Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

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

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

People are weird.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

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

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Reminder: Two Zooms Tonight (Open Thread)

My little Henry wants me to remind you:

7 pm – zoom Q & A with the Michigan group  

8 pm – The second meeting of the “content creation” people who are part of the Social Media Initiative.

Even if you missed the first meeting of the content creation group, you are totally welcome to join.  

To RSVP for either or both zooms, please send email – watergirl at balloon-juice.com – to get the zoom link.

My poor little Henry, he was swimming in the big round dog bed without Tucker, so I put the smaller round dog bed inside that one, but that still didn’t feel right.  He went into the closet room last week and found the flat dog that Tucker loved, but often tried to eat; the one I had put it away so Tucker wouldn’t eat his face off.

Before Henry found Tucker’s flat dog, he would burrow in and snuggle in between the two round beds. Now it’s all about the dog that surely smells like Tucker.  Nothing makes Henry happier than to be what I call a Henry sandwich.

Totally open thread.

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  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: I can remember after my dad died, standing in the hallway of the house I grew up in.

    We had this long hallway in the house growing up, with 4 closets with sliding doors all next to each other – and being comforted by the smell of my dad’s coat.  So I totally get it.

    I thought it was really interesting that Henry found the flat dog – it was in another room, out of his reach, and as you can see it’s bigger than Henry!  I wish I had seen him carrying flat dog to his bed.  Instead, I looked up one day and there it was.

  8. 8.

    Elizabelle

    I love Henry.

    WG:  will send you an email; in for the social media zoom.  Is there a link for the previous meeting?  Thanks.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    So there’s an interesting article up on Lawfare today:

    The U.S. Can Prosecute Russian Leaders for War Crimes.

    Apparently the US doesn’t need to wait for there IIC (International Criminal Court) or anything else.

    Under the War Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2441, the commission of a war crime is punishable by fine, by imprisonment or, if it results in death, by the death penalty. The statute adopts the definitions of war crimes from a combination of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Hague Convention of 1907, and Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which relates to landmines and booby traps. Any number of the listed acts would be satisfied by the intentional killing of civilians alleged to have taken place in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine. (On April 12, Biden upped the ante by alleging that Russia is engaged in genocide in Ukraine. Genocide is also punishable under federal law, but proving genocide is likely to be far more difficult than proving individual war crimes, and the number of officials who could be charged with genocide is likely far more limited.)

    Apparently there is one major limitation, which they suggest will surely be met as the war goes on and as more war crimes are discovered:

    The major limit on the reach of the U.S. war crimes statute is that the crime must affect either a U.S. service member or a “national of the United States,” which is to say either an American citizen or someone who “owes permanent allegiance to the United States.”

    It would be nice not to have to wait years for an international proceeding.

  11. 11.

    Salt Creek

    Yesterday I posted a piece about SNL’s Weekend Update and the cheap shot Colin Jost took at Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity. I got some pushback from a commenter saying, basically “who cares? no one under 60 watches SNL anyway”

     

    I pointed out that I saw it online and that is how it gets passed around.

     

    Anyway I was looking for a Ukrainian song of resistance today and come across a beautiful tune called “Hey Sokoly”, which for some reason I can’t paste the link to.

    As I was scrolling down the list of songs in Youtube, what did I find? but the Colin Jost cheap shot snippet.

    This is how memes get started, I’d like to start one of my own.

     

    Colin Jost tans his testicles!

  13. 13.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @VeniceRiley:

    I don’t speak Ukrainian, but I’d bet quite a lot of money that we’re hearing variations on “Who’s a good boy? You’re a good boy, yes you are!”

    That is so sweet.

  14. 14.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Salt Creek: One of many versions here. That song is generally attributed to Polish authorship, but is more often found sung in Ukrainian. It’s a song of longing – the girl (betrothed) is lamenting the departure of her cossack from Ukraine.

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    Sportsball news: Liverpool have beaten visitors Manchester United 4-0 in the Premier League. (as the visiting team a few months ago, they beat United 5-0 with help from a Mo Salah hattrick; had Mo not missed a late scoring opportunity tonight, they would have beaten United 5-0 with help from a Mo Salah hattrick for the second time in a season.

  16. 16.

    debbie

    @Salt Creek:

    You don’t think there wouldn’t be any pushback if all SNL did was make fun of Trump and GOPers? That’s some bubble you’re in.

    The minor digs don’t bother me at all, especially when they’re compared to the huge digs on the RWNJs, esp. Colbert’s bit on Fucker Carlson. Priceless!

  19. 19.

    Kay

    Bravo- good job:

    Today, the Department of Education announced steps that will bring borrowers closer to public service loan and income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness by addressing historical failures in the administration of the federal student loan programs. Federal Student Aid (FSA) estimates that these changes will result in immediate debt cancellation for at least 40,000 borrowers under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Several thousand borrowers with older loans will also receive forgiveness through IDR. More than 3.6 million borrowers will also receive at least three years of additional credit toward IDR forgiveness.
    “Student loans were never meant to be a life sentence, but it’s certainly felt that way for borrowers locked out of debt relief they’re eligible for,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “Today, the Department of Education will begin to remedy years of administrative failures that effectively denied the promise of loan forgiveness to certain borrowers enrolled in IDR plans. These actions once again demonstrate the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to delivering meaningful debt relief and ensuring federal student loan programs are administered fairly and effectively.”

    Income driven repayment plan terms are 20 and 25 years, so the first cohort eligible for forgiveness were trying to get their loans forgiven and being denied. If they fix this now the program could actually work. It pegs your payment to your income and if you make the payments the balance of the loan is forgiven.
    It was a good idea, it just didn’t work properly.

  20. 20.

    debbie

    Speaking of Michigan, this state rep needs more attention!

    If you watch one thing today make it this pic.twitter.com/5rybcqL14b
    — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 19, 202

    ETA: This is who she is. More Christians should be like her.

    This is Democrat and Michigan State Senator @MalloryMcMorrow. She has 20K followers. Can you retweet and follow her to help grow another great Democrat at the state level where things are critical to get done?
    — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 19, 2022

  22. 22.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    The payments still go on too long. Ch 13 bankruptcy is 3 to 5 years. Make this an even ten. Wrap it up and let them get on with their lives.

  23. 23.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @debbie:

    It’s people like this amazing woman who keep my spirits high and my optimism strong. Thank you so much for that link. I hope one of our front-pagers can provide a higher profile for her.

  25. 25.

    Alison Rose ???

    LOLOLOLOL click through to see this douche who now owes over $160k. According to a later tweet, “Cashed out, bought a house, didn’t set aside any money to pay taxes.” Fucking idiots.

    crypto bros realizing their gains last year, not setting aside their taxes and then losing it all this year lol pic.twitter.com/IQykoodCdU
    — koush (@koush) April 18, 2022

  26. 26.

    MisterDancer

    Thanks so much for the social media effort! Sadly, my work+other issues are making attending anything a mess right now, but I wanted to offer my thanks, at least!

  29. 29.

    ian

    @Salt Creek:

    I pointed out that I saw it online and that is how it gets passed around.

    It’s been going around for years.  I heard it in 2018/19, before the primaries for 20 even got started.  People either believe it or don’t.  That SNL is doing it now says more about how out of the loop SNL writers are getting than anything else.

  30. 30.

    Kay

    Jared Polis
    @jaredpolis
    Florida’s authoritarian socialist attacks on the private sector are driving businesses away. In CO, we don’t meddle in affairs of companies like @Disney or @Twitter. Hey @Disney we’re ready for Mountain Disneyland and @twitter we’re ready for Twitter HQ2, whoever your owners are

    “Authoritarian socialist” is great.

  33. 33.

    Kay

    @debbie:

    “Conservative trend”. Coordinated, planned, national conservative campaign.

    I wonder if some of them are starting to think it was unwise to go all in on this. If it backfires, what’s the exit strategy? They’ve already called everyone a pedophile. They’ll issue a correction? “MOST of you hundreds of millions of people who are not far Right Republicans are pedophiles, however, there are exceptions”.

    Where do they go from here?

  34. 34.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    I spend most of my work days with Right wing lawyers and judges. “Socialist” will land.

    They are full of shit on that too. This entire ideology is a joke. They can’t even hew to their basic “markets” message anymore- they’ll all up in everyone’s business. They need to stop bothering people. We’re busy.

  35. 35.

    debbie

    @Kay:

    Theis crammed as many trigger words as she could into that short fundraising piece. And directed it all at a fellow Christian with a much larger vocabulary!

  36. 36.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    The WaPo has an article bout the latest manifestation of the RW Noise Machine and its resonance with a twitter account called “Libs of TikTok”

    F——- Carlson and other rw media people like Josh Rogan are in cahoots with this site/person and is Glem Grunwald! The ower brags about getting teachers fired for supporting LGBTQ+ students publically.

    Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine

    A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse

  38. 38.

    NutmegAgain

    WaterGirl–Henry can come over here and have a sandwich cuddle any time. That is one cute picture.

  42. 42.

    Salt Creek

    @debbie: This smear started in the cesspit of NYC tabloid journalism, got picked up by SNL and can now be found online.

    This is how memes get propagated and reinforced, it’s agism and it’s not funny.

  43. 43.

    Miss Bianca

    Aww, Henry…

    I may be a bit confoozled, but I thought the social media training repeat was Thursday evening, not tonight? Or are there more than one for this week? Oh, dear…bear, very little brain, etc.

    I have my local Democratic Party meeting tonight, so I don’t think I’ll be able to make it. But if there is one on Thursday I can make that one!

  45. 45.

    Tenar Arha

    Sorry I missed this. My bad, I had another appointment for tonight. I’ll keep an eye out for more. Thanks for doing this Water Girl. (That’s a great pic of your pup).

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    @Miss Bianca: Hey Miss Bianca, this one was for the people who are going to be CREATING content that we can share.  Like short videos and “print” pieces.

    You’re right about Thursday – that’s the training session.

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