The conservative news media parrots chain emails back to the base that invented them in the first place.  Not that FOX is powerless, and I’m sure there’s an amplification effect, but it is crucial to remember:  Republican voters went looking for whoever would tell them the lies they wanted to hear.  In fact, they throw screaming fits and threaten whoever refuses to tell them what they want to hear.  Why do you think FOX is losing ground?  Because they have found limits to the lies they are willing to tell, and the base demands to be told they are always, always right and always, always the good guys fighting an absolute (brown) evil.

    They actually believe we are the anti-American ones.

    Their definition of ‘American’ is ‘white Christian men’.  They think about the things that seem American to them, and those things always center around what white Christian men as an identity want.  So, yes, they see us as anti-American.  If that’s how you define America, we are anti-American.  We don’t think white Christian men should get to have everything their way, and be catered to as the definition of normal.  This is not new.  This is centuries old.  They just lost their fucking shit when a black man was elected president and they realized they’re inches from losing total control.  Society has already left them behind, and it eats at them constantly.

  98. 98.

    Ohio Mom

    Winston: this thread is dead and you are probably gone but just in case…I hope your long-awaited reunion is everything you need it to be,

  99. 99.

    Winston

    @Ohio Mom: There are just so many wonderful people on the site and you are one of them. My son grew up in Cincinnati. So did I. We were the blue jean machine of western hills baseball in 1970.

  100. 100.

    J R in WV

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    what a story from @JoeBiden pick for Secretary of State, @ABlinken, about his late step-father, who as a child survived the pogroms in Poland, escaped, knelt in front of a U.S. Army tank and “said the only 3 English words his mother had taught him…God bless America”
    — Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) November 24, 2020

    The tank was also being operated by Black soldiers, and the guy who pulled Blinken’s stepfather into the tank was the child of a former slave~!!~

    This story only get better as you learn more about it.

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    @Winston: J R is not a Trump supporter.  You’re free to do whatever you want, as long as it’s not in violation of the commenting policy.  (in the footer)

    One commenter to another, I will say that most of us here don’t drag shit from one thread to another.

  107. 107.

    dww44

    @Mary G: @trollhattan:  Dead thread and all, I nevertheless wish to defend CNN. I watched a lot of their programming during the election season.They were and are very anti Trump……. Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Don Lemon, and to a lesser degree Chris Cuomo, who views himself as some sort of neutral pundit but having Covid forced him out of that neutrality.

    And there was no reporter more willing to confront Trump than Jim Acosta. He has been fearless about calling the President  out.

  108. 108.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @japa21: But I’m still afraid of what the orange shit-bag will do.

    The one notion that gives me a little pause is that Cheeto Benito is stalling in hopes that Daddy Vladdy’s Cossack cavalry will arrive from Sankt-Peterburkh in the nick of time, dragging dumpstersful of artfully falsified “evidence” of massive fraud.

    A little, but not much. I am >90% confident that, as an unintended consequence of the Thugs’ incompetent response to the pandemic, massive voting by mail with its concomitant paper trail has foreclosed that possibility.

  109. 109.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @pamelabrown53: …Trump’s (non) presidential -dare I say “library”?

    Spell that “lie-bury,” hon – Orangecandyass ain’t gonna stop lyin’ till we bury him!

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