Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

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

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

We still have time to mess this up!

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

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  2. 2.

    westyny

    I would say “second!” but I’m afraid of the Wrath of Cole.  Besides, by now I’m probably fourth! or fifth!

  6. 6.

    CaseyL

    A very excellent thing, and I hope David continues to update us on how Claire is doing.  (Hint, hint.)

  9. 9.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    By letting some people make some good shit happen here, you make lots of good shit happen. I’m pretty sure that’s not a bad thing.

  14. 14.

    catclub

    From TPM:

    Trump released a statement describing the Vance probe, which may be reviewing allegations of tax, bank, and insurance fraud, as “a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country.” That now includes the Mueller investigation and two impeachment trials.

    Speaking of which, when is the DOJ going to release the unredacted Mueller report?

  15. 15.

    mrmoshpotato

    @leeleeFL: ​
    1. Fuck ZERGTrash!

    2. If you click on any post title, you can navigate by the upper right hand arrows post-by-post instead of having everything on one long page, and no ZERGTrash.

    Using Firefox here, btw.

  16. 16.

    CaseyL

    @David Anderson:

    ?

    On other topics:  Did anyone listen to the Garland hearing?  I caught some of it, but not all, and generally ignored GQP questions since they’re all morally and intellectually bankrupt.  Did anyone signal whether they would vote against confirmation?

  19. 19.

    trollhattan

    @Ben Cisco: ​
    Woot!

    Think last week’s weather must have borked vaccine shipments because our county has no, zero, nada appointments for priority groups. Hope they double-up this week, and the planes keep their engines on the wings.

  28. 28.

    JoyceH

    I so enjoy ordering groceries online for curbside pickup! As soon as you click to complete your order, you get an email with the subject line, “Groceries ordered! How easy was that?!”

  29. 29.

    Another Scott

    In other news, Reuters:

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested on Monday in Virginia on drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.

    The movie “Traffic” was a pre-documentary??

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  30. 30.

    Ksmiami

    @SiubhanDuinne: yeah now can a certain blogfather call his fuckstick Senator and tell him to stop preventing women from serving in Biden’s cabinet? My patience with Manchin has really run low and I’m ready to fly to WV and find a young smart person to primary him…

  33. 33.

    jeffreyw

    I could have has a vax appt for Saturday and had to turn it down because we were snowbound, they called again today and set us up for  Wednesday, noon.  No idea what brand we will get.

  38. 38.

    zhena gogolia

    Something that cheered me up enormously was that the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle had clues for Jen Psaki and Lloyd Austin.

  41. 41.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Ksmiami: ​
     

    My patience with Manchin has really run low and I’m ready to fly to WV and find a young smart person to primary him…

    Mine too, but in WV, it’s either Manchin or a party-line Republican. And frankly, I don’t think even Manchin wins next time. In the meantime, a 50-50 Senate is way better than one where they’ve got 51.

    We simply have to pick up some Senate seats in 2022, that’s all there is to it, so that not every last thing is dependent on Manchin’s and Sinema’s whims.

  42. 42.

    Ken

    @zhena gogolia: Further verification of my theory that the world is run by a secret cabal of cruciverbalists, who bring certain people, companies, products, etc. to prominence so they can use their names when creating the puzzles.

  46. 46.

    Ruckus

    @jeffreyw:

    Pfizer and Moderna are so close in efficiency that it really shouldn’t matter.
    Word is that Moderna is first shot annoying and from personal experience Pfizer is annoying on the second. Seemingly annoying for a day or two and then back to normal.

  49. 49.

    cain

    @Ksmiami:

    @SiubhanDuinne: yeah now can a certain blogfather call his fuckstick Senator and tell him to stop preventing women from serving in Biden’s cabinet? My patience with Manchin has really run low and I’m ready to fly to WV and find a young smart person to primary him…

    I must admit that his questioning of all the PoC women is annoying and unhelpful. There is nothing wrong with Deb for Interior. I have no idea what his problem is. Also punishing someone for mean tweets is a dumb take.

    I dont’ know whta game he is playing with his constituents or what he is seeing internally to act like this.. but he’s going to get more shrill as more EOs start coming out of the White House.

  54. 54.

    J R in WV

    @Raven:

    they sent me a text offering it at the local clinic.

    That’s where we got ours, local Primary Care Clinic for our tiny rural county. The county seat was completely shut down Friday as we drove across town to the clinic, power was out for the vast majority of the county that day, Friday.

    When we got home around 6 in the evening it was getting dark, and we could see a light inside the house. When I opened the car door, no noise from the generator, blissful silence!

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