Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

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

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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

If you are in line to indict donald trump, stay in line.

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

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

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

I was promised a recession.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    I’m looking forward to when he graduates to the top of the FBi’s Most Wanted list after he flees to a non-extradition country….or Florida.

  2. 2.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Baud: That would be peak Meatball from DeSantis if he was trying to protect Trump with some weird states right argument while at the same time running against Trump in the primary.

  3. 3.

    Shalimar

    @Baud: At this point, I think DeSantis would put Trump on the prison bus to Georgia personally.  He’s gotta be pissed that 4 time loser is still kicking his ass.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Cannot click through to any of those Xes or Tweets or whatever they’re called now. Every single one gives me a picture of a poodle sitting in a chair, and an “Oops!” message followed by “Here’s a picture of a poodle sitting in a chair for your trouble.” So now I guess Elon is tripling and quadrupling down on his crafty plan to increase X’s audience by absolutely locking out all non-members. Sheer fucking genius.

  8. 8.

    bjacques

    Framing matters. Some people see a fierce demeanor while others see a big baby who needs to be burped.

  10. 10.

    BethanyAnne

    I’ve been idly looking at bumper stickers on Amazon tonight. Found one that’s a QR code to “Never Gonna Give You Up”. I think I have to have it.

  12. 12.

    Villago Delenda Est

    The Kubrick angle is good, but I still think he practiced Vigo the Carpathian for hours before heading to Atlanta.

  13. 13.

    Burnspbesq

    Tomorrow’s hearings before Judge Chutkan in DC and Judge Jones in Atlanta  are going to be … interesting.

    One imagines Trump’s lawyers staring into the depths of a very strong Bloody Mary, mentally drafting motions to withdraw.

  15. 15.

    sab

    @Burnspbesq: Seems like every argument they have in any direction is a confession of another crime.

    ETA And I am strongly on the John Adams side that every defendent whoever and whatever deserves a good solid defense from a good lawyer.

  16. 16.

    prostratedragon

    @sab:  Lauro wedged himself on a cushion behind the 8 with “aspirational ask.” Don’t know where he can go from there.

    Working on an assumption, I imagined his old Jesuit profs  throwing up both their hands at that one, then I looked him up: Georgetown/Georgetown.

  17. 17.

    Viva BrisVegas

    I’ll bet that the police at the MLK mugshot didn’t allow him to decide what angle he wanted the photo taken at.

    It would have been “look straight at the camera n*****”.

    It must be good for Trump to have friends in the police force who will provide him with publicity shots.

    Trump’s mugshot would look far better with some black vertical bars in front of it.

  19. 19.

    satby

    And OMIGOD, they’re now claiming he’s on par with Mandela and MLK and black folks will find his mugshot so relatable that they’ll vote for him?? Beyond contemptable.

  20. 20.

    Princess

    @satby: or white folks will excuse their own racism and vote for him a third time.

    interesting logic. Trump had a mugshot. Two heroes also had mugshots. Therefore Trump is hero. Mostly it shows how deep down they know this is damaging and they need to grasp at something to mitigate the damage.

  22. 22.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Shalimar: DeSantis would put Trump on the prison bus to Georgia personally.

    Never happen because DeSantis doesn’t have the balls. Trump might say something mean about him.

  24. 24.

    Matt McIrvin

    I stopped believing in laws of political gravity in 2016. Trump 100% can be elected President even from prison and we need to behave as if that is true.

  25. 25.

    satby

    @Princess: The Foxbots are pushing that delusional twaddle, and we all know they don’t believe the swill they put out. But you’d think their marks would pick up on just how stupid and gullible their chosen media thinks they are. And yet, they never do. Cult.

  26. 26.

    Ken

    @satby:  they’re now claiming he’s on par with Mandela

    The comparison is horribly offensive, but I’m OK with it if Trump is also found guilty of conspiring to overthrow the state and sentenced to life imprisonment.

  27. 27.

    satby

    I wore my “It’s like Watergate, but with morons” shirt yesterday at the market. Got several compliments and one person took a picture of it. It stood out in the wall-to-wall Notre Dame apparel.

  30. 30.

    Ten Bears

    I don’t think that’s as impressive a mug-shot as he thinks is an impressive mug-shot

    I’ve had better

    Speakin’ a which, providing false information to the police is a crime just about everywhere. I’ve been laughing at the clown for a long time, but I’ll laugh harder if putting 6:3 215 on his booking form is what delivers his fat ass to Gitmo and an orange jumpsuit, black bag over his head

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @Ten Bears: I’ve never seen any of my mugshots. Probably look like just another poor dumb fuck who made a mistake and then 3 more to top it off.

  34. 34.

    oatler

    How do you read Robbie Robertson’s

    Your name up on the post office wall

    Put your arm in ’cause they roll it too small

    from “Jawbone”?

  35. 35.

    frosty

    OMG, the hamberder spread to welcome the athletes (I forget which ones). The definition of cringe. I’d forgotten the whole thing but it I was appalled that anyone would even think of doing it.

  37. 37.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Someone pointed out** that the Trumpolini mugshot pose reminded them of this iconic 1941 photo of Winston Churchill by Yousef Karsh. Most commentary sees that shot as exuding massive resolution and determination, but as Karsh himself wrote of the mise-en-scène:

    Churchill’s cigar was ever present. I held out an ashtray, but he would not dispose of it. I went back to my camera and made sure that everything was all right technically. I waited; he continued to chomp vigorously at his cigar. I waited. Then I stepped toward him and, without premeditation, but ever so respectfully, I said, ‘Forgive me, sir,’ and plucked the cigar out of his mouth. By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent he could have devoured me. It was at that instant that I took the photograph.

    I wonder if somewhere back in his reptilian brain Cheetoh Benito remembered this photo, and modeled his pose after it. I wonder if he thought he was portraying “massive resolution and determination” but simply mistook Churchill’s tobacco-deprived belligerence for it. I wonder if maybe he wanted the belligerence from the gitgo.

    (Helzbelz, I wonder if Kubrick detected the belligerence in the Karsh photo and exaggerated it to produce his almost-as-famous multiply-reproduced-with-different-actors pose.)

    ** Maybe on this very blog. I don’t want to claim credit for any great insight after it had been suggested to me.

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