Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

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

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

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

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

He really is that stupid.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

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  2. 2.

    Steeplejack

    @mdblanche:

    Ha! Tempus fugit indeed.

    I missed the actual moment, but I got a warm glow seeing that my phone, my computer and my radio-controlled “atomic” clock all made the jump. Yee-haw, I guess. Now tomorrow I get to fiddle with my wristwatches and the microwave. And the doughty Kia.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    Those problematic Dr. Seuss books are hilarious.

    And I hope Seth Cotlar is right, with his tweets, because we can no longer afford to have Fox News and Rush inciting and disinforming the public as they are.

  6. 6.

    Steeplejack

    @Elizabelle:

    I, too, hope Cotlar is right. Plus there seems to be some evidence that our Democrats are learning, what with things like Chuck Schumer talking about “not repeating the mistakes of 2009” and giving Susan Collins the hard look. ?

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    @Steeplejack:   Yup.  Biden (and we) are not falling for the “bipartisanship” schtick, and paying attention to who does not understand that, in the media environment, is instructive.

    @opiejeanne:  I wish that jerk had kicked at age 30.  Dead Rush is even more pleasing than Dead Scalia.

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    @lgerard:   That dog rescue has been in the news today.  Trust TFG (the former guy) and his associates to make even dog rescue unpalatable to us.

    The Guardian.

    Lara Trump-linked dog rescue charity spent $2m on Trump properties

    Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue has spent as much as $1,883,160 on fundraising costs for events at Mar-a-Lago

    A dog rescue charity that has links to Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, has spent almost $2m at Trump properties in the last seven years, according to US media reports.
    While other companies and groups have distanced themselves from the Trumps since the 6 January attack on the capital, the Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue is expected to spend another $225,000 at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club for an event this weekend, according to a permit filed with the town of Palm Beach, which was reported by HuffPost.
    … Lauren Simmons, president and founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, is an ardent Trump supporter, and posted many comments on social media in support of the former president’s baseless “Stop the Steal” campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

    They do a “Wine Women & Shoes” daytime fundraiser.

  12. 12.

    lgerard

    Just the fact that even in  off the cuff remarks lasting all of 60 seconds he was compelled to tell a blatant, obvious lie makes me laugh.

    I can’t conceive of any context in which dogs would be a topic of conversation in the trump White House other then perhaps siccing them on immigrants

  13. 13.

    Amir Khalid

    @Elizabelle:

    Needless to say, when an animal-rescue organisation drops that kind of coin on fundraising instead of on rescuing animals, one starts to wonder about its priorities.

  14. 14.

    KrackenJack

    Conservatives have lost control of the monster they created. The paranoid, delusional mob that they stoked no longer trust them or follow their lead. Conservative media was just a stepping off point into the social media abyss. Now the right wing establishment is instead desperately trying to keep up. They no longer seem to have the discipline to create and coordinate story lines that will resonate in the media echo chamber.

    They would be happy to be at the front of the mob, if they could figure out how to get there.

    Not happy to be Springing Forward, but it will improve some of my time zone differentials.

  15. 15.

    smike

    @Elizabelle:

    Trust TFG (the former guy) and his associates to make even dog rescue unpalatable to us.

    I rather prefer the sobriquet “TFFFG”. More Fs may be needed, though.

  16. 16.

    Elizabelle

    @lgerard:   There is one mask on one person in that whole video clip.  It’s the Secret Service guy.  And Trump looks … portly.

    FWIW, last year (November 7-8 2020 — the weekend before TFG’s LOSS — he LOST!; rescheduled from March), the fundraiser planned to hand out “custom” pink dog-themed masks.  Several of their donors supported the event but did not attend in person.  ($400 to $600; I would suspect a lot of that happens in Palm Beach.)  They have adoptable dogs and a dog fashion show.  (Per Palm Beach Post link.)

  17. 17.

    Elizabelle

    @smike:   I await Inmate 57389.

    ETA:  And an extra F or two for Felon or Felonious.

    It is just such a mercy to not hear his name and not click on any stories about him, although the ones about his impending legal troubles are good.

  19. 19.

    Elizabelle

    @Amir Khalid:  The trump-humping rescue charity president claims to have brought in ten times their outlay to TFG’s venue, over 8 years. Who knows? From The Guardian:

    In a statement to HuffPo, Simmons said: “The quality of service, beauty of the venue and excellent rate provided us as a nonprofit as well as the generosity of supporters who sell-out our event there every year allows us to rescue and home thousands of dogs. Our investment there and at the other venues mentioned in the article has netted more than $12m over an eight-year period which allows us to continue our mission”.

    Oh to be able to get back to sleep …

  21. 21.

    satby

    Well, good morning all you insomniacs ?

    I’m up at my usual time, now a more reasonable 5am. My internal clock DGAF about the real time and so DST is less of a disruption to me.

  24. 24.

    JAFD

    Hello, jackals !

    ‘Tis a beautiful morning in New Jersey, hope it’s as nice where you are.

    The WQXR announcer informs me it’s the 440th natal day of Georg Phillip Telemann.  “important for the history of music were Telemann’s publishing activities. By pursuing exclusive publication rights for his works, he set one of the most important early precedents for regarding music as the intellectual property of the composer. The same attitude informed his public concerts, where Telemann would frequently perform music originally composed for ceremonies attended only by a select few members of the upper class” .

    And thus he can be held (well, partially) responsible for making the Dr. Seuss kerfluffel possible.

    Meanwhile, have a happy Ides of March / St Patrick’s Day / St. Joseph’s Day / Spring Equinox (any spring holidays I’ve overlooked ?)

  25. 25.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @opiejeanne: ​At least we don’t have Rush spewing bile any more.

    The worms go in, the worms go out,
    The worms play pinochle on his snout…

    (from “Don’t Ever Laugh When A Goose Flies By,” a lighthearted ditty from my days in elementary school during the Duckencover Years…I just knew I’d have a good use for it someday! ;^D)

  27. 27.

    ciotogist

    I hope Cotlar is right, but apparently RWNJs are being told on YouTube and their other “news” outlets that Biden personally ordered the books removed.

  28. 28.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Any bibliophiles within striking distance of 33rd St & Greenmount Ave. in Baltimore might be interested to know that The Book Thing of Baltimore is holding a parking-lot givaway (masks & social distancing) from 9 AM to 2 PM today (be in line by 1:15). No donations – you may take but not give.

    FTR they appear to have regained their nonprofit standing with the IRS but have yet to satisfy the State of MD, so no return to pre-2020 operation yet (not that they’ll be able to do that before a lot more folks get jabbed – I’d guess September at the oiliest.)

  29. 29.

    SFAW

    @lgerard:

    I made the mistake of reading some of the replies. Not a shrink/doctor, so I don’t know if the Trumpistas are clinically insane, but they’re sure doing a skillful imitation of that condition.

  30. 30.

    Kattails

    @Uncle Cosmo: oh FFS… I’ve only ever remembered those two lines, and could not have ascribed them to save my life.  Now I’m going to have to look up the lyrics. Not sure whether to say thanks or give you the stink eye for adding yet more mental clutter.

  32. 32.

    Soprano2

    I live among these people, and I think Cotlar underestimates how much they feed on grievance. I was told by a co-worker about the Potatohead thing that I just didn’t understand,  Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead are a representation to kids of a mom and dad family, and “they” insulted that when “they” changed them. The people who listen to Fox and read right wing “news” sites are convinced all these things are being done to them by liberals who hate them and want to erase them from existence. In their world, companies don’t make financial decisions, they’re pressured into doing these things by liberals who hate “traditional values “. They’ll take the help from the ARP and go right on hating Democrats for destroying their comfortable, insular world. I’ve had to listen to a lot of country music during karaoke, it’s filled with grievance and butt hurt at the rest of the world.  That’s where they live all the time. I want to believe he’s right, but I don’t.

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