Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

In my day, never was longer.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Republicans don’t trust women.

Thanks for reminding me that Van Jones needs to be slapped.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Glad to see john eastman going through some things.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

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

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Bark louder, little dog.

Second rate reporter says what?

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

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Late Night Clown Car Open Thread: Media Mudlarks

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Back in the days of Unfettered Capitalism, neglected children and homeless oldsters could scrape out a living sifting through the Thames mud for resalable items. Today, there’s a whole squadron of high-income, expensively-educated Media Professionals trying to revive that job classification, but for pixels!


Passing notes between the lockers in a suburban middle school serving three different gated communities…

Because the Former Guy was a mighty-but-shallow river of virtual sewage, through which the happy Media Mudlarks could squish, picking out endless nuggets of infotainment and speculation? Unlike the new, professional, Democratic Administration…

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  1. 1.

    Redshift

    “reporter-bashing during the campaign”?

    WTF?

    Does anyone have any idea what the thin-skinned stenographer is talking about?

  3. 3.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Redshift: MAGA Habs is unhappy that we call her that.  Boo fucking hoo.  Also, probably somewhat about the way the Biden campaign did a lot of (what was it called?) “hat for the day” (or whatever) — declared an early end to press availabilities for the day, when Biden was instead, y’know, meeting with *voters* and *activists*.

    But I bet it’s about all our bitching at her and her colleagues (Vogel [spit], etc).

  7. 7.

    piratedan

    what’s weird is while they were tee-ing up Ms. Tanden for her Mean Girl tweets, it appeared to be Ms. Seung Min who was showing Murkowski the mean tweets about her and THEN fishing for a comment.    In the past, when the GOP stated that they hadn’t seen a tweet the press simply shrugged and moved on to the next question, when instead they are out there pushing a narrative, we’re supposed to wonder wtf happened to the happy stenographer crew that suddenly found their inner journalist.

    I gots no problem with someone pointing out to Sen Murkowski what was said about her, I just find it curious that its the 4th estate that has to perform this duty rather than the Senator’s own staff.

    YOU know there’s a double standard here in play, I know there’s a double standard here at play, but don’t be fucking crying about it when we point out the very same crew that let all this shit pass in the name of “access journalism” never appears to have any problem when its a Dem Administration.  I know that there’s plenty of folks out there in the 4th estate doing a great job, when we find a certain element doing the bad faith tango, just don’t act all surprised if we change the music.

  8. 8.

    The Dark Avenger

    Just answered Maggie the Prat:  I’m truly sorry nobody in the Biden Administration falls to the level of your buddies Ivanka and Jared.  I suggest you have a couple of drinks and then get over it.

  9. 9.

    James E Powell

    @Redshift:

    She is just an asshole. There was no reporter bashing from the Biden campaign, but a constant flow of hatred & scorn from the right-wingers. Maggie doesn’t mind that, though, because that’s her team.

  10. 10.

    James E Powell

    @piratedan:

    I gots no problem with someone pointing out to Sen Murkowski what was said about her, I just find it curious that its the 4th estate that has to perform this duty rather than the Senator’s own staff.

    I don’t approve of the vitriol that was aimed at that reporter. I am past caring about that kind of “reporting” because there is nothing I can do about it. It is stupid, middle school “Hey Lisa, did you hear what Neera said about you in math class last year? What are you gonna say to her? Huh? Huh?”

    Just the kind of story you want to tell your grandchildren about your days as a big time journalist.

  11. 11.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @piratedan:

    And, apparently, according to some on Twitter, Seung Min Kim neglected to show Sen. Murkowski some later, positive tweets that Neera Tanden had written about her. ?

  13. 13.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Presstitutes with a proclivity for kinky right wing shit, they gladly sell their asses for their wealthy owners so they can have a front seat at the crazy trough. They don’t give a shit about the nation or the people in it, all they want to do is drive a story for their own ends.

    Fuck the NY Times, Politico and the rest of them.

  14. 14.

    Soprano2

    I continue to believe the White House press corps needs a 12-step program for their former guy addiction. They miss the hourly drama that was the former guy’s administration.

    I didn’t know about that reporter showing the Tanden tweets to Murkowski. Seems like something they never did with the former guy’s tweets Republicans claimed they never saw.

  17. 17.

    Geminid

    @Geminid: Between Lisa Murkowski and her father Frank, a Murkowski has represented Alaska in the Senate since 1980. Frank Murkowski ran for Alaska Governor in 2002. When he won, he resigned his Senate seat and appointed his daughter Lisa as Senator. She was leader of the Alaska State Senate at the time.

    While Frank Murkowski was a vocal opponent of gay people serving in the military, Lisa Murkowski was one of 6 Republican Senators who voted in the 2010 lame duck session to repeal the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, thereby allowing military service by openly gay people. Richard Burr of North Carolina was another.

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