Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

No one could have predicted…

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

You cannot shame the shameless.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Our messy unity will be our strength.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

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

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

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  5. 5.

    wonkie

    I’m sitting here anxiously awaiting a phone call from a rescue about a dog I want to adopt. She’s supposed to call at four.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    I’ve been trying to find the recipe for Stretch Pizza’s  potato chip salad, since Pete Wells said it’s the best thing on the menu.

    nytimes

  16. 16.

    karen marie

    @Trivia Man:   I was going to say I was jealous but then I realized, given she wants to talk to everyone she sees when we’re on walkies, I’d have to listen to the fucking dog chatting on the phone all hours of the day and night.  That’s a big nope.

  18. 18.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    Dump has lost Bill Barr, Christie, Turley, and Dershowitz but he still has Matt Taibbi defending him:

    “If you’re going to take the very extreme step of indicting somebody who is the likely nominee of the opposition party, the charge has to meet two tests: It has to be extremely serious and it has to be an airtight case. And [this indictment] fails on both points”​

    He then goes on to promote… [checks notes]… Tulsi Gabbard for president. I used to think he was just a useful idiot – a russophilia who defended all things Russia. But defending Dump on a non Russia matter when even a hack like Turley won’t leads me to think he’s on russian payroll.

  19. 19.

    Baud

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:

    Agree. Turley is low, so Taibbi is worse.

    And indictments don’t lay out evidence, so that whole part is fabricated.

    If you’re going to take the very extreme step of indicting somebody who is the likely nominee of the opposition party

     

    So only intraparty prosecutions?

  21. 21.

    billcinsd

    Apparently everyone else went on strike.

    Water Girl is celebrating that she was born yesterday and not today, ie as today is TFG’s birthday

  25. 25.

    Splitting Image

    I saw that John Romita Sr. passed away today. He was one of the very last comic book artists from the 1940s still alive, and one of the last people who worked at Marvel in the early ’60s.

    I wasn’t around in the 1960s, but I was reading reprints of the ’60s Spider-Man comics all through the 1980s. Like Kirby and Buscema, Romita influenced so many of the Marvel artists who came along later that his art style was ubiquitous in my childhood.

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Trump is, according to the indictment, pretty much captured on tape saying “this is a crime, I know it is a crime. I do this fully knowing it is a crime”. Now, maybe his hack appointee of a judge can skew things in his favor and maybe some diehard MAGAt will end up on the jury, but the prosecutorial team sure seemed to present a strong case. Largely because Trump is both a criminal and a complete fucking idiot.

  32. 32.

    Scout211

    So the crazy ex-president guy is truthing out more insults today.  Ya big bunch of MISFITS, MUTANTS, MARXISTS, & COMMUNISTS!

    So eloquent.

    REALLY BIG FUNDRAISING, EVEN GREATER POLLS, SINCE THE RADICAL LEFT INDICTMENT HOAX WAS INITIATED BY THE MISFITS, MUTANTS, MARXISTS, & COMMUNISTS! THANK YOU !!!

  33. 33.

    Geminid

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Taibbi will probably get his wish. I think former Rep. Gabbard will run on the Libertarian Party ticket next year. They’ll have ballot access in 40+ states, and the von Mises Caucus that now controls the party will want to build their brand with a well-known candidate. Gabbard has the resume-a 3 term Representative and Army Reserve Lt. Colonel. She’s glib, and she’s also a looker

    I think Gabbard would take more Republican votes than Democratic votes, though. The Democratic coalition seems very cohesive now. It’s the Republicans who are falling apart.

  35. 35.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Dump has lost Bill Barr, Christie, Turley, and Dershowitz but he still has Matt Taibbi defending him:

    Well, since the former four presumably didn’t come down with a sudden case of morality, there are two conclusions to be drawn.

    Trump is an obvious loser.

    Taibbi lacks situational awareness.

  39. 39.

    Captain C

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:

    Dump has lost Bill Barr, Christie, Turley, and Dershowitz but he still has Matt Taibbi defending him:

    “If you’re going to take the very extreme step of indicting somebody who is the likely nominee of the opposition party, the charge has to meet two tests: It has to be extremely serious and it has to be an airtight case. And [this indictment] fails on both points”​

    Does Mr. It’s-Funny-To-Pretend-I-Raped-Underage-Russian-Girls* claim to have even read the indictment?  I did, and to this reasonably educated layman’s eyes, the charges seem quite serious and if the evidence supports them, the case seems pretty strong.

    ETA:  *This is his best-case scenario, as this is what he claimed when  he got called out for him and Ames bragging in their book that they harassed and even raped their female Russian employees, some whom were underage.

  40. 40.

    PJ

    Twitter stops being functional in major aspects, and Cole suddenly discovers he has his own blog he can post to.

  42. 42.

    JWR

    Remember Joseph Komrosky, the Temecula School Board president who referred to Harvey Milk as a pedophile? Well, that same school board is still fighting The Woke:

    TEMECULA, Calif. (KABC) — The Temecula Valley school board voted to fire the district’s superintendent Jodi McClay as hundreds of teachers continue to protest the board’s decision to block a curriculum that mentioned gay rights leader Harvey Milk.

    The board voted to hire former Assistant Superintendent Kimberly Velez to fill in as interim.

    Many of the teachers said they’re upset with the board’s recent decision to not approve a social sciences textbook for elementary school students because of material some board members found objectionable.

    Now, some of those board members will be facing recall.

    Recall Komrosky. That would be a good start.

  43. 43.

    Brachiator

    @Splitting Image:

    I saw that John Romita Sr. passed away today. He was one of the very last comic book artists from the 1940s still alive, and one of the last people who worked at Marvel in the early ’60s.

    May he rest in peace. Loved his work.

  44. 44.

    Geminid

    @Captain C: Ryan Grim is complaining about the Trump indictment also. He says Biden should beat Trump in an election, not take him out with a criminal case.

    I’m not surprised. Grim and associates like Sirota now realize they can’t take over the Democratic Party, so they have a severe case of sour grapes.

  46. 46.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    @Geminid:Ryan Grim is complaining about the Trump indictment also. He says Biden should beat Trump in an election, not take him out with a criminal case.

    Mr. Grim, show me President Biden’s signature on the indictment.

  49. 49.

    Rebel’s Dad

    @Burnspbesq: eww no. Even I have higher standards than that.

    Can you imagine how those poor Russian girls he boinked felt afterward? There’s not enough water in the Volga River to wash that skeevy feeling off.

  51. 51.

    Another Scott

    GQPers can’t keep an agreement?? Unpossible!!

    GovExec.com:

    When President Biden earlier this month signed the bipartisan budget deal into law, it was intended to create a framework for annual spending bills that would take a government shutdown off the table.

    Now, however, Republicans are pushing appropriations bills that come in at less than the levels to which Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., agreed. Democrats are warning this is putting Congress on a collision course with a funding lapse.

    The disagreement came to a head on Tuesday at a markup of an Agriculture Department fiscal 2024 funding measure, during which Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would revert spending to fiscal 2022 levels. That ignored the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s caps, which—on a government-wide level—aimed to essentially freeze spending at current amounts. Republicans said they would approve $115 billion in take-backs of not-yet-spent but previously approved funding—including nearly $8 billion from Agriculture—making total spending 1% less than would have occurred under a continuing resolution.

    “The Fiscal Responsibility Act set a top-line spending cap—a ceiling, not a floor—for fiscal year 2024 bills,” said Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, who chairs the appropriations panel. “That is why I will use this opportunity to mark up appropriations bills that limit new spending to the fiscal year 2022 top-line level.”

    Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the committee, condemned that decision, saying it undermined a deal Republican leadership itself just negotiated.

    […]

    Grr…,
    Scott.

  54. 54.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    Apparently everyone else went on strike.

    Maybe they’re just holding their breath, hoping you’ll keep posting. Seriously, it’s exhilarating to see you back in your old, corrosive form! When you get your teeth into a topic your writing is a joy to behold.

    I was thinking just the other day about how quaint Marcy’s blowjob exile looks these days.

  56. 56.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    @Another Scott: Now, however, Republicans are pushing appropriations bills that come in at less than the levels to which Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., agreed. Democrats are warning this is putting Congress on a collision course with a funding lapse.

    Then it’s up to Republican leadership and other Republicans on the appropriations committee to nip this in bud before it becomes a problem. I’ll be holding my breath starting…now.

    ::Inhales enough air to support NYC for a month::

  57. 57.

    Rebel’s Dad

    @Jay: “Dildo of Consequences”…?

    That sounds way too good to waste on Taibbi. Although I am curious what those Consequences are.

  58. 58.

    karen marie

    @Geminid:   I’ve never heard of Ryan Grim, so I googled him.

    Now I understand why I’ve never heard of him – he works for that Greenwald joint.  A more deeply unserious group of people would be hard to find outside the GOP.

  59. 59.

    Geminid

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: Senate Republicans will not go along with a cut in Agriculture Department funding. Same with Defense spending. McCarthy’s 5 vote* majority may not be big enough to make cuts in those areas stick.

    * McCarthy has a 6 vote majority now, since David Cicciline retired. His Rhode Island seat should be filled by November, and Santos may be gone before then.

  60. 60.

    Steve in the ATL

    Clearly this blog needs my help. You lock them out before they can strike!  Sheesh.  This is basic stuff, people.

  61. 61.

    Chief Oshkosh

    Doesn’t it feel weird that the immediate-past president of the Unites States has now been arrested TWICE, and both times for serious crimes?

    You sure as heck wouldn’t know it from the MSM. I’ve seen a handful of headlines from April 4th stating that, yes, Trump was arrested, but geeze, a second felony arrest?

  63. 63.

    wenchacha

    @eclare: Aww, cmon. My daughter turns 35 today. I would have pushed harder or held on to her longer if I’d known, dammit.

  65. 65.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Rebel’s Dad: It’s not a matter of being surprised. It’s that this isn’t even the top headline, and when it is covered, it’s entirely from the horse-race political perspective. TWICE arrested, and they’re felonies, and the press is one step away from asking him whether he’s going to vacay in Scotland or somewhere else this year.

  68. 68.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    @karen marie: A more deeply unserious group of people would be hard to find outside the GOP.

    No Labels and Forward may be more unserious. Just like the GOP, they lie to us. But not the entire GOP lies to itself

    ETA: The internally honest GOPers might be called “the deplorables.”

    And hi, Cole, welcome back. Don’t let looks deceive you, @rikyrah beat me there.

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