Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

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

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

In my day, never was longer.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

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

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

The words do not have to be perfect.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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What is grief, if not love persevering? has become the most-quoted line from this season’s must-watch TV show, WandaVision. So when an idiot ‘leftist’ wants a stick to beat Democrats with…


Erick Erickson, defender of institutional racism:

And then there’s… how the hell can anyone, even a professional member of the GOP Death Cult, dismiss ‘like 40 people’ murdered as just… a blip in the matrix, I guess?

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  1. 1.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    judging by her picture it’s easy to imagine Ms Pineda has no memory of the 90s, but… she’s a Professor of American Government. At Smith. She really doesn’t know who Newt Gingrich is? She doesn’t know about the Great Clenis Hunt? The difference between Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

  2. 2.

    Achrachno

    What is Ms Pineda saying? I guess I’m out of it because her statement make no sense to me. Or maybe her statement just really makes no sense.

  3. 3.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Achrachno: Allow me to interpret: She’s saying that today’s democrats are exactly like 90s Republicans.

    But there are hidden messages here, as she’s in Academia. Basically, she’s suggesting she’s a gigantic idiot. :)

  4. 4.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Achrachno: the gist of it, to me, is the party of Biden and the corporate-consensus neo-liberals are just warmed-over Republicans from the 90s. You remember: Jesse Helms, Trent Lott, Phil Gramm, Henry Hyde, Helen Chenoweth, Bob Barr, Dick Armey, Bob Smith, Pat Buchanan, Ken Starr…
    Professor Pineda reacted to her twitter fame by taking her account private.

  5. 5.

    Poe Larity

    She might have gotten away with 1970s Republicans, but clearly she missed Tom Delay and Newt.

    In other news, Papa John has been working really hard

    “We’ve had three goals for the last 20 months,” Schnatter said. “To get rid of this N-word in my vocabulary and dictionary and everything else, because it’s just not true, figure out how they did this, and get on with my life.”

  6. 6.

    Achrachno

    @MisterForkbeard: 

    So she’s just unfamiliar with Republicans then and that’s why she is spouting this nonsense? It really does make no sense — very little similarity between Democrats and Republicans (of any recent era) except that they’re both human, breathe air, and things like that.

  8. 8.

    Emma

    I saw the Pineda tweet earlier on, but moved on because it was Twitter being Twitter. I just went back to see what the replies were like, and it turns out she’s made her account private lol.

  13. 13.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Achrachno: Stupid and bad faith comparison of Democrats to Republicans and that they’re exactly the same regardless of all evidence is basically the condensed raison d’etre of the Purity Left.

    That’s it. I hear similar but not quite as bad things all the time from friends who are convinced the Dems are awful because the Covid bill doesn’t have a minimum wage hike in it, and this is proof that Dems are just like Republicans.

  17. 17.

    HypersphericalCow

    I know that Horseshoe Theory is not scientifically rigorous, but there must be some word to describe the Graamwalds and Rose Twittars who who ended up stanning for white supremacy. What is it?

  20. 20.

    The Pale Scot

    Jeez, I grew up in a metro area, but did we ever think that the mortal threat wasn’t the Soviets but rampant American ignorance and stupidity?

    I guess maybe the Soviets did

    And a big gust of wind just blew thru my window which is rarely opened just to welcome some nice dry air. Bringing with it the stench of rotting fish which tells me red tide is in Charlotte harbor. So I know 2 months from now when I’m vaccinated and can finally go to the beach, I won’t be going to the beach.

     

    This has happened to me twice already after surgeries that keep me out of the water for months

  22. 22.

    dmsilev

    Let’s see. Are today’s Democrats like 1990s Republicans, nope that’s been beaten into the ground and the horse is not only dead but is just a greasy splotch. 1980s Republicans? Yes, noted progressive and friend-of-unions Ronald Reagan says hello. 1970s? Richard Nixon? 1960s? The era of Barry Goldwater? Maybe Eisenhower in the 1950s, in an era when the New Deal still loomed large over American politics? If you have to go back 2 or 3 generations, and a couple of political realignments, ago for your point to make even a vague amount of sense, perhaps you need to take it back to the point-honing shop.

  23. 23.

    Citizen Alan

    @dmsilev:

    Maybe Eisenhower in the 1950s, in an era when the New Deal still loomed large over American politics?

    I’ll give you Eisenhower because I remember Rachel Maddow commenting that she agreed with everything in the 1952 GOP platform, and in 2014 (or whenever she said it), that was enough to have her branded a Marxist by the modern GOP. No way would Ike have had anything to do with the this fascist death cult.

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    piratedan

    @dmsilev: I fully understand that it’s okay to be wrong on the internet, as Ms. Pineda just exemplified.  What bothers me is that she’s a teacher, of governmental studies, at a university.  How many young minds is she filling and with what?

    while I wouldn’t like to see anyone lose their job over this, I would really like Prof Pineda to have to sit down and go through the legislative record and note what bills were passed by the GOP and what was done by the Dems, which Bills were bipartisan and which were not.  If she STILL feels that there’s little effective difference between the parties, then I would ask the Smith academic staff and board of governors if they feel the same way.

  27. 27.

    James E Powell

    Speaking of Lefties Who Hate Democrats, what in the wide world of sports is going on in Nevada?

  30. 30.

    West of the Rockies

    @piratedan:

    I wonder if she thought she was making a witty, pithy comment or was just being flippant.  Whatever… it was a silly thing to say.

  31. 31.

    trollhattan

    @BruceFromOhio:

    Ewik is attempting to be Kwever Ewik. Which is doomed to failure out of the gate but even so, a hearty WTF is warranted in the event 3/4 of a Jager bottle isn’t responsible.

  32. 32.

    James E Powell

    @Mary G:

    I saw the result, but I’m left wondering what kind of machine was the Reid Machine. How does a machine let that happen?

  33. 33.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    40 trans murdered in one year – that’s like 10 Benghazis

  34. 34.

    piratedan

    @West of the Rockies: could have been one of those “hot take” moments and then you realize (belatedly) that now you’ve either shown seriously bad judgement in stating something that most would find egregiously wrong for the sake of “looking cool” or you’ve demonstrated that you have a pisspoor grasp of the very one thing you’re being paid to teach.

    Either way, its not a tweet that will “age well”.

  35. 35.

    trollhattan

    @dmsilev:

    Quite a few contemporary Republicans couldn’t stop themselves from questioning Ike’s Commie tendencies when he was still president so they’ve always been around, the John Birch types, fans of McCarthy, etc, but they were unleashed upon us by the ’60s and have been either an influence or in charge of the Party ever since.

    Betting Smith pays damn well.

  36. 36.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    @HypersphericalCow: ​

    I know that Horseshoe Theory is not scientifically rigorous, but there must be some word to describe the Graamwalds and Rose Twittars who who ended up stanning for white supremacy. What is it?

    It used to be called Neo-Cons.

    The Neo-Cons started out as actual economic Marxists and Trotskyites who opposed Viet Nam, who then made common cause with The Southern Strategy.

    Today the Matt Taibbis would be calling themselves Neo Cons if Iraq hadn’t irreparably poisoned their brand.​​​

  37. 37.

    Brachiator

    The Democrats pass a massive bill bringing relief to millions and both the right and some of the progressive left lose their minds.

    This is just sad.

  38. 38.

    JoyceH

    I’m all sad – seeing reports that the Biden dogs have been sent to Delaware after Major was involved in a “biting incident”.

  39. 39.

    Aussie sheila

    Just another example of the ‘too cool for school’ fake left. I don’t know what it is about the US left. I suspect it is a combination of the very loose party structures plus the lack of an embedded union movement. While trade unions are not exactly booming here in Oz, there is still a felt collectivity which allows some semblance of political realism combined with an ability to campaign nationally.

    I click on US left sites and YouTube podcasts reasonably often, and apart from a very few, all the ire and bile is directed at the Dem party. Absolutely useless. Some of them actively mislead their viewers/listeners about actual procedural matters, which even I, a complete novice understand better than they do.
    I am beginning to think some of them are actually right wing plants. ?

  40. 40.

    HumboldtBlue

    There is a for-real thunder-and-lightning storm happening on the north coast right now.

    That’s an oddity.

    Happens inland, but never on this coast.

  41. 41.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    Today is Confirmation Day

    Beginning at 5:30 PM (eastern) FINAL votes will be held for

    Marcia Fudge for HUD

    Merrick Garland for AG

    Michael Regan for EPA

  43. 43.

    R-Jud

    A good long read in the New Yorker: “What Is Happening to the Republicans?”

    The idea that the nation would thrive with two parties was contingent upon both of them holding a shared version of reality. It’s also the case that a demographic clearly in the thrall of radicalizing conspiracy theories, and convinced that it stands no chance of exercising its will through electoral politics, will potentially turn to violence as a regular form of expression.

    Largely confirming the priors of pretty much anyone on this here site, but still nice to see it all laid out.

  45. 45.

    Nicole

    @JoyceH: Oh no! I googled and yeah, it looks like Major bit someone who works in Security:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/president-joe-biden-white-house-dogs/index.html

    That sucks (and I imagine Champ saying, “But what did I do?”).  Major’s 3, so he’s young; it’s a big change of living circumstances, which is super stressfull, and he’s a big dog.  Plenty of Presidents’ dogs have bitten people, but a big dog can do more damage than a small dog.

    Ugh.  I’m sure FOX News will go to town on this- THE BIDEN DOGS:  ONE IS MEAN AND THE OTHER’S UGLY

  47. 47.

    Anne Laurie

    @Nicole: Yeah, German Shepherds, unfortunately, tend to be ‘nippers’ (they were originally cattle-herding dogs).  As you say, this is a problem because they’re big dogs with strong jaws.  And Major was adopted by the Bidens originally *because* he was an ‘exuberant’ over-reactive dog, who didn’t know his own strength — remember him accidentally breaking Biden’s ankle?  The Biden family had experience with GSDs, and they knew / could afford to hire trainers to keep them exercised & mindful.

    Unfortunately, moving to the White House may have been more of a change in routine than Major could cope with properly.  It’s quite possible the ‘biting incident’ happened because he felt his old pack-mate Champ, or possibly one of the Bidens, was being threatened by those strange Secret Service dudes.  Our bite-prone rescue dog (who was only 20lbs, fortunately) got in trouble while we were on a trip, and she ‘warned off’ the stranger-in-the-elevator who wouldn’t accept that her nervous fellow rescue didn’t want to be petted before I could put myself between her & the ‘threat’.

    I’m guessing (hoping) Major & Champ will stay back home in Delaware, at least for a few weeks, until Major can do some retraining work.  Which will give President Joe & Dr. Jill another reason to go home every possible weekend!

  49. 49.

    Gvg

    @Nicole: maybe being sent for some training with an expert. That’s what I would do. Wisest to give both dogs special training for being public envoys, handling stress.
    i’d arrange some training for security people too.

    i haven’t read anything and don’t have special insight, I am just speculating.

  50. 50.

    Anya

    @Poe Larity: Figure out what? Is he trying to figure out how people who don’t say the N word do it? The company should be ashamed that this racist dumb fuck is their CEO.

  52. 52.

    SFAW

    @Citizen Alan:

    No way would Ike have had anything to do with the this fascist death cult.

    Well, not outside of the 1941-1945 period. Although my version of “had anything to do with” is probably different from your intent.

  53. 53.

    JAFD

    @dmsilev: One thing to remember about Pres. Biden – he’s old enuf to remember The Way Things Were In The Good Old Days, when Ike was in the white house and he was going to Archmere and all was right with the world. Perhaps there be a file keeping the receipts for What Went Wrong…
    An old man babbelleth here…

  54. 54.

    sherparick

    @Achrachno: ​
      It’s style of the “I hate the Democratic Party” Left, who by definition believe that they don’t have to live with the consequences of their indifference in regard to whether Democrats or Republicans are running the Government. I do find it strange that an American Government Professor has not been able to grasp 1) the nature of U.S.A. Party System & first past the post elections; 2) the reactionary & powerful position of the U.S. Senate in stopping political progress in U.S.A.

  55. 55.

    Sister Golden Bear

    Twitter Lefter-Than-Thou Privilege is a helluva drug.

    To build on what Mean Homo tweeted, not only were Republicans trying to exterminate gay men in the ’90s, but they’re trying to eradicate (a word I don’t use lightly) trans people from public life today.

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