Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

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

Not all heroes wear capes.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Bark louder, little dog.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

No Justins, No Peace

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

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

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

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

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

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

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

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A little mockery to go with our cake, pie, champagne…

h/t rikyrah

Totally open thread.

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  4. 4.

    Suzanne

    I deeply enjoyed the Obama/Biden memes and I welcome many more. The addition of Hillary and Kamala is welcome! LOL!

  10. 10.

    Librarian

    Speaking of Al Capone, I remember that his downfall came because President Hoover kept asking his attorney general, “Have you gotten that Capone fellow yet?”

  16. 16.

    kalakal

    I imagine TFG is feeling a bit down.

    Maybe a present will cheer him up?

    I was thinking of a picture of Rita Hayworth

  18. 18.

    rikyrah

    Full Circle Moment

    VK (@votekamala) tweeted at 7:35 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
    Kamala Harris           Kamala Harris
    visiting Zambia          visiting Zambia
    on a diplomatic         on a diplomatic
    trip with her               trip with her team
    grandfather                as Vice President
    as a child                    of United States https://t.co/Av8mBwI1FN
    (https://twitter.com/votekamala/status/1641781239530004482?t=Slba64vDZ4Z38wX_H_h2MA&s=03)

  19. 19.

    Brachiator

    President Bae: Joe. Miche says we can’t spend the whole night laughing about it.

    President Biden: Tell her I said, “Yes we can.”

    Love it! This made my morning.

  21. 21.

    planetjanet

    OMG I just snorted on that last tweet. The visual will stay with me for quite some time.

    I want someone to photoshop that.

  26. 26.

    Matt McIrvin

    @rikyrah: Though it’s true that Hillary Clinton is the one person on Earth who would probably not have been held immune from criminal prosecution due to being the sitting President.

  30. 30.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @rikyrah: White voters using pearl-clutching over ginned-up school concerns (Covid closures, CRT etc. in this case) to justify electing Conservative assholes, sadly, has a long history in this country.  I’ll NEVER forgive VA voters for this shit.  That election shouldn’t have even been close.  White, Dem voters showed once again, why it’s almost impossible for anyone to rely on/trust us :(

  31. 31.

    lowtechcyclist

    @rikyrah:

    And this coming right on top of Youngkin deciding that Virginia’s felons won’t have their voting rights restored anymore when they’ve served their time.

    Christ, what an asshole.

    I’m sure the next Dem governor will fix that, and if he has a Dem legislature they’ll fix it in the law this time, but it won’t make Youngkin any less of an asshole.

  34. 34.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Thread: Have you ever wondered what media Gen X (born ~65-80) was raised on, more or less unsupervised? Wondered why we are the way we are? Read on, as here is a non-comprehensive list of the movies that messed us up. 1/n

  35. 35.

    Another Scott

    Nebraska update from Doktor Zoom at Wonkette:

    Nebraska state Senator and early lock for Wonkette Legislative Badass of the Year Machaela Cavanaugh and other Democrats in the state’s weird unicameral legislature are continuing to shut the 2023 session doooown, despite Republican attempts this week to make the multi-tactic filibuster harder. Cavanaugh vowed early in the session that she wouldn’t let any bills move forward in the body until Republicans drop Legislative Bill 574, which would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. And so far, the resistance to the bill, led by Cavanaugh and by fellow Democratic state Sen. Megan Hunt — whose son Ash Homan, 12, is trans — hasn’t budged.

    On Tuesday this week, Republicans in the Legislature passed changes to the body’s rules, limiting some of the parliamentary tactics that the Democrats have used to slow and stop debate on everything. As the nonprofit news outlet Nebraska Examiner — god we love all these state and regional journalism nonprofits! — explains, the new rules

    restrict how often senators can seek to pause debate, send a bill back to a committee or indefinitely postpone discussion. Only one of each type of motion per day, per round of debate can be filed.

    Sen. Steve Erdman — a Republican, although the Nebraska Lege is nominally nonpartisan; everyone just knows who’s who — said the rules change was needed to allow open debate on bills. He claimed the change was perfectly fair, to allow the body to “have full and fair debate on the bills as presented.” Erdman added, very nonpartisanly, “Listen to who is in opposition [to the rule changes], and you can quickly conclude why we’ve wasted 50 days.”

    Cavanaugh and Hunt weren’t fazed by the rule changes in any case. They said they’d use any and all means available to keep the filibuster going, because what part of You Shall Not Pass (your stinking anti-trans bill) didn’t you understand? After the rules change was voted in, they and a third Democrat, state Sen. Danielle Conrad, spent Wednesday filing every single slow-down motion they could, and by the end of the day, the three had

    filed 742 motions on the bills that have come out of committee, taking up each of the three slots senators have under the new rules to file priority motions. They promised to do so on every bill that reaches the floor.

    “We are blowing up this session,” Hunt said. “The session is over, and it’s on your terms. The terms were made clear to you for the last four to six weeks. Hating trans kids is more important to you than the rest of this session. … Human rights are hanging by a thread.”

    Conrad said the majority could go ahead and try to rig the rules, but that “a filibuster will flow like water” around efforts to move the anti-trans bill forward.

    […]

    Good, good. I sent them both contributions earlier.  [eta – just donated to Conrad now.]

    Well worth a click.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  36. 36.

    Betty Cracker

    @UncleEbeneezer: I seem to recall data analysis at the time that showed most of the people complaining about VA schools didn’t even have kids in the system. It’s all bullshit. As usual.

    Youngkin is adept at being two-faced, dropping MAGA dog-whistles out of one side of his mouth and projecting a harmless fleece-vest dad vibe from the other.

    Maybe his strategy is to lay low, wait for DeSantis to implode and swoop in as GOP savior. It’s not a bad strategy.

  39. 39.

    Ohio Mom

    @rikyrah: When I followed your link to that fabulous pair of photos of Harris standing in the exact same spot as VP as she did as a little girl, I scrolled down, as one does, and saw a tweet from Jill Biden.

    She’s in the Rose Garden, planting a new rose bush! It’s in honor of Cesar Chavez — apparently there is a variety named after him —and she is planting it with his granddaughter’s help.

    We all hoped Jill would repair the Rose Garden, and here she is, starting this job with a big thumb stuck in Melania’s eye. Ha!

  41. 41.

    Elizabelle

    @Roger Moore:   Mali Muso and I commend your choice in beverages.

    Manhattan, for the first indictment.

    What adult beverage goes with Georgia election interference indictment to come?

  44. 44.

    Another Scott

    He’s no fun:

    Corey Rayburn Yung
    @[email protected]

    And, as much as I love a good RICO joke at his expense, please leave @Popehat alone about this. “Conspiracy” does not mean “RICO.” The overwhelming majority of conspiracy charges, which are at the state level, are not under RICO, which is a federal statute.

    It’s never RICO.

    :-( :-( :-(

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    @Redshift: Not for me!   Ever hopeful.

    I made the cherry filling and the pie crust the day before and put them in the fridge.

    Yesterday afternoon, ever hopeful, I assembled the gallete and baked it. But I most certainly didn’t cut into it until the news dropped.

  50. 50.

    kalakal

    @Baud: True, there’s no mention of her prior to 1780 so obviously the law can’t apply to her.

    Trump and the GOP on the other hand got a rave review in 1653
    “Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.
    Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
    Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?
    Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes?”

  51. 51.

    mrmoshpotato

    This man was convicted of shaking down a children's hospital when he served as Governor.I suppose he qualifies as an expert on fraud because he committed fraud himself. https://t.co/AjioAecaXw— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 31, 2023

    I’d forgotten about the shake down of a children’s hospital. FUCK BLAGO!

  53. 53.

    Kay

    Will Stancil

    @whstancil

    Seriously though, Taibbi’s version might be the worst and most obvious, but the number of credible institutions that have taken Trump’s indictment as an opportunity to propose “We should tread lightly around powerful men” as a philosophy of governance is dismaying and revealing.

    I think it’s so great that someone finally held Trump accountable for something because it will show Taibbi and the rest of the media ninnies to be wrong- nothing bad is going to happen to us as a country because Donald Trump gets mad at us.
    He’ll just be a defendant. He’ll enter the big Justice Machine and get processed and everyone else can just go about their business. It’ll be fine.

  54. 54.

    Geminid

    Re: Glenn Youngkin’s win in Virginia.

    Joe Biden carried Virginia in 2020 by 10, the biggest margin of victory for a Democrat since 1964. The following year Glenn Youngkin surprised people with a 2 point win. What made this 12 point swing?

    There was clearly a relative dropoff among Democratic voters, just like there was the following year in New York and in Southern California. I have not seen any evidence that this dropoff was greater among white Democrats than among their Hispanic or Black counterparts.

    Republicans came out in relatively greater numbers. This is not surprising. They had the best candidate they’d fielded in many years, and they were hungry in a way Democrats were not.

    Some of the 12 point swing can be attributed to Independents who swung from Biden to Youngkin. Independents run about 32% of registered voters here.* If one tenth of the 32% switched, that’s over 6 pounts of the 12 point swing.

    I think campaign quality made a difference in this race. Youngkin’s team ran an energetic and efficient campaign. All the Democrats I’ve talked to think that McAuliffe did not. And Republicans had one other advantage in 2021 that they did not have in 2020: Donald Trump was not on the ballot.

    *Virginia does not register by party. This number comes from the frequent Wason Center polls of registered Virginia voters. It’s pretty consistent from poll to poll.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    We haven’t seen an indictment or charges. We haven’t seen evidence or heard testimony.

    If Trump is indicted let the criminal justice system take its course.

    Those rushing to attack law enforcement seem to think laws don’t apply to Donald Trump.

    That’s not how our system works.

    — Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) March 31, 2023

    Exactly right. “Equal justice under law.”

    Eyes on the prizes.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  57. 57.

    Betty Cracker

    The fucking chutzpah:

    Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, called the indictment “troubling” during an appearance at the FII Institute’s Priority Summit in Miami Beach on Friday.

    “I think what was announced last night was also very unprecedented. And as an American, it’s very troubling to me to see the leader of the opposition party be indicted,” Kushner said, according to video posted by Bloomberg News.

    “And I think that that shows, obviously, the fear that the Democrats have of Trump and the political strength that he has,” Kushner continued. “And just as a family member, obviously, Ivanka and I love him very much. It’s been hard to watch the opponents of him politically continue to break every norm over the last years to try to – to try to get him, and you know we’ve seen them accuse him of colluding with Russia, we saw them impeach him, we saw them raid his home. And all this is a continuation of that.”

    Right. Because Democrats are the norm-breakers here.

  58. 58.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @JaySinWA: Mr. Rudbek had made a blueberry loaf using walnut flour, so we had baked goods in the house to celebrate with. I’m trying to decide whether to bake something else tonight (which would probably have to use more of the blueberries)

  61. 61.

    J R in WV

    I’m not commenting as much as I once did — I’m  in the hospital, since Tuesday!

    I had “minor” surgery that morning, to install a chemo port — but they also punctured my left lung! I’ve  had a  chest tube until this morning and just now another doctor came in to tell me the lung isn’t healed yet.

    So they’re going to put in another chest tube in a few minutes. Not going home yet.  And of course a week after I get home I’ll start a big old course of old fashioned Chemotherapy… yay!

    So you all jackals think of me while you celebrate, please.

  62. 62.

    Wapiti

    @Another Scott: Equal justice under law

    I’d be in favor of “with greater power comes greater consequences”; the law being more severe for our “betters”.

  64. 64.

    Geoduck

    “I was thinking of a picture of Rita Hayworth”

    Sinfest is a webcomic that used to be fun and irreverent. Then the creator went completely insane, and now produces things like this.

  66. 66.

    What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @Elizabelle: Peach Schnapps? Or there’s probably a peach flavor of White Claw. Neither sound all that appealing though (and heaven knows TFG has been doing A LOT of that). The classic cocktail I most associate with the South is the Mint Julep and those are pretty great. There may be some peach themed cocktails out one could find with a little research. One could always do some sort of peach shrub and I could see that being delicious if done right.

  69. 69.

    Elizabelle

    @Kay:   Meanwhile, at the top left of the FTF NY Haberman Times:

    Headline:  As Trump Awaits Charges, U.S. Enters Uncharted Territory

    •  Donald Trump is likely to be arraigned on Tuesday, and his charges will be unsealed then.  His lawyer said he would not take a plea deal and would go on trial.
    • The case is an unprecedented moment in U.S. politics that heralds a tumultuous stretch for a deeply divided nation.

    Beneath this:

    Analysis:  Trump Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy is Tested

    For over two centuries, U.S. presidents were effectively shielded from indictment.  But Donald Trump’s case breaks that taboo.

    [Yes, this analysis is by Peter Baker, Republican knob polisher.]

    Ooh — scary!  Uncharted Territory!  (Monsters and Pirates!). Unprecedented.  Tumultuous stretch for a “deeply divided nation.”  Taboo!

    I cannot wait to see what the Pitchbot weighs in with.

  72. 72.

    Elizabelle

    @J R in WV:   Will toast you with a Manhattan.

    You and the pope, both in hospital with lung issues.  Yours, unhelpfully worsened by a healthcare provider.  Which of you will make it home in better health first??  And good luck with the chemo.

  75. 75.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Betty Cracker: I never bought it as an excuse for VA voters.  We (California) were pretty darn careful in keeping our schools closed for a long time for Covid safety too, but it didn’t keep us from re-electing Newsom in a landslide.

  80. 80.

    What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @Elizabelle: I’m not personally a fan of the fuzzy navel but if you like them it does seem 100% apropos. In the ’80s when I was a teenager though I probably would have thought them quite refreshing.

  81. 81.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Elizabelle:

    What adult beverage goes with Georgia election interference indictment to come?

    A Fuzzy Navel, of course. Peach schnapps for the Peach State, orange juice because, well, orange.

  83. 83.

    Betty Cracker

    @Elizabelle: Lord, I hadn’t thought of that cocktail in YEARS, and now I’m realizing I do have the ingredients! (I don’t have orange juice, but I’ve got a bag of oranges I could juice, and peach schnapps leftover from some weird concoction my sister made.) Hmm! Maybe I’ll celebrate Indictment Day +1 with a Fuzzy Navel!

  84. 84.

    Elizabelle

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:   But mint juleps for when Mitch McConnell kicks.  Fer sure.

    NY Times reports he has not had anything to say on TFG’s indictment. (1) He is smarter than the average GOP.  (2). He may be too upbeat about the news to carry off an interview.

  86. 86.

    Ken

    @Betty Cracker: Possibly Jared is worried that Trump will throw him under the bus as part of some plea bargain.

    You know, one of those “Sure, they had me for fraud, but they really wanted to know who sold classified secrets to the Saudis” situations that come up all the time in most families, and can make Thanksgivings so awkward.

  87. 87.

    Captain C

    @Elizabelle:

    What adult beverage goes with Georgia election interference indictment to come?

    Something with peach schnapps

    ETA:  Like those fuzzy navels suggested above.

  88. 88.

    Ken

    @Elizabelle: I cannot wait to see what the Pitchbot weighs in with.

    I’ll guess “The rich and powerful must be allowed to kill and eat the rest of us, lest they should do something even worse.”

  89. 89.

    patrick II

    I am having ice cream cake Crumbled Oreo base, topped with a thin layer of caramel, then ice cream and topped with whip cream.  ‘By the time sets through all of then indictments he has coming I am going to weigh 400 lbs.

  90. 90.

    Elizabelle

    @SiubhanDuinne:  Equal quantities of schnapps and OJ!  Whoa Nelly.

    We made ours more like screwdrivers.  (OJ and Vodka.  Come to think of it:  Also an appropriate cocktail to celebrate Trump’s undoing. Put the screws to that criminal …  Vlad’s pal.). If you can find Ukrainian vodka, so much the better.

  92. 92.

    kalakal

    @Geoduck: Having seen that I regret making the joke in the first place. Talk about doing a 180 on reality. That’s really twisted

  94. 94.

    Lyrebird

    @J R in WV: ​So you all jackals think of me while you celebrate, please.

     

    Absolutely JR! I promise not to ingest any Fix a Flat, but we will send good thoughts for your swift and complete healing! And for Mrs.

  95. 95.

    Elizabelle

    @Baud:   Already feel a frisson of excitement reading “Supreme Court Criminal Term.”

    Is it too early to drink?  EST??

    ETA:  The Honorable Juan Merchan.

  96. 96.

    bbleh

    Market Gains Yugely Following Trump Indictment
    Dow Up 1.2%, S&P Up 1.3%, And Still Climbing
    These Have Almost Nothing
    To Do With Each Other
    But Neener-Neener Anyway

  99. 99.

    StringOnAStick

    @Baud: Though we can enjoy that in order to get to that last panel, he has to accept that tRump crawled through raw sewage to get there.

  100. 100.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Betty Cracker:

    “And as an American, it’s very troubling to me to see the leader of the opposition party be indicted” 

    Oh Jared.  You’re too much of a shitbag slumlord to really be this stupid.

  101. 101.

    cain

    @Elizabelle: He’s probably happy as fuck. Given that all the Trump supported candidates have failed and that GOP lost a election that they could possibly have won is one reason.

    ‘won’ and ‘one’ – fucking english.

  102. 102.

    Burnspbesq

    @Elizabelle:

    What adult beverage goes with Georgia election interference indictment to come?

    How about an Arnold Palmer with a splash of vodka?

  103. 103.

    rikyrah

    @Kay:

    I think it’s so great that someone finally held Trump accountable for something because it will show Taibbi and the rest of the media ninnies to be wrong- nothing bad is going to happen to us as a country because Donald Trump gets mad at us.

     

    Taibbi is a bought and blackmailed Russian stooge.

     

    IYKYK

  109. 109.

    Burnspbesq

    @Elizabelle:

    Next week. The Masters is always the weekend after the Final Fours.

    ETA: women’s semis are tonight. Rooting for Virginia Tech. Georgia Amoore is the biggest sporting badass to come out of Australia since Shane Warne, and Elizabeth Kitley is just an immensely likeable young woman who happens to be 6’6” and highly skilled.

  115. 115.

    Betty Cracker

    Y’all, the mister is watching CNN, and some MAGA PAC is trashing DeSantis with ads that say how many times he voted to cut Medicare and Social Security. Love it!

  116. 116.

    Elizabelle

    The FTF NY Times keeps at it.  From their updates:

    He is the first former U.S. president to be a criminal defendant, and his indictment puts the legal and political systems in uncharted territory.

    Donald J. Trump was weighing his next steps on Friday after becoming the first president to face criminal charges, an unprecedented moment in American politics that has drawn sharply partisan responses from Democrats and Republicans and heralds a tumultuous stretch for a deeply divided nation.

    Sharply partisan responses!  Dang.  They heard our champagne corks.  And laughter with applause.

    … Legal experts say that Mr. Trump and others appear to be at “substantial risk” of prosecution for violating a number of Georgia statutes, including the state’s racketeering law.
    In May, a special grand jury in Fulton County was sworn in, and heard testimony from 75 witnesses behind closed doors over a series of months. The jurors produced a final report, but the most important elements of it — including recommendations on who should be indicted, and on what charges — remains under seal.
    However, its forewoman, Emily Kohrs, has said that indictmentswere recommended for more than a dozen people. Asked in an interview if those included Mr. Trump, she declined to answer directly, but said: “You’re not going to be shocked. It’s not rocket science.

    It’s reported Fani Willis is likely to file her charges by early May.

    Marjorie Taylor Green will be in NYC on Tuesday.  To protest this WITCH HUNT.

    What zoo animal is she likely to dress as, for this historic occasion?

  121. 121.

    JML

    DailyKos noted one of the most important parts of this: all of the Trump defenders and apologists never actually use the words “not guilty”. They all fucking know he did it, know he’s guilty as sin, know he’s a criminal…and either think he should be left alone because IOKIYR or because they’re so desperately afraid of the support he still has among the base they need to vote for them.

  122. 122.

    Geminid

    @Betty Cracker: My guess is that Youngkin will wait for 2028. For one thing, he’ll have some prestige on the line in this fall’s General Assembly elections, and right now the Democrats are looking good. This election won’t matter as much 4 years later than it will next year.

    Plus, Youngkin was a strong retail campaigner, but that would not be that great an asset if he jumps in this year’s race. He will still infest every Republican county dinner he can for four years, and bank credits for campaigning with a couple dozen candidates next year, all while his aides compile the Mother of All Spreadsheets.

  123. 123.

    kalakal

    @Betty Cracker:

    Wow! What I love is that a MAGA PAC is not only defending Medicare & Social Security*, they think that not doing so makes for a good attack point to demolish party rivals.

    Truly Biden is a wizard.

    *Also I love it when anyone attacks Honest Ron DeSantis

  126. 126.

    Baud

    @rikyrah:

    If a Democrat commits a crime they should be indicted. And they have. This isn’t controversial.

    You must not remember all the massive Free Blago/Free Edwards protests we held.

  128. 128.

    Elizabelle

    Republicans who seem to be smart enough not to be saying anything about the Trump indictment, at least at this moment:

    Mitch McConnell

    Mitt Romney; haven’t seen anything from him. He’s already stated he did not vote for Trump in 2020.

    List from the FTF NY Times:

    John Thune (Senator, South Dakota; ambitious to replace McConnell one of these days)

    Kristi Noem, Governor, South Dakota

    Liz Cheney

    Chris Christie

    Chris Sununu, Governor, New Hampshire

    Larry Hogan, former governor, Maryland (which now has Democratic Governor Wes Moore — woo hoo!)

  129. 129.

    geg6

    @J R in WV:

    I’m so sorry to hear you are going through that.  My sister just went through about a year of chemo- and immunotherapy plus radiation.  She had a port, too, but no punctured lung!  Wow, that’s rough.  I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts while you’re undergoing all of this.  Sister just got good news that she looks totally clear as of this week.  She had triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and deadly types of breast cancer.  Chemo sucks but they perform miracles with it.

  130. 130.

    Jackie

    @Betty Cracker: This was on Political Wire this morning:

    “Trump Launches Ads Attacking DeSantis”

    New York Times: “Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC supporting Mr. Trump’s candidacy, has begun running commercials for the first time, with a roughly $1.3 million ad buy on CNN and Fox News for a spot attacking Mr. DeSantis.”

  131. 131.

    Geminid

    @Baud: Sure, that’s a risk. But unless Youngkin can go all the way in next year’s nomination race, he’ll likely impair his chances for 2028. This coming primary season will be brutal.

    And Youngkin’s a calculator, not an enthusiast. He may realize that Biden won’t be as easy to beat as a lot of Republicans think.

  133. 133.

    rikyrah

    @Elizabelle:

     

    Republicans who seem to be smart enough not to be saying anything about the Trump indictment, at least at this moment:

     

    If a former Democratic President was indicted, do you think the MSM would let Democratic Politicians get away with saying nothing?

     

    Uh uh

  134. 134.

    Geminid

    @Elizabelle: It’s smart ay not to talk about this indictment, because we don’t know what’s in it yet. Hew Hewitt was emphasizing this on his radio show this morning.

    And Maryland Governor Wes Moore is a promising talent. I’m not sure, but I think he’s in his early 40s.

  135. 135.

    Jackie

    Also from Political Wire:

    “When former President Donald Trump arrives for his first appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court next week, he will look up at a judge who has played a key role in several investigations involving those in Trump’s orbit,” CBS Newsreports.

    “Judge Juan Merchan presided over the convictions and guilty plea last year of two Trump Organization companies, and their former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, one of Trump’s most trusted advisers. Merchan is also overseeing the ongoing criminal proceedings involving Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House who has pleaded not guilty to state fraud and money laundering charges.”

    I’m sure this judge fits TFG’s definition of racist against him!😂😁😂

  136. 136.

    Kirk

    I’ve three options for a Georgian drink.  Will,  for if your take Savanah’s tourist drink.

    Scarlet O’Hara

    Georgia peach

    Mimosa

    And Chatham artillery punch.

  137. 137.

    Old School

    @Jackie:

    I’m sure this judge fits TFG’s definition of racist against him!😂😁😂

    It does.

    Donald J. Trump

    @realDonaldTrump ·6h

    The Judge “assigned” to my Witch Hunt Case, a “Case” that has NEVER BEEN CHARGED BEFORE, HATES ME. His name is Juan Manuel Marchan, was hand picked by Bragg & the Prosecutors, & is the same person who “railroaded” my 75 year old former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, to take a “plea” deal (Plead GUILTY, even if you are not, 90 DAYS, fight us in Court, 10 years (life!) in jail. He strong armed Allen, which a judge is not allowed to do, & treated my companies, which didn’t “plead,” VICIOUSLY. APPEALING!

    IANAL but assume attacking the judge is a time-honored legal tactic.

  138. 138.

    Ohio Mom

    @J R in WV: First, Oy. Second, Here’s hoping your lung knits itself back together quickly, and that your chemo is wildly effective with minimal side effects.

    Keep us posted! We are all pulling for you.

  140. 140.

    The Moar You Know

    An attorney for Donald Trump said there is “zero” chance the former president will take a plea deal

    Sound to me moar like someone is fishing for one already at this stage of the game.  They haven’t even seen the indictment yet!

  141. 141.

    WaterGirl

    @Jackie: I feel completely certain that Trump is thinking some version of: “If I can’t be president, it sure as hell isn’t going to be another Republican who wins.”

    Because if another R won in the general, that would look bad for Trump.  But if a Dem wins, Trump can say “see, if I had won the primary, I would have won in the general election.”

  142. 142.

    ...now I try to be amused

    @Matt McIrvin:

    Beyer is the only car-dealer-turned-politician I’ve heard of who seemed to turn out decent. My parents bought a Volvo from him.

    When he ran for governor, Beyer took a principled stand and supported the personal property tax (AKA “car tax”) against his opponent’s pandering proposal to reduce it, knowing it was essential to funding local governments. It was doubly principled in Beyer’s case since he sold some pricey cars. He would have personally benefited from a car tax reduction.

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    eversor

    Youngkin won because fuck poors.  Fuck the poors.  Are you hurting the poor, if not why not, fuck the poors.  I’m from VA we are social liberals here but god damn it get rid of social security.  Gay marriage yes, but social security must go.  Abortion yes but medicare kill it and hell fucking no!  We want a socially liberal full out plutocracy Clinton yes, Sanders no.  Fuck the poor!  Didn’t get into a top 10 school, fuck you work till you die and if you complain about it you are racist white trash, and fuck you.  Dare complain about it, go see HR and get fired and flip burgers and live on the streets and fuck you again.  You dare allow kids to compete with ours, fuck you and you should die and lets have a full fascist because fuck the poors and if you didn’t go to Yale you should be poor, and fuck you.

    VA politics are just like that.  It’s a bunch of over educated social liberals who are more brutal than the Koch’s on economics.  That’s true for a lot of blue areas.  Youngkin knew to punch down and that’s what democrats here want.

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    Butter Emails

    @eversor: You know, I also get pissed off at liberals who express support for putting drug testing and work requirements on social programs, but if what you said were actually true, Youngkin would have won by 20% not 2%.

  155. 155.

    lowtechcyclist

    @eversor:

    VA politics are just like that.  It’s a bunch of over educated social liberals who are more brutal than the Koch’s on economics.

    Though I’ve been living across the Potomac for the past quarter-century, I’d lived even longer than that in Virginia, even now my home is less than an hour from the Wilson Bridge, and I’ve got plenty of family and friends on the Virginia side of the bridge, as well as in various places downstate.

    And you’re full of it. Just take this bullshit and shove it.

  156. 156.

    Butter Emails

    @Princess:

    1. Maybe, but I suspect McConnell were actually that sick his staff would have issued a statement with the generic Republican talking points.
  158. 158.

    lowtechcyclist

    @J R in WV:

    I had “minor” surgery that morning, to install a chemo port — but they also punctured my left lung!

    Boy howdy, that made it a lot more major all of a sudden!

    Good luck with your recovery!

  162. 162.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @eversor: ​Boy howdy, if I ever saw an open-&-shut prima facie case for asking someone’s visiting nurse to crush up some chlorpromazine tabs and whisk them into his tapioca…

    Srsly, while I can see some reason for railing against religion when spiritual idealism goes chasing after the temporal power to enforce itself – This, this variety of unhingement…words fail.

  163. 163.

    Ruckus

    @J R in WV:

    All the best to you, may things go better from here on.

    Went through 9 weeks of radiation therapy for my cancer, sister is going through radiation and chemo. None of this is fun but it can get better. Follow docs orders, and best of luck to you.

  165. 165.

    J R in WV

    Thanks for all the encouragement. I am doing OK so far.

    I just found an on-the-road post about frog eggs, ferns and tadpoles on the Alain Chabot thread, whom I still miss when thinking of moss and frog eggs.

    I know putting the anniversary posts together must have been a ton of work and want to thank everyone who helped!

    My  chest tube was taken out,  but later on x-rays  determined I needed to have another one put in.  Bummer! So a couple of days more in the luxury CAMC hotel,  uh, er — hospital.

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