Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

This country desperately needs a functioning Fourth Estate.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

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  2. 2.

    NotMax

    I can’t stomach Seth Myers so would appreciate any summation of how Joe’s appearance tonight played out.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    This seems like a smart take about the hearing tomorrow in GA.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    @WaterGirl

    Never expressed hatred for him, just find his shtick not to my taste.

    Say what you will about how vanilla Carson and Paar were, they both excelled at not letting the program be about them.

  17. 17.

    JAFD

    Note to our Mahler stans:  The Vienna Philharmonic is coming to Carnegie Hall at 2 PM Eastern, Sunday, to play his 9th Symphony.

    Those who surf to wqxr.org can listen to it, live.

  18. 18.

    AlaskaReader

    Leo Wise seemingly used the Smirnov allegation as an excuse to reopen the case against the President’s son, only to discover it opened a nasty can of worms.  It gave Abbe Lowell the evidence to prove that the prosecution of Hunter Biden was infected by an effort by the Attorney General to accommodate the dirt that Trump’s lawyers picked up from Russian spies. And it gave Wise a real headache of a prosecution to deal with.

    Source

     

    My best guess is:
    1) He really didn’t want to charge bc he knew some of the evidence was dogshit and most people wouldn’t be charged
    2) He really did slowly capitulate to the GOP
    3) Nevertheless, he entered into a plea agreement negotiated by Wolf
    4) He brought in Leo Wise to sheep dip the entire prosecution
    5) Wise falsely claimed that the plea wasn’t supposed to end everything at the plea hearing, so he could go after the FD-1023
    6) At that point, he knew next to nothing about the evidentiary problems or the corruption behind the FD-1023
    7) He thought he could just cover up the fact that he had reopened the case to chase lies, but then Abbe Lowell asked for discovery on it
    8) so he charged Smirnov

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    Citizen Alan

    @NotMax: I find him charming as an interviewer on the few times I’ve watched him. But I can see how that perpetual smirk might come off as smarmy and condescending. I think he’s an okay guy who just has Resting Asshole Face.

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    Barry

    How about Wise is a typical DoJ guy, whose best chance for advancement is f&cking over a Dem, and who knows that there is no possible misconduct which would blow back on him?

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